Lionsgate may have pushed the release date of The Crow remake back from June 7th to August 23rd yesterday, but they still promoted the film during their panel at CinemaCon today, showing attendees a new trailer. We don’t know when that trailer is going to be making its way online, but JoBlo’s own Lance Vlcek was in attendance and reports that the new trailer reveals more about the film’s story.
Writing from the panel, Lance said attendees were told this version of The Crow is “a complete re-imagining that is not meant to compete with the original. The Lionsgate rep made mention how the original graphic novel is different than the beloved movie and made a point that the trailer was divisive, but they want to tell this story for a new generation.” As for what was shown in the new trailer, Lance writes, “An afterlife way-station...
Writing from the panel, Lance said attendees were told this version of The Crow is “a complete re-imagining that is not meant to compete with the original. The Lionsgate rep made mention how the original graphic novel is different than the beloved movie and made a point that the trailer was divisive, but they want to tell this story for a new generation.” As for what was shown in the new trailer, Lance writes, “An afterlife way-station...
- 4/10/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Update: If you’re wondering what original The Crow director Alex Proyas thought of the trailer for the remake, the answer is that he’s keeping most of his opinions to himself… but he has shared enough to confirm that his reaction wasn’t positive. Proyas took to social media to say, “‘Crow Wick’ Trailer? No comment.“
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Yesterday, a short teaser for the upcoming remake of The Crow dropped online with the promise that a full trailer would follow today – and, true to their word, Lionsgate has just unveiled that trailer. You can check it out in the embed above to see Bill Skarsgard in action as the new version of goth rocker Eric Draven.
Skarsgard is joined in the cast by singer FKA twigs, who takes on the role of Shelly Webster, the love of Eric’s life. Danny Huston (Yellowstone) plays the lead villain.
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Yesterday, a short teaser for the upcoming remake of The Crow dropped online with the promise that a full trailer would follow today – and, true to their word, Lionsgate has just unveiled that trailer. You can check it out in the embed above to see Bill Skarsgard in action as the new version of goth rocker Eric Draven.
Skarsgard is joined in the cast by singer FKA twigs, who takes on the role of Shelly Webster, the love of Eric’s life. Danny Huston (Yellowstone) plays the lead villain.
- 3/15/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Ready Player One was a great hit with the movie adaptation, but the book was a worldwide bestseller that still holds up. Ernest Cline wrote it, and a sequel to the book has already been launched, which will also be adapted for film.
The author of Ready Player One will materialize the idea of the book in a metaverse experience called Open. This new project has the support of many brands and has already been developed with Unreal Engine 5 for PC and the current generation of platforms.
Open Will Finally be the Definitive Ready Player One Experience that the Book Describes Open, the new project from the creator of Ready Player One
Ready Player One was a great deal when it was released back in 2018, with more than $600 million in the box office. There is even a new book that continues the journey of the protagonist after winning the rights to the company.
The author of Ready Player One will materialize the idea of the book in a metaverse experience called Open. This new project has the support of many brands and has already been developed with Unreal Engine 5 for PC and the current generation of platforms.
Open Will Finally be the Definitive Ready Player One Experience that the Book Describes Open, the new project from the creator of Ready Player One
Ready Player One was a great deal when it was released back in 2018, with more than $600 million in the box office. There is even a new book that continues the journey of the protagonist after winning the rights to the company.
- 3/14/2024
- by Lucas Lapetina
- FandomWire
After spending more than a decade in development hell, a remake of The Crow (watch it Here) has made its way through production and is set to receive a theatrical release, courtesy of Lionsgate, on June 7th. A couple weeks ago, we saw the first images of Bill Skarsgard and singer FKA twigs as the new versions of goth rocker Eric Draven and the love of his life, Shelly; images that didn’t go over well with original The Crow director Alex Proyas. Now we’ve been informed that a full trailer for the film will be released online tomorrow – and while we wait for that, a (very) short teaser has made its way online and can be seen in the embed above. In this teaser, we’re treated to the sight of Skarsgard writhing around in a thick liquid that’s presumably meant to be blood. And that’s it.
- 3/13/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
After spending more than a decade in development hell, a remake of The Crow (watch it Here) has made its way through production and is set to receive a theatrical release, courtesy of Lionsgate, on June 7th. With that date just three months away, a trio of first look images have arrived online to show us what It star Bill Skarsgard and singer FKA twigs look like as the new versions of goth rocker Eric Draven and the love of his life, Shelly. These images originally showed up on Vanity Fair and can now be seen at the bottom of this article.
The film has the following synopsis: Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgard) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers,...
The film has the following synopsis: Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgard) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out to seek merciless revenge on their killers,...
- 2/28/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
A huge virtual world based on “Ready Player One,” a story set in a future where people enter into a virtual-reality simulation to escape the real world, is coming soon to a real platform near you.
Futureverse, an AI and metaverse technology and content company, announced the formation of Readyverse Studios, a studio co-founded with Ernest Cline, the novelist and creator of “Ready Player One,” and Dan Farah, producer of the 2018 Warner Bros. film adaptation of the novel.
In its first major rights deal, Readyverse Studios partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to exclusively bring the Ready Player One franchise to the metaverse across web3. In addition, Readyverse Studios maintains exclusive web3 rights to all future intellectual property created by Cline.
Details on what the Ready Player One metaverse will be are sparse for now, but the company says it expects to launch sometime in 2024. “Readyverse Studios is laying the groundwork...
Futureverse, an AI and metaverse technology and content company, announced the formation of Readyverse Studios, a studio co-founded with Ernest Cline, the novelist and creator of “Ready Player One,” and Dan Farah, producer of the 2018 Warner Bros. film adaptation of the novel.
In its first major rights deal, Readyverse Studios partnered with Warner Bros. Discovery to exclusively bring the Ready Player One franchise to the metaverse across web3. In addition, Readyverse Studios maintains exclusive web3 rights to all future intellectual property created by Cline.
Details on what the Ready Player One metaverse will be are sparse for now, but the company says it expects to launch sometime in 2024. “Readyverse Studios is laying the groundwork...
- 1/4/2024
- by Todd Spangler
- Variety Film + TV
In Steven Spielberg's 2018 film "Ready Player One," characters log in to the Oasis, a sprawling virtual reality world in which they can exist as avatars decked out in digital clothing, hairstyles, and accessories that reflect their favorite pieces of popular culture. One could model themselves to look like The Iron Giant, drive the DeLorean from "Back to the Future," or literally step into scenes from their favorite movies.
Now Ernest Cline, who wrote the novel on which the film was based, seems to be trying to create a real-world analogue for the Oasis.
Deadline reports that Cline and "Ready Player One" producer Dan Farah are teaming up with a company called Futureverse to launch Readyverse Studios, which aims to "build a destination for fans to explore their favorite stories and IP in the metaverse, leveraging web3, metaverse games and experiences, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies." The new platform...
Now Ernest Cline, who wrote the novel on which the film was based, seems to be trying to create a real-world analogue for the Oasis.
Deadline reports that Cline and "Ready Player One" producer Dan Farah are teaming up with a company called Futureverse to launch Readyverse Studios, which aims to "build a destination for fans to explore their favorite stories and IP in the metaverse, leveraging web3, metaverse games and experiences, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies." The new platform...
- 1/4/2024
- by Ben Pearson
- Slash Film
Ernest Cline has signed a deal that will bring Ready Player One to the metaverse, meaning we’re in for a virtual reality web3 gaming experience of some sort. It won’t be dystopian, though.
