Given the enormous success of the Harry Potter franchise, it came as little surprise when Warner Bros. announced it would be expanding the Wizarding World saga with a spinoff based upon J.K. Rowling’s 2001 faux textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What did come as a surprise however was that WB and Rowling were […]
Paddington team reunite for magical love story Time’s Fool
Having collaborated on Paddington and Paddington 2, director Paul King, producer David Heyman and co-writer Jon Croker are set to reunite for an adaptation of Glyn Maxwell’s novel-length poem Time’s Fool: A Tale in Verse for Fox Searchlight. Time’s Fool is described as a “magical love story” and follows “a young man who is cursed […]
Paddington 3 in the works, but Paul King unlikely to direct
Given the critical and commercial success of the first two movies, it will come as little surprise that development is underway on a third Paddington movie, although it’s likely we’ll be seeing a new director coming on board given the hectic schedule of filmmaker Paul King. “We’re developing a third Paddington,” producer David Heyman tells […]
Movie Review – Finding Your Feet (2017)
Finding Your Feet, 2017. Directed by Richard Loncraine. Starring Imelda Staunton, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Joanna Lumley, Phoebe Nicholls, David Heyman, Josie Lawrence, Sian Thomas, and John Sessions. SYNOPSIS: On the eve of retirement a middle class, judgmental snob discovers her husband has been having an affair with her best friend and is forced […]
Fantastic Beasts producer on how The Crimes of Grindelwald expands J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World
Following this month’s title reveal and first look image, producer David Heyman has been chatting to EW about Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, and how the upcoming sequel to the Harry Potter spinoff will expand upon J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World. “We delve deeper into Jo’s wizarding world — we’re in Paris, we’re in London and […]
Fantastic Beasts 2 to feature even more Harry Potter surprises
While he was doing the rounds promoting Paddington 2 [read our review here], super-producer David Heyman (Gravity, I Am Legend) spoke to Digital Spy about the mission statement for the next Fantastic Beasts film and its subsequent sequels. Heyman stated “I think the pleasure of these Fantastic Beasts films is that they’ll work on their […]
Harry Potter producer teams up with the BBC for The Birds miniseries
The BBC is teaming up with Harry Potter producer David Heyman’s Heyday Television for a new miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novella The Birds, famously adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. According to Digital Spy, the TV adaptation will remain true to du Maurier’s novel and is set in […]
Warner Bros. and Harry Potter producer looking to remake Attack on Titan
According to Deadline, Warner Bros. is looking to secure the big screen rights to Hajime Isayama’s hit manga Attack on Titan, tapping Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them producer David Heyman to develop a U.S. remake of the recent two-part Japanese film. Attack on Titan “follows humans living behind a wall […]
Fantastic Beasts producer developing live-action adaptation of Warriors book series
Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them producer David Heyman is teaming up with China’s Alibaba Pictures Group for a live-action adaptation of the YA book series Warriors, which follows the adventures of four clans of forest-dwelling cats. “Alibaba represents quality and the best values,” said Heyman. “When I first came to China a […]
David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting
Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow… Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently […]