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Story Kitchen has renewed its first-look television deal at Amazon MGM Studios, Variety has learned exclusively.

Formerly dj2 Entertainment, Story Kitchen is currently producing the “Tomb Raider” live-action TV series in the works at Amazon from creator Phoebe Waller-Bridge. The company specializes in adaptations of videogames and other non-traditional IP into television and film.

“We are beyond thrilled to continue our incredible journey with our friends, fellow gamers, and partners, at Amazon MGM Studios,” said Story Kitchen’s Dmitri M. Johnson, Mike Goldberg & Timothy I. Stevenson. “We look forward to continuing in our collective goal of telling great stories based on best-in-class games.”

Story Kitchen was founded in 2022 by “Sonic the Hedgehog” producer Dmitri M. Johnson and former agency partner Mike Goldberg, with veteran production executives Timothy I. Stevenson and Dan Jevons and creative executive Elena Sandoval.

Along with their work on “Tomb Raider,” Story Kitchen is currently working with...

Updated, 7:29 Am: Today Nintendo, very early in the morning L.A. time, announced via its Nintendo Today! app that the live-action film The Legend of Zelda will hit theaters on March 26, 2027. Wes Ball is directing, and Shigeru Miyamoto and Avi Arad are producing. The only other movie going that weekend is an untitled Legendary Warner Bros. Monsterverse feature.

T.S. Nowlin is now writing the screenplay. Nowlin is repped by CAA and Management 360 and McKuin.

Previously, Nov. 7, 2023: Sony is making sure its has its future theatrical franchises covered as the actors strike appears to be winding down: The studio is co-financing with Nintendo a live-action feature of popular videogame franchise The Legend of Zelda.

The Maze Runner franchise and Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes filmmaker Wes Ball is directing.

Related: ‘Kingdom Of The Planet Of The Apes’: Trailer, Poster And Film Stills Revealed For Newest...

Chad Stahelski is keeping busy with his video game adaptations, as a new report from Deadline has revealed that the John Wick director will be producing a Netflix adaptation of the video game Sifu, which was developed and published by Sloclap and released in 2022. The game is a beat-em-up with challenging combat scenarios and a compelling thematic twist based on a game mechanic that causes players to age up whenever they lose a fight. The mechanic requires careful strategy, as when the player's character ages, they are given access to new powerful moves, but if they get too old, they can die permanently and will have to start the game from the beginning.

Sifu combines elements of time-loop and rogue-like games to create a stunning and addictive fighting game. Its story of revenge can make for an interesting feature film. 87Eleven, Stahelski's production company behind projects such as Atomic Blonde and The Fall Guy,...

Picture: Sifu (left) and John Wick director Chad Stahelski

Netflix is developing a live-action adaptation of the popular indie video game Sifu, with John Wick franchise director Chad Stahelski producing. Details are limited, but here’s everything we know so far.

Produced by game developer Sloclap, the beat ’em up video game Sifu was released in 2022 and sold over 3 million copies by February 2024. As reported by Deadline, John Wick director Chad Stahelski has joined the project as a producer with partners Jason Spritz and Alex Young through their 87Eleven Entertainment banner. They join Story Kitchen producers Mike Goldberg and Dmitri M. Johnson.

Stahelski directed all four John Wick movies, and his production company 87Eleven Entertainment is also working on several other projects, including Ghost of Tsushima for Sony, Highlander for Lionsgate, and the adaptation of Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six.

Picture: Chad Stahelski

Slocap’s Jordan Layani, Pierre Tarno, Jeff Ludwig,...

Exclusive: Netflix has come aboard the feature adaptation of Slocap’s popular video game Sifu and tapped T.S. Nowlin to write the script. Insiders add that Chad Stahelski and his 87Eleven Entertainment banner have joined Story Kitchen as producers, and he will now produce with his partners Jason Spritz and Alex Young, as will Dmitri M. Johnson and Mike Goldberg for Story Kitchen.

The video game developed and published by Sloclap tells a story of revenge set in modern-day China. It follows the student of a martial arts school’s master (Sifu) as he seeks to avenge the murder of his mentor. The twist, however, is that thanks to a magical talisman, each time our hero dies, he’s resurrected, but the price paid is that he ages with every use. And should he become too old too fast, his death shall become permanent, and his quest unfulfilled.

Timothy I. Stevenson...