If you’ve dreamed of entering the virtual world woven by Ernest Cline in his 2011 novel Ready Player One – or Steven Spielberg’s busy 2018 film adaptation – there’s good news. Cline has, along with producer Dan Farah and the tech company Futureverse, launched a new studio that aims to make Ready Player One’s digital realm a (virtual) reality.
Called Readyverse Studios, the new venture is in the process of “building the definitive destination for fans to explore their favourite stories and IP in the metaverse.”
This virtual destination, based on the pop culture-encrusted one outlined in Cline’s book and film, will be entered via “augmented reality and virtual reality technologies” – so presumably it...
If you’ve dreamed of entering the virtual world woven by Ernest Cline in his 2011 novel Ready Player One – or Steven Spielberg’s busy 2018 film adaptation – there’s good news. Cline has, along with producer Dan Farah and the tech company Futureverse, launched a new studio that aims to make Ready Player One’s digital realm a (virtual) reality.
Called Readyverse Studios, the new venture is in the process of “building the definitive destination for fans to explore their favourite stories and IP in the metaverse.”
This virtual destination, based on the pop culture-encrusted one outlined in Cline’s book and film, will be entered via “augmented reality and virtual reality technologies” – so presumably it...
- 1/4/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
In the 2011 novel Ready Player One and its 2018 feature film adaptation, citizens of a dystopian world escape to a virtual universe populated by avatars and filled with games, puzzles and settings featuring cultural references (including Pac-Man, Blade Runner and The Shining).
Now the author of the book, Ernest Cline, and the producer of the film, Dan Farah, are partnering with the AI and metaverse company Futureverse to bring Ready Player One to its own digital universe.
Futureverse, Cline and Farah are launching a new company called Readyverse Studios, which will seek to bring IP to the metaverse … and they’ve secured the rights from Warner Bros. to make Ready Player One the first piece of that puzzle.
And while Cline’s novel and Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation were set in a dystopian world, the founders are banking on a more optimistic vision.
“Ernie in the wildest way, I mean,...
Now the author of the book, Ernest Cline, and the producer of the film, Dan Farah, are partnering with the AI and metaverse company Futureverse to bring Ready Player One to its own digital universe.
Futureverse, Cline and Farah are launching a new company called Readyverse Studios, which will seek to bring IP to the metaverse … and they’ve secured the rights from Warner Bros. to make Ready Player One the first piece of that puzzle.
And while Cline’s novel and Steven Spielberg’s film adaptation were set in a dystopian world, the founders are banking on a more optimistic vision.
“Ernie in the wildest way, I mean,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Alex Weprin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The AI metaverse technology and content company Futureverse has launched Readyverse Studios. Co-founded by Shara Senderoff and Aaron McDonald, as well as novelist Ernest Cline and Dan Farah, the venture will get underway with a partnership with WarnerBros Discovery to bring the Ready Player One franchise to the metaverse across web3.
Readyverse Studios’ goal is to build a destination for fans to explore their favorite stories and IP in the metaverse, leveraging web3, metaverse games and experiences, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies. They’ll launch The Readyverse, a dynamic interactive platform of interconnected digital experiences, that starts with Ready Player One.
The Readyverse will champion the principles of the open metaverse, which are provable digital ownership, community-owned infrastructure, decentralization, security, and interoperability. The Readyverse will be built utilizing Futureverse’s extensive technology platform.
“The future has arrived even more quickly than I imagined,” said Cline. “With Readyverse Studios, we...
Readyverse Studios’ goal is to build a destination for fans to explore their favorite stories and IP in the metaverse, leveraging web3, metaverse games and experiences, augmented reality, and virtual reality technologies. They’ll launch The Readyverse, a dynamic interactive platform of interconnected digital experiences, that starts with Ready Player One.
The Readyverse will champion the principles of the open metaverse, which are provable digital ownership, community-owned infrastructure, decentralization, security, and interoperability. The Readyverse will be built utilizing Futureverse’s extensive technology platform.
“The future has arrived even more quickly than I imagined,” said Cline. “With Readyverse Studios, we...
- 1/4/2024
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ernest Cline, the best-selling novelist who saw his popular first published book, Ready Player One, adapted by Steven Spielberg into a tentpole movie, has unveiled his debut kids novel, Bridge to Bat City.
The kids book is described as a “mostly true tall tale” about a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds.
Bridge to Bat City will publish in April 2024, released by Little, Brown Books. “In Bridge to Bat City, inspired by stories he would tell his kids at bedtime, Ernie Cline has crafted an enchanting tale that weaves together fact and fiction set against the incredible backdrop of 1980s Austin, filled with a vibrant cast of characters, rich music history, activism and environmentalism, and bats!” Alvina Ling of Little, Brown Books said in a statement.
Cline...
The kids book is described as a “mostly true tall tale” about a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds.
Bridge to Bat City will publish in April 2024, released by Little, Brown Books. “In Bridge to Bat City, inspired by stories he would tell his kids at bedtime, Ernie Cline has crafted an enchanting tale that weaves together fact and fiction set against the incredible backdrop of 1980s Austin, filled with a vibrant cast of characters, rich music history, activism and environmentalism, and bats!” Alvina Ling of Little, Brown Books said in a statement.
Cline...
- 6/13/2023
- by Etan Vlessing
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Little, Brown Books for Young Readers has snapped up North American publishing rights to Bridge to Bat City, the debut children’s novel from #1 Nyt bestselling author Ernest Cline (Ready Player One).
Set for publication in April 2024, the book is described as a “mostly true tall tale” about a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats, who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds. (View new cover art for the title above.)
After losing her mother, 13-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm, and it’s there that she befriends a group of orphaned bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company that has its sights on the family’s land, as well. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere,...
Set for publication in April 2024, the book is described as a “mostly true tall tale” about a recently orphaned young girl named Opal B Flats, who forms an unexpected friendship with a music-loving colony of bats and helps them find a new home against all odds. (View new cover art for the title above.)
After losing her mother, 13-year-old Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm, and it’s there that she befriends a group of orphaned bats. But just as the farm is starting to feel like home, the bats’ cave is destroyed by a big mining company that has its sights on the family’s land, as well. If Opal and the bats can fit in anywhere,...
- 6/13/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Simon & Schuster imprint Gallery Books has won a bidding war for North American publishing rights to a twist-filled true story rooted in intrigue surrounding a U.S. Air Force program.
The logline for the memoir by Scott Andrews takes some time to unpack, but it’s a doozy. Andrews is a former senior U.S soldier and decorated intelligence officer who conducted global counterterrorism operations on behalf of the United States during a 36-year military career. Shortly after returning from an overseas mission, he began to suffer from rare, life-threatening ailments that defied medical explanation. Rather than succumbing, he instead began to experience special, inexplicable abilities such as remote viewing, and his body began to heal, baffling doctors.
As he sought more information about his health, Andrews came across a file compiled for him by his late father. It contained records from a past he did not remember, including...
The logline for the memoir by Scott Andrews takes some time to unpack, but it’s a doozy. Andrews is a former senior U.S soldier and decorated intelligence officer who conducted global counterterrorism operations on behalf of the United States during a 36-year military career. Shortly after returning from an overseas mission, he began to suffer from rare, life-threatening ailments that defied medical explanation. Rather than succumbing, he instead began to experience special, inexplicable abilities such as remote viewing, and his body began to heal, baffling doctors.
