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If you think Samuel L. Jackson is a badass now, wait until his upcoming character hears that a corrupt billionaire is sticking his greedy fingers into his beloved town in Georgia. Money can buy you many things, but shelter from Jackson’s wrath is not one of them. According to Deadline, Samuel L. Jackson will join Tim Story for Man of War, an upcoming Western about protecting one’s stomping grounds from the clutches of a money-grubbing, gentrification-happy opportunist.

Tim Story directs Man of War from a script by Sheldon Turner. The story finds Jackson playing “a newly retired and long-revered general who returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his wife to find it in the throes of corruption, gentrification and racism. Using battle-honed strategy and combat skills, he’ll wage all-out war against the town and the billionaire exploiting it.”

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Samuel L. Jackson is making another Western. The actor is set to star in Man of War, which will be directed by Tim Story.

According to Deadline, Sheldon Turner penned the screenplay for Man of War, which is set up at Paramount. Jennifer Klein and Turner are producing through their company 100% Productions. Story is also attached as a producer, with The Story Company’s Vicky Story set to executive produce. In Man of War, per the logline, "Jackson plays a newly retired and long-revered general who returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his wife to find it in the throes of corruption, gentrification and racism. Using battle-honed strategy and combat skills, he’ll wage all-out war against the town and the billionaire exploiting it."

Man of War marks the latest Western for Jackson, following his roles in Quentin Tarantino's Django Unchained (2012) and The Hateful Eight...

Exclusive: Here’s a project moving forward at Paramount: the Western Man of War starring Samuel L. Jackson, with Tim Story directing and producing.

In Man of War, Jackson plays a newly retired and long-revered general who returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his wife to find it in the throes of corruption, gentrification and racism. Using battle-honed strategy and combat skills, he’ll wage all-out war against the town and the billionaire exploiting it. Sheldon Turner penned the screenplay.

Jennifer Klein and Turner are producing through their company 100% Productions, alongside Story and The Story Company’s Vicky Story will executive produce. Turner was Oscar nominated in the Adapted Screenplay category for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air.

Story has directed 10 major studio feature films, and eight of them have debuted at No. 1 at the box office during their opening weekends: Tom & Jerry,...

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This March, Paramount+ is bringing you a ton of entertainment with the much anticipated true crime drama series Happy Face and also the streaming release of the horror comedy film Rumours. However, for the purposes of this article, we are only including the films that are coming to Paramount+ this month and have a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score. So, check out the 10 best films coming to Paramount+ in March 2025 with a 90% or higher Rotten Tomatoes score.

Up In The Air (March 1) Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90% Credit – Paramount Pictures

Up in the Air is a comedy-drama film directed by Jason Reitman, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Sheldon Turner. Based on the 2001 novel of the same name by Walter Kirn, the 2009 film follows Ryan Bingham, a man whose job is to travel places and fire people from their jobs.

As if Splinter Cell fans weren't already in a depressed state, there's one more tough pill to swallow. For those of you longing for a Sam Fisher-fix, keep dreaming. Basil Iwanyk, a producer who's been connected to the live-action adaption for the better part of a decade, has put to rest any hopes of a film. Affixed with the influential Tom Clancy branding, and luring Oscar-nominated writer Sheldon Turner and director Doug Liman (of The Bourne Identity fame) aboard, the Splinter Cell film seemed destined for release in short order.

Back about 10 years ago, then-director Liman eagerly outlined what sounded like the starting point for a wider series, the first film fleshing out the backstory of Fisher and presumably how he met his handler and straight man, Irving Lambert. The Nsa's top-secret trouble-shooter, Sam Fisher, was originally voiced by veteran action-film character actor Michael Ironside. To adapt that character to screen,...

Fans of the popular action video game franchise Splinter Cell will no doubt be left a little heartbroken by the latest update regarding the long-gestating live-action adaptation starring Venom actor and Oscar nominee Tom Hardy. Word is, the adaptation is now dead after production just couldn't get it right. Producer Basil Iwanyk, who had been signed on to the Splinter Cell movie since as far back as 2013, made the revelation while speaking with The Direct.

Splinter Cell fans and audiences would no doubt have loved to see Tom Hardy bring the gruff, highly trained black-ops operative to life on the big screen. Sadly, it sounds like its not going to happen, with Iwanyk twisting the knife even further and calling the proposed movie hardcore and awesome.

"'That movie would have been awesome... Just couldn't get it right, script-wise, budget-wise. But it was going to be great. We had a million different versions of it,...

