Dee Rees (Mudbound) has signed on to helm the independent musical fantasy, The Kyd’s Exquisite Follies. She will direct from her own script. Santigold will compose the music, while George Lucas‘ famed Industrial Light & Magic will create the film’s visual effects. The film will revolve around a young musician in search of stardom, who catapults herself from[…]
The Hunger Games franchise isn’t over after all. Over a decade after author Suzanne Collins first published her massively successful novels, she’s returning to the franchise for a prequel story. And obviously you know what that means; a movie is already in development at Lionsgate. The novel will be set in Panem 64 years before the events of[…]
Multiple studios expressed major interest in creating a partnership with JJ Abrams‘ Bad Robot over the last year. With the production company’s feature film deal at Paramount expiring and up for renegotiation, Abrams, CEO Katie McGrath and others met with various studios to explore their options. Netflix, Amazon, Apple, Comcast, and Sony all went hard, but it is[…]
Paramount Players, IT producer Roy Lee and Emile Gladstone have teamed up for an untitled border town thriller. Colin Minihan, the up-and-coming filmmaker behind acclaimed indie horror What Keeps You Alive, will direct the film. Stacey Menear has written the script. He previously wrote horror film The Boy. The film revolves around a family living in a border town.[…]
Back in April it was reported that Leonardo DiCaprio was in talks to star in Guillermo Del Toro‘s Nightmare Alley adaptation. However, those talks have seemingly fallen through as DiCaprio is out, and Bradley Cooper is now circling the project. Variety states: “sources say Cooper recently received an offer and while it’s currently unclear if a deal will[…]