With the motion picture business shifting almost exclusively to franchises over the past decades, screenwriters are increasingly put through the wringer as they find themselves replaced and replaced again throughout protracted development processes. It’s a punishing road that can be demoralizing for writers who have often spent months pitching for an open writing assignment. But as more and more streamers look to add content to their film slates, screenwriters are finding new opportunities to flip the script.
A high-profile comic book movie set to debut next year recently had its final script submitted to the WGA for screenwriting credit, and insiders tell Deadline that a staggering 45 writers had some sort of involvement with the script at various stages through the development process. The likelihood that all those writers will get credit is “basically impossible”, according to one source close to the project. And while this might represent an extreme example,...
A high-profile comic book movie set to debut next year recently had its final script submitted to the WGA for screenwriting credit, and insiders tell Deadline that a staggering 45 writers had some sort of involvement with the script at various stages through the development process. The likelihood that all those writers will get credit is “basically impossible”, according to one source close to the project. And while this might represent an extreme example,...
- 5/23/2022
- by Justin Kroll
- Deadline Film + TV
This past Friday, the latest genre project from Jim Mickle, In the Shadow of the Moon, landed on Netflix, and a week prior, the sci-fi thriller celebrated its world premiere at the 2019 Fantastic Fest. Starring Boyd Holbrook, Cleopatra Coleman, Bokeem Woodbine, and Michael C. Hall, Shadow centers on a serial killer who appears every nine years to claim their victims, but their crimes don’t seem to logistically add up for police officer Thomas Lockhart (Holbrook), who finds himself in the middle of these perplexing cyclical murders.
While in Austin, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Mickle, and he talked about the journey of getting In the Shadow of the Moon made, the challenges of working with the film’s complex narrative, the ambitious shooting schedule over the course of 40 days, and more.
In the Shadow of the Moon is currently streaming on Netflix.
Great to speak with you again,...
While in Austin, Daily Dead had the opportunity to speak with Mickle, and he talked about the journey of getting In the Shadow of the Moon made, the challenges of working with the film’s complex narrative, the ambitious shooting schedule over the course of 40 days, and more.
In the Shadow of the Moon is currently streaming on Netflix.
Great to speak with you again,...
- 9/30/2019
- by Heather Wixson
- DailyDead
The dedicated entertainment junkie now has more options than ever before. So if you’re wondering which logy, derivative, visually pedestrian piece of made-for-Netflix pulp to avoid at all costs this week, it would be hard to top “In the Shadow of the Moon,”
The opening, at least, is a grabber. We see the aftermath of a terrorist bombing in 2024 (it’s staged to look like 9/11 lite), and the film then flashes back 36 years and cuts among three civilians — a diner cook dishing up sausage and peppers, a concert pianist in performance, a bus driver carrying a book about Thomas Jefferson — who all succumb to the same horrific fate. Blood seeps out of their noses, ears, and eyes, gathering into a miniature geyser of gore, until each of them collapses. It’s sort of like the exploding-head scenes in David Cronenberg’s “Scanners” without the serious wow factor.
Thomas Lockhart...
The opening, at least, is a grabber. We see the aftermath of a terrorist bombing in 2024 (it’s staged to look like 9/11 lite), and the film then flashes back 36 years and cuts among three civilians — a diner cook dishing up sausage and peppers, a concert pianist in performance, a bus driver carrying a book about Thomas Jefferson — who all succumb to the same horrific fate. Blood seeps out of their noses, ears, and eyes, gathering into a miniature geyser of gore, until each of them collapses. It’s sort of like the exploding-head scenes in David Cronenberg’s “Scanners” without the serious wow factor.
Thomas Lockhart...
- 9/24/2019
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Joseph Baxter Sep 16, 2019
Boyd Holbrook and Michael C. Hall headline Netflix film In the Shadow of the Moon, a crime thriller with time-bending sci-fi themes.
In the Shadow of the Moon, an upcoming Netflix film, has something to offer to fans of macabre late-20th-century-set crime dramas like the streamer’s David Fincher-developed Mindhunter as well as fans of grittier sci-fi genre offerings like director Rian Johnson’s Looper.
Headlined by rising star Boyd Holbrook, crime drama icon Michael C. Hall and prospective breakout Cleopatra Coleman, the film appears unconcerned with genre boundaries, set in Philadelphia in 1988, showcasing the story of a cop (Holbrook) whose seemingly supernatural encounter with a woman suspected of being a serial killer leads him down the rabbit hole of time travel when she resurfaces in the wake of new killings.
