Jordan Peele and Issa Rae are teaming for a sci-fi horror film titled Sinkhole, in development at Universal. The film is being developed as a starring vehicle for Rae, while Peele will produce. Universal reportedly beat out nearly a dozen other studios and streamers for the project for the rights to Leyna Krow‘s short story. The film is[…]
Chris Pine, Florence Pugh and Shia LaBeouf are all on board to star in Olivia Wilde‘s Booksmart follow-up, a psychological thriller titled Don’t Worry, Darling. The project itself has been in the works since last August, but with Wilde now having added three top stars to the cast, this should get things seriously moving; post-pandemic, of course. Pugh[…]
Up-and-coming screenwriter Lindsey Beer has signed on to write the Hello Kitty movie adaptation in the works at New Line. Beer currently has two feature credits to her name – the Netflix comedy Sierra Burgess Is A Loser and the upcoming Tom Holland/Daisy Ridley movie, Chaos Walking – but she’s had a hand in numerous tentpole films, such[…]
There were many skeptical about Shazam! as a movie, and of Zachary Levi as a star. But the offbeat superhero movie grossed $366 million worldwide, becoming a modest hit with solid critical reception. It’s helped turn DC’s superhero output around from the disappointing days of the DCEU, and has probably opened the doors for more esoteric superheroes to get[…]
Another day, another new Stephen King adaptation in the works. This time it’s a new adaptation of Salem’s Lot. THR reports that James Wan and Gary Dauberman, the minds behind The Conjuring franchise, will team up to adapt the novel for New Line Cinema. Technically, this will be the first feature-film adaptation of Salem’s Lot. It has been[…]