Chris Pratt will star in an adaptation of Way of The Warrior Kid directed by McG. Per Deadline, Pratt will star in a forthcoming adaptation of Jocko Willink’s Way of the Warrior Kid: From Wimpy to Warrior the Navy SEAL Way novel, which was published in 2017. The movie, which is being written by Will … Read more
Sam Raimi and the writers of 10 Cloverfield Lane are developing a TV series adaptation of the Grave Weaver webtoon I’m the Grim Reaper Wattpad Webtoon Studios has hired 10 Cloverfield Lane screenwriters Josh Campbell and Matt Stuecken to write a TV series adaptation of the webtoon I’m the Grim Reaper – and Deadline reports … Read more
Adapting open-world games can be a great challenge for film and TV creatives because they don’t have the handy-dandy narrative skeleton to convey what made a game so successful. How do you adapt a game with such little storytelling structure to a genre that requires it? Sometimes it baffles creators and the resulting adaptation feels … Read more
Scott Derrickson will direct a new adaptation of The Night of the Hunter, which he will co-write with C. Robert Cargill. Scott Derrickson is set to direct a new adaptation of Davis Grubb’s classic 1953 crime novel, The Night of the Hunter. The Night of the Hunter tells the twisted story of Harry Powell, a … Read more
Is Christopher Nolan going to adapt the psychedellic sixties spy series, The Prisoner, into his next feature film? After earning seven Academy Awards for his latest opus, Oppenheimer, everyone wants to know what Christopher Nolan will be doing next. The short answer, of course, is anything he wants. But, buried within a Variety report about how … Read more
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss know a thing or two about wrestling a sprawling franchise into television form, having changed the medium with “Game of Thrones.” They’re joined by Alexander Woo (“True Blood”) in the creation of “3 Body Problem,” a show about what so much sci-fi has speculated on since its inception: contact. It … Read more
Another Round helmer, Thomas Vinterberg, is directing an event-limited TV series based on Astrid Lindgren’s The Brothers Lionheart novel. Fantasy fans rejoice! Astrid Lindgren‘s beloved classic novel The Brothers Lionheart is getting an event-limited TV series adaptation! Academy Award winner Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round, The Hunt) will direct and co-write the adaptation with Tony and Olivier Award … Read more
Lionsgate is reportedly interested in setting up a new adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dead Zone with producer Roy Lee. Return of The Dead Zone Lionsgate already has previous with the book, having produced the USA television series adaptation starring Anthony Michael Hall in partnership with Paramount Television. Roy Lee is shopping the idea around, … Read more
Extraction director Sam Hargrave is set to helm an adaptation of Kill Them All, the popular graphic novel created by Kyle M. Starks. Sam Hargrave has been bringing the action goods with Extraction and Extraction 2 on Netflix, and Deadline reports that he’s found his next project. The outlet says that Sam Hargrave is set … Read more
Saturday Night Live alumna Kate McKinnon and What We Do in the Shadows star Jermaine Clement join WB’s Minecraft movie. Jared Hess’ Minecraft is leveling up again with new cast members Kate McKinnon (Barbie, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Ghostbusters) and Jermaine Clement (FX’s Legion, What We Do in the Shadows, Flight of the Conchords). In addition to McKinnon and Clement joining … Read more