The big screen adaptation of R.L. Stine’s Fear Street series is just around the corner, as 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have hired Kyle Killen to write the script.
Paradigm and Industry Entertainment are out with Relentless, a hot new spec from John Swetnam, the writer of Into the Storm and Step Up All In. The project is being described as being in the vein of John Wick, but with a female protagonist.
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After largely flying under the radar early on, the sought-after Fox comedy pilot LA -> Vegas has landed Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan as director and executive producer. (Deadline)
Edward James Olmos has been cast to star in the eagerly awaited Mayans MC series. The Battlestar Galactica alum will join the project which has received a pilot order at FX. The series is set in a post-Jax Teller world, where EZ Reyes, a prospect in the Mayan MC charter on the Cali/Mexi border, “struggles with his desire for vengeance against the cartel, and his need for respect from the women he loves.” (Entertainment Weekly)
CBS forthcoming Star Trek: Discovery has recruited three Starfleet officers. The production has announced Terry Serpico, Maulik Pancholy, and Sam Vartholomeos as the newest additions to the series. (ComingSoon.net)
The CBS reboot of the classic action series turned feature S.W.A.T. has enlisted Bond girl Stephanie Sigman in the starring role. Sigman is the first cast member to sign onto the reboot. (Variety)
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