No idea or character is too old for Hollywood to recycle. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Amazon Studios will be developing a new film based on Medusa, one of the most famous monsters of Greek mythology. One of three sisters known as the Gorgons, Medusa is famous for her hair made of snakes and piercing gaze: anyone who looks her in the eyes turns to stone.
Described as a "modern take" on the character, it seems the film will ditch ancient Greece for a more contemporary setting. "Medusa" will be an action-adventure movie, with the titular character as the unlikely hero. With the movie so early in pre-production, there's no word on who will be the star; the makers probably don't even know yet. However, THR was able to share who some of the talent working behind the scenes are.
Who Is Working On Medusa?
Nicole Kassell is slated to direct this "Medusa" project.
Described as a "modern take" on the character, it seems the film will ditch ancient Greece for a more contemporary setting. "Medusa" will be an action-adventure movie, with the titular character as the unlikely hero. With the movie so early in pre-production, there's no word on who will be the star; the makers probably don't even know yet. However, THR was able to share who some of the talent working behind the scenes are.
Who Is Working On Medusa?
Nicole Kassell is slated to direct this "Medusa" project.
- 3/5/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Amazon Studios is hoping to avoid turning to stone as they stare into the eyes of Medusa, with THR reporting that Amazon Studios is developing a film based on the Greek myth.
Nicole Kassell (“Watchmen”) is on board to direct Medusa for Amazon, described as “an action adventure project centered on the Greek mythological character.”
THR adds, “Nicole Perlman, known for her Marvel Studios work, penned the script that reimagines what audiences may know about everybody’s favorite Gorgon, who has snakes for hair and whose stare turns ordinary people into stone.”
“Plot details are being kept behind the mirror but the fantasy story sees Medusa, after running afoul of the ancient gods, setting out on an epic quest to save the world,” THR adds.
Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson and Tara Farney (Ready or Not) are producing alongside Kassell.
It sounds like this one could be in the vein of...
Nicole Kassell (“Watchmen”) is on board to direct Medusa for Amazon, described as “an action adventure project centered on the Greek mythological character.”
THR adds, “Nicole Perlman, known for her Marvel Studios work, penned the script that reimagines what audiences may know about everybody’s favorite Gorgon, who has snakes for hair and whose stare turns ordinary people into stone.”
“Plot details are being kept behind the mirror but the fantasy story sees Medusa, after running afoul of the ancient gods, setting out on an epic quest to save the world,” THR adds.
Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson and Tara Farney (Ready or Not) are producing alongside Kassell.
It sounds like this one could be in the vein of...
- 3/3/2023
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
We’ve been hearing a lot about the Greek mythological character Medusa lately, and there’s not even a new Clash of the Titans movie on the way. There was a Medusa horror movie that recently got a sequel called Medusa’s Venom, there was a Brazilian production that Music Box Films brought to North America, and there was a Medusa-inspired film in the works at Fangoria Studios, a project we haven’t heard about since it was announced over a year ago. Now The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Nicole Kassell, who an Emmy for her work directing episodes of HBO’s Watchmen series, will be directing a Medusa movie for Amazon Studios.
Nicole Perlman, whose writing credits include Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel, plus Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, has written the screenplay for Medusa. There aren’t many story details available at this time,...
Nicole Perlman, whose writing credits include Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy and Captain Marvel, plus Pokemon: Detective Pikachu, has written the screenplay for Medusa. There aren’t many story details available at this time,...
- 3/3/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Medusa is getting a modern makeover.
Nicole Kassell, who an Emmy for her work directing episodes of HBO’s Watchmen, is set to direct Medusa, an action adventure project centered on the Greek mythological character that is in development at Amazon Studios.
Nicole Perlman, known for her Marvel Studios work, penned the script that reimagines what audiences may know about everybody’s favorite Gorgon, who has snakes for hair and whose stare turns ordinary people into stone.