As he sought more information about his health, Andrews came across a file compiled for him by his late father. It contained records from a past he did not remember, including...
- 4/10/2023
- by Dade Hayes
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony Danza (The Good Cop) and Bex Taylor-Klaus (Deputy) have signed on to star alongside Adam Saunders in the indie comedy Re-Election, going into production in May, which Saunders will direct from his own Austin Film Festival semi-finalist script.
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The project reteams Danza and Saunders following their work together on the 20th/Hulu teen comedy Darby and the Dead, which Danza starred in and Saunders produced. It tells the story of Jimmy (Saunders), a 42-year-old man-child whose life hasn’t progressed since losing the election for senior class president 25 years prior to the now current Governor of Texas. Frustrated with his circumstances, Jimmy decides to re-enroll in...
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The project reteams Danza and Saunders following their work together on the 20th/Hulu teen comedy Darby and the Dead, which Danza starred in and Saunders produced. It tells the story of Jimmy (Saunders), a 42-year-old man-child whose life hasn’t progressed since losing the election for senior class president 25 years prior to the now current Governor of Texas. Frustrated with his circumstances, Jimmy decides to re-enroll in...
- 3/31/2023
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony Danza has joined the cast of Starz’s Power Book III: Raising Kanan for Season 3, Deadline has learned. He will make his debut in the Season 2 finale airing Sunday.
Danza will portray Stefano Marchetti, the godfather of New York City’s mafia scene and the most powerful man in town. Anyone wanting to do business in NYC needs to come to see him first or expect to pay the price.
Production on Season 3 is currently underway in New York.
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The third installment of the Power Universe, Raising Kanan tells the origin story of the ultimate franchise baddie, the titular Kanan Stark (MeKai Curtis). The series shares insight into Kanan’s journey into the criminal...
Danza will portray Stefano Marchetti, the godfather of New York City’s mafia scene and the most powerful man in town. Anyone wanting to do business in NYC needs to come to see him first or expect to pay the price.
Production on Season 3 is currently underway in New York.
Related Story Tony Danza Joins 'And Just Like That…' Season 2 As Che's [Spoiler] Related Story 'P-Valley' Renewed For Season 3 At Starz Related Story Lionsgate Signs Worldwide TV Distribution Chief Jim Packer To Long-Term Deal
The third installment of the Power Universe, Raising Kanan tells the origin story of the ultimate franchise baddie, the titular Kanan Stark (MeKai Curtis). The series shares insight into Kanan’s journey into the criminal...
- 10/20/2022
- by Rosy Cordero
- Deadline Film + TV
Bill Skarsgard played the genre icon Pennywise in the two recent adaptations of Stephen King’s It. Earlier today, it was announced that he’s going to be playing genre icon Count Orlok in Robert Eggers’ remake of the silent classic Nosferatu. In between these two roles, he has also spent some time working on a remake of The Crow (watch it Here) – where he’s taking on the role of Eric Draven, which was made iconic by Brandon Lee in the original film. The Prague Reporter has now broken the news that The Crow remake has wrapped production after ten weeks of filming in the Prague area.
Here’s the report:
During a lengthy 10-week shoot, The Crow shot across numerous locations in the Old Town and New Town neighborhoods of the Czech capital. One of the major set pieces for The Crow was shot at Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall,...
Here’s the report:
During a lengthy 10-week shoot, The Crow shot across numerous locations in the Old Town and New Town neighborhoods of the Czech capital. One of the major set pieces for The Crow was shot at Prague’s Rudolfinum concert hall,...
- 9/30/2022
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
The follow-up to the hit ABC ’80s sitcom “Who’s the Boss?” starring Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano is now in development at Amazon Freevee, reps for the streaming service confirmed to TheWrap on Tuesday.
The sequel, which catches up with characters Tony and Samantha Micelli 30 years later, was first announced by both actors in 2020.
Normal Lear will executive producer with “Once Day at Time” co-producers Mike Royce and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, with Royce set to write. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series, is the studio. Dan Farah of Farah Films, who pitched the sequel to Sony with Danza and Milano attached, will also executive produce.
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Lear was not a producer on the original series, which ran on ABC from 1984-1992, but it is under his Embassy Communications banner, which is now a unit of Sony Pictures Television.
The sequel, which catches up with characters Tony and Samantha Micelli 30 years later, was first announced by both actors in 2020.
Normal Lear will executive producer with “Once Day at Time” co-producers Mike Royce and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz, with Royce set to write. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series, is the studio. Dan Farah of Farah Films, who pitched the sequel to Sony with Danza and Milano attached, will also executive produce.
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Lear was not a producer on the original series, which ran on ABC from 1984-1992, but it is under his Embassy Communications banner, which is now a unit of Sony Pictures Television.
- 6/29/2022
- by Sharon Knolle
- The Wrap
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A sequel to the 1980s sitcom Who’s the Boss is headed to Amazon’s Freevee streaming service.
The project, in development for almost two years, has original series stars Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza attached to reprise their roles. One Day at a Time alums Mike Royce and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz have also come aboard as writers on the show, which hails from Sony Pictures Television.
The new take will focus on Milano’s Samantha Micelli, a single mother who lives in the same house where she grew up on the original series. Her retired dad, Tony (Danza), lives with her. There’s no word yet on whether Judith Light and Danny Pintauro will also reprise their roles; Katherine Helmond, who also starred in the original, died in 2019.
Created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, Who’s the Boss? ran from 1984 to 1992 on ABC.
A sequel to the 1980s sitcom Who’s the Boss is headed to Amazon’s Freevee streaming service.
The project, in development for almost two years, has original series stars Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza attached to reprise their roles. One Day at a Time alums Mike Royce and Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz have also come aboard as writers on the show, which hails from Sony Pictures Television.
The new take will focus on Milano’s Samantha Micelli, a single mother who lives in the same house where she grew up on the original series. Her retired dad, Tony (Danza), lives with her. There’s no word yet on whether Judith Light and Danny Pintauro will also reprise their roles; Katherine Helmond, who also starred in the original, died in 2019.
Created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, Who’s the Boss? ran from 1984 to 1992 on ABC.
- 6/28/2022
- by Rick Porter
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: The Who’s the Boss? sequel series has found a home. The project, reuniting original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano and executive produced by Norman Lear, has landed at Amazon Freevee for development.
The follow-up is being written/executive produced by One Day at a Time co-creator/exec producer/co-showrunner Mike Royce and co-executive producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series and has been working on the sequel for the past two years, is the studio.
Danza and Milano are set to reprise their roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli. Set 30 years after the events of the original series, the sequel will focus on former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha (Milano). She is now a single mother, living in the family house. In line with Lear’s classic shows, the...
The follow-up is being written/executive produced by One Day at a Time co-creator/exec producer/co-showrunner Mike Royce and co-executive producer Brigitte Muñoz-Liebowitz. Sony Pictures Television, which owns the rights to the original series and has been working on the sequel for the past two years, is the studio.
Danza and Milano are set to reprise their roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli. Set 30 years after the events of the original series, the sequel will focus on former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha (Milano). She is now a single mother, living in the family house. In line with Lear’s classic shows, the...
- 6/28/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: On the heels of the recent historic UFO Congressional hearing, Legendary Television has acquired the rights to A.J. Hartley and Tom DeLonge’s Sekret Machines sci-fi thriller novels for television series development. Dan Farah, who brought the project to Legendary, and founding Blink 182 member-turned-ufo researcher DeLonge, will executive produce the adaptation of the the popular books, which include Sekret Machines: Chasing Shadows and its sequel Sekret Machines: A Fire Within.
