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Jake Gyllenhaal in talks to join Apple TV+’s Presumed Innocent series

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Jake Gyllenhaal is in talks for the lead role in Presumed Innocent, Apple TV+’s upcoming limited series based on Scott Turow’s 1987 novel that is being put together by TV super-producers David E. Kelley (Big Little Lies), J.J. Abrams (LOST) and Dustin Thomason (Castle Rock). Variety reports that Gyllenhaal will play Rusty Sabich, the prosecutor accused […]

DC Films enters new era with Henry Cavill, Matt Reeves, Dwayne Johnson, and James Gunn

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DC and its film universe are in a rocky spot. While the executives are changing at Warner Bros Discovery, so are the talents in front and behind the cameras. In a new landscape shift from the DCEU, we’ve learned a bit about the plan for the future, and it looks like an interesting upcoming slate. […]

New Cloverfield movie incoming from Under the Shadow director Babak Anvari

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Paramount has hired BAFTA-winning Under the Shadow and I Came By director Babak Anvari to helm the next movie in the Cloverfield franchise.  Deadline’s sources report that Anvari will direct from a script written by Joe Barton (HBO Max’s Gotham City Police Department), but there are no additional details regarding how this will link to […]

Keanu Reeves returning for Constantine sequel as HBO Max passes on J.J. Abrams series

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Having made no secret of their desire to reunite for a sequel to the 2005 supernatural thriller over the past few years, star Keanu Reeves and director Francis Lawrence have got their wish as Warner Bros. has given the go ahead to a Constantine sequel. Deadline broke the news, revealing that Reeves is officially on […]

J.J. Abrams and Jennifer Garner’s My Glory Was I Had Such Friends is scrapped

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One minute you’re writing about how many small-screen projects J.J. Abrams has on the go, the next you’re ticking them off as they’re cancelled, such is the world of television at the moment. Following the news that HBO had dropped his long-in-the-offing sci-fi series Demimonde for budgetary reasons, comes the story that Jennifer Garner has […]

Live-action Speed Racer series in development from J.J. Abrams and Apple TV+

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Prepare to polish the Mach 5 and take your place on the starting grid, because J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot pit-crew are looking to develop a live-action Speed Racer series for Apple TV+. According to Variety Apple have given the green light to a series order for Speed Racer, which will be written by […]

Presumed Innocent series in the works from J.J. Abrams and David E. Kelley

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TV titans J.J. Abrams and David E. Kelley are set to team for a limited series adaptation of Scott Turow’s legal thriller novel Presumed Innocent, which was previously brought to the big screen by director Alan J. Pakula with the 1990 Harrison Ford film. Kelley, whose TV work includes the likes of Ally McBeal, Boston […]

J.J. Abrams and Stephen King reuniting for Billy Summers limited series

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Having collaborated on 11.22.63, Castle Rock, and Lisey’s Story, J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot is teaming with Stephen King once again, this time for a limited series adaptation of the author’s latest bestseller, the crime novel Billy Summers. Published back in August of last year, Billy Summers revolves around the titular character, a hitman and former […]