Plot details are being kept behind the mirror but the fantasy story sees Medusa, after running afoul of the ancient gods, setting out on an epic quest to save the world.
Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson and Tara Farney are producing alongside Kassell. Vinson Films, which was behind the cult horror movie Ready or Not and Netflix’s hit Murder Mystery, is prepping for the debut of the latter’s sequel March 31.
Perlman will executive produce.
Nicole Kassell, who an Emmy for her work directing episodes of HBO’s Watchmen, is set to direct Medusa, an action adventure project centered on the Greek mythological character that is in development at Amazon Studios.
Nicole Perlman, known for her Marvel Studios work, penned the script that reimagines what audiences may know about everybody’s favorite Gorgon, who has snakes for hair and whose stare turns ordinary people into stone.
Plot details are being kept behind the mirror but the fantasy story sees Medusa, after running afoul of the ancient gods, setting out on an epic quest to save the world.
Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson and Tara Farney are producing alongside Kassell. Vinson Films, which was behind the cult horror movie Ready or Not and Netflix’s hit Murder Mystery, is prepping for the debut of the latter’s sequel March 31.
Perlman will executive produce.
- 3/1/2023
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
“Queen of the South” actor Alice Braga is set to star in the upcoming Netflix movie “Ivy.”
The story centers on a mother, who is recovering from a brutal accident and moves into a prototype smart home. As she begins to get settled, she finds out that the house’s groundbreaking AI technology is quickly developing real human emotions.
“Night Raiders” filmmaker Danis Goulet is directing the thriller, with a script from Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (“Distant”).
Netflix has not announced the film’s release date.
Producers on “Ivy” include Tripp Vinson for Vinson Films and Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films. In addition to penning the screenplay, Cohen and Halberg will serve as executive producers. Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis and Tara Farney are also executive producing.
Braga began her career in Brazilian films, including “City of God,” “Lower City” and “Only God Knows,” before landing a breakout role opposite...
The story centers on a mother, who is recovering from a brutal accident and moves into a prototype smart home. As she begins to get settled, she finds out that the house’s groundbreaking AI technology is quickly developing real human emotions.
“Night Raiders” filmmaker Danis Goulet is directing the thriller, with a script from Spenser Cohen and Anna Halberg (“Distant”).
Netflix has not announced the film’s release date.
Producers on “Ivy” include Tripp Vinson for Vinson Films and Daniel Bekerman for Scythia Films. In addition to penning the screenplay, Cohen and Halberg will serve as executive producers. Christopher Yurkovich, Alex Ordanis and Tara Farney are also executive producing.
Braga began her career in Brazilian films, including “City of God,” “Lower City” and “Only God Knows,” before landing a breakout role opposite...
- 6/17/2021
- by Rebecca Rubin
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: The Ready Or Not gang of filmmakers Radio Silence and scribes Guy Busick and R. Christopher Murphy, are coming back together to work on the MGM horror high school movie Reunion.
Radio Silence, composed of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella, will direct and produce off a screenplay and story by Busick, who co-wrote the story with Murphy.
Busick and Radio Silence recently were in production on Spyglass Media Group and Paramount’s reboot of Scream, due out 2022.
In Reunion, the horrific experience of high school reunions is taken to a new extreme when a group of uninspired old friends become the only hope for survival against an unwelcome shape-shifting creature.
Project X Entertainment’s William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein (also 2022’s Scream) and Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson are also producing the film. Tara Farney will executive produce for Vinson Films.
Radio Silence, composed of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett and Chad Villella, will direct and produce off a screenplay and story by Busick, who co-wrote the story with Murphy.
Busick and Radio Silence recently were in production on Spyglass Media Group and Paramount’s reboot of Scream, due out 2022.
In Reunion, the horrific experience of high school reunions is taken to a new extreme when a group of uninspired old friends become the only hope for survival against an unwelcome shape-shifting creature.
