As production prepares to resume following an injury to leading lady Blake Lively’s hand earlier this year, THR is reporting that Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us) has joined the cast of the spy thriller The Rhythm Section. Directed by Reed Morano (The Handmaid’s Tale) and based on Mark Burnell’s Stephanie Patrick series of novels, […]
SPOILERS: X-Men: Dark Phoenix plot details surface following test screening
Back in March it was announced that 20th Century Fox had pushed back X-Men: Dark Phoenix from its original November 2nd 2018 release date to February 14th 2019, which was followed by a report that the film would be undergoing reshoots in response to feedback from a test screening. Well, it seems that we now […]
Blumhouse and NBC team for horror drama Cul-De-Sac
NBC is teaming with Blumhouse Television and Universal Television for a new horror drama series entitled Cul-De-Sac, which is being eyed as the first project under a new ‘Blumhouse Presents’ banner. Deadline reports that Cul-De-Sac has been written by Brian Sieve (Scream: The TV Series) and follows “three families living in a suburban cul-de-sac who […]
Simon Pegg and Nick Frost’s Stolen Picture developing two YA series
Stolen Picture, the new production company from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, has launched a new initiative entitled Rights Incubator, which aims to work with up-and-coming writers on various young adult projects. First out the gate from the initiative are two potential series, We Never Sleep, “a detective comedy-thriller that will tackle bullying, justice, morality, […]
Jonathan Lethem’s The Feral Detective heading to the big screen
Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel The Feral Detective looks to be heading to the big screen, with Sue Kroll’s Kroll & Co. Entertainment optioning the rights to the book and setting a movie adaptation at Warner Bros. Pictures. The Amazon description for The Feral Detective reads: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer […]
Colin Trevorrow producing sci-fi adaptation Space Opera
Universal Pictures has enlisted Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and Marc Platt of Marc Platt Productions to produce a music-themed adaptation of Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction novel Space Opera. The Amazon description for the novel, which has been compared to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, reads: A century ago, the Sentience […]
Creepy Crawlers toy line heading to the big screen for movie adaptation
The classic toy brand Creepy Crawlers is heading to the big screen courtesy of Paramount Players and producer Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious, Goosebumps). Originally developed by Mattel and launching in 1964, Creepy Crawlers is a series of moulds which allow kids to create a variety of bug-like creatures. It was revived by ToyMax […]
Syfy orders pilot for Dark Horse adaptation Resident Alien
Deadline is reporting that Syfy has granted a pilot order to Resident Alien, an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name by Peter Horgan and Steve Parkhouse. Described as dark, twisted and comedic fish-out-of-water story, Resident Alien “follows a crash-landed alien named Harry who, after taking on the identity of […]
Danny Glover joins Harlem drama Strive
Veteran actor Danny Glover has joined the cast of Strive, a new film from director-producer Robert Rippberger of Aletheia Films. Written by Harlem native Sha-Risse R. Smith, Strive is a story about an underprivileged girl with a dream of a great education, and a better life. Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with […]
Alien: Covenant’s Amy Seimetz cast in the Pet Sematary remake
Deadline is reporting that Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures’ Stephen King remake Pet Sematary, joining the previously announced Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow (The Crown). Seimetz will portray the female lead, Rachel Creed, the wife of Clarke’s Louis Creed, and mother to young Gage, […]
