Fox Animation is in development on a movie adaptation of Peter, Paul and Mary’s 1963 folk song Puff, the Magic Dragon, with Trolls helmer Mike Mitchell attached to direct a live-action/animation hybrid feature. Puff, the Magic Dragon tells of an ageless dragon called Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a young boy who grows up […]
Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson is back in action-comedy Paying Mr. McGetty
Kickboxing Champion and legendary action star Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson is back like you’ve never seen him before in Traditionz Entertainment’s action-packed comedy Paying Mr. McGetty from director Michael Baumgarten (The Martial Arts Kid). After a night of drinking and gambling, Tyrell (R. Marcos Taylor, Netflix’s Luke Cage) is awakened by an angry call from his […]
Paul Haggis to write and direct YA adaptation Ship Breaker
Oscar-winner Paul Haggis (Crash) has revealed to THR that he is set to write and direct an adaptation of Paolo Bacigalupi’s 2010 YA novel Ship Breaker. “The books are set hundreds of years in the future, after civil wars, after the ice caps have retreated and the world is populated by people who know nothing […]
Taylor Kitsch to write, direct and star in Pieces
Taylor Kitsch is set to make his directorial debut with the drama Pieces, which is based on his own screenplay and will also see him taking on the lead role. Deadline reports that Pieces revolves around three best friends from Detroit who change the course of their lives by intercepting a drug run. Kitsch is producing the […]
Michael Ealy and director David M. Rosenthal sign on for Jacob’s Ladder reimagining
Deadline is reporting that director David M. Rosenthal is set to reunite with his The Perfect Guy star Michael Ealy in a remake of the psychological horror Jacob’s Ladder. Based on a script by Jeff Buhler and Sarah Thorp from a pitch by Jake Wade Wall (When A Stranger Calls), the reimagining is described as […]
Mike Flanagan to write and direct Inherit the Earth
Ouija: Origin of Evil and Hush director Mike Flanagan has signed on to direct Inherit the Earth for Sony Pictures and Platinum Dunes. Flanagan takes over from director Andrew Adamson, who exited the sci-fi project earlier this year, and will also provide a rewrite of the original script. Inherit the Earth follows a servant robot […]
Amazon and Dark Horse Entertainment developing Emily the Strange animated movie
Amazon Studios and Dark Horse Entertainment are developing an animated feature adaptation of the pop culture character Emily the Strange. Created by Rob Reger in the 1990s as an advertising mascot for skateboards,the punky goth girl has since spawned a multi-million dollar merchandising brand spanning fashion, comics and books, toys and various other accessories. Dark […]
Sean Stone to adapt his father Oliver Stone’s novel A Child’s Night Dream
Deadline is reporting that Sean Stone, son of filmmaker Oliver Stone, is set to adapt his father’s novel A Child’s Night Dream, with Emmett/Furla/Oasis giving the green light to a feature film, which will begin production in April. Stone penned the novel back when he was 19 as he returned from a spell in Vietnam […]
Paul Bettany to play the Unabomber in Discovery Channel’s Manifesto
Deadline is reporting that Paul Bettany has signed on to play Ted Kaczynski, the notorious Unabomber, in The Disney Channel’s upcoming FBI crime drama Manifesto, which is being produced by Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti through their Trigger Street Productions company. Manifesto “explores how the FBI caught infamous criminal masterminds, with the first season set […]
TBS orders animated comedy Final Space
TBS has given the greenlight to Final Space, an animated comedy series from Olan Rogers, which is described as a serialized intergalactic space saga about an astronaut named Gary and his adorable, planet-destroying friend, Mooncake as they look to unlock the mystery of ‘Final Space’, a.k.a. the end of the universe. Final Space initially started […]
