Netflix has acquired the Russian mafia manuscript Vor by newcomer author Rimma Rose in preemptive film rights deal, setting up a potential publishing frenzy.
To say that Sony’s film division has had a bit of a tough go lately might be an understatement. The email hack, the terrorist threat against The Interview, and a failure to clear the billion dollar mark in domestic grosses in 2015. But look a little closer, and it’s not necessarily as dire as it might appear.
Stephen Simpson has signed with Brooklyn Weaver of Energy Entertainment shortly after his original drama pilot – a reimaginging of Shakespeare’s MacBeth – placed in the Top 75 of the LPPC.
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The first terrifying look at Bill Skarsgard’s Pennywise the Dancing Clown from next year’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s It has been revealed. (Entertainment Weekly)
Disney has tapped TV writer Bill Kunstler to adapt the screenplay for the film adaptation of the children’s book Castle Hangnail which was set up last year with Finding Dory star Ellen DeGeneres. (Variety)
A movie version of J.K. Rowling’s West End stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child could be in the works as Warner Bros recently filed for a trademark of the play which includes motion pictures and merchandising. (/Film)
Supermodel Charlotte McKinney has joined Ellen Page, Diego Luna, Nina Dobrev, James Norton, Kiersey Clemens and Kiefer Sutherland in the Sony reboot of the ’90s thriller Flatliners. (Deadline)
Tony Award-winning Hamilton star Renee Elise Goldsberry is set to go from the 1700s to the 25th century. She is set to star in the Netflix sci-fi drama Altered Carbon. (TVLine)
Alice Eve will has been tapped as the female lead opposite Keanu Reeves in the sci-fi thriller Replicas directed by Jeffrey Nachmanoff. (We Got This Covered)
India Eisley, Sydney Park, and Scott Adkins are set to star alongside KJ Apa in the indie thriller Altar Rock, the millennial romantic thriller from director Andrzej Bartkowiak. (Deadline)
Chuck Lorre’s upcoming pot-smoking comedy Disjointed starring Academy Award winner Kathy Bates has been picked up by Netflix with a 20-episode order. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Netflix has renewed Todd & Glenn Kessler and Daniel Zelman’s Bloodline for a third season. The dark family drama stars Kyle Chandler, Sissy Spacek, Linda Cardellini, Norbert Leo Butz, and Ben Mendelsohn. (Cinemablend)
Brian Austin Green has has stepped down from his role on Fox’s Rosewood and will be replaced by CSI: Miami alum Eddie Cibrian. Green left the show in the middle of shooting his first episode. (TVLine)
Actress and singer Sierra McClaine has been added to the cast of Fox’s Empire in a recurring role. McClaine will play a protege to Xzibit’s Shine in the hip-hop drama. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Descendants: Wicked World has officially been renewed for Season 2 with Disney Channel Star to voice son of The Emperor’s New Groove Yzma. (TVLine)
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