Jason Reitman’s “Saturday Night” has hit theaters nationwide, chronicling the chaotic 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of “Saturday Night Live” in 1975, releasing on the 49th anniversary of the long-running sketch comedy on October 11. With this movie expected to be a contender at the upcoming 2025 Academy Awards, let’s take a closer look at the filmmaker’s previous four Oscar nominations in three different categories for just two of his films.

After Reitman’s directorial debut in 2005 for “Thank You For Smoking,” he achieved commercial and critical success for his coming-of-age film “Juno” in 2007, starring Elliot Page as the titular teenage character who deals with her unexpected pregnancy and wants to give it up for adoption. While the comedy was praised for its screenplay by Diablo Cody and lead performance, Reitman’s direction was not recognized at any of the major precursor award ceremonies, which is why it...

Sir Patrick Stewart has been cast in an exciting new comic book TV show, potentially overshadowing his return as Professor X in the MCU. The upcoming Netflix adaptation of Vault Comics' Barbaric features Stewart as the voice for Axe, promising a unique fantasy experience with dark comedy. While Stewart's portrayal of Professor X has been iconic, the MCU needs to handle his character carefully to avoid diminishing his legacy.

Sir Patrick Stewart has been cast in an upcoming comic book TV show that could be better than the possible return of Professor X in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The beloved actor Sir Patrick Stewart has appeared in some of the biggest movie franchises of all time, including Star Trek, X-Men, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Charlies Angels. Because Marvel sold the X-Men rights to 20th Century Fox in 1994, Stewarts version of Charles Xavier wasnt considered part of the MCU; however,...

Michael Bay is directing his first TV series, Barbaric, for Netflix. The show will star Sam Claflin and Patrick Stewart, and is based on a best-selling comic. This is Michael Bay's first TV gig since directing the famous Got Milk? ad from 1993.

Netflix is partnering with action film maestro Michael Bay for a TV series based on the comic book Barbaric. It marks the filmmaker's first time directing a television project in over three decades.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Barbaric is being developed by A+E Studios along with Netflix and Bay, and is based on the bestselling Vault Comics hardcore fantasy series of the same name. Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin and Star Trek legend Patrick Stewart are attached to star in the series, which does not yet have a production start date.

In the last 30 years, Michael Bay has directed and produced some of Hollywood's biggest box-office hits,...

What happens when you bring Bayhem to the box? It looks like we might be about to find out, folks. According to Deadline, the Bad Boys and Ambulance blockbuster filmmaker is circling the directorial hotseat on Barbaric, a new Netflix series based on Michael Moreci and Nathan Gooden's best-selling Vault comic series. What's more, Peaky Blinders star Sam Claflin and Picard himself, Sir Patrick Stewart, are attached to star in the show.

Up In The Air scribe Sheldon Turner is aboard to write the series, tantalisingly described by Deadline as "Deadpool meets Game Of Thrones" thanks to its killer combo of ultra violence and wicked humour. Set in a Medieval fantasy world, Moreci and Gooden's comics follow the adventures of cursed Barbarian Owen and his sentient alcoholic weapon Axe as they wander their magical realm, impelled to help the needy (usually in the most bloodthirsty way possible). If Netflix...

Calling all Baytriots! Bro King and director Michael Bay may finally be turning his gaze from the big screen to the small screen. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Bay is in talks to direct "an acerbic fantasy series" entitled "Barbaric" for Netflix, which is based on the Vault Comics series of the same name.

"Barbaric" is due to star Sam Claflin (from "The Hunger Games" and most recently "Daisy Jones and the Six") and Patrick Stewart (Professor X and Captain Picard himself), with Sheldon Turner of "X-Men: First Class" and "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning" acting as writer and executive producer of the series.

That last credit, of course, is how Turner met Bay in the latter's capacity as producer and founder of the Platinum Dunes production company, which began in 2003 with the company's remake of the original "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre." While Platinum Dunes has overseen several television projects before,...

It appears that Patrick Stewart will transition from a genius mutant to a demonic talking ax for his next feature in a comic book adaptation. The iconic Professor X actor lands his next role in a planned Netflix series based on a Vault Comics original.

Per TVLine, Stewart will feature in Barbaric, an adaptation based on the eponymous Vault Comics series. Stewart will voice the talking ax, the weapon companion of the central character Owen the Barbarian, portrayed by Daisy Jones & The Six star Sam Claflin, who will also executive produce. Former Transformers franchise helmer, Michael Bay, is in talks to direct Barbaric, while X-Men: First Class' Sheldon Turner will pen the script and serve as an executive producer.