Sekret Machines is a gripping thriller that tells the story of a U.S. Air Force pilot, a British heiress, a New York journalist, and a former WWII prisoner of war, whose lives intersect as they each discover dangerous information about a global cover-up of advanced UFO technology used to create unstoppable next generation fighter aircrafts, and 80-years of secret history, all of which has profound implications for humanity. The truth they uncover...
Sekret Machines is a gripping thriller that tells the story of a U.S. Air Force pilot, a British heiress, a New York journalist, and a former WWII prisoner of war, whose lives intersect as they each discover dangerous information about a global cover-up of advanced UFO technology used to create unstoppable next generation fighter aircrafts, and 80-years of secret history, all of which has profound implications for humanity. The truth they uncover...
- 6/9/2022
- by Nellie Andreeva
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Tony Danza has joined the cast of Darby Harper Wants You to Know adaptation. The project is a 20th Century Studios film for Hulu that just started production. The film also stars Riele Downs, Auli’i’ Cravalho , Asher Angel, Chosen Jacobs and Derek Luke.
The story follows Darby Harper, who after suffering a near-death experience as a child is granted the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.
Silas Howard is directing the pic which based on a script written by Wenonah Wilms and Becca Greene. Adam Saunders, Eddie Rubin and Mac Hendrickson of Footprint Features are producing.
The story follows Darby Harper, who after suffering a near-death experience as a child is granted the ability to see ghosts. To combat the existential boredom of high school, she runs a side business counseling local spirits in her spare time. When an unexpected occurrence happens between Darby and Capri, the most popular girl at her high school, Darby reluctantly agrees to help her and in the process learns how to fit in with the living world again.
Silas Howard is directing the pic which based on a script written by Wenonah Wilms and Becca Greene. Adam Saunders, Eddie Rubin and Mac Hendrickson of Footprint Features are producing.
- 2/25/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
HarperCollins imprint William Morrow signed up North American publishing rights to a new memoir from Luis Elizondo, the former head of the U.S. Government’s UFO program, the Advanced Aerospace Threat Identification Program (Aatip). Elizondo was recently featured in a CBS 60 Minutes story about the potential existence of UFOs.
Following the Pentagon’s recent report to Congress regarding UFOs, Elizondo was quoted saying, “The American people now know a small portion of what I and my colleagues in the Pentagon have been privy to: That these Uap (unidentified aerial phenomenon) are not secret U.S. technology, that they do not seem to belong to any known allies or adversaries, and that our intelligence services have yet to identify a terrestrial explanation for these extraordinary vehicles. This conversation is only just beginning.”
Elizondo spent the majority of his military career as a senior Intelligence Officer, hunting drug traffickers, terrorists, and spies...
Following the Pentagon’s recent report to Congress regarding UFOs, Elizondo was quoted saying, “The American people now know a small portion of what I and my colleagues in the Pentagon have been privy to: That these Uap (unidentified aerial phenomenon) are not secret U.S. technology, that they do not seem to belong to any known allies or adversaries, and that our intelligence services have yet to identify a terrestrial explanation for these extraordinary vehicles. This conversation is only just beginning.”
Elizondo spent the majority of his military career as a senior Intelligence Officer, hunting drug traffickers, terrorists, and spies...
- 9/13/2021
- by The Deadline Team
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Clive Barker has joined the Exec Producing team of HBO’s developing series adaptation of his classic horror franchise, Hellraiser. Deadline broke in April that Halloween helmer David Gordon Green is on board to direct the initial episodes.
The series will be written by Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Dougherty (Trick r’ Treat) with Verheiden running the show. They will be executive producers alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah (Ready Player One), Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (It), Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill and Brandon James (Halloween), as well as Panacea’s Eric Gardner, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, and Marc Toberoff. Farah Films exec Andrew Farah, and Adam Salzman will also serve as co-exec producers.
Based on the Hellraiser horror franchise and Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the series is planned as an elevated continuation of the existing Hellraiser mythology. The franchise has...
The series will be written by Mark Verheiden (Battlestar Galactica) and Michael Dougherty (Trick r’ Treat) with Verheiden running the show. They will be executive producers alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah (Ready Player One), Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee (It), Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill and Brandon James (Halloween), as well as Panacea’s Eric Gardner, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, and Marc Toberoff. Farah Films exec Andrew Farah, and Adam Salzman will also serve as co-exec producers.
Based on the Hellraiser horror franchise and Clive Barker’s novel The Hellbound Heart, the series is planned as an elevated continuation of the existing Hellraiser mythology. The franchise has...
- 10/30/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO has closed a deal to develop a drama series from The Hater, the acclaimed Polish film directed by Jan Komasa and written by Mateusz Pacewicz, the team behind last year’s Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee Corpus Christi.
The film won Best Feature in the International Narrative Competition at Tribeca’s 2020 Online Festival Program. Netflix bought world-wide streaming rights, and premiered it July 29th. In the wheelhouse of films like Parasite and The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Hater is a timely, elevated thriller that deals with class, politics, social media, disinformation, identity and the pursuit of happiness at all costs.
The series adaptation will be Exec Produced by Farah Films’ Dan Farah and Vertigo’s Roy Lee. Komasa and Pacewicz will serve as Co-Exec Producers along with Wojciech Kabarowski and Jerzy Kapuściński of Naima Film, producers of the film. Andrew Farah will also serve as a Co-Exec Producer.
The film won Best Feature in the International Narrative Competition at Tribeca’s 2020 Online Festival Program. Netflix bought world-wide streaming rights, and premiered it July 29th. In the wheelhouse of films like Parasite and The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Hater is a timely, elevated thriller that deals with class, politics, social media, disinformation, identity and the pursuit of happiness at all costs.
The series adaptation will be Exec Produced by Farah Films’ Dan Farah and Vertigo’s Roy Lee. Komasa and Pacewicz will serve as Co-Exec Producers along with Wojciech Kabarowski and Jerzy Kapuściński of Naima Film, producers of the film. Andrew Farah will also serve as a Co-Exec Producer.
- 8/11/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Sony Pictures Television is developing a “Who’s the Boss?” revival with Alyssa Milano and Tony Danza set to reprise their roles, TheWrap has confirmed.
The original series, which ran for eight seasons on ABC from 1984 to 1992, starred Danza as former professional baseball player Tony Micelli who moves to Connecticut with his daughter Samantha (Milano) to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, played by Judith Light.
The new series will center on Milano’s character, who now lives in the home from the original series 30 years. Per Sony, the new series will “explore generational differences, as well as opposing world views and parenting styles within the dynamic of a modern family in 2020.”
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Original cast members Light and Danny Pintauro are said to be “supportive” of the new series and may appear. The project will be shopped...
The original series, which ran for eight seasons on ABC from 1984 to 1992, starred Danza as former professional baseball player Tony Micelli who moves to Connecticut with his daughter Samantha (Milano) to work as a live-in housekeeper for a divorced advertising executive, played by Judith Light.
The new series will center on Milano’s character, who now lives in the home from the original series 30 years. Per Sony, the new series will “explore generational differences, as well as opposing world views and parenting styles within the dynamic of a modern family in 2020.”
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Original cast members Light and Danny Pintauro are said to be “supportive” of the new series and may appear. The project will be shopped...
- 8/4/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
A new iteration of “Who’s the Boss?” is in development.
