Michael B. Jordan‘s Outlier Society banner is coming off a strong premiere for the drama Just Mercy at TIFF. But the company continues to make moves. The banner has teamed with Warner Bros. to acquire Kingdom Of Souls, the first instalment of a fantasy trilogy written by Rena Barron. The novels are darkly magical YA fantasy revolving around[…]
Disney is developing a live-action adventure movie titled Knights. It will be set in the Middle Ages, and the studio has tapped Operation Finale scribe Matt Orton to write the script. The plot revolves around a headstrong young woman who joins a knight in his quest to destroy a world-threatening artefact before it falls into the wrong hands. […]
Fresh Off The Boat creator Nahnatchka Khan has signed a first-look deal with Netflix. It’s a multi-year deal that, despite her success in TV, is exclusively for feature films. Khan has already worked with Netflix before on the well liked romcom Always Be My Maybe. Netflix doesn’t normally disclose viewing figures, but they revealed that 32 million households[…]
The true story drama Bad Education had a crowd-pleasing screening at the recently concluded Toronto International Film Festival. Thus it’s no surprise to hear that it’s been snapped up for a hefty price. HBO have paid upwards of $17.5 million for the film, which will arrive on the network’s platform globally, including streaming services like HBO Max. That’s[…]
A Barbie movie starring Margot Robbie is already in development. It will now be joined by a film about Barbie creator Ruth Handler. Titled Dream Doll, the film will be a biopic focusing on the founder of Mattel and creator of the iconic doll, covering high points in her life, including her founding the toy company Mattel in[…]