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Netflix is turning the Vault Comics property Barbaric into a streaming series, and Deadline reports today that Michael Bay is in talks to direct with Patrick Stewart attached to star.

Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones & the Six, Peaky Blinders) will also star and produce.

Deadline details, “Barbaric is described as Deadpool meets Game of Thrones for the way it mashes gonzo violence and humor, sources said. Set in a Medieval fantasy world, the series chronicles the journey of Owen (Claflin) – a barbarian cursed to do the right thing – and his talking (and horny) axe (voiced by Stewart) as they unite to take on a great evil.”

Sheldon Turner is writing the upcoming Netflix series.

Created by writer Michael Moreci and artist Nathan Gooden, Barbaric debuted in 2021.

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Patrick Stewart is busy sharpening his axe while Sam Claflin practices his war cries for an adaptation of the Vault comic series Barbaric. The series adaptation is preparing to engage in battle on Netflix with Michael Bay as the project’s director. In addition to his starring role, Claflin is an executive producer of the bloodthirsty series from A+E Studios and Sheldon Turner & Jennifer Klein’s studio-based 100% Productions.

Sheldon Turner is writing Barbaric, which Deadline says is a mashup of Deadpool meets Game of Thrones with over-the-top violence, limb-chopping action, and biting humor. Michael Moreci writes Barbaric with art by Nathan Gooden.

Here’s the official synopsis for Barbaric Vol. 1 from Vault:

Owen the Barbarian has been cursed to do good with what remains of his life. His bloodthirsty weapon, Axe, has become his moral compass with a drinking problem. Together, they wander the realm, foredoomed to help any who seek assistance.

Patrick Stewart as the voice of a demonic talking axe? Yep, it’s happening at Netflix.

The streamer is reportedly developing a series adaptation of Barbaric, based on the popular comic book series from Vault Comics.

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First published in 2021, Barbaric follows Owen, a barbarian who has been cursed...

Netflix has had its fair share of successful comic book adaptations in recent memory, and now the platform is going back to the well with a new series based on the best-selling Vault comic, Barbaric. The streamer has already secured some big-name talent to headline the project too, with Daisy Jones and the Six star Sam Claflin set to star and executive produce with the legendary Patrick Stewart in line as his co-star. Michael Bay is also in talks to direct the gonzo new series from a script penned by Oscar-nominated Up in the Air writer Sheldon Turner. A+E Studios will team with Turner and Jennifer Kleins studio-based 100% Productions to produce.

Netflix is developing Barbaric, a TV series adaptation of the best-selling Vault comic, sources tell Deadline. Sam Claflin is set to star and executive produce and Patrick Stewart is attached to star in the project, from A+E Studios and Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s studio-based 100% Productions.

Written by Turner, with Michael Bay in talks to direct, Barbaric is described as Deadpool meets Game of Thrones for the way it mashes gonzo violence and humor, sources said. Set in a Medieval fantasy world, the series chronicles the journey of Owen (Claflin) – a barbarian cursed to do the right thing – and his talking (and horny) axe (voiced by Stewart) as they unite to take on a great evil.

Sheldon Turner, Jennifer Klein

Turner and Klein executive produce through their newly renamed 100% Productions. F.J. DeSanto and Damian Wassel executive produce for Vault Comics; Claflin,...

Michael Bay is heading to television.

The director, known for his muscular and high-revving big-screen action franchises such as Bad Boys and Transformers, is in talks to direct Barbaric, an acerbic fantasy series based on the best-selling Vault Comics title.

Netflix has picked up the bold-faced series package, which it will develop with A+E Studios.

Sam Claflin and Patrick Stewart are attached to star in the series, which will be written and exec produced by Sheldon Turner, known for his feature credits such as Up in the Air and X-Men: First Class.

Joining the exec producing team are Jennifer Klein, Turner’s partner at 100% Productions, which has a first-look deal with A+E, as well as F.J. DeSanto and Damian Wassel of Vault Comics. Claflin will also exec produce via his production company Cusp Films and the company’s Luke Carroll and Michael Stevenson. Barry Jossen and Tana Jamieson of...

X-Men Origins: Magneto was set to explore the villain's life pre-mcu era. Bad timing and disappointing X-Men movies led to the project's cancellation. There are similarities between Magneto's origins in the script and X-Men: First Class.