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The Gorge is a sci-fi horror action film directed by Scott Derrickson from a screenplay by Zach Dean. The Apple TV+ film follows Levi Kane and Drasa, two elite snipers who are assigned to protect the guard towers on opposite sides of a massive gorge. They soon develop feelings for each other, but their love story is threatened by what’s inside the gorge. The Gorge stars Miles Teller, Anya Taylor-Joy, Sigourney Weaver, and Sope Dirisu. So, if you loved the fun action sequences, wild creature designs, and entertaining characters, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

The Maze Runner (Rent on Prime Video) Credit – 20th Century Studios

The Maze Runner is a dystopian sci-fi action film directed by Wes Ball from a screenplay co-written by Noah Oppenheim, Grant Pierce Myers, and T.S. Nowlin. Based...

Exclusive: The Maze Runner filmmakers and their OddBall Entertainment studio have signed with CAA, we can tell you.

Wes Ball and Joe Hartwick recently signed a three-year, first-look deal with Sony Pictures where they are respectively attached to direct and produce the live-action adaptation of The Legend of Zelda based on the uber-hit 150M copy selling video game franchise, for Sony and Nintendo. T.S. Nowlin is writing the new draft of Zelda. The game follows the elf-like warrior Link and elegant Princess Zelda as they fight to save the magical land of Hyrule from Ganon, an evil warlord-turned-demon king.

Ball most recently directed, with Hartwick producing, 20th Century Studios’ Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, one of the key pics last summer to resuscitate the box office after a sleepy frame due to the strikes; that installment opening to $58.4M stateside and grossing over $171M domestic, and close to $380M worldwide.

What do young adult novel adaptations, post-apocalyptic movies, and films involving shadowy corporations messing around unscrupulously have in common? For one thing, they're all a dime a dozen. For another, they're all aspects of the trilogy of films adapted from "The Maze Runner," a series of novels by author James Dashner.

Like so much YA fiction from the '00s, Dasher's novels gained a passionately loyal fan following, leading to 20th Century Fox becoming interested in developing them for the big screen in the hope that the studio would have its very own "Hunger Games." The parallels between both franchises are certainly there on the surface: preteen-to-older-teen heroes being forced to participate in deadly encounters while fighting the scourge of authoritarianism. However, where "Hunger Games" and its films are far more politically and philosophically-minded, "The Maze Runner" goes in a much more genre flick direction. It's one of the...

The world of Pacific Rim will soon be further explored. It's been revealed that the franchise is set to be revived, but not for the big screen.

Per Variety, Legendary Entertainment has formed a first-look TV deal with Eric Heisserer. The deal will see Heisserer and Chronology partner Carmen Lewis creating IP-driven content for Legendary. The first title to be worked on as part of the new deal is a Pacific Rim prequel series. This news follows Heisserer and Chronology setting a first-look movie deal at Sony Pictures.

Related Pacific Rim & Monsterverse Fans Need to Watch This New Anime

Kaiju No. 8 is finally getting an anime adaptation, and it's the perfect watch for those who love Godzilla, the MonsterVerse or Pacific Rim.

Eric is a multitalented, prolific creator whose track record of critical and commercial successes speaks for itself, Legendary Television president Jason Clodfelter said in a statement. We...

The Adam Project, starring Ryan Reynolds, is now Netflix’s fourth most-watched English-language film of all time, the streamer announced today, having garnered 233,150,000 views in its first 28 days on the platform.

Reynolds also currently has the globe-trotting action-comedy Red Notice and action-thriller 6 Underground on the list, at #1 and #9, respectively. The former title generated 364,020,000 in its first 28 days, with the latter drawing 205,470,000. Skydance was behind The Adam Project, as well as 6 Underground.

Other titles on the list as of today include Don’t Look Up (#2), Bird Box (#3), Extraction (#5), The Unforgivable (#6), The Irishman (#7), The Kissing Booth 2 (#8) and Spenser Confidential (#10).

Released on Netflix on March 11, The Adam Project is an action-adventure pic centered on time-traveling fighter pilot Adam Reed (Reynolds), who after accidentally crash-landing in 2022, teams up with his 12-year-old self (Walker Cobell) for a mission to save the future. Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña and Catherine Keener also star.

The...

Exclusive: Paramount Pictures is in early development on an untitled H.G. Wells project from Wes Ball’s OddBall Entertainment, under its Paramount Players label.

While specific information on the Wells novel at its center hasn’t been disclosed, we hear that it will be a very loose adaptation stemming from the “mythology” that surrounds one of the writer’s most iconic titles. The film’s logline is being kept under wraps. A director has not yet been attached.

Rising screenwriter Laura Gillis is writing the screenplay, based off of a previous incarnation by T.S. Nowlin. OddBall Entertainment’s Ball, Joe Hartwick Jr. and Hank Wyler will produce, under their first-look deal with the studio, alongside Nowlin.

Wells is the iconic English sci-fi writer known for novels including The Time Machine, The Island of Doctor Moreau, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds,...

"The Adam Project", is the new