Variety has confirmed that a sequel series to the classic sitcom is in the works at Sony Pictures Television, with original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano onboard to reprise their roles.
The new show will take place 30 years after the events of the original series and be centered around former major-league baseball player and retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha Micelli (Milano), who is now a single mother and living in the house in which the original series was set.
Original cast members Judith Light and Danny Pintauro not currently involved with the series but could become so if the creators can think of a creative way to work their characters into the show.
The original “Who’s the Boss?” ran for eight seasons and 196 episodes on ABC from 1984-1992. It received 10 Emmy nominations...
Variety has confirmed that a sequel series to the classic sitcom is in the works at Sony Pictures Television, with original stars Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano onboard to reprise their roles.
The new show will take place 30 years after the events of the original series and be centered around former major-league baseball player and retired housekeeper Tony Micelli (Danza) and his relationship with his daughter Samantha Micelli (Milano), who is now a single mother and living in the house in which the original series was set.
Original cast members Judith Light and Danny Pintauro not currently involved with the series but could become so if the creators can think of a creative way to work their characters into the show.
The original “Who’s the Boss?” ran for eight seasons and 196 episodes on ABC from 1984-1992. It received 10 Emmy nominations...
- 8/4/2020
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: One of the most beloved television comedies is making a comeback. A Who’s the Boss? sequel is in development at Sony Pictures Television.
Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano are on board to reprise their iconic roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli, a father/daughter relationship that families around the world grew up with over the course of 196 episodes on ABC from 1984-92.
The show averaged more than 33 million live viewers per episode during its eight-season run on ABC and went on to be a big hit in U.S. and international syndication. Who’s the Boss? was progressive in its depiction of a modern family in the ’80s with a reversal of gender roles and stereotypes. The show was nominated for 10 Emmys and five Golden Globes.
The new show will take place 30 years after the events of the original series, centered around former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper...
Tony Danza and Alyssa Milano are on board to reprise their iconic roles as Tony and Samantha Micelli, a father/daughter relationship that families around the world grew up with over the course of 196 episodes on ABC from 1984-92.
The show averaged more than 33 million live viewers per episode during its eight-season run on ABC and went on to be a big hit in U.S. and international syndication. Who’s the Boss? was progressive in its depiction of a modern family in the ’80s with a reversal of gender roles and stereotypes. The show was nominated for 10 Emmys and five Golden Globes.
The new show will take place 30 years after the events of the original series, centered around former Major League Baseball player/retired housekeeper...
- 8/4/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Ready Player Two, novelist Ernest Cline’s sequel to his bestselling Ready Player One, will be published by Penguin Random House imprint Ballantine Books on Nov. 24 in North America, the publishing house announced today.
The book can be pre-ordered beginning today. International publication dates will be announced in coming months, and are expected to exceed the 58 countries and 37 languages in which the original was published.
Cline adapted his debut novel into the Warner Bros.’ Steven Spielberg-directed film Ready Player One. The 2018 movie took in more than $582 million worldwide.
The first book is set in a near-future dystopia where people escape the chaos of the real world for an expansive virtual universe. Ballantine’s announcement today did not provide details on the sequel’s plot.
Cline’s publishing deal was brokered by manager Dan Farah of Farah Films & Management and literary agent Yfat Reiss Gendell at Foundry Literary + Media.
The book can be pre-ordered beginning today. International publication dates will be announced in coming months, and are expected to exceed the 58 countries and 37 languages in which the original was published.
Cline adapted his debut novel into the Warner Bros.’ Steven Spielberg-directed film Ready Player One. The 2018 movie took in more than $582 million worldwide.
The first book is set in a near-future dystopia where people escape the chaos of the real world for an expansive virtual universe. Ballantine’s announcement today did not provide details on the sequel’s plot.
Cline’s publishing deal was brokered by manager Dan Farah of Farah Films & Management and literary agent Yfat Reiss Gendell at Foundry Literary + Media.
- 7/8/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Netflix has acquired the David Stieve horror/romantic comedy spec script The Hills Have Eyes For You, with Tucker & Dale vs Evil helmer Eli Craig directing and Farah Films producing.
Dan Farah will produce, and Andrew Farah will Exec Produce. Stephanie Davis will serve as a co-producer.
“This is a unique underdog love story with genre bending scares and a lot of laughs,” Craig said. “I think I’ll be in my element for this one.”
Dan Farah called it “a fresh and fun love story set against the backdrop of an elevated horror comedy.”
Deal marks Stieve’s first studio spec sale. He previously co-wrote the 2007 indie horror comedy, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
Craig’s Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil became a cult success and he directed the dark comedy Little Evil for Netflix. He is currently developing for Blumhouse and Red Hour Corporate Retreat.
Dan Farah will produce, and Andrew Farah will Exec Produce. Stephanie Davis will serve as a co-producer.
“This is a unique underdog love story with genre bending scares and a lot of laughs,” Craig said. “I think I’ll be in my element for this one.”
Dan Farah called it “a fresh and fun love story set against the backdrop of an elevated horror comedy.”
Deal marks Stieve’s first studio spec sale. He previously co-wrote the 2007 indie horror comedy, Behind The Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon.
Craig’s Tucker & Dale Vs. Evil became a cult success and he directed the dark comedy Little Evil for Netflix. He is currently developing for Blumhouse and Red Hour Corporate Retreat.
- 6/24/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
HBO is developing a series based on the classic horror franchise “Hellraiser” with “Halloween” director David Gordon Green at the helm.
Deadline reports that Green, who received praise for his “Halloween” reboot in 2018 and is working on two sequels, will direct HBO’s “Hellraiser” pilot and several more initial episodes. The project will mark the small screen debut of the franchise’s iconic pincushion-headed monster and the rest of the Cenobites.
Green isn’t the only blockbuster veteran looking to tear HBO viewers’ souls apart in the new series; Mark Veheiden and Michael Dougherty will write the series and will executive produce alongside Green, Dan Farah, Roy Lee, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, Eric Gardner, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James. Andrew Farah and Adam Salzman will co-executive produce.
Sources close to production confirmed the project to IndieWire.
Per Deadline, the “Hellraiser” series will not be a remake and will...
Deadline reports that Green, who received praise for his “Halloween” reboot in 2018 and is working on two sequels, will direct HBO’s “Hellraiser” pilot and several more initial episodes. The project will mark the small screen debut of the franchise’s iconic pincushion-headed monster and the rest of the Cenobites.
Green isn’t the only blockbuster veteran looking to tear HBO viewers’ souls apart in the new series; Mark Veheiden and Michael Dougherty will write the series and will executive produce alongside Green, Dan Farah, Roy Lee, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, Eric Gardner, Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James. Andrew Farah and Adam Salzman will co-executive produce.
Sources close to production confirmed the project to IndieWire.
Per Deadline, the “Hellraiser” series will not be a remake and will...
- 4/28/2020
- by Tyler Hersko
- Indiewire
HBO has such sights to show you... Last summer it was revealed that a Hellraiser TV series was in development with producers Roy Lee (It) and Dan Farah (Ready Player One) attached. While the series didn't have a network to call home then, it certainly does now, as Deadline reports that HBO has "made a deal" to create a Hellraiser series.
Deadline also reveals that David Gordon Green (2018's Halloween) will direct "the pilot and several more initial episodes" of the Hellraiser series, with Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty on board as writers for the new show.
Green, Verheiden, and Dougherty will also executive produce the series alongside Lee, Farah, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, Rough House Pictures' Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James, as well as Eric Gardner of Panacea Entertainment.
Rather than a remake, Deadline reports that the series will be an "...elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology.
Deadline also reveals that David Gordon Green (2018's Halloween) will direct "the pilot and several more initial episodes" of the Hellraiser series, with Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty on board as writers for the new show.
Green, Verheiden, and Dougherty will also executive produce the series alongside Lee, Farah, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman, Rough House Pictures' Danny McBride, Jody Hill, and Brandon James, as well as Eric Gardner of Panacea Entertainment.
Rather than a remake, Deadline reports that the series will be an "...elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology.
- 4/27/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
HBO is developing a “Hellraiser” series with “Halloween” helmer David Gordon Green attached to direct, TheWrap has confirmed.
The as-yet untitled series will be based on the “Hellraiser” film franchise, which in turn was based on Clive Barker’s novella “The Hellbound Heart,” and is described as an “elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology.”
Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty are writers on the project and will executive produce alongside Green, who is signed on to direct multiple episodes.
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Additional executive producers are of Dan Farah of Farah Films, Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, Lawrence Kuppin and David Salzman, as well as Eric Gardner of Panacea Entertainment and Danny McBride, Jody Hill and Brandon James of Rough House Pictures. Andrew Farah and Adam Salzman will co-executive produce.
The original 1987 film saw Barker adapt and direct his own novella,...
The as-yet untitled series will be based on the “Hellraiser” film franchise, which in turn was based on Clive Barker’s novella “The Hellbound Heart,” and is described as an “elevated continuation and expansion of the well-established Hellraiser mythology.”
Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty are writers on the project and will executive produce alongside Green, who is signed on to direct multiple episodes.
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Additional executive producers are of Dan Farah of Farah Films, Roy Lee of Vertigo Entertainment, Lawrence Kuppin and David Salzman, as well as Eric Gardner of Panacea Entertainment and Danny McBride, Jody Hill and Brandon James of Rough House Pictures. Andrew Farah and Adam Salzman will co-executive produce.
The original 1987 film saw Barker adapt and direct his own novella,...
- 4/27/2020
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
HBO is in the market to raise Hell.
The network is currently developing a series based on the “Hellraiser” film franchise, which in turn was based on Clive Barker’s novella “The Hellbound Heart,” Variety has confirmed.
The prospective series will not be a reboot of “Hellraiser,” but rather “an elevated continuation and expansion” of its mythology, according to sources with knowledge of the project.
Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty are writing the project, while David Gordon Green, whose credits include “Halloween” and whose longstanding relationship with HBO extends to “Eastbound & Down,” “Vice Principals” and “The Righteous Gemstones,” is attached to direct several episodes.
This new project is unrelated to the big screen “Hellraiser” revival from “Dark Knight” writer David S. Goyer, which was announced at Spyglass Media Group almost a year ago.
The “Hellraiser” film franchise spans 10 films and thirty-five years. Its antagonist, Pinhead, is considered one of...
The network is currently developing a series based on the “Hellraiser” film franchise, which in turn was based on Clive Barker’s novella “The Hellbound Heart,” Variety has confirmed.
The prospective series will not be a reboot of “Hellraiser,” but rather “an elevated continuation and expansion” of its mythology, according to sources with knowledge of the project.
Mark Verheiden and Michael Dougherty are writing the project, while David Gordon Green, whose credits include “Halloween” and whose longstanding relationship with HBO extends to “Eastbound & Down,” “Vice Principals” and “The Righteous Gemstones,” is attached to direct several episodes.
This new project is unrelated to the big screen “Hellraiser” revival from “Dark Knight” writer David S. Goyer, which was announced at Spyglass Media Group almost a year ago.
The “Hellraiser” film franchise spans 10 films and thirty-five years. Its antagonist, Pinhead, is considered one of...
- 4/27/2020
- by Will Thorne
- Variety Film + TV
Exclusive: HBO has made a deal to develop a series from the classic horror franchise Hellraiser, with Halloween helmer David Gordon Green set to direct the pilot and several more initial episodes that brings to the small screen for the first time the iconic pincushion-headed villain who heads a group of pasty-faced villains sent from hell, known as the Cenobites.
The series will be written by genre and action vets Mark Verheiden, and Michael Dougherty. All of them will be executive producers alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, along with Lawrence Kuppin and David Salzman and Panacea Entertainment’s Eric Gardner. Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill and Brandon James round out the Ep team. Farah Films exec Andrew Farah, and Adam Salzman will also serve as co-exec producers.
The series will be written by genre and action vets Mark Verheiden, and Michael Dougherty. All of them will be executive producers alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, along with Lawrence Kuppin and David Salzman and Panacea Entertainment’s Eric Gardner. Rough House Pictures partners Green, Danny McBride Jody Hill and Brandon James round out the Ep team. Farah Films exec Andrew Farah, and Adam Salzman will also serve as co-exec producers.
- 4/27/2020
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Last year it was announced that David S. Goyer was producing and writing a “loyal, yet evolved reimagining” of Clive Barker's Hellraiser (which is based on his novella The Hellbound Heart), and now it's been revealed that David Bruckner has been summoned to direct the film, with Ben Collins and Luke Piotrowski coming aboard to write the screenplay.
The latest Hellraiser news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who reveal that Goyer is still involved as a producer (as well as Keith Levine) and is writing the story for the film, so it looks like Goyer will still have creative input on the screenplay by Collins and Piotrowski.
The new Hellraiser movie is coming from Spyglass Media, a collaboration between Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment's Andy Mitchell and Milos Brajovic. As THR notes, Spyglass is also the company behind the upcoming Scream movie.
As previously noted by Daily Dead Editor-in-Chief Jonathan James,...
The latest Hellraiser news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, who reveal that Goyer is still involved as a producer (as well as Keith Levine) and is writing the story for the film, so it looks like Goyer will still have creative input on the screenplay by Collins and Piotrowski.
The new Hellraiser movie is coming from Spyglass Media, a collaboration between Gary Barber and Lantern Entertainment's Andy Mitchell and Milos Brajovic. As THR notes, Spyglass is also the company behind the upcoming Scream movie.
As previously noted by Daily Dead Editor-in-Chief Jonathan James,...
- 4/10/2020
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The specialty box office is headed towards the second star on the right and straight on till morning with Benh Zeitlin’s magical adventure Wendy, a fresh reimagination of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale of Peter Pan. The pic from Searclight Pictures is Zeitlin’s follow up to his Oscar-nominated Beasts of the Southern Wild which was released in 2012.
Co-written by Zeitlin and his sister Eliza, Wendy isn’t necessarily cut from the same cloth from Disney animated feature, rather it speaks to Zeitlin’s hyperealstic aesthtetic. The film, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year, stars newcomer Devin France in the titular role of Wendy, based on the heroine Wendy Darling of Peter Pan. In Zeitlin’s vision of Neverland, Wendy and her friends get whisked away by a boy named Peter where they get lost on a mysterious island where no one ages and time stands still.
Co-written by Zeitlin and his sister Eliza, Wendy isn’t necessarily cut from the same cloth from Disney animated feature, rather it speaks to Zeitlin’s hyperealstic aesthtetic. The film, which debuted at Sundance earlier this year, stars newcomer Devin France in the titular role of Wendy, based on the heroine Wendy Darling of Peter Pan. In Zeitlin’s vision of Neverland, Wendy and her friends get whisked away by a boy named Peter where they get lost on a mysterious island where no one ages and time stands still.
- 2/28/2020
- by Dino-Ray Ramos
- Deadline Film + TV
Actor and now filmmaker Jason Bateman is all set to take the helm on a new thriller from New Line titled ‘Shut In’.
The plot outline is that of an edgy thriller in the vein of ‘Panic Room’, in which a single mother is held captive by her violent ex, with her two young children left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive. It is believed that Bateman won’t star in the movie.
The story is from first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Bateman and Michael Costigan will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier.
Exec producing are Cinestate’s Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox, Farah Films’ Andrew Farah and Vertigo’s Miri Yoon. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek and Josh Mack will oversee for New Line.
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The plot outline is that of an edgy thriller in the vein of ‘Panic Room’, in which a single mother is held captive by her violent ex, with her two young children left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive. It is believed that Bateman won’t star in the movie.
The story is from first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Bateman and Michael Costigan will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier.
Exec producing are Cinestate’s Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox, Farah Films’ Andrew Farah and Vertigo’s Miri Yoon. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek and Josh Mack will oversee for New Line.
Also in news – ‘Marriage Story’ takes the lead in the 2020 Golden...
- 12/12/2019
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
In today’s film news roundup, Jesse Eisenberg is starring and exec producing “Wild Indian”; Jason Bateman is directing “Shut In”; “Saturday Night Live” veteran Paula Pell is honored; and the Palm Springs Film Festival sets its opening and closing films.
Casting
Jesse Eisenberg is starring in and executive producing the independent thriller “Wild Indian,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Wild Indian,” written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., also stars Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Kate Bosworth and Scott Haze (“Venom”). The film, shooting in Oklahoma City, was developed as part of the Sundance Institute Writers and Directors Lab as well as Sundance Catalyst.
The story follows two Anishinaabe men who are inextricably bound together after covering up the savage murder of a schoolmate. After years of separation following wildly divergent paths, they must finally confront how their traumatic secret has irrevocably shaped their lives. Greyeyes plays a character who...
Casting
Jesse Eisenberg is starring in and executive producing the independent thriller “Wild Indian,” Variety has learned exclusively.
“Wild Indian,” written and directed by Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr., also stars Michael Greyeyes, Chaske Spencer, Kate Bosworth and Scott Haze (“Venom”). The film, shooting in Oklahoma City, was developed as part of the Sundance Institute Writers and Directors Lab as well as Sundance Catalyst.
The story follows two Anishinaabe men who are inextricably bound together after covering up the savage murder of a schoolmate. After years of separation following wildly divergent paths, they must finally confront how their traumatic secret has irrevocably shaped their lives. Greyeyes plays a character who...
- 12/12/2019
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
Jason Bateman is in talks to direct and produce the New Line horror film “Shut In,” individuals with knowledge of the talks confirmed to TheWrap.
Acquired from debuting screenwriter Melanie Toast, the script for “Shut In” was selected to this year’s BloodList, a horror equivalent of the BlackList that spotlights the best unproduced scripts in the genre. The film follows a single mother who is held captive by her violent ex and must do everything to protect her two young children.
Bateman is in talks to produce through Aggregate Films, and would join Dan Farah (Farah Films), Roy Lee (Vertigo) and Dallas Sonnier (Cinestate) as producers. Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox will executive produce for Cinestate, Andrew Farah will executive produce for Farah Films and Miri Yoon will executive produce for Vertigo. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek, and Josh Mack will oversee the project for New Line.
Bateman, who most...
Acquired from debuting screenwriter Melanie Toast, the script for “Shut In” was selected to this year’s BloodList, a horror equivalent of the BlackList that spotlights the best unproduced scripts in the genre. The film follows a single mother who is held captive by her violent ex and must do everything to protect her two young children.
Bateman is in talks to produce through Aggregate Films, and would join Dan Farah (Farah Films), Roy Lee (Vertigo) and Dallas Sonnier (Cinestate) as producers. Amanda Presmyk and Danielle Cox will executive produce for Cinestate, Andrew Farah will executive produce for Farah Films and Miri Yoon will executive produce for Vertigo. Richard Brener, Daria Cercek, and Josh Mack will oversee the project for New Line.
Bateman, who most...
- 12/11/2019
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Exclusive: Fresh from winning the Emmy for Outstanding Directing For A Drama Series for Ozark, Jason Bateman has found his next feature film to direct. He’ll helm Shut In, the spec script by first time scribe Melanie Toast that New Line acquired in September.
Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the Hasbro board game Clue, teaming with Ryan Reynolds at Fox/Disney. That project is still alive, but it would have been too much for Bateman to get it done and get back to his Netflix series. Then he found Shut In, a contained thriller he fell for quickly, and one that is a better fit for his schedule. They’re negotiating, but sources said that the film is on course for a production start in the first quarter of 2020.
Aggregate and its principals, Bateman and Michael Costigan, will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah,...
Bateman had been developing to direct a film based on the Hasbro board game Clue, teaming with Ryan Reynolds at Fox/Disney. That project is still alive, but it would have been too much for Bateman to get it done and get back to his Netflix series. Then he found Shut In, a contained thriller he fell for quickly, and one that is a better fit for his schedule. They’re negotiating, but sources said that the film is on course for a production start in the first quarter of 2020.
Aggregate and its principals, Bateman and Michael Costigan, will board as producers, alongside Farah Films’ Dan Farah,...
- 12/11/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Netflix is set to produce a new ensemble action-adventure comedy in which Vince Vaughn will play one of the three major leads. There are no plot details to share of the untitled film, but it’s said the project “will be in the spirit of City Slickers and Old School, with an ensemble cast designed for Vaughn and several other comedy stars.” As a fan of both of those films, I’m looking forward to seeing how this new movie turns out.
The script for the film comes Anders Holm, who produces and stars in Workaholics. He is also a writer and producer of the series Game Over Man! The project will be produced by Ready Player One‘s Dan Farah and Peter Billingsley, who is a long-time collaborator with Vaughn, who directed him in Couples Retreat.
Vaughn will also reunite with Netflix Head of Film Scott Stuber, who produced...
The script for the film comes Anders Holm, who produces and stars in Workaholics. He is also a writer and producer of the series Game Over Man! The project will be produced by Ready Player One‘s Dan Farah and Peter Billingsley, who is a long-time collaborator with Vaughn, who directed him in Couples Retreat.
Vaughn will also reunite with Netflix Head of Film Scott Stuber, who produced...
- 10/22/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: Netflix just acquired a pitch for an untitled ensemble action adventure comedy, with Vince Vaughn attached to play one of the three major leads.
They are keeping plot specifics under wraps, but the project will be in the spirit of City Slickers and Old School, with an ensemble cast designed for Vaughn and several other comedy stars. Writing the script will be Anders Holm, whose credits include starring and exec producing Workaholics and writing and producing Game Over Man!
The project will be produced by Ready Player One‘s Dan Farah through Farah Films and Peter Billingsley, a long time collaborator with Vaughn who directed him in Couples Retreat. There is other connective tissue here as Vaughn reunites with Netflix Head of Film Scott Stuber, who produced the hit Vaughn hits The Break-Up and Couples Retreat.
Vaughn is coming off the Craig Zahler-directed Dragged Across Concrete with Mel Gibson,...
They are keeping plot specifics under wraps, but the project will be in the spirit of City Slickers and Old School, with an ensemble cast designed for Vaughn and several other comedy stars. Writing the script will be Anders Holm, whose credits include starring and exec producing Workaholics and writing and producing Game Over Man!