In 2006, 20th Century Fox and Marvel Entertainment released X-Men: The Last Stand. Despite receiving negative reviews compared to the two previous movies and fans being disappointed with how the film handled the iconic Dark Phoenix storyline, the film was a massive hit and was the most successful X-Men movie at the box office until the release of Deadpool. Due to conventional wisdom at the time being that film franchises ended after a trilogy, 20th Century Fox looked to expand the X-Men franchise with a series of movies focusing on the origins of specific characters in a line called X-Men Origins.

The first of the films was 2009's X-Men Origins: Wolverine, focusing on the franchise's most popular character.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre is one of the oldest and most notable movie franchises in the horror genre, and after 50 years, it's still going strong. That being said, like all iconic series, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise is not without its issues. One of the most notable things fans complain about is the significantly convoluted timeline, which can make it difficult to dive in and start watching. With multiple films spread out over five decades -- and different filmmakers delivering their own interpretation of the ghoulish Sawyer family -- establishing a single coherent story thread is nearly impossible.

There are nine movies in the franchise, with the first movie, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, dating back to 1974. The subsequent installments in the series establish a complicated timeline, with many films acting as simple sequels, while others fit under the remake, reboot, and prequel umbrellas. Still, the premise is pretty simple,...

Exclusive: The Longest Yard is getting another set of downs.

Deadline hears that another remake of the film, which originally starred Burt Reynolds in 1974 and was remade starring Adam Sandler in 2005, is in the works at Paramount Pictures. Rodney Barnes, who was an exec producer and writer on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, is writing.

It comes from Gunpowder & Sky, whose CEO Van Toffler was an exec producer on the 2005 version when he worked at then-MTV owner Viacom. Toffler is producing with former MTV Films boss David Gale, who reunited with Toffler at Gunpowder & Sky and who also exec produced the Sandler version.

The Longest Yard is a prison sports comedy film.

‘The Longest Yard,’ 1974

The 1974 original was based on a story by Al Ruddy, directed by Robert Aldrich and written by Tracy Keenan Wynn. It starred Reynolds as Paul “Wrecking” Crewe, a...

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When did the Texas Chainsaw movies get so muddled with so many timelines? It’s not a hard thing to do. People get lost in Texas and end up victims of Leatherface and his family. I’m not saying there shouldn’t be a story line or a variation on things from time to time, hell, that’s what made Freddy, Michael, and Jason so popular. You could have even done something like the legacy sequel for Halloween, at least the first one. Oh wait, you did, and it didn’t turn out well with characters that made terrible decisions and weren’t likeable in the first place? Oh yeah, I remember that one.

Many movies about Bonnie and Clyde have been announced but never made, including the Go Down Together film and The Story of Bonnie and Clyde. The 1967 Bonnie and Clyde film was controversial for its violence but received multiple Oscar nominations and wins. Love Is a Gun, another Bonnie and Clyde movie, was announced in 2018 but has had no updates since then.

Many movies and TV shows have been made about American outlaw couple Bonnie and Clyde, but several never came to fruition, including the Go Down Together film. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow met in 1930 and together with the "Barrow gang", carried out a series of armed robberies, notably banks, during the Great Depression. The Barrow gang's crimes were highly publicized in American newspapers, and in 1934, Parker and Barrow were gunned down and killed by a group of lawmen in Texas. Years later, their romance, notoriety, and dramatic deaths would...

It can seem like "superhero movie" is an automatic greenlight in Hollywood these days. Yet, the genre is still littered with unrealized projects.

One is "X-Men Origins: Magneto." True to its title, it would've chronicled the early years of the X-Men's arch-foe. If any Marvel villain could sustain an origin movie, it's Magneto, who has one of the boldest backstories in superhero comics. In the 1980s, "X-Men" comic writer Chris Claremont desired to revitalize Magneto, to make him "a more credible adversary, but also a more credible person." That meant offering a reason for why he believed in mutant supremacy. Claremont considered what was known about Magneto and struck upon brilliance:

"Magneto had to have come to adolescence, and possibly come of age, in the Second World War. And he certainly looked European. And what would have given him such an extreme attitude toward mutant-human relations? [...] The next corollary was,...

Alicia Allain, a producer and actress who started in the business as a hair stylist, has died according to a social media post by her husband, John Schneider. She was 53.

