THR is reporting that Skydance Productions has picked up the rights to Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s new Image Comics series The Old Guard, tapping Rucka to pen a script for the movie adaptation. The Old Guard follows “a small group of soldiers, led by a woman named Andy, who are inexplicably immortal and have […]
The first draft of The LEGO Movie Sequel is complete
Chris Miller has taken to Twitter to announce that the first draft of The LEGO Movie Sequel has been completed and turned in to Warner Bros. Just turned in the official first draft of LEGO Movie 2. Hello, Thanksgiving. — Christopher Miller (@chrizmillr) November 25, 2015 Miller is writing the follow-up to the 2014 smash […]
Jason Segel co-writing but not directing LEGO movie The Billion Brick Race
After the massive success of last year’s The LEGO Movie, a franchise is being built: not only is there a sequel on the way, but we have many spin-offs on the horizon too, including one that is being co-written by Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and Jason Segel (The Muppets). Early word also […]
Brad Fuller talks Friday the 13th, clears up rumours
It’s Friday the 13th, and so it’s entirely appropriate that Platinum Dunes’ Brad Fuller has taken a moment to discuss his plans for the next instalment of the iconic slasher series. The Friday the 13th sequel has certainly had a rocky development since first being announced in 2009, including several delays, the latest of which […]
Universal bringing The Machine, Kill Shakespeare and El Pantera to the small screen
Earlier this week Universal Cable Productions announced that it had reached a deal with Dark Horse to adapt the comic book series The Umbrella Academy, Harrow County, Concrete and Back-Up for the small screen, and now it has been announced that UCP has acquired three more properties in the British sci-fi The Machine, IDW Publishing’s […]
Channing Tatum producing comic book adaptation Zombie Brother
Variety is reporting that Channing Tatum’s Free Association is teaming with China’s Tencent Pictures for an adaptation of the comic series Zombie Brother, which is being directed by David Sanberg (Kung Fury) from a script by Matt Lieberman (Scoob). Zombie Brother follows an ordinary guy who looks to escape his city when the population start […]
The Flash’s Grant Gustin joins The Last Full Measure
The Flash star Grant Gustin has become the latest superhero actor to join the cast of director Todd Robinson’s (Lonely Hearts) political drama The Last Full Measure. Gustin is set to play William Pitsenbarger, a special forces para-rescue jumper and Medal of Honor recipient. He joins a cast that includes Marvel Cinematic Universe veterans Samuel […]
DreamWorks Animation adapting Cressida Cowell’s The Wizards of Once
According to Deadline, DreamWorks Animation has picked up the rights to The Wizards of Once, a new fantasy series from author Cressida Cowell, whose previous book series How to Train Your Dragon was turned into a major animated franchise by the studio. “Cressida is part of the DreamWorks family and with The Wizards Of Once […]
Olivia Cooke is Courting Danger in World War II spy drama
Bates Motel and Me and Earl and the Dying Girl star Olivia Cooke has signed on to play tennis star turned spy Alice Marble in the upcoming World War II drama Courting Danger, THR is reporting. The film is based upon Dale Leatherman’s book Courting Danger: My Adventures in World Class Tennis, Golden Age Hollywood, […]
Sony wins bidding war for graphic novel My Favourite Thing Is Monsters
Sony Pictures has emerged victorious in a four-studio bidding war for the rights to Emil Ferris’ graphic novel My Favourite Thing Is Monsters, setting Bradley Gallo and Michael Helfant of Amasia Entertainment to produce a movie adaptation. The official description for the graphic novel reads: “Set against the tumultuous political backdrop of late ’60s Chicago, […]
