The relentless pursuit of video game movie adaptations, despite a proven track record that they don’t work for the most part, falls back on the famed definition of insanity, that being the repetition of behavior and expecting a different result. But at some point doesn’t there have to be a communal understanding these projects don’t work?
The last episodes of the critically acclaimed BBC series Luther hit the small screen in December 2015. After well over a year of the uncertainty of the show’s future, the broadcasting company has ordered a fifth season with Idris Elba reprising his role as the titular homicide detective John Luther.
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Warner Bros is negotiating with Thomas Lennon & Robert Ben Garant to write and Rawson Thurber to direct a relaunch of the Cannonball Run franchise. (Deadline)
Anthony Ramos, who appeared in the original Broadway production of Hamilton, has joined the indie film Summertime, whileThe Flashactor Keiynan Lonsdale will co-star in Fox 2000 YA dramaSimon vs The Homo Sapiens Agenda. (Deadline)
Massy Tadjedin has been set by Focus Features to direct Circle Of Treason. The political thriller is scripted by Anna Waterhouse & Joe Shrapnel, and Barry Josephson is producing. (Deadline)
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