“This is a time of unimaginable sorrow for me,” former Dukes of Hazzard star Schneider wrote after his wife’s passing. “Grief is much too small a word. I’ve heard it said that ‘with great love comes great sorrow.’ I had no idea what that meant until now. Alicia was the fuel that ran my biggest dreams. The inspiration behind every creative thought. The very fabric of my soul. The glue that held me together. I miss her more than any words could possibly describe.”

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Exclusive: AMC Studios is in early development on Diligence, a drama from Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions, for AMC and AMC+.

Written by Turner, in Diligence, when a former investigative journalist begins working for private intelligence firm Diligence, he finds himself influencing the news rather than reporting it. Alongside his former Mossad agent partner, he delves headfirst into the seedy world of private intelligence, never quite sure if the work he’s doing is in the name of good or evil.

Turner and Klein executive produce with Tana Jamieson and Barry Jossen of A+E Studios where Vendetta is under a first-look deal. AMC Studios is the studio.

Turner most recently co-wrote Road House, Doug Liman’s upcoming remake of the 1989 film, starring Jake Gyllenhaal in the role portrayed by the late Patrick Swayze. He also created Stronger, a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji,...

In this installment of The Silver Lining, we’ll be covering Jonathan Liebesman’s unfairly maligned prequel, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning.

While the production company is now mostly known for movies like The Purge and A Quiet Place, it was originally a series of horror remakes that put Platinum Dunes on the map. Flicks like 2005’s The Amityville Horror and 2009’s Friday the 13th made big money at the box office, but it was the astounding success of the 2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake that made this endeavor possible in the first place.

And with the success of that initial remake convincing Hollywood that brutal horror was still a sound investment, it makes sense that TCM would be the first movie in Platinum Dunes’ repertoire to garner a sequel. So where might a filmmaker go after a no-holds-barred splatterfest that ends with most of the cannibal family being...

This article contains Marvel universe spoilers

It feels like there’s no stopping the might of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and as we look to Phase 5 (and beyond), the ever-expanding slate grows by the day. Unlike the tumultuous times over at the DC Extended Universe, it’s hard to see the MCU pulling the plug on any of its projects these days.

Still, there have been plenty of Marvel movies lost to the Quantum Realm over the years. Wall-crawling heroes, marvellous mutants, and even Olivia Newton-John have all had their movies shelved. Not everything has always fit the neat little box of the MCU, so if you’re ready for an unexpected episode of What If…?, here are 12 canceled Marvel movies you’ll never get to see.

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Arguably the most famous canceled Marvel movie is Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man 4. While Raimi’s 2002 Spider-Man kickstarted our current obsession with comic book movies,...

Jake Gyllenhaal gives an exciting filming update for Doug Liman's upcoming Road House remake. The upcoming Amazon Prime Video movie will reimagine the plot of the 1989 original, which starred Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott. The film was negatively received by critics upon its release but became a cult classic over the years. Initially, a remake started to develop when Ronda Rousey was attached to star with Nick Cassavetes directing. That version was scrapped and in 2021 Gyllenhaal and Liman announced that they produce their own remake.

Now, in a recent interview on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert to promote the release of Disney's Strange World, Gyllenhaal confirmed that filming on the movie has wrapped. However, he has also said that they will be doing pickups in a month, while also hinting that the film is going to be a lot of fun. Check out what...

The 2019 open-world action/adventure video game "Days Gone" is getting the big screen treatment from Sony PlayStation Productions, according to Deadline. The PlayStation game from Bend Studios and Sony Interactive Entertainment is set in a post-apocalyptic future in the Pacific Northwest after a pandemic turns people into zombie-like creatures called Freakers. It has sold over nine million units so far, with the lead role of Deacon St. John voiced by Sam Witwer, the voice of Darth Maul in "Star Wars: The Clone Wars," "Star Wars Rebels," and "Solo: A Star Wars Story." 

This move comes after the success of Sony's "Uncharted" film, based on the video game of the same name, starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg. "Uncharted" made almost 402 million worldwide, making it the fifth-highest grossing after  "Warcraft," "Detective Pikachu," "Rampage," and "Sonic the Hedgehog 2."

Here is everything we know so far about the film adaptation of "Days Gone.

Fresh off the success of Sony's Uncharted adaptation starring Tom Holland and Mark Wahlberg, it has been announced that Sony Playstation Productions is developing a feature adaptation of the 2019 action-adventure video game, Days Gone. Per Deadline Sam Heughan, who plays male lead Jamie Fraser in Starz's hit series Outlander, is in talks to headline the film. Oscar-nominated writer Sheldon Turner, who helped pen the scripts for Up in the Air and X-Men: First Class, is writing the video game adaptation's script.