Project X Entertainment’s William Sherak, James Vanderbilt, and Paul Neinstein (also 2022’s Scream) and Vinson Films’ Tripp Vinson are also producing the film. Tara Farney will executive produce for Vinson Films.
- 12/8/2020
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
To celebrate the DVD release of The Prodigy which is available on digital download from the 5th July and DVD 15th July, we have a copy of the DVD up for grabs, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing!
Orange Is The New Black’s Taylor Schilling makes her horror debut facing a mother’s worst nightmare to save her family from the evil within. From horror rising stars Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), Jeff Buhler (Pet Sematary), and the producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, brace yourself for one of the scariest films of the year.
The Prodigy will be available on digital download 5th July and DVD 15th July, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing.
Cast & Crew: Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) Jackson Robert Scott (It) Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue) Colm Feore (The Chronicles of Riddick) Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi (Boost) Directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) Written by Jeff Buhler...
Orange Is The New Black’s Taylor Schilling makes her horror debut facing a mother’s worst nightmare to save her family from the evil within. From horror rising stars Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact), Jeff Buhler (Pet Sematary), and the producer of The Exorcism of Emily Rose, brace yourself for one of the scariest films of the year.
The Prodigy will be available on digital download 5th July and DVD 15th July, courtesy of Vertigo Releasing.
Cast & Crew: Taylor Schilling (Orange is the New Black) Jackson Robert Scott (It) Peter Mooney (Rookie Blue) Colm Feore (The Chronicles of Riddick) Brittany Allen Olunike Adeliyi (Boost) Directed by Nicholas McCarthy (The Pact) Written by Jeff Buhler...
- 7/5/2019
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Joseph Baxter Jun 17, 2019
Bill & Ted 3’s Samara Weaving stars in Ready or Not, a horror film that puts a deadly spin on meeting the in-laws.
Ready or Not is, apropos to its plot, counting down to the appropriate moment to unleash a mix of horror and comedy tropes on the moviegoing public. Indeed, for one bride, the typically tense scenario of meeting one’s in-laws gets put through the lens of a deadly sport that – besides being set inside the fancy-mansion atmosphere of a whodunnit – plays out more like The Running Man.
The film is headlined by a rising star in Samara Weaving, who, amongst recent highlights, just nabbed a co-starring role in the long-awaited threequel, Bill & Ted Face the Music.
Ready or Not Trailer
The trailer for Ready or Not has arrived, revealing an intriguingly chaotic, levity-infused horror genre mishmash.
Video of Ready Or Not | Red Band Trailer [HD] | Fox Searchlight
Unfortunately,...
Bill & Ted 3’s Samara Weaving stars in Ready or Not, a horror film that puts a deadly spin on meeting the in-laws.
Ready or Not is, apropos to its plot, counting down to the appropriate moment to unleash a mix of horror and comedy tropes on the moviegoing public. Indeed, for one bride, the typically tense scenario of meeting one’s in-laws gets put through the lens of a deadly sport that – besides being set inside the fancy-mansion atmosphere of a whodunnit – plays out more like The Running Man.
The film is headlined by a rising star in Samara Weaving, who, amongst recent highlights, just nabbed a co-starring role in the long-awaited threequel, Bill & Ted Face the Music.
Ready or Not Trailer
The trailer for Ready or Not has arrived, revealing an intriguingly chaotic, levity-infused horror genre mishmash.
Video of Ready Or Not | Red Band Trailer [HD] | Fox Searchlight
Unfortunately,...
- 6/17/2019
- Den of Geek
Eden Brolin will join Vince Vaughn, Liam Hemsworth, and Clark Duke in Duke’s directorial debut film, Arkansas, which follows a pair of low level drug runners in the Dixie Mafia, Kyle (Hemsworth) and Swin (Duke), who live by the orders of an Arkansas-based drug kingpin Frog (Vaughn). The film, also written by Duke, is set to be presented at the American Film Market, which starts on October 31. Patrick Hibler, Jeff Rice, Martin Sprock, and Storyboard Media are producing. Jd Beaufils and Julie Paquit of Vmi Worldwide will handle sales in conjunction with Elisabeth Costa de Beauregard of Storyboard Media. Brolin (daughter of Josh Brolin) starred in Freeform’s supernatural series, Beyond, and co-stars in upcoming indie films Back Fork and King Fish with Molly Ringwald. She’s repped by Paradigm, Grandview, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.
