Derek Kolstad, the writer behind 2014’s John Wick, is adapting Ordained into a new action project. Ordained is a comic from the publisher Bad Idea that is written by Robert Venditti and illustrated by Raúl Allén and Antonio del Hoya. Per The Hollywood Reporter, Kolstad announced at San Deigo Comic-Con that he is adapting Ordained … Read more
X-Men ’97 was perhaps the most well-received Marvel show on Disney+ to date. The series got good reviews from critics and was extremely popular with longtime fans of the X-Men and the animated series that inspired this sequel show. But there was a problem: One of the key figures behind the series, creator and writer Beau DeMayo, was … Read more
What is dead may never die: Scrapped Game of Thrones spinoff series Ten Thousand Ships is back on with new writer. Since the conclusion of Game of Thrones, HBO has been keen to keep the franchise alive with a variety of spinoff series, but not all of them will make it to the finish line. … Read more
1883’s Isabell May will star in Menace, the first movie written by Night of the Comet’s Thom Eberhardt in more than two decades. Would you believe that it has been over 20 years since Night of the Comet director/scribe Thom Eberhardt penned a movie? Well, he’s back, writing upcoming horror movie Menace, which is slated … Read more
Legendary Pictures and Warner Bros. Discovery have found the writer for the next entry in the Godzilla/King Kong monster movie universe. A recent report from THR notes that Dave Callahan (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) has been tapped to write the next film in the “MonsterVerse.” While nothing is known about the … Read more
Atomic Blonde writer Kurt Johnstad hopes Lorraine Broughton’s story becomes a trilogy, but he isn’t involved with the current sequel. It’s been seven years since the release of Atomic Blonde, the action thriller starring Charlize Theron as top-level MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton. As the film was a box-office and critical success, it begs the question: … Read more
Dune: Part Two co-writer Jon Spaihts explains why they changed the character played by Anya Taylor-Joy in the movie. Here be SPOILERS. Dune: Part Two is now playing in theaters, and while the sequel is being celebrated as a fantastic adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel, director Denis Villeneuve and co-writer Jon Spaihts did make … Read more
CL: It does. Marling: You gotta go deep under the words, deep into the character, to make them feel real true. I felt that so much when Nick Jarecki came to me with “Arbitrage.” I was like, “Wow. This girl.” I haven’t seen this woman in cinema yet, but I know who she is. I … Read more
The Harry Potter TV series for Max is one step closer to finding a lead writer. According to a report from Deadline, the three finalists are Francesca Gardiner, Tom Moran, and Kathleen Jordan. The trio will work on their pitches for the next few months, with the final selection expected in June. Gardiner, who recently worked as a … Read more
The writer of the original Road House is suing to block the remake’s release, explosively claiming the studio used AI for ADR sessions. The fighting we’re about to see on-screen in the Road House remake seems tame compared to what’s happening behind the scenes of this Amazon-MGM production. First, Doug Liman was boycotting the SXSW … Read more