Jim Mickle, creator of SundanceTV’s Hap and Leonard, directed the film working off...
Boyd Holbrook and Michael C. Hall headline Netflix film In the Shadow of the Moon, a crime thriller with time-bending sci-fi themes.
In the Shadow of the Moon, an upcoming Netflix film, has something to offer to fans of macabre late-20th-century-set crime dramas like the streamer’s David Fincher-developed Mindhunter as well as fans of grittier sci-fi genre offerings like director Rian Johnson’s Looper.
Headlined by rising star Boyd Holbrook, crime drama icon Michael C. Hall and prospective breakout Cleopatra Coleman, the film appears unconcerned with genre boundaries, set in Philadelphia in 1988, showcasing the story of a cop (Holbrook) whose seemingly supernatural encounter with a woman suspected of being a serial killer leads him down the rabbit hole of time travel when she resurfaces in the wake of new killings.
Jim Mickle, creator of SundanceTV’s Hap and Leonard, directed the film working off...
- 9/16/2019
- Den of Geek
After eight scintillating seasons as TV’s most compelling serial killer on “Dexter,” Michael C. Hall is playing for the other team. Looking like a grown-up version of Jonathan Groff’s Holden in “Mindhunter,” Hall plays a detective hunting an elusive serial killer in a new thriller debuting on Netflix later this month. Directed by Sundance award-winning director Jim Mickle, “In the Shadow of the Moon” sets out to catch a repeat killer leaving a string of dead bodies with mysterious bite marks on their necks. The recently released trailer promises an intriguing dose of supernatural elements to keep the viewer on their toes.
Here’s the official synopsis: “In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Lock’s obsession with finding...
Here’s the official synopsis: “In 1988, Philadelphia police officer Thomas Lockhart (Boyd Holbrook), hungry to become a detective, begins tracking a serial killer who mysteriously resurfaces every nine years. But when the killer’s crimes begin to defy all scientific explanation, Lock’s obsession with finding...
- 9/16/2019
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
Boyd Holbrook fought Wolverine in “Logan,” an alien monster in “The Predator,” and in his new movie “In the Shadow of the Moon,” he’ll fight yet another sort of mutant warrior who can’t be killed.
“In the Shadow of the Moon” is the latest psychological thriller from Netflix, and it combines a gritty, neo-noir mystery with a supernatural element.
Set in Philadelphia in 1988, Holbrook plays a cop who tracks down a serial killer responsible for a strange number of grizzly murders that took place across the city in a short period of time. The perpetrator is a young woman (Cleopatra Coleman), but in their fight, she stumbles in front of a train and is killed. Now every nine years later on the anniversary of the murders, she’s back and committing more atrocities that defy logic, all while Holbrook becomes obsessed in unlocking her secrets.
Also Read: Boyd...
“In the Shadow of the Moon” is the latest psychological thriller from Netflix, and it combines a gritty, neo-noir mystery with a supernatural element.
Set in Philadelphia in 1988, Holbrook plays a cop who tracks down a serial killer responsible for a strange number of grizzly murders that took place across the city in a short period of time. The perpetrator is a young woman (Cleopatra Coleman), but in their fight, she stumbles in front of a train and is killed. Now every nine years later on the anniversary of the murders, she’s back and committing more atrocities that defy logic, all while Holbrook becomes obsessed in unlocking her secrets.
Also Read: Boyd...
- 9/16/2019
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
“Last Man on Earth’s” Cleopatra Coleman will star opposite Boyd Holbrook in Netflix’s “In the Shadow of the Moon.” Sources also tell Variety that Michael C. Hall and Bokeem Woodbine have joined the cast.
“Hap and Leonard” creator Jim Mickle is directing the movie from a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. The film is expected to begin shooting later this year.
“Gregory and Geoff’s script is such a great mind bender and beautifully weaves together all my favorite genres,” Mickle said. “Boyd is going to eat this role alive and show why he’s one of the best young actors working today. We’re lucky to have an incredibly talented producing team and a home like Netflix that’s excited to take chances. Any studio that makes ‘Okja’ has a permanent place in my heart.”
Mickle will produce along with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill for Automatik,...
