Since relaunching the franchise on the small screen back in 2017, CBS All Access’ new Star Trek shows have received a mixed response from fans, with many struggling to engage with the revamped version of the long-running sci-fi series which has been presented through both Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard. Well, it seems […]
Akiva Goldsman says his early 2000s Batman vs. Superman script was “the darkest thing you’ve ever seen”
Way back when Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and the whole DC Extended Universe was just a twinkle in Zack Snyder’s eye, Warner Bros. looked to bring together its two biggest superheroes for the DC crossover movie Batman vs. Superman. In the early 2000s, with the Batman franchise in tatters after Batman & Robin […]
Exclusive Interview – Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer on Star Trek: Picard, what it means to treat Star Trek as a franchise, and more
Alex Moreland interviews Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer about Star Trek: Picard, their emotional connection to the series, and more… Between the four of them, Michael Chabon, Alex Kurtzman, Akiva Goldsman and Kirsten Beyer have written a lot of Star Trek: novels, comic books, films, and, of course, television. The series isn’t […]
Will Smith to reunite with Akiva Goldsman for sci-fi Brilliance
THR is reporting that Will Smith is set to reunite with writer-producer Akiva Goldsman (I, Robot, I Am Legend) on the sci-fi feature Brilliance, which is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Based on Marcus Sakey’s novel of the same name, Brilliance takes place in a world where 1% of the population are born with […]
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie to be directed by Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer
Lonely Island member and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping co-director Akiva Schaffer has signed on to helm Disney’s Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The live-action/CG-animated hybrid film will reimagine the classic 1989 animated series Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, which saw the long-running Disney characters starting their own detective […]
Paramount looking to get in on the superhero movie business with Atlas Comics
Paramount Pictures is looking to get itself in on the superhero business, with producer Steven Paul (Ghost Rider, Ghost in the Shell) announcing at Cannes that he has acquired a majority holding in Atlas Comics and signed a co-production and co-financing deal with the studio to develop, produce and distribute superhero movies based upon the […]
Akiva Goldsman to adapt Brilliance trilogy for the big screen
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) is set to write and produce adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling book trilogy Brilliance, Deadline has revealed. Brilliance takes place “in a future world where “brilliants” — the rare 1% born gifted with superior mental abilities — are carefully tracked by the government. Federal agent Nick Cooper, […]
Neil Gaiman and Akiva Goldsman to adapt Gormenghast for the small screen
Deadline is reporting that Fremantle North America has tapped Neil Gaiman (American Gods) and Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: Discovery) to develop a TV adaptation of British author Mervyn Peake’s Gormenghast book series. “There is nothing in literature like Mervyn Peake’s remarkable Gormenghast novels,” said Gaiman. “They were crafted by a master, who was also an […]
Paramount Pictures looking to launch Ology franchise on the big screen
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has snapped up the rights to the Ology series of books, tapping Akiva Goldsman to head up a writers room in the hope of launching a new family-friendly big screen franchise. Joining Oscar-winner Goldsman in the Ology writers room are Jeff Pinkner (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle), Lindsey Beer (The […]
Akiva Goldsman no longer involved with Transformers franchise
Back in 2015, Paramount Pictures set up a writer’s room spearheaded by Akiva Goldsman, with a view to working out the future direction of the Transformers franchise. Since then, we’ve had Transformers: The Last Knight, which was mauled by critics, and failed to match the box office performance of its predecessors, while production on the […]