Amazon MGM Studios has confirmed that they are working on feature film adaptation of Electronic Arts The Sims gaming franchise, and that The Last of Us helmer Kate Herron is set to direct. Deadline has confirmed the reports from a few months ago that Herron, who was also responsible for season 1 of Loki, will […]
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage are Brothers in trailer for crime comedy
Amazon MGM has released the trailer for Brothers, an action crime comedy starring Josh Brolin (Dune) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones) as a pair of twins going on the road for one last heist together. Alongside Brolin and Dinklage, Brothers stars Brendan Fraser, Glenn Close, Taylour Paige, M. Emmet Walsh and Jennifer Landon. The film […]
Amazon MGM Studios developing a Poltergeist TV series
Prepare for a scary dose of small screen static, because a Poltergeist television series is being developed by Amazon MGM Studios. Per Variety’s report, Kalinda Vazquez (Star Trek: Discovery) and Robbie Thompson (Supernatural) have been tasked with summoning the spirit of Tobe Hooper’s 1982 horror film to the small-screen. Steven Spielberg, who played a large […]
Spider-Man’s Jon Watts developing podcast adaptation Murder 101
Amazon MGM Studios has won a hotly contested auction to secure the rights to true-crime podcast series Murder 101, with Spider-Man: Homecoming‘s Jon Watts set to produce and direct. Murder 101 will be a feature film based on KT Studios’ and iHearts podcast series, which tells the story of a small Tennessee town, where a […]
Josh Gad-scripted Spaceballs 2 gets the go-ahead at Amazon MGM Studios
It’s a story that has been orbiting the entertainment news pages since 1987, but now a sequel to Mel Brooks’ Star Wars parody Spaceballs is set to become a reality over at Amazon MGM Studios. According to Deadline the legendary comedy director will remain on board as a producer on Spaceballs 2, which will be […]
Ben Barnes and Mary-Louise Parker to lead Stephen King adaptation The Institute
MGM+ has announced that it has given a eight-episode series order to The Institute, an adaptation of the 2019 novel from Stephen King. The series is being executive produced by King veterans director Jack Bender (Mr. Mercedes) and writer Benjamin Cavell (The Stand), and will see Ben Barnes (Shadow and Bone) and Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds) […]
Jensen Ackles to lead thriller series Countdown
Supernatural veteran Jensel Ackles has landed a new series over at Prime Video. Ackles will lead the thriller Countdown from One Chicago creator Derek Haas. Countdown follows “a suspicious murder in broad daylight, which leads to LAPD officer Mark Meachum (Ackles) being recruited to join a secret task force of undercover agents from all branches of law enforcement to investigate. […]
Josh Brolin and Peter Dinklage’s Brothers acquired by Amazon MGM
Amazon MGM has bought the action comedy Brothers starring Josh Brolin (Dune: Part Two) and Peter Dinklage (Game of Thrones). The film will have a limited theatrical release before premiering on Prime Video. Brothers tells the story of “a reformed criminal (Brolin) whose attempt at going straight is derailed when he reunites with his sanity-testing twin brother (Dinklage) […]
Nicolas Cage to play Spider-Man Noir in live-action Sony series for MGM+ and Prime Video
Having been revealed back in February of last year that Sony was developing a live-action Spider-Man Noir series for Prime Video, it has now been announced that Nicolas Cage is set to portray the title character, reprising his voice role from the Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. Titled Noir, the show mark the first series […]
Legally Blonde spin-off in the works at Amazon
Elle Woods is a staple movie character of the 00s. Reese Witherspoon took the blonde law student and made her a culture icon, and she’s getting another stab at it. But this time, she’s taking over the small screen. Deadline broke the news that Witherspoon’s company, Hello Sunshine, is developing something related to Legally Blonde at […]