“Hap and Leonard” creator Jim Mickle is directing the movie from a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. The film is expected to begin shooting later this year.
“Gregory and Geoff’s script is such a great mind bender and beautifully weaves together all my favorite genres,” Mickle said. “Boyd is going to eat this role alive and show why he’s one of the best young actors working today. We’re lucky to have an incredibly talented producing team and a home like Netflix that’s excited to take chances. Any studio that makes ‘Okja’ has a permanent place in my heart.”
Mickle will produce along with Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill for Automatik,...
- 7/11/2018
- by Justin Kroll
- Variety Film + TV
Netflix has set Michael C. Hall, Cleopatra Coleman and Bokeem Woodbine to join Boyd Holbrook in In The Shadow of the Moon, a drama that just got underway. Holbrook plays a Philly police officer who struggles with a lifelong obsession to track a mysterious serial killer whose crimes defy explanation.
Jim Mickle is directing a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill are producing for Automatik, Ben Pugh for 42, Linda Moran and Mickle for Nightshade, with Fred Berger and Rory Aitken exec producing.
The film will be released next year.
Jim Mickle is directing a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Rian Cahill are producing for Automatik, Ben Pugh for 42, Linda Moran and Mickle for Nightshade, with Fred Berger and Rory Aitken exec producing.
The film will be released next year.
- 7/11/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Attention Dexter fans: After five years, Michael C. Hall is returning to the police force. The actor is set to lead In the Shadow of the Moon, an upcoming Netflix sci-fi thriller from director Jim Mickle, Collider reports. Hall will play a detective who is assigned to a murder case. With his partner, played by Boyd Hollbrook, they discover that their suspected killer isn’t who she seems to be, as the broad concept of time travel is thrown into the narrative.
Michael C. Hall’s body of work has been multifarious to say the least. From starring as the titular role in Showtime’s Dexter for eight years, playing President Kennedy in an episode of The Crown, to starring in independent features Christine and Kill Your Darlings, it’s not necessarily easy to predict where Hall might show up next. With that being said, his reconnection with director Jim Mickle both intriguing and exciting.
Michael C. Hall’s body of work has been multifarious to say the least. From starring as the titular role in Showtime’s Dexter for eight years, playing President Kennedy in an episode of The Crown, to starring in independent features Christine and Kill Your Darlings, it’s not necessarily easy to predict where Hall might show up next. With that being said, his reconnection with director Jim Mickle both intriguing and exciting.
- 6/19/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Actor Boyd Holbrook, the star of Narcos, will return to Netflix for the company’s new movie In the Shadow of the Moon. The movie was written by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock, and it will be directed by Jim Mickle, who wrote and directed several episodes of Hap and Leonard. Mickle told Variety that the […]
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- 2/24/2018
- by Natasha Roy
- Uinterview
Nick Harley Oct 19, 2016
Writer Jack Thorne and director Marc Munden move from the TV drama National Treasure to sci-fi movie Sovereign...
Sovereign, the upcoming science fiction thriller from director Marc Munden, has found its star in Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
See related Logan: the first trailer, starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Gordon-Levitt has signed on to the project from director Munden, who directed the recent Channel 4 TV miniseries National Treasure. Jack Thorne, who penned lots of things we love - including the aforementioned National Treasure, the TV series The Fades, and Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - has written the latest take on the screenplay.
The script for Sovereign from a draft by Geoff Tock and Gregory Weidman, and will see Gordon-Levitt as a man grasping with the dissolution of his marriage while he struggles to locate the crew of a space station, which includes his wife, after they mysteriously vanish.
Writer Jack Thorne and director Marc Munden move from the TV drama National Treasure to sci-fi movie Sovereign...
Sovereign, the upcoming science fiction thriller from director Marc Munden, has found its star in Joseph Gordon-Levitt.
See related Logan: the first trailer, starring Hugh Jackman as Wolverine
Gordon-Levitt has signed on to the project from director Munden, who directed the recent Channel 4 TV miniseries National Treasure. Jack Thorne, who penned lots of things we love - including the aforementioned National Treasure, the TV series The Fades, and Harry Potter And The Cursed Child - has written the latest take on the screenplay.
The script for Sovereign from a draft by Geoff Tock and Gregory Weidman, and will see Gordon-Levitt as a man grasping with the dissolution of his marriage while he struggles to locate the crew of a space station, which includes his wife, after they mysteriously vanish.
