Academy Award-nominated actress Jessica Chastain is set to play tough New York City street cop with extraordinary powers in Painkiller Jane, an adaptation of the graphic novel series written by Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada.
The Michael Radford-directed The Music of Silence has tapped Antonio Banderas to star in the biopic about the Grammy award-winning tenor Andrea Bocelli.
Ghostbusters director Paul Feig is turning his sights on the small screen to produce a new comedy series at Fox. The spec, Turned On, was written by Charlie Kesslering who is currently assistant to The Late Late Showhost James Corden.
More News From Around The Web
USA has ordered a pilot of Unsolved, a scripted true crime story that chronicles the two major police investigations into the sudden deaths of the Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls. (The Hollywood Reporter)
Psych creator Steve Franks is behind another comedic procedural two-hander, Magnolia Springs, which has been set up at CBS. The series centers on the Sheriff of Magnolia Springs who discovers that this progressive and idyllic town in the new American South is a hotbed of criminal activity. (Deadline)
SyFy has renewed both The Expanse and The Magicians for a second season. The Expanse will debut its sophomore season in February while The Magicians will bow in January. (TVLine)
Heather Graham and Stephen Mangan have signed up to Sky Atlantic’s original comedy Bliss, written and directed by Arrested Development‘s David Cross. The show follows the complicated double life of a bigamist who finds himself living between two sets of wives and children. (Digital Spy)
Ashely Greene has landed the lead in Accident Man directed by Jesse Johnson. The film is based on a character from the graphic novel from the defunct monthly UK comic Toxic!, which was written by Pat Mills in the early 90s. (Deadline)
Hollywood’s premier source for insider news and exclusives, tracking, industry jobs and analysis of the film & television market. We are home to the most robust spec script market tracking and development news.