Earlier this year Paramount and Habsro enlisted Oscar-winner Akiva Goldsman to launch a “Writers Room” to generate ideas for the Transformers franchise. Well, it seems the two companies are so pleased with the results that they’re now looking to do the same for two other properties in G.I. Joe and Micronauts. According to Deadline, this […]
Warner Bros. and Plan B adapting YA sci-fi Illuminae
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Warner Bros. and Brad Pitt’s Plan B Entertainment are set to adapt the YA sci-fi novel Illuminae from authors Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristof. The book “tells of a teenage hacker and her fighter pilot ex-boyfriend, struggling with their broken relationship while they unearth a conspiracy surrounding an intergalactic […]
Kathy Bates to play Billy Bob Thornton’s mother in Bad Santa 2
American Horror Story star Kathy Bates has joined the cast of the upcoming comedy sequel Bad Santa 2, where she is set to play Sunny Soke, “the foulmouthed, tough-as-nails mom” to Billy Bob Thornton’s Willie Soke. Bad Santa 2 is being directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls) from a script by Entourage creator Doug Ellin […]
Casey Affleck to direct Joaquin Phoenix in Far Bright Star
Joaquin Phoenix has signed on to appear in the Western Far Bright Star, which is set to reunite him with his brother-in-law and I’m Still Here director Casey Affleck. Based on Robert Olmstead’s 2009 novel and adapted by penned by Damien Ober (Dominion), Far Bright Star is “is set in 1916 and tells of an […]
James McAvoy details a ridiculous deleted scene from X-Men: First Class
During an interview with IGN to promote the release of his new film Victor Frankenstein, James McAvoy has detailed what would surely have been a rather horrendous scene from X-Men: First Class. “There was actually a scene in X-Men: First Class where we come up against somebody so dumb that I can’t mind bend him,” […]
The Lord of the Rings screenwriter Philippa Boyens to adapt The Merlin Saga
Deadline is reporting that Walt Disney Pictures has tapped Philippa Boyens to pen an adaptation of T.A Barron’s book series The Merlin Saga, which is being produced by Gil Netter (Life of Pi). Oscar-winner Boyens is a regular collaborator with Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, having co-written The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit […]
Brendan Gleeson joins Ben Affleck’s Live By Night
Deadline is reporting that Brendan Gleeson (Suffragette) has signed on to appear in Live By Night, the currently in production Prohibition-era drama from director Ben Affleck. SEE ALSO: First set photo from Live By Night Based on the book by Dennis Lehane, Live By Night sees Affleck starring as Joe Coughlin, the youngest son of […]
Julianne Moore reteaming with Todd Haynes for Wonderstruck
Julianne Moore is set to reunite with Todd Haynes for a fourth time, teaming up with the Carol director for an adaptation of Brian Selznick’s children’s novel Wonderstruck. Here’s the official synopsis for the book: Ben and Rose secretly wish their lives were different. Ben longs for the father he has never known. Rose dreams of a mysterious […]
Working Title bringing Enid Blyton’s The Famous Five to the big screen
Working Title has tapped up and coming British screenwriter Jon Croker (The Woman In Black: Angel of Death, Desert Dancer) to pen the script for an adaptation of Enid Blyton’s classic adventure series The Famous Five. The beloved book series follows five school friends – Julian, Dick, Anne, George and her pet dog Timmy – […]
Ben Wheatley to remake The Wages of Fear
Deadline is reporting that acclaimed British filmmaker Ben Wheatley is set to direct a remake of the classic 1953 thriller The Wages of Fear, which he’ll also co-write with his wife and regular collaborator Amy Jump. Based on Georges Arnaud’s novel Le salaire de la peur, the film was previously remade by William Friedkin with 1977’s Sorcerer, […]