- 10/19/2016
- Den of Geek
Nick Harley Tony Sokol Feb 28, 2019
Mahershala Ali, fresh off True Detective and Green Book, brings a regal bearing to director Marc Munden's sci-fi thriller Sovereign.
Two time Academy Award winning actor, and the deviously forgetful cop on True Detecive season 3, Mahershala Ali, is joining the indie sci-fi thriller Sovereign. Coming from British director Marc Munden, who directed the Channel 4 TV miniseries National Treasure, and written by Jack Thorne, who is currently at work adapting Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials into a series for BBC One.
“We have long loved this project and have been patiently waiting until we found the right leading actor, which we no doubt have found in the incredibly talented Mahershala Ali,” Nick Meyer, eOne’s president of film, said in a statement. “The cast is clearly shaping up well and is backed by a creative team with a proven track record and the ability...
Mahershala Ali, fresh off True Detective and Green Book, brings a regal bearing to director Marc Munden's sci-fi thriller Sovereign.
Two time Academy Award winning actor, and the deviously forgetful cop on True Detecive season 3, Mahershala Ali, is joining the indie sci-fi thriller Sovereign. Coming from British director Marc Munden, who directed the Channel 4 TV miniseries National Treasure, and written by Jack Thorne, who is currently at work adapting Phillip Pullman’s His Dark Materials into a series for BBC One.
“We have long loved this project and have been patiently waiting until we found the right leading actor, which we no doubt have found in the incredibly talented Mahershala Ali,” Nick Meyer, eOne’s president of film, said in a statement. “The cast is clearly shaping up well and is backed by a creative team with a proven track record and the ability...
- 10/19/2016
- Den of Geek
Some big things are happening in Leonardo DiCaprio‘s realm. First, Deadline tells us his company, Appian Way, has partnered with Paramount for Truevine, an adaptation of Beth Macy‘s non-fiction tome — subtitled Two Brothers, a Kidnapping, and a Mother’s Quest; A True Story of the Jim Crow South — concerning George and Willie Muse, two black brothers who were kidnapped in 1899 and put on display in traveling freak shows across the Jim Crow-dominated south.
It’s positioned as a starring role for DiCaprio, which, given the description, is a bit odd, but there may be a role in the form of (and this would sound so much funnier if the story weren’t so upsetting) “a white man [who] offered them a piece of candy.” A cousin-of-sorts to Django Unchained‘s Calvin (ahem) Candie, perhaps?
The other property Appian Way’s been eyeing is probably much easier to digest as entertainment,...
It’s positioned as a starring role for DiCaprio, which, given the description, is a bit odd, but there may be a role in the form of (and this would sound so much funnier if the story weren’t so upsetting) “a white man [who] offered them a piece of candy.” A cousin-of-sorts to Django Unchained‘s Calvin (ahem) Candie, perhaps?
The other property Appian Way’s been eyeing is probably much easier to digest as entertainment,...
- 10/18/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Broadly speaking, Joseph Gordon-Levitt is an actor you can almost always count on to secure a compelling role year in, year out. Since his breakout in Rian Johnson’s Brick, audiences have witnessed that actor chop and change between poignant drama in 50/50, superhero action in The Dark Knight Rises and, more recently, character study for Oliver Stone’s Snowden.
They may not always be winners, but at least you can’t fault Gordon-Levitt for not straying outside his comfort zone, and it looks as though the actor’s latest gig will uphold that streak. It’s called Sovereign, according to Deadline, and is pitched as a sci-fi thriller. Geoff Tock and Gregory Weidman were the brains behind the initial script, though we understand that the so-hot-right-now Jack Thorne has been drafted in to give the screenplay a significant overhaul.
The underlying premise remains relatively unchanged for now, with Gordon-Levitt attached to play man who,...
They may not always be winners, but at least you can’t fault Gordon-Levitt for not straying outside his comfort zone, and it looks as though the actor’s latest gig will uphold that streak. It’s called Sovereign, according to Deadline, and is pitched as a sci-fi thriller. Geoff Tock and Gregory Weidman were the brains behind the initial script, though we understand that the so-hot-right-now Jack Thorne has been drafted in to give the screenplay a significant overhaul.
The underlying premise remains relatively unchanged for now, with Gordon-Levitt attached to play man who,...
- 10/18/2016
- by Michael Briers
- We Got This Covered
Exclusive: Joseph Gordon-Levitt is set to star in sci-fi thriller Sovereign, directed by British filmmaker Marc Munden. Arrival producers Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen are producing through their 21 Laps Entertainment banner while Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity is financing the project and will oversee international sales. Jack Thorne, one of the UK's most in-demand writers, is doing a re-write of the script, which was first crafted by Geoff Tock and Gregory Weidman…...
- 10/18/2016
- Deadline
Exclusive: Sierra/Affinity has picked up the worldwide rights to Sovereign, a sci-fi thriller written by Geoff Tock & Gregory Weidman. Marc Munden will direct with 21 Laps' Shawn Levy, Dan Levine and Dan Cohen producing. Nick Meyer and Mark Schaberg will executive produce along with Kelly McCormick who is overseeing the project with Josie Liang for Sierra/Affinity. Wme Global will broker the domestic deal. A mixture between cerebral sci-fi films such as 2001 and Solaris…...
- 3/15/2016
- Deadline
We didn’t know it when docu-helmer Errol Morris (The Thin Blue Line, The Unknown Known) signed up for it last July, but by the looks of several industry players, he might have landed on the best screenplay of the bunch.
The annual “The Black List” unveiled its “favorite unproduced screenplays” of the year, and ranking at the top with a slim margin of a lead was Andrew Sodroski’s Holland, Michigan – a project that should begin lensing in April of next year with Naomi Watts possibly toplining. The second place top vote-getter got a lot more than a set of steak knifes this year. The out-of-nowhere, complete obscurity to huge pay day Section 6 by first time scribe Aaron Berg garnered huge interest towards the end of the year and should be jettisoned into production by the Universal folks – look for big name talent to be attached sometime in...
The annual “The Black List” unveiled its “favorite unproduced screenplays” of the year, and ranking at the top with a slim margin of a lead was Andrew Sodroski’s Holland, Michigan – a project that should begin lensing in April of next year with Naomi Watts possibly toplining. The second place top vote-getter got a lot more than a set of steak knifes this year. The out-of-nowhere, complete obscurity to huge pay day Section 6 by first time scribe Aaron Berg garnered huge interest towards the end of the year and should be jettisoned into production by the Universal folks – look for big name talent to be attached sometime in...
- 12/16/2013
- by Eric Lavallee
- IONCINEMA.com
With all the mindless sequels and reboots that Hollywood has churned out over the last few years, it’s always nice when something original and well-written can break through and get a studio release. Unfortunately, many quality scripts can spend years without ever reaching the right executive to give it the green light. In an effort to make the process a little bit better, former production executive Franklin Leonard started The Black List in 2004. Today, the site announced its ninth annual list of the best unproduced scripts.
To come up with the list, nominations are received from over 250 executives. If a film gets 6 nominations, it gets a spot on the list. The more executives that nominate it, the higher on the list it is. Production for last year’s top film, Draft Day, is underway with the theatrical release scheduled for April, so there’s a pretty good chance that...
To come up with the list, nominations are received from over 250 executives. If a film gets 6 nominations, it gets a spot on the list. The more executives that nominate it, the higher on the list it is. Production for last year’s top film, Draft Day, is underway with the theatrical release scheduled for April, so there’s a pretty good chance that...
- 12/16/2013
- by Alexander Lowe
- We Got This Covered
Withough further ado, the cover of #BlackList2013, designed by Glen Charbonneau. Let's get started. pic.twitter.com/5G0V1kGsXd— The Black List (@theblcklst) December 16, 2013
While Prisoners, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Spectacular Now have generated positive reviews at the box office, they also share one common distinction: They were all recognized on Franklin Leonard’s Black List, an annual compendium of the year’s most-liked un-produced screenplays as determined by the hundreds of executives in Hollywood that spend their lives reading scripts.
Leonard, 35, began the list in 2005 on a lark. As a young development executive about to leave for winter vacation,...
While Prisoners, Saving Mr. Banks, and The Spectacular Now have generated positive reviews at the box office, they also share one common distinction: They were all recognized on Franklin Leonard’s Black List, an annual compendium of the year’s most-liked un-produced screenplays as determined by the hundreds of executives in Hollywood that spend their lives reading scripts.
Leonard, 35, began the list in 2005 on a lark. As a young development executive about to leave for winter vacation,...
- 12/16/2013
- by Nicole Sperling
- EW - Inside Movies
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