Stolen Picture, the new production company from Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, has launched a new initiative entitled Rights Incubator, which aims to work with up-and-coming writers on various young adult projects. First out the gate from the initiative are two potential series, We Never Sleep, “a detective comedy-thriller that will tackle bullying, justice, morality, […]
Preview of Ant-Man and the Wasp: Living Legends #1
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Living Legends #1 is out this coming Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the issue for you here courtesy of Marvel Comics; take a look… SCOTT LANG MUST PICK UP WHERE HANK PYM LEFT OFF! When the leader of an interdimensional force is captured by a brutal dictator, they reach […]
Jonathan Lethem’s The Feral Detective heading to the big screen
Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel The Feral Detective looks to be heading to the big screen, with Sue Kroll’s Kroll & Co. Entertainment optioning the rights to the book and setting a movie adaptation at Warner Bros. Pictures. The Amazon description for The Feral Detective reads: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer […]
Medieval VR adventure Wonfourn coming this month
Ensenasoft have announced that their strategic VR medieval adventure Wonfourn will be released for HTC Vive, Oculus Rift and Windows Mixed Reality on the 20th June on Steam. Over thirty medieval islands filled with challenges and surprises await intrepid explorers. Want to see more? Watch the trailer below… In Wonfourn players will embark on an epic adventure […]
Preview of Titan’s Brother Nash #1
American Gods meets Preacher and Hellboy this week as Titan Comics launches its new series Brother Nash; check out a preview of the first issue here… American Gods meets Preacher and Hellboy on the midnight road to Sacramento! Nash is a trucker, he also sees ghosts, and when the moon is on the rise and […]
Colin Trevorrow producing sci-fi adaptation Space Opera
Universal Pictures has enlisted Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and Marc Platt of Marc Platt Productions to produce a music-themed adaptation of Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction novel Space Opera. The Amazon description for the novel, which has been compared to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, reads: A century ago, the Sentience […]
Creepy Crawlers toy line heading to the big screen for movie adaptation
The classic toy brand Creepy Crawlers is heading to the big screen courtesy of Paramount Players and producer Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious, Goosebumps). Originally developed by Mattel and launching in 1964, Creepy Crawlers is a series of moulds which allow kids to create a variety of bug-like creatures. It was revived by ToyMax […]
Blumhouse and NBC team for horror drama Cul-De-Sac
NBC is teaming with Blumhouse Television and Universal Television for a new horror drama series entitled Cul-De-Sac, which is being eyed as the first project under a new ‘Blumhouse Presents’ banner. Deadline reports that Cul-De-Sac has been written by Brian Sieve (Scream: The TV Series) and follows “three families living in a suburban cul-de-sac who […]
Syfy orders pilot for Dark Horse adaptation Resident Alien
Deadline is reporting that Syfy has granted a pilot order to Resident Alien, an adaptation of the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name by Peter Horgan and Steve Parkhouse. Described as dark, twisted and comedic fish-out-of-water story, Resident Alien “follows a crash-landed alien named Harry who, after taking on the identity of […]
Danny Glover joins Harlem drama Strive
Veteran actor Danny Glover has joined the cast of Strive, a new film from director-producer Robert Rippberger of Aletheia Films. Written by Harlem native Sha-Risse R. Smith, Strive is a story about an underprivileged girl with a dream of a great education, and a better life. Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with […]
