Netflix and Canal+ have given a series order to the thriller Safe with Dexter’s Michael C. Hall attached to star alongside Sherlock’s Amanda Abbington. The series will air on Canal+ in France and Netflix globally. Any remaining and secondary rights will be handled by Studiocanal.
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Just a few weeks after parting ways with Ryan Reynolds and Deadpool 2, director Tim Miller has moved over to Sony to executive produce Sonic the Hedgehog reuniting Miller with longtime collaborator Jeff Fowler, who will make his feature directorial debut with the project.
Sci-fi adventure novel Unearthed has landed at Cross Creek Pictures with an eye for Doug Liman to develop and director. Authors Aime Kaufman and Meagan Spooner are fans of Liman leading them so sell the rights ahead of the book’s 2017 publication.
After creative differences with star Ryan Reynolds, director Tim Miller has decided to part ways with Deadpool2. A deal had not yet been signed but Miller was in he works on a script and appeared to be staying on as director for the sequel.
Former professional wrestler Dwayne Johnson is returning to his roots as he is in the works on a wrestling comedy with WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz and Will Ferrell’s Gary Sanchez Productions. The project has received a put pilot commitment from Fox.
Fox’s P.T. Barnum musical biopic The Greatest Showman continues to fill out its cast with the addition of Rebecca Ferguson. She joins previously cast Zac Efron, Zendaya and Michelle Williams.
Warner Bros. has set its main cast for the Ocean’s Eleven spinoff film Ocean’s Eight with Anne Hathaway, rapper Awkwafina (aka Nora Lum), Helena Bonham Carter, Mindy Kaling, and Rihanna.
Richard Adams’ novel Watership Down is getting the silver screen treatment from BBC One and Netflix in a new miniseries and Ben Kingsley, James McAvoy, John Boyega, and Nicholas Hoult have signed on to voice the cast.
Simon Pegg is in talks to join Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ready Player One. He would join previously cast Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, and Ben Mendelsohn.
Five time Academy Award-nominee Amy Adams has joined Sharp Objects, a drama series from Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn. Entertainment One has also signed on to act as the studio and shop the series.
Safe Neighborhood has a few more additions as production gets underway in Sydney, with Virginia Madsen and Patrick Warburton joining the cast. Chris Peckover is directing from a script he wrote with Zack Kahn.
Indie film The Titan has cast Nathalie Emmanuel. She will star opposite Sam Worthington, Tom Wilkinson, and Taylor Schilling.
With Wonder Woman finally in production casting notices have been slowly rolling in over the past few months, but this latest may surprise. After rumors that Robin Wright had signed on for the role of Hippolyta, it has now been learned that Connie Nielsen is set to play the famed Amazon.
Psychological thriller The Dinner is in talks with Laura Linney to star with Oren Moverman set to direct from his own script.
Taylor Schilling has joined the cast of The Titan. She will star opposite Sam Worthington, Ruth Wilson, and Tom Wilkinson.
ABC is continuing the trend of reimagining classic films with a new TV movie version of Dirty Dancing. They have attached Abigail Breslin in the role of “Baby,” previously played by Jennifer Grey.
After Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation‘s epic summer at the box office, the team behind the film are hoping to keep the squad together for the sixth installment with writer-director Christopher McQuarrie rumored to be considering a return.
From Alan Glynn, whose The Dark Fields became the hit film and TV series Limitless, comes a new novel, Paradime. The novel is set to hit shelves next summer while the film rights hit the market now.
Rob Riggle takes a dramatic turn opposite Bella Thorne and Patrick Schwarzenegger in Midnight Sun. Riggle’s most well-known for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and his comedic partnership with Rob Huebel.
It was a huge week for the rival superhero ‘verses with news coming from film, television, and new media worlds. It caused a big stir in the TB offices, and a few debates (including our own Captain America vs. Iron Man “civil war”), so let’s look back at the week and see some of the major announcements from both camps.
Home and Away actress Samara Weaving has been chosen for the lead role in The Babysitter. The film follows a lonely twelve year-old boy who is in love with his babysitter and discovers some hard truths about life, love, and murder.
The first ranger has been cast as newcomer Naomi Scott takes on the role of Pink Ranger in the Power Rangers feature reboot. The film will begin shooting in Vancouver in early 2016.
Jay McInerney has returned to his roots yet again with Thin City, the third book featuring married couple Russell and Corinne Calloway. The latest novel completes a trilogy, and the rights to all three books are available on the market.
Marvel is looking to bring in Joe Robert Cole to write Black Panther. The film has set Chadwick Boseman as the titular character from fictional African nation Wakanda, who will first be seen in Captain America: Civil War. Cole previously wrote and directed 2011’s Amber Lake.
Blake Jenner has joined the ‘Untitled Coming-of-Age Drama’ (fka Besties) from writer-director Kelly Fremon to play opposite Hailee Steinfeld as her older and charismatic older brother.
Channing Tatum and the Weinstein Company have brought in Mike Vukadinovich to adapt YA novel Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock by Matthew Quick.
