THR is reporting that Disney is in development on a live-action musical from writer Tarell Alvin McCraney (Moonlight) entitled Cyrano the Moor, which is set to star David Oyelowo (Selma).According to the site, the project will be an amalgamation of William Shakespeare’s Othello and the French play Cyrano de Bergerac. Oyelowo is also attached to […]
Channing Tatum developing bipolar disorder drama Gorilla and the Bird
According to Deadline, Channing Tatum’s Free Association has picked up the option to Zack McDermott’s new memoir Gorilla and the Bird: A Memoir of Madness and a Mother’s Love, and is teaming with Big Beach to develop a TV series which is being written by Bryan Sipe (Demolition).The Amazon description for the book reads:Zack McDermott, […]
John Grisham’s The Partner heading to Fox
John Grisham’s 1997 bestseller The Partner is set to become the latest of the author’s works to get a screen adaptation, with Fox tapping Jon Cowan (Suits, Private Practice) to pen the script for a TV drama series.The Partner is described as “a David vs. Goliath story about a betrayed lawyer who was once a […]
Clifford the Big Red Dog movie finds a director
Back in July of last year it was revealed that Paramount Pictures was developing a live-action/CG hybrid adaptation of Norman Bridwell’s Clifford the Big Red Dog book series, and now Variety is reporting that the project has found a director.Walt Becker, whose previous credits include Van Wilder, Wild Hogs, Old Dogs and Alvin and the […]
Rick and Morty could get an extended fourth season
With the tenth and final episode of Rick and Morty season three set to air tonight, creator Dan Harmon has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about the future of the acclaimed animated series, suggesting that season four could see an extended episode count of fourteen as opposed to ten.“I’m still learning how to do the […]
Shawn Levy suggests that Stranger Things could run for 5 seasons
Back in August Netflix announced that it had renewed its hit supernatural drama Stranger Things for a third season, with creators The Duffer Brothers then revealing that a fourth season would likely be its last.While this was sad news for fans of the show (and presumably Netflix execs), executive producer Shawn Levy has now suggested […]
The final season of Game of Thrones costing $15 million per episode
In an article over at Variety exploring the rising costs of prestige television, the outlet is reporting that HBO is going all in on the upcoming eighth and final season of the epic fantasy series with a budget of $15 million per episode.This figure makes it the most expensive show around, putting it ahead of […]
Sex and the City 3 has been shelved
If you were looking forward to seeing the cast of Sex and the City reuniting for a third outing on the big screen, we have some bad news for you as Sarah Jessica Parker has revealed to Extra that plans for Sex and the City 3 have been scrapped.“It’s over,” said Parker. “We’re not doing […]
Skydance sets showrunners for live-action Sword Art Online series
Having snapped up the live-action rights to the Japanese light novel series Sword Art Online back in 2016, Skydance Television has now set Patrick Massett and John Zinman (Friday Night Lights, The Blacklist) to serve as showrunners, writers and executive producers on the planned series.The pilot episode of Sword Art Online will be penned by Laeta […]
David Cronenberg’s Scanners is heading to the small screen for a TV adaptation
According to Deadline, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios have come out successful in a bidding war for the TV rights to David Cronenberg’s classic sci-fi horror Scanners, and are currently developing a small screen adaptation of the movie.Released in 1981, Scanners revolves around a group of people with telekinetic powers called “scanners”, who […]