Actress Elyse Levesque (CW’s The Originals) is set for the role of Charity...
Actress Elyse Levesque (CW’s The Originals) is set for the role of Charity...
- 10/24/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Adam Brody, Mark O’Brien, and Henry Czerny (Sharp Object) have come aboard Fox Searchlight’s Ready or Not thriller, which is being directed by Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin from the Radio Silence team. Samara Weaving and Andie MacDowell were previously announced to star in the film, which is currently in production.
The plot, which was written by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy, centers on a young bride (Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (O’Brien) rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
Tripp Vinson and James Vanderbilt are producing the pic, while Radio Silence’s Chad Villella serves as exec producer with Tara Farney and Tracey Nyberg.
Matthew Greenfield, David Greenbaum, DanTram Nguyen, and Richard Ruiz are...
The plot, which was written by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy, centers on a young bride (Weaving) as she joins her new husband’s (O’Brien) rich, eccentric family in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
Tripp Vinson and James Vanderbilt are producing the pic, while Radio Silence’s Chad Villella serves as exec producer with Tara Farney and Tracey Nyberg.
Matthew Greenfield, David Greenbaum, DanTram Nguyen, and Richard Ruiz are...
- 10/18/2018
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Andie MacDowell has boarded Radio Silence’s heightened genre thriller Ready or Not.
MacDowell joins Picnic at Hanging Rock actress Samara Weaving who has already been announced in the Fox Searchlight pic. Ready or Not tells the story of a young woman, who on the night of her wedding, is invited to her new in-laws time-honored tradition which turns into a lethal game of survival. MacDowell will play the mother-in-law to Weaving’s protagonist.
MacDowell is a three-time Golden Globe lead actress nominee for Green Card; Sex, Lies and Videotape; and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She received a special Golden Globe ensemble award for Robert Altman’s Short Cuts. Recent credits include IFC’s Love After Love which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, Only the Brave, the Netflix movie The Last Laugh with Richard Dreyfus and Chevy Chase and the TV series Cuckoo. MacDowell is repped by the Gersh Agency,...
MacDowell joins Picnic at Hanging Rock actress Samara Weaving who has already been announced in the Fox Searchlight pic. Ready or Not tells the story of a young woman, who on the night of her wedding, is invited to her new in-laws time-honored tradition which turns into a lethal game of survival. MacDowell will play the mother-in-law to Weaving’s protagonist.
MacDowell is a three-time Golden Globe lead actress nominee for Green Card; Sex, Lies and Videotape; and Four Weddings and a Funeral. She received a special Golden Globe ensemble award for Robert Altman’s Short Cuts. Recent credits include IFC’s Love After Love which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival last year, Only the Brave, the Netflix movie The Last Laugh with Richard Dreyfus and Chevy Chase and the TV series Cuckoo. MacDowell is repped by the Gersh Agency,...
- 9/20/2018
- by Anthony D'Alessandro
- Deadline Film + TV
Australian actress Samara Weaving has been set for the lead role in Fox Searchlight’s upcoming thriller “Ready or Not,” which is scheduled to shoot in the fall, Variety has learned exclusively.
The Radio Silence directing team of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is helming from a script by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy. Fox Searchlight picked up the rights last fall for the project, in which a young woman is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
Tripp Vinson is producing via his banner, Vinson Films. James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, and William Sherak of Mythology Entertainment are also producing. Executive producers are Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg, and Radio Silence’s Chad Villella.
Weaving played the role of Penelope, the naive 19-year-old girlfriend of John Hawkes’ Charlie Hayes character,...
