Amanda Seyfried (Mank) has joined the first season of Apple TV+’s anthology series The Crowded Room, where she will star alongside Tom Holland (Spider-Man: No Way Home).The Crowded Room will explore “inspirational stories of those who have struggled, and learned to successfully live with, mental illness.” It has been written by Akiva Goldsman (Star Trek: […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds will be “really episodic” and “very much adventure-of-the-week”
Having pushed the franchise in new directions with Star Trek: Discovery and Star Trek: Picard, Paramount+’s next Star Trek offering is set to take the series back to its earliest roots as the original pilot episode crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise return for new adventures in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.It’s not just the characters […]
Watch the Constantine reunion panel with Keanu Reeves from Comic-Con@Home
Yesterday’s Comic-Con@Home schedule was a big day for Keanu Reeves fans; not only was he part of the Bill & Ted Face the Music panel alongside co-stars Alex Winter, William Sadler, Samara Weaving and Brigette Lundy-Paine [watch it here], but he also joined director Francis Lawrence and producer Akiva Goldsman to celebrate the 15th anniversary […]
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds to be more optimistic and episodic, reveals producer Akiva Goldsman
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 that […]
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 and […]
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 special […]
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 […]
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 agency […]
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, himself […]