The project will be produced by Ready Player One‘s Dan Farah through Farah Films and Peter Billingsley, a long time collaborator with Vaughn who directed him in Couples Retreat. There is other connective tissue here as Vaughn reunites with Netflix Head of Film Scott Stuber, who produced the hit Vaughn hits The Break-Up and Couples Retreat.
Vaughn is coming off the Craig Zahler-directed Dragged Across Concrete with Mel Gibson,...
- 10/21/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
New Line Cinema has picked up a new script in a bidding war from a new screenwriter on the scene, Melanie Toast. The script is for a future film entitled Shut In. Deadline reports that the spec script is an “edgy thriller” with the following story:
“A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive.”
The film will be produced by Dan Farah from Farah Films, Roy Lee at Vertigo, and Dallas Sonnier at Cinestate. Sonnier purchased the script from the Black List of scripts and was first prepared to finance the film independently until the script began gaining traction with Sonnier’s friend and fellow producer, Farah, who signed on to manage Toast and co-produce Shut In.
This sounds like it has potential to be an interesting film. What do you think?...
“A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive.”
The film will be produced by Dan Farah from Farah Films, Roy Lee at Vertigo, and Dallas Sonnier at Cinestate. Sonnier purchased the script from the Black List of scripts and was first prepared to finance the film independently until the script began gaining traction with Sonnier’s friend and fellow producer, Farah, who signed on to manage Toast and co-produce Shut In.
This sounds like it has potential to be an interesting film. What do you think?...
- 9/6/2019
- by Jessica Fisher
- GeekTyrant
Exclusive: New Line Cinema has won an auction for Shut In, a spec script by first-time scribe Melanie Toast. Producing are Farah Films’ Dan Farah, Vertigo’s Roy Lee and Cinestate’s Dallas Sonnier.
The spec is an edgy thriller that will follow a fast track toward production. A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive.
Toast lives in a small Texas town with her husband and children, and her script was first discovered by Sonnier on The Black List website. He purchased the script with the intention to quickly self-finance the film as an indie, and he introduced Toast to Farah, who signed her as manager, and UTA.
Sonnier and Farah first met as college interns for Scott Rudin, and knew each other while Sonnier worked at UTA and Farah at ICM,...
The spec is an edgy thriller that will follow a fast track toward production. A single mother is held captive by her violent ex, and her two young children are left at risk. She must do everything to protect them and survive.
Toast lives in a small Texas town with her husband and children, and her script was first discovered by Sonnier on The Black List website. He purchased the script with the intention to quickly self-finance the film as an indie, and he introduced Toast to Farah, who signed her as manager, and UTA.
Sonnier and Farah first met as college interns for Scott Rudin, and knew each other while Sonnier worked at UTA and Farah at ICM,...
- 9/5/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
In late June, we announced that Pinhead, the iconic Hell Priest of the Hellraiser franchise, would be getting his own TV series. To recap: Deadline broke the news: It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah have positioned themselves to bring to the small screen for the first time Hellraiser, the iconic horror franchise anchored by the […]
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- 8/15/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
Exclusive: ABC Studios has acquired the television rights to the bestselling book series Jessica Darling by Megan McCafferty, as well as a pilot adaptation written by author /screenwriter, Rebecca Serle. Ready Player One producer Dan Farah and Serle initially secured the book rights and then developed the pilot script on spec before shopping it to studios. Serle will Ep along with Farah, who will Exec Produce through his Farah Films banner.
Producers are exploring possible director and actor attachments before shopping projects to streamers and networks.
The five-book series spans the life and romances of the title character, Jessica Darling, starting with the characters teen years in the first two novels, and growing into her college and post college life in subsequent novels. McCafferty’s passionate readers were able to grow up along with the Jessica Darling character, a quality of the book series which will serve the TV series well.
Producers are exploring possible director and actor attachments before shopping projects to streamers and networks.
The five-book series spans the life and romances of the title character, Jessica Darling, starting with the characters teen years in the first two novels, and growing into her college and post college life in subsequent novels. McCafferty’s passionate readers were able to grow up along with the Jessica Darling character, a quality of the book series which will serve the TV series well.
- 8/12/2019
- by Mike Fleming Jr
- Deadline Film + TV
Pinhead To Be Unleashed On Television Audiences! Roy Lee & Dan Farah Board TV Adaptation Of Classic Hellraiser Horror Franchise Producers Roy Lee and Dan Farah (Ready Player One) have joined forces with producers/rights holders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner, to produce an …
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- 7/16/2019
- by Adrian Halen
- Horror News
With more and more film franchises being reimagined as TV series, it’s not surprising to learn that the classic horror franchise Hellraiser is going to also be developed as a series.
It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah are teaming up to develop the series which centers around an evil hellish villain name Pinhead. They have teamed up with the rights holders of the property, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner, to make this happen.
According to Deadline, the intention is to “use the mythology established in the movie franchise and the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart as a launch pad for a new series that could be anthology, or a more traditional narrative.”
The first movie told the story of a man “who inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a strange puzzle box he bought during a trip abroad.
It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah are teaming up to develop the series which centers around an evil hellish villain name Pinhead. They have teamed up with the rights holders of the property, Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Gardner, to make this happen.
According to Deadline, the intention is to “use the mythology established in the movie franchise and the Clive Barker novella The Hellbound Heart as a launch pad for a new series that could be anthology, or a more traditional narrative.”
The first movie told the story of a man “who inadvertently opens a portal to hell when he tinkers with a strange puzzle box he bought during a trip abroad.
- 7/1/2019
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
In addition to a new Hellraiser feature film reboot from David S. Goyer, word came down late Friday that the central Cenobite Pinhead is also getting his own TV series. Deadline broke the news: It producer Roy Lee and Ready Player One producer Dan Farah have positioned themselves to bring to the small screen for […] The post He’ll Tear Your Soul Apart! Pinhead is Getting his Own Series! appeared first on Dread Central.
- 6/29/2019
- by Josh Millican
- DreadCentral.com
We have such sights to show you. Or at least we will, when Hellraiser comes to TV.
Deadline has just announced that the classic Clive Barker horror property will be adapted as a television show. They’re reporting that producers Roy Lee (It) and Dan Farah (Ready Player One) have teamed up with rights holders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Garden in an attempt to make the franchise the next big thing in horror TV.
The series began in Clive Barker’s disturbing 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, which tells the tale of Frank Cotton, a hedonist seeking the ultimate erotic experience. To this end, he tracks down a puzzle box known as the Lemarchand Configuration. Solving this puzzle will apparently open a portal to a dimension populated by creatures who can deliver the ultimate sensual experience. Unfortunately for Cotton, though, what lies on the other side are the Cenobites,...
Deadline has just announced that the classic Clive Barker horror property will be adapted as a television show. They’re reporting that producers Roy Lee (It) and Dan Farah (Ready Player One) have teamed up with rights holders Lawrence Kuppin, David Salzman and Eric Garden in an attempt to make the franchise the next big thing in horror TV.
The series began in Clive Barker’s disturbing 1986 novella The Hellbound Heart, which tells the tale of Frank Cotton, a hedonist seeking the ultimate erotic experience. To this end, he tracks down a puzzle box known as the Lemarchand Configuration. Solving this puzzle will apparently open a portal to a dimension populated by creatures who can deliver the ultimate sensual experience. Unfortunately for Cotton, though, what lies on the other side are the Cenobites,...
- 6/28/2019
- by David James
- We Got This Covered
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