Between May 2022 and May 2021, there has been a 15.8% decrease in the material hitting the market. This gap has only continued to grow in past years. Dating at its peak, 2019 saw 33 specs out in a single month. Comparing that to now, that is nearly a 51.5% drop-off. While materials have decreased, the success rates have seen a bit more of a u-shape in the last few years.
Jason Momoa
Universal Pictures picked up SHOTS! SHOTS! SHOTS! by Kevin Burrows & Matt Mider.
Verve is out with VALOR by Andrew Rhymer & Jeff Chan. A twelve year old’s fantasy RPG character comes to life.
Described as Galaxy Quest meets Ocean’s Eleven, the film finds Ferrell playing a washed-up TV star who reunites with the actor (Momoa) who played his son, who has since become a huge star.
Oscar winner Nicole Kidman and The Get Down‘s Yahya Abdul-Mateen II are in early talks to join James Wan’s Aquaman as the titular hero’s mother Atlanna and the villainous Black Manta.
The series is an action-packed adventure drama following the chaotic and violent struggle to control wealth and power in the North American fur trade in the late 18th century.
Aquaman star Jason Momoa has a very busy few years ahead of him as Netflix has renewed his series Frontier prior to the show’s premiere. The six-episode series is set to debut on Discovery Canada and is still waiting for a premiere date from Netflix.
It looks like Jason Momoa is going from being a Dothraki warlord and an ocean-friendly superhero to being the next man in line to be the titular character in The Crow. The Game of Throne alum is currently in talks to star in Relativity’s noir-soaked, vigilante reboot.
Fueled by his restored faith in humanity and inspired by Superman’s selfless act, Bruce Wayne enlists the help of his newfound ally, Diana Prince, to face an even greater enemy.
A behind-the-scenes look at Warner Bros.’ upcoming Batman V. Superman: Dawn of Justice, in theaters March 25th.
J.K. Simmons will step into the DC comic book movie world as Gotham City’s Commissioner Gordon in the forthcoming Justice League.
Game of Thrones star and future Aquaman Jason Momoa has been tapped to star in Frontier, a new western drama set up at Netflix. Brad Peyton, who helmed this year’s disaster actioner San Andreas, is directing all six episodes of the first season, which is scheduled to premiere at some point in 2016.
Follows an everyman logger who operates along the U.S./Canada border. After he’s confronted by a gang of violent drug runners, he must barricade his secluded woodland cabin and take up arms against the criminals in order to protect his family.
The film follows an everyman logger who operates along the U.S./Canada border. After he’s confronted by a gang of violent drug runners, he must barricade his secluded woodland cabin and take up arms against the criminals in order to protect his family.
Centers on a conflict between a grizzled, older Batman, who’s distrusting of a conflicted Superman after the destructive events of Man of Steel.
An LA private eye’s professional and personal worlds collide when his dog is stolen by a gang.
The story follows seven gunslingers that protect a Mexican village from a group of outlaws. The original 1960 film of the same title was a remake of the Japanese film Seven Samurai.
Centers on a conflict between a grizzled, older Batman, whose distrusting of a conflicted Superman after the destructive events of Man of Steel.
Jason Momoa in talks for lead in dystopian love story.
“Aquaman” will swim (yeah, we said it) into theatres in 2018.
After Caleb Richards shockingly transforms into a werewolf and subsequently finds himself falsely accused of murdering his parents, he becomes a wandering drifter, ducking the law and the humans who seek to destroy him. But when he reaches Lupine Ridge, a small town with a long history of supernatural behavior, Caleb finds both love and the answers to the complex mystery of his violent past.
Logline: Kept under wraps.
The “Game of Thrones” actor’s role is finally confirmed, and it’s Aquaman.
A Native American man flees the FBI after he kills the men who raped and murdered his mother.
Logline: Pitched as being in the vein of “Fargo,” story of two down-on-their luck brothers who fake their disappearance in the wilderness so they’ll have a great story to tell. It turns out to become more real than they expected.
After Caleb Richards shockingly transforms into a werewolf and subsequently finds himself falsely accused of murdering his parents, he becomes a wandering drifter, ducking the law and the humans who seek to destroy him. But when he reaches Lupine Ridge, a small town with a long history of supernatural behavior, Caleb finds both love and the answers to the complex mystery of his violent past.
Khal Drogo meet Kal-El.
Logline: An alcoholic former boxer turns to Detroit’s illegal fighting circuit to earn money to pay for his ex-wife’s medical treatment.
A recap of the week’s TV casting news!
Logline: Centers on a conflict between a grizzled, older Batman, whose distrusting of a conflicted Superman after the destructive events of Man of Steel.
