Leigh Whannell is making a follow-up to his sci-fi horror film Upgrade. But it’s not a feature film, instead it’s a whole series. Blumhouse Television and NBCUniversal’s UCP are teaming to adapt the film into a TV series with Whannell returning as director. The 2018 film starred Logan Marshall-Green as a man fuelled by vengeance after a mugging[…]
Amazon continues its attempt to expand its streaming library with established literary IP. The company’s hugely expensive Lord Of The Rings series remains in the works, and now the streaming platform has secured the rights to Stieg Larsson‘s Lisbeth Salander books, and Michael Connelly‘s The Lincoln Lawyer series. While Amazon have secured the rights to Larsson’s feminist hero,[…]
Robert Downey Jr. may have been the face of the MCU for over a decade, but now he’s switching sides to DC! Well, sort of. Via his Team Downey production company, he’s executive producing an adaptation of DC Comics’ Sweet Tooth for Netflix. Based on Jeff Lemire‘s creation, the series will be a live action family-friendly fantasy drama.[…]
Mike Flanagan has become a major name in horror over the last few years. Having directed underrated films such as Absentia and Oculus, he then directed the Stephen King adaptations Gerald’s Game and Doctor Sleep, while also helming the popular Netflix series The Haunting Of Hill House. Considering the success of that show and his larger stature in[…]
In potentially the most perfect piece of casting news of all time, Nicolas Cage has signed on to play the Tiger King himself, Joe Exotic, in a new scripted series. The internet’s fantasy casting dreams are coming true. The March release of Tiger King on Netflix naturally sparked a surge in interest in Exotic, the charges against him,[…]