AMC and production company The Ink Factory are one step closer towards a second season of the hit miniseries, The Night Manager, based on the novel of the same name by John le Carré. According to Deadline, British screenwriter Matthew Orton has been hired to pen the second season. After The Night Manager‘s success, AMC and BBC […]
Netflix’s Judd Apatow comedy Love to end after season 3
The upcoming third season of Gillian Jacobs (Community) and Paul Rust’s comedy drama Love will be its last. The Hollywood Reporter announced that Netflix had decided to end the Judd Apatow produced series after its third run, which debuts on the streaming service from March 9th 2018. “I am really excited about the third season […]
Bill & Ted Face the Music writer reveals some bodacious plot details about the sequel
Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey was released 27 years ago. Just let that sink in for a minute. Now imagine that for a third of that time, original writers Ed Solomon and Chris Matheson had been trying to put together a sequel, Bill & Ted Face the Music. They’d probably have a lot to talk […]
Director David F. Sandberg on the appeal of Shazam!
A couple of days ago, it was announced that Warner Bros.’ next DC project to go into production will be the Shazam! movie, with Lights Out and Annabelle: Creation director David F. Sandberg taking on the reins of Billy Batson and his superhero alter-ego Captain Marvel for his big screen debut. Following the announcement, Sandberg […]
Mads Mikkelsen cast in villain role in Doug Liman’s Chaos Walking
Doug Liman has just rounded out the main cast of his adaptation of Chaos Walking by adding Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Mads Mikkelsen in the villain role, per The Hollywood Reporter. The actor is in final negotiations to play the film’s antagonist, plaguing co-stars Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Force Awakens) and Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Homecoming). […]
The Twilight Zone gets Christine Lavaf as screenwriter for feature film
The long-gestating Twilight Zone movie has gained a new writer. According to Variety, Warner Bros. has hired I Human’s Christine Lavaf to pen the screenplay for the feature film. Unlike the previous film made in 1983, this new Twilight Zone will be one single story as opposed to an anthology. Since 2009, a slew of writers and directors have boarded and […]
Jordan Peele rebooting The Twilight Zone on CBS All Access
For decades, The Twilight Zone has been a staple of the science fiction genre with its anthology of sci-fi and horror tales. Now, CBS is ready to reboot it once again on their All Access streaming service with Get Out director Jordan Peele producing the series with Simon Kinberg through their respective companies, Monkeypaw Productions and Genre Films. Joining […]
Gears of War film gets Shane Salerno as screenwriter
Some movement has finally happened for Universal’s adaptation of the Gears of War video game franchise. According to Deadline, the studio has hired screenwriter Shane Salerno to pen the script. Salerno’s previous works include the scripts for James Cameron’s Avatar sequels, Michael Bay’s Armageddon and Ridley Scott’s The Cartel. Universal and Microsoft announced a partnership last year, timed to coincide with the […]
Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt renewed for season 4
Netflix has renewed its comedy series Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt for a fourth season. The Tina Fey series has recently debuted its third season via Netflix, with this current set of instalments sitting at a 78 on Metacritic. The show stars Ellie Kemper as Kimmy, a woman released into society after having been imprisoned in a […]
James Cameron says “2018 is not happening” for Avatar 2
James Cameron has spent almost as long in development on his Avatar sequels as he did the first movie; release dates have shifted several times as the ambitious project expanded from two sequels, to three, and finally four, with the first slated to arrive in 2018. However, despite the fact the scripts are now complete, […]
