With Disney+ looming, there’s been a noticeable trend in Netflix’s recent projects. While the streaming giant probably has the mouse house beat on most areas, one demographic they may fall short on is children. With Disney+ set to be very kid-friendly, Netflix has been trying to counter with their own youth-oriented content. The latest comes from Forest Whitaker. […]
Bohemian Rhapsody screenwriter Anthony McCarten has signed on to write the script for Three Identical Strangers. “Wasn’t that a recent documentary?” I hear you wonder. You’re right. But McCarten will write the screenplay for the narrative adaptation of the doc, which is being partly produced by Film4. McCarten has the unusual knack of writing scripts that eventually lead[…]
John Wick creator/writer Derek Kolstad is already used to helping forge some gloriously choreographed action. But now he’s going to take it up a level. Kolstad has been hired to help launch an adaptation of Avalanche Studios and Square Enix’s over-the-top action franchise, Just Cause. A potential Just Cause movie has been in the works for a while.[…]
The absurd amount of new Stephen King adaptations continues to rise. With IT: Chapter Two arriving later this year, studios continue to mine King’s oeuvre for content. This time it’s The Long Walk, King’s dystopian novel which follows 100 teenage boys embarking in an annual competition of wits and stamina. André Øvredal, director of the upcoming Scary Stories[…]
Hailee Steinfeld will star in the romantic comedy Voicemails For Isabelle. The romcom has been preemptively picked up by Sony, and Sharon Maguire (Bridget Jones’ Diary) is in talks to direct. Details are currently pretty scarce. Leah McKendrick has written the spec script, which is being described as a romcom for the 21st century revolving around a young[…]