The Tracking Board’s Daily Debrief (04.17.17)

James Gunn Returns to Write and Direct Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 For Marvel

Vol. 3 will conclude the Guardians trilogy and “help catapult both old and new Marvel characters into the next ten years and beyond,” Gunn wrote on Facebook.

After All These Years, There’s No Question Stephen King Sill Reigns

It goes without saying that Stephen King is the godfather of horror, but why is the celebrated author suddenly going through something of a Hollywood renaissance? Neil Turitz previews the upcoming adaptations of his works and ponders why it’s happening now.

Girls Stars Then and Now, From Lena Dunham to Adam Driver

The HBO show ends its six-season run on Sunday and while it may not have been for everyone, we’ll miss it dearly. To pay tribute to this special show and its characters, let’s take a walk down memory lane to back when it all started in April 2012, and look at what the future has in store for this impressive ensemble.

More News From Around The Web

• Golden Globe nominee David Oyelowo is set to join Blumhouse’s forthcoming thriller Only You written and directed by Mean Creek‘s Jacob Estes. (Deadline)

• Wonderland Sound & Vision and Voltage Pictures have tapped Amy Schumer to star in their upcoming comedy, I Feel Pretty, from a script written and to be directed by Abby Kohn and Marc Silverstein. (Variety)

• Tyler Labine has landed the role of Sherlock (no, not that Sherlock) in BBC America and Netflix’s sci-fi sleuth series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. (Deadline)

• Sony has hired duo Justin Tipping and Joshua Beirne-Golden to do a rewrite of their superhero film Harbinger. (Deadline)

• Erica Ash, who currently co-stars in Starz’s Survivor’s Remorse, is attached to star in Miss Me This Christmas and Panamanian actress Patricia De Leon will join Kevin Sorbo and Casper Van Dien in the family drama One Nation Under God. (Deadline)