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Netflix whittles up a $45M deal for Ron Howard’s Hillbilly Elegy film

Posted 7 years ago

After engaging in the equivalent of a Hollywood Backyard Wrestling match, Netflix has emerged victorious from a recent  auction with the film rights to J.D. Vance’s bestselling novel Hillbilly Elegy. After acquiring the property for a total of $45 million smackers, the...

Antoine Fuqua to develop Caleb Carr’s historical novel The Devil Soldier

Posted 7 years ago

Word has come down the wire via Deadline Hollywood that THE EQUALIZER 2 director Antoine Fuqua has been tapped to develop, produce and possibly direct a feature film adaptation of THE DEVIL SOLIDER, a historical epic based on the novel...

Stephen King’s Joyland novel to get the small screen treatment at Freeform

Posted 7 years ago

Ladies and gentlemen, children of all ages, step right up and join me in exploring the latest news in Horror television adaptations! Hurry, hurry, hurry! You won't want to miss what's hiding behind the curtain, as it certainly can't wait to...

Michael B. Jordan to lead, produce The Silver Bear hitman drama

Posted 8 years ago

Over the past few years, BLACK PANTHER and CREED star Michael B. Jordan has transformed himself into one of the most in-demand actors working in Hollywood. Whether he's looking to take Wakanda by force, or punch a Russian square in the chiseled...

David Tennant and Michael Sheen are quite the pair in new Good Omens images

Posted 8 years ago

Among the many television series that have staked a claim at this year's New York City Comic Con event, Amazon's GOOD OMENS is without a doubt one of the most anticipated by fans of all things fantasy. Published over 30 years...

Maggie Gyllenhaal to make her directorial debut with The Lost Daughter

Posted 8 years ago

THE DARK KNIGHT and THE HONOURABLE WOMAN actress Maggie Gyllenhaal is set to make her directorial debut after she and Pie Films recently acquired the film rights to author Elena Ferrante’s novel, The Lost Daughter. In addition to directing the feature-length...

Shonda Rhimes & Matt Reeves to develop Blake Crouch’s Recursion for Netflix

Posted 8 years ago

While there is much uncertainty floating about in the world today, I find it comforting to know that at least a few constants still exist. As an example, you can always count on Netflix to announce something new and exciting...

Stranger Things prequel novel is set to explore Eleven’s past

Posted 8 years ago

Are you of the mind that the third season of Netflix’s STRANGER THINGS simply cannot get here fast enough? You are? Well then, you might be interested to know that Del Ray, an imprint of Penguin Random House, has an...

Angelina Jolie to take the lead for Imperative’s frontier drama The Kept

Posted 8 years ago

Imperative Entertainment has landed MALEFICENT 2 and THE ONE AND ONLY IVAN star Angelina Jolie as the lead for THE KEPT, an upcoming drama based on the frontier novel of the same name by author James Scott. Adapting the novel...

Zachary Quinto & Ashleigh Cummings to get behind the wheel of AMC’s NOS4A2

Posted 8 years ago

You'd better buckle up, horror fans, because Zachary Quinto (STAR TREK, AMERICAN HORROR STORY) and Ashleigh Cummings (THE GOLDFINCH, HOUNDS OF LOVE) have just hitched a ride aboard AMC's supernatural drama NOS4A2. Based on the bestselling novel of the same...

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