Deadline is reporting that Captain America: Civil War directors Joe and Anthony Russo are teaming up with comic book creator Rick Remender and Sony Pictures TV for an adaptation of Remender and artist Wes Craig’s Image Comics series Deadly Class. Written by Remender and Miles Feldsott, with Adam Targum (Banshee) serving as showrunner, the TV […]
The BBC announces six-part adaptation of Les Miserables
The BBC and Weinstein TV announced that BAFTA-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (War and Peace) has signed on to adapt Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables as a six-part drama. “Most of us are familiar with the musical version which only offers a fragmentary outline of its story,” states Davis. “I am thrilled to have the […]
SDCC: IDW announces new post-Revolution titles, including Optimus Prime ongoing series
IDW has announced plans for its post-Revolution titles following the five-part bi-weekly series which will create a cohesive comic book unievrse from Hasbro’s Transformers, G.I. Joe, ROM, Micronauts, Action Man, and M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. The Transformers line will see the launch of two new ongoing titles: Transformers: Lost Light and the first-ever ongoing […]
Universal sets Margot Robbie for Bad Monkeys
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures has snapped up the rights to Matt Ruff’s 2007 novel Bad Monkeys, and has attached Margot Robbie to star and produce. The psychological thriller “centers on Jane Charlotte, who has been arrested for murder. She says she’s a member of a secret organization devoted to fighting evil and that […]
Jennifer Hudson to star in Adam Sandler’s next Netflix movie Sandy Wexler
Adam Sandler has lured some Oscar-winning talent for his next Netflix movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Jennifer Hudson has signed on for the female lead in Sandy Wexler. The film, which is being directed by The Do-Over helmer Steven Brill, is set in the 90s and stars Sandler as Wexler, “a talent manager […]
SDCC: Universal bringing Neil Gaiman’s InterWorld to the small screen, along with three comic book adaptations
Universal Cable Productions has announced that it is developing a small screen adaptation of Neil Gaiman and Michael Reeves’ YA fantasy sci-fi book InterWorld, which is being overseen by Hamilton producer Jeffrey Seller. Here’s the official description, via THR: “Everyone in the Interworld is a version of Joey, some only a little different, while others […]
Alicia Vikander confirms that the Tomb Raider reboot is based upon the 2013 video game
Prior to Alicia Vikander’s casting as Lara Croft in the upcoming Tomb Raider reboot, director Roar Uthaug (The Wave) revealed that he was taking inspiration from the 2013 Tomb Raider video game, itself a reboot of the franchise, and now Oscar-winner Vikander has confirmed that the movie will adapt the critically-acclaimed game. “They told me […]
Eleven character teasers for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Yesterday we brought you the first trailer for xXx: The Return of Xander Cage [watch it here], and now Paramount Pictures has released eleven character teasers for Vin Diesel, Ruby Rose, Rory McCann, Neymar Jr., Michael Bisping, Donnie Yen, Kris Wu, Deepika Padukone, Tony Jaa, Nina Dobrev and Nicky Jam; check them out below… The third explosive […]
Emily Carmichael and Kira Snyder writing Pacific Rim 2
Back in May of this year it was reported that Derek Connolly (Jurassic World) had been brought in by Legendary to pen the screenplay for Pacific Rim: Maelstrom, the follow-up to Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 sci-fi action blockbuster, which is set to explode into cinemas in February 2018. Well, in an interview over at Ars […]
Dwayne Johnson producing bodybuilding drama Muscle Beach
It looks like the recently announced Pump from Arnold Schwarzenegger is set to have some competition when it comes to the period bodybuilding drama stakes, as Deadline is reporting that Dwayne Johnson is producing the scripted drama series Muscle Beach for USA Network. The logline for Muscle Beach reads: “A colorful tribe of lost souls […]