The Radio Silence directing team of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin is helming from a script by Guy Busick and Ryan Murphy. Fox Searchlight picked up the rights last fall for the project, in which a young woman is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival.
Tripp Vinson is producing via his banner, Vinson Films. James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, and William Sherak of Mythology Entertainment are also producing. Executive producers are Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg, and Radio Silence’s Chad Villella.
Weaving played the role of Penelope, the naive 19-year-old girlfriend of John Hawkes’ Charlie Hayes character,...
- 8/23/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: Amblin Partners just won an auction for Ruthless, a female-driven action spec script by John Swetnam that had producers and studios going all week. San Andreas helmer Brad Peyton is attached to direct, and Weimaraner Republic Pictures partners and The Shallows producers Matti Leshem and Lynn Harris are attached to produce along with Tripp Vinson and Jeff Fierson, who’s Peyton’s partner in Asap Entertainment. Vinson Films’ Tara Farney will be exec producer. The…...
- 2/16/2017
- Deadline
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Blame Angry Birds: Fruit Ninja is now on its way to the movies...
Classic films sometimes come out of nowhere. The makers of The Wizard of Oz didn't know they'd made a classic until years after the movie debuted to a lackluster box office. King Kong never thought he'd play outside Skull Island. But an upcoming cinematic experience will show there ain't no ape in apricot.
Fruit Ninja is coming to the big screen. Now you can watch as someone wildly makes a fruit salad out of miles of digital celluloid. In anticipation of the all popcorn crumbs Angry Birds will be leaving in the aisles, Tripp Vinson announced it will produce a feature film treatment of the mobile app Fruit Ninja.
The addictive game already spawned a live action version from a YouTuber named ScottDW but this one will come from Vinson Films. The screenplay...
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Blame Angry Birds: Fruit Ninja is now on its way to the movies...
Classic films sometimes come out of nowhere. The makers of The Wizard of Oz didn't know they'd made a classic until years after the movie debuted to a lackluster box office. King Kong never thought he'd play outside Skull Island. But an upcoming cinematic experience will show there ain't no ape in apricot.
Fruit Ninja is coming to the big screen. Now you can watch as someone wildly makes a fruit salad out of miles of digital celluloid. In anticipation of the all popcorn crumbs Angry Birds will be leaving in the aisles, Tripp Vinson announced it will produce a feature film treatment of the mobile app Fruit Ninja.
The addictive game already spawned a live action version from a YouTuber named ScottDW but this one will come from Vinson Films. The screenplay...
- 5/20/2016
- Den of Geek
On the eve of the release of the "Angry Birds" film, Halfbrick Studios and producer Tripp Vinson's Vinson Films banner are teaming to turn the mobile app game "Fruit Ninja" into a live-action family comedy feature.
"Fruit Ninja" has had over one billion downloads so far. The popular game centers around ninjas with an inexplicable vendetta against produce, and is the second top-selling iOS game of all time.
Jp Lavin and Chad Damiani ("How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack") will pen the script while Sam White and Tara Farney are serving as executive producers.
Source: Heat Vision...
"Fruit Ninja" has had over one billion downloads so far. The popular game centers around ninjas with an inexplicable vendetta against produce, and is the second top-selling iOS game of all time.
Jp Lavin and Chad Damiani ("How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack") will pen the script while Sam White and Tara Farney are serving as executive producers.
Source: Heat Vision...
- 5/20/2016
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Exclusive: Jim Seibel and Bill Johnson’s Lotus Entertainment has acquired the spec script Descendant by Jeff Buhler (The Midnight Meat Train) from Vinson Films. The script is inspired by actual news reports and real-life accounts. Tripp Vinson of Vinson Films is producing with Lisa Zambri, and Tara Farney is executive producer alongside Lotus, which is also financing. The plot follows a couple who are overjoyed by the birth of their son. But as he grows older he begins to…...
- 3/5/2015
- Deadline
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