One veteran of The X-Files is set to make his return for the series’ upcoming eleventh season. Mitch Pileggi, who starred as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, will reprise his role for the 10-episode event series, joining lead stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in Mulder and Scully’s search for the truth. Pileggi is one of only […]
Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to develop Confederate for HBO
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners behind Game of Thrones, have another series in development at HBO. Titled Confederate, the new show will explore an alternate history of America that depicts the Confederacy successfully seceded from the Union in the American Civil War. Written by Benioff and Weiss, who also will showrun, Confederate chronicles events leading to the […]
Sandra Bullock to star in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box
THR has revealed that Netflix has tapped Sandra Bullock to star in Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (In a Better World) and screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival). The project is based upon Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel and takes place in the near future, with Bullock portraying a mother who along with her […]
David O. Russell is in talks for adaptation of Boy21
Director David O. Russell is in talks to produce an adaptation of Basketball drama Boy21. The man behind American Hustle and The Fighter, is currently in talks to produce Boy21, a film version of Matthew Quick’s basketball novel. Swift has already seen one of his novels adapted by O. Russell, he directed The Silver Linings […]
Katherine Waterston and Sunny Suljic to star in Jonah Hill’s Mid-90s
The Tracking Board has revealed that Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant) and Sunny Suljic (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) have signed on to star in Mid-90s, the upcoming directorial debut of Jonah Hill. As you may have guessed from the title, the film takes place in the mid-1990s and is a coming of age drama […]
The Dark Tower helmer to direct Matt Damon in Robert F. Kennedy biopic RFK
It looks like Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel has found his next project after the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower, with The Tracking Board reporting that he has signed on to direct the Robert F. Kennedy biopic RFK, which has Matt Damon attached to the title role. The younger brother of President John F. […]
Sony adapting Princeless comic book for the big screen
Deadline has revealed that Sony Pictures has snapped up the rights to Action Lab Comics’ Princeless comic book series, and has set Michael Sugar (Spotlight) to produce a movie adaptation, with Stefani Robinson (Atlanta) penning the script. The Eisner-nominated comic book series from Jeremy Whitley and Emily Martin “follows a young black princess who, instead […]
Godzilla vs. Kong director discusses size difference between the two monsters
Director Adam Wingard was at Comic-Con this past weekend to promote the release of his new movie Death Note, and IGN managed to get a brief update from the filmmaker as to his next project – the MonsterVerse crossover Godzilla vs. Kong. “It’s been a pleasure already in the first stages of it, having an […]
David Cronenberg’s Consumed heading to the small screen
Deadline is reporting that AMC is developing a small screen adaptation of David Cronenberg’s psychological thriller novel Consumed with Dave Erickson (Fear the Walking Dead) and Sheri Elwood (Lucifer). Published in 2014, Consumed follows two journalists who set out to solve the cannibalistic murder of a controversial Parisian philosopher. Both Erickson and Elwood are set to […]
Mr. Robot creator heading to the Bermuda Triangle
THR is reporting that Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail has signed on to write and direct Universal Pictures’ long-gestating Bermuda Triangle movie. The project, which has had previous drafts by Miles Millar & Alfred Gough and Juliet Snowden & Stiles White, is shrouded in secrecy, but it will revolve around the area in the Caribbean […]
