Anya Crittenton

One of the industry’s smaller events, the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado, is set to commence tomorrow, Friday, September 2. They have released the full lineup for the weekend-long event.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes director Rupert Hyatt has found a home for his new film Captive State with Participant Media. The company won the worldwide rights in a bidding war. Wyatt will direct the film, based on a script he wrote with Erica Beeney.

Captain America star Sebastian Stan has joined the growing ranks of Logan Lucky, director Steven Soderbergh’s latest venture. The film is currently shooting in Atlanta with a release date for October of next year.

HBO’s critical and ratings darling Game of Thrones has added a familiar face to its penultimate season: actor Jim Broadbent. He has landed what’s being described as a “significant” role in the series, which could mean a variety of characters, especially in the world of Westeros.

Few names are more synonymous with the Roaring ’20s than that of author F. Scott Fitzgerald, known for his novel The Great Gatsby. His tumultuous marriage to Zelda Sayre is also well-known in literary circles and now receiving the biopic treatment in Scott and Zelda: A Tale from the Jazz Age, with Zero Gravity Management and Next Wednesday Productions producing.

Everyone’s favorite scientist (other than Neil deGrasse Tyson) is returning to the world of television on new Netflix series titled Bill Nye Saves the World. Set to premiere in spring 2017, the titular Bill Nye will tackle different aspects of science and its relationship to and impact on politics, society, and pop culture in each episode.

Based on original material by the late Bruce Lee, Cinemax has given the series Warrior a pilot commitment. The project has reportedly been a passion project between Lee and Justin Lin, who will executive produce and possibly direct.

The newest film to dramatize historical figure Howard Hughes, Rules Don’t Apply, has secured its world premiere with the American Film Institute as the opening night film for AFI Fest. It will first screen on November 10 at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. It stars legendary actor Warren Beatty as Hughes.

Big-time producer Dan Lin has found his next project: Lionsgate’s time-traveling adventure For All Time, with a script by relative newcomer David Crabtree. Lionsgate acquired the rights to Crabtree’s original spec at the end of 2013.

English thespian Emma Thompson is currently in talks to star in The Children Act from director Richard Eyre. The film is an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Ian McEwan.

As expected, Don’t Breathe, the new horror film from Fede Alvarez, knocked Suicide Squad from first place, but it did so with an unexpectedly high box office. Taking in a little over $26 million in its first three days, the film absolutely shattered expectations and further cemented the horror genre’s domination of the box office this year (alongside animation).

Television has been relying heavily on adaptations of both books and movies for new series lately. The newest one, Let the Right One In, has received a pilot order from TNT.

Community favorite Alison Brie is joining the throngs of Netflix stars for the second time, with a starring role in the upcoming comedy GLOW. The series’ title is an acronym for Glorious Ladies of Wrestling and is inspired by the 1980s women’s wrestling league.

Anticipation is high for Disney’s next live-action remake, Beauty and the Beast, not least of all because it’s one of the studio’s most critically adored and revered films. Though it’s not set for a theatrical premiere until next spring, today a mysterious Twitter account revealed behind-the-scenes photos from the film.

Continuing their successful trend of live-action remakes, Disney is now developing a brand new version of James and the Giant Peach. Based on the book by Roald Dahl, the studio first adapted it as a live-action and stop-motion combo in 1996, directed by Henry Selick. Skyfall director Sam Mendes is currently in talks to helm this new version.

After three weeks of dominating the box office, Suicide Squad is finally about to be dethroned. As we shake off the disappointing summer blockbuster season, smaller, more genre-focused films are bowing into theaters, including this weekend’s inevitable number one, the horror film Don’t Breathe.

The upcoming film Dog Eat Dog from director Paul Schrader has been acquired by RLJ Entertainment for all North American rights. The distribution company will release the film, which stars Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, and Christopher Matthew Cook, theatrically and on VOD in November.

Days before the release of her new album, Lifetime has announced they are developing a movie about the life of pop star Britney Spears, simply titled Britney. In the film, set to be produced by Asylum Entertainment, actor Natasha Bassett will portray the singer.

The upcoming space comedy-drama from funny man Seth MacFarlane, set to air on Fox, has found a director. Jon Favreau will direct and executive produce the first episode and will then remain with the series as a consultant.

After being bid on by at least five studios and production companies, Tristar has secured the rights to the book Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson, which arrived in bookstores just yesterday. The book details the 1971 Attica prison uprising.

The famed mother-daughter duo of Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher is well-known and come fall, they’re going to have a new spotlight on them: the 54th New York Film Festival, when their documentary Bright Lights screens there. This is only one of several documentaries that the Film Society of Lincoln Center has unveiled for this year’s festivals.

A new horror flick is on the horizon and director brothers Kevin Goetz and Mike Goetz have signed on to direct. Superstition is written by Jeff Reddick and currently set up at Lionsgate.

Talent agency WME has bought Rabineau Wachter Sanford & Gillett (RWSG), the lit agency founded in 2000 behind upcoming works such as The Girl On The Train and The Snowman.

Samira Wiley and Elisabeth Moss are going to be joined by English actor Joseph Fiennes in the adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s book The Handmaid’s Tale for Hulu. The online streaming service has picked up the drama from creator-writer Bruce Miller for 10 episodes.

Star Trek actor John Cho is coming back to earth to star in a brand new series from USA Network. Connoisseur is an hourlong drama from Gary Lundy, Hand of God creator Ben Watkins, and Cho, which explores the world of con artists.

Suicide Squad was able to remain on top of the box office results for the third weekend in a row, giving it another accomplishment to add to its growing list. The rest of the films proved some of the most predictable in recent weekends.

Based on the story of Elisa Lam, a woman who was found dead in a water tank on the roof of the Cecil Hotel in Los Angeles, actor Michael Peña is attached to star in The Bringing. Frequent BBC director Jeremy Lovering is set to helm the thriller from Columbia Pictures.

Former Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul is developing an hourlong drama series at NBC, reports say. Paul will executive produce through his production banner Lucid Road, with brothers John Sonntag and Thomas Sonntag writing the script and serving as additional executive producers.

Typically, awards season really ramps up in January, with a variety of shows airing, including the Golden Globes, SAG Awards, and more. However, this year the Critics’ Choice Awards has decided to be the vanguard of the season by moving to December.

Coming off directing Star Trek Beyond, Justin Lin and his production company Perfect Storm Entertainment are set to produce Revenge at a Wedding, a new dark comedy helmed by Nima Nourizadeh.