Get ready to siphon some gas from your local station and stock up on zombie-killing supplies because a Days Gone movie is hitting the open road. That’s right, gamers! Sony‘s post-apocalyptic tale of motorcycles and undead mayhem is getting adapted for the silver screen. Additionally, it looks as if Outlander‘s Sam Heughan is going donuts around the lead role.

Created by Bend Studio, Days Gone is an open-world action-adventure game set in a harsh wilderness two years after a devastating global pandemic. Players assume the role of Deacon St. John, a drifter and bounty hunter who rides the broken road, fighting to survive while searching for a reason to live. Featuring a harsh sandbox environment, brutal combat against undead hordes and humans alike, and plenty of open roads to explore, Days Gone has sold more than 9 million units since its launch on the Playstation 4 console.

According to Deadline,...

Released in 2019, Bend Studio’s zombie game Days Gone is headed to the big screen, Deadline reports, with Sam Heughan (“Outlander”) currently “circling” the movie adaptation.

Sony PlayStation Productions is behind the Days Gone movie, which has Oscar-nominated scribe Sheldon Turner writing.

Days Gone is “set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic.”

“The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life.”

If he lands the role, Sam Heughan would play Deacon St. John.

Deadline also reports, “I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation, his horse in this would-be, modern-day western.”

Vendetta Productions is producing with Sony PlayStation Productions.

Days Gone was conceived as...

Exclusive: In the wake of Sony minting the start of a cinematic franchise in its big screen take of PlayStation game, Uncharted, which made close to 402M WW, we hear the movie division of its videogame arm, Sony PlayStation Productions, is developing the feature rendition of Days Gone, which Outlander‘s Sam Heughan is circling and Oscar nominated scribe Sheldon Turner is adapting.

The Bend Studios created game, which has sold 9M units, is set in the Pacific Northwest after a devastating global pandemic. The game chronicles former motorcycle club member, Deacon St. John, as he fights to survive against the forces of despair and mutated, predatory humans in his quest to find the long lost, presumed dead, love of his life. Heughan will play Deacon St. John. I hear Turner’s script will be a love ballad to motorcycle movies; the bike being Deacon’s sole form of transportation,...

Coming off of her Emmy-nominated run as Insecure‘s Molly, Yvonne Orji reportedly has been tapped to lead a new drama series at Netflix.

As reported by our sister site Deadline, Stronger (working title) would star Orji as a single mom who “becomes obsessed with bodybuilding” as she toes “the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction.”

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Exclusive: Netflix is developing Stronger (working title), a female empowerment bodybuilding drama series starring and executive produced by Insecure standout Yvonne Orji, sources tell Deadline. The project is created and written by Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air) and comes from A+E Studios where Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions has a first-look deal.

No one would comment but Stronger (wt) is believed to follow Toni Winslow (Orji), a single mom who feels unseen and unimportant. She becomes obsessed with bodybuilding as she explores the surprisingly tenuous line separating self-empowerment from self-destruction, and will undergo not only a physical transformation but also an emotional one.

Turner and Klein executive produce via their Vendetta Productions alongside Orji and her manager DC Wade of Odenkirk Provissiero. A+E Studios is the studio.

Orji is coming off her role as Issa Dee’s (Issa Rae) best friend Molly on the HBO comedy series Insecure,...

Going into this year’s Oscars, Jane Campion is currently expected to win Best Adapted Screenplay for “The Power of the Dog” with 7/2 odds according to Gold Derby’s combined predictions as of this writing. However, she recently ended up losing that award at BAFTA to Siân Heder for “Coda” in quite an upset. Last year, “The Father” managed to beat the eventual Best Picture winner, “Nomadland,” for Best Adapted Screenplay at BAFTA before going on to repeat at the Oscars. Could “Coda” be on a similar trajectory?

“Coda” follows Ruby Rossi (Emilia Jones), a child of deaf adults, otherwise known as a Coda, as she is the only hearing person in her family. Her parents, Frank (Troy Kotsur) and Jackie (Marlee Matlin), as well as her older brother, Leo (Daniel Durant), are all deaf. Ruby works alongside Frank and Leo in their fishing business. Though when she discovers a passion for singing,...

Exclusive: NBC is developing Connection, a one-hour sci-fi character-driven drama from writer Nic Sheff, Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein’s Vendetta Productions and A+E Studios, where Turner and Klein are under a deal.

Written by Sheff, Connection centers around a boy who went missing ten years ago. Long presumed kidnapped or dead, he came back and claims to have been abducted by aliens. The strangest part? He’s not lying.

Sheff executive produces with Turner and Klein via Vendetta. A+E Studios is the studio.

Sheff was a writer and subject of the 2018 feature Beautiful Boy, based on his memoir Tweak: Growing Up On Methamphetamines. On the television side, he staffed on Netflix series 13 Reasons Why and AMC’s The Killing, among other credits.

Vendetta Productions currently has in development Wyrd, a drama inspired by the Dark Horse comic, starring Matthew Rhys, at FX/20th Television.

“Ted Lasso” star Juno Temple has joined the cast of Doug Liman’s action-adventure thriller “Everest.” The movie has also struck a number of global pre-sales for HanWay Films.

Temple will play mountaineer George Mallory’s wife, Ruth, who is left behind to handle their life during his life-threatening attempts to scale the mountain. The actor has joined cast members Ewan McGregor, who plays Mallory, alongside Sam Heughan and Mark Strong.

The movie, which launched at the pre-Cannes virtual market in June, will be released theatrically in all territories. It has so far sold into Sky Cinema (U.K.), Snd (France), Wild Bunch, Notorious, Belga (Benelux), Nordisk (Scandinavia), Nos (Portugal), Madman, Idc (Latin America), Elevation (Canada), Paradise (Cis/Baltics), Monolith (Poland), ProRom (Central and Eastern Europe), FrontRow (Middle East), Forum (Israel), Gravel Road (South Africa), Medialink (Hong Kong), PVR (Indian subcontinent), Falcon (Indonesia), Shaw (Singapore), Joy n Cinema (South Korea...

Exclusive: Paramount Players has bought the original pitch Man of War from Vendetta Productions’ Sheldon Turner and Jennifer Klein. The project is in early development, and the Up in the Air Oscar-nominated and Golden Globe-winning scribe Turner will write.

In Man of War, when a recently retired Army veteran returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his mother, he abruptly is drawn into his own war against corruption and cruelty.

Turner and Klein’s Vendetta Productions have a first-look TV development and production deal at A+E Studios. Under the pact, Turner will pen original series, and A+E Studios and Vendetta will develop and produce projects targeted at all global and domestic television platforms and services. Turner also has football drama The Season in development at Amazon, producing via Vendetta.

Klein is producing the upcoming Doug Liman-directed adventure thriller feature Everest, starring Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong,...

In a presentation to buyers delivered at the start of the Pre-Cannes Screenings on Monday, director Doug Liman described his new movie “Everest,” set to star Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong, as the “ultimate adventure film.” HanWay Films is selling international rights at the virtual market, while UTA Independent Film Group handles U.S.

“‘Everest is about the first attempt to climb Mount Everest in 1921,” Liman explained. “It resulted in the first 11 deaths on Everest.” The film charts the intense rivalry between and driving obsession of English mountaineer George Mallory (McGregor) and the eccentric Aussie climber George Finch (Heughan). Strong plays the arrogant Arthur Hinks of the Royal Geographic Society, who selects Mallory to scale the mountain.

“;The Bourne Identity’ sort of changed how we shot car chases. My intention here with ‘Everest’ is to give the audience the experience, through Mallory and Finch, of what it’s actually like to climb Everest.

Hollywood star Ewan McGregor is all set to play the late British mountaineering legend George Mallory in the upcoming adventure drama "Everest".

The film is directed by "The Bourne Identity" helmer Doug Liman and written for the screen by "Up In The Air" writer Sheldon Turner, reports hollywoodreporter.com.

Mark Strong and Sam Heughan will essay important roles in the film, while cinematographer Martin Ruhe, Oscar-winning composer T. Bone Burnett and production designer Oliver Scholl are also associated with the project.

"Everest" will be introduced to buyers at the Cannes Virtual Market during the prestigious Cannes film festival, being held this year from July 6 to 17. Shooting for the film begins in January next year, in the UK and Italy, according to Hollywood Reporter.

Hanway Films to handle international sales and distribution.

Ewan McGregor, Sam Heughan and Mark Strong are to star in Doug Liman’s adventure thriller Everest, which will begin shooting in the UK and Italy from January 2022.

Hanway Films is handling international sales and distribution of the feature, and will begin sales at the Cannes Pre-Screenings next week. UTA Independent Film Group will oversee the US sale.

The screenplay has been written by Sheldon Turner, whose credits include Up In The Air, and is inspired by Jeffrey Archer novel Paths Of Glory. The feature has been a passion project of Liman...

Having recently tackled the world of haute couture in “Halston,” Ewan McGregor is going to break out his climbing gear to scale the heights in “Everest.”

The high-altitude adventure comes courtesy of Doug Liman, the exacting action auteur behind “The Bourne Identity” and “Edge of Tomorrow,” and will star McGregor as George Mallory, an English mountaineer who took part in the first three British expeditions to Mount Everest. This is, of course, not to be confused with 2015’s “Everest,” a re-telling of the 1996 Mount Everest disaster, when eight climbers caught in a blizzard died while attempting to descend from the summit.

Here’s the official logline: “1921. Everest remains the very last great unconquered challenge on earth. Many have sacrificed their sanity and often their lives in the attempt to reach its fabled summit. George Mallory (McGregor) is picked by the arrogant Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the impossible.

Ewan McGregor, Outlander‘s Sam Heughan and Mark Strong have been set to star in Everest, an adventure thriller to be directed by Doug Liman from a script from Oscar-nominated Up in the Air scribe Sheldon Turner. The just announced pic is set to start shooting in the UK and Italy in January 22. HanWay Films will rep international sales and distribution beginning at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market. UTA Independent Film Group will handle the U.S. sale.

Inspired by Jeffrey Archer’s novel Paths of Glory, the story is set in 1921 and centers on the real-life George Mallory (McGregor) who is picked by Arthur Hinks (Strong) of the Royal Geographic Society to scale the previously unconquerable Mt Everest. Following World War I, the fading British empire is desperate for a victory, but for Mallory and his rival, the eccentric Aussie George Finch (Heughan), the challenge has nothing to do with patriotism,...

Ewan McGregor is heading towards the stars again.

The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.

The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...

Ewan McGregor is heading towards the stars again.

The Star Wars, Trainspotting and Halston actor is set to play famed British mountaineer George Mallory in adventure thriller Everest from The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow director Doug Liman and Oscar-nominated screenwriter Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). Sam Heughan (Outlander, The Spy Who Dumped Me, Bloodshot) and Mark Strong (1917, Cruella) will also star.

The feature — which HanWay films will be introducing to buyers at the upcoming Cannes Virtual Market, with UTA handling U.S. — is inspired by the novel Paths of Glory by bestselling English author Jeffrey Archer, and is set in 1921, when Mount Everest remained the very ...

Earning his first two Golden Globe nominations in 2017 and 2019 for his turn in FX spy drama The Americans, actor Matthew Rhys returns to contention this month with HBO’s Perry Mason redux.

For Rhys, this morning’s nom felt like a validation of the efforts of the production team, as well as of the risk he took, when he stepped into the shoes of an already iconic character.

“It’s always great to be nominated for something you really believe in. There was, I think, a mild hint of apprehension…because you’re reimagining something that was firmly established, in the hearts and minds of especially America, but worldwide,” the actor told Deadline today. “The madness of this business is, you throw so many balls in the air, hoping that they align as planets, and it works. So, you’re relieved, in a way, that it worked.”

Developed and written...

Exclusive: One of television’s most iconic legal dramas is poised for a comeback. ABC is developing LA Law, a new incarnation of the Emmy-winning Steven Bochco series, with Tony nominee Blair Underwood set to reprise his role as attorney Jonathan Rollins and executive produce.

The new LA Law is written/executive produced by Arrow and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow co-creator/executive producer Marc Guggenheim and Arrow/Legends writer Ubah Mohamed, and directed/executive produced by Emmy winner Anthony Hemingway. In it, the venerable law firm of McKenzie Brackman reinvents itself as a litigation firm specializing in only the most high-profile, boundary-pushing and incendiary cases. Underwood reprises his role as Rollins, who has gone from idealistic to more conservative as he clashes with millennial JJ Freeman to decide the best path forward for the firm to effect political and legal change.

While the focus will be on the new...

Deadline has reported that Matthew Rhys is set to return to FX, the home of his very successful spy thriller series The Americans, in a new drama based on the Dark Horse comic Wyrd. Matthew Rhys will serve as executive producer on Wyrd as well as starring in the series, which has been written by Sheldon Turner (Up In the Air). The original comic was described by Dark Horse as "James…...