2 - FILM NEWS
Jennifer Lawrence Dances Into Danger in the New Trailer for “Red Sparrow” (Video)
Adapted from Jason Matthews novel by Justin Haythe (A Cure for Wellness), the March 2 Fox release reunites Lawrence with her Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence.
TriStar Pictures has the distribution rights to the adaptation of Hannah Kent’s 2013 novel about the execution of an Icelandic woman in the 19th Century.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker will no doubt put his own spin on the Manson family and its killing spree for his ninth movie.
*UPDATED February 27th* As the project now goes into all buyers, more talent circles and offers start to come in! Gearing up for a star-studded Oscar weekend, one spec script has taken the town by storm as A-list talent and Producers fight for a piece of the pie.
Project details are being kept under wraps, but the film will be set in the 1990’s and center around Jean Grey and the Dark Phoenix comic story.
In what amounts to the least surprising news in the history of premature movie release dates, Paramount has pulled Brad Pitt’s World War Z sequel from its release schedule — along with the latest Friday the 13th reboot from producer Michael Bay.
While the debate continues over whether or not Deadpool will receive any Oscar love, The People’s Choice Awards is happy to show the actioner the love, as the film picked up wins for Favorite Action Movie and Favorite Movie Actor. 
The Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence is taking a trip into the past to play Zelda Fitzgerald in the biopic, currently titled Zelda. The project is in development as a potential directing vehicle for Ron Howard. 
A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early.
This weekend Fox aired the 18th annual Teen Choice Awards, hosted by John Cena and Victoria Justice. The big winners of the night were actor Dylan O’Brien and recently rebranded Freeform network. 
It was a banner day on the spec market, as three major sales went down. The Jennifer Lawrence-Adam McKay pitch Bad Blood was the first to find a home, followed closely by Moonfall from director Roland Emmerich and Mary from Anthony Jaswinski.
The bidding war for Adam McKay’s Theranos medical drama Bad Blood is starting to heat up, with nine offers on the table for the package that includes Jennifer Lawrence and a book proposal from Pulitzer Prize winning author John Carreyou.
Story is based on embattled medical company Theranos and its 32 year-old founder Elizabeth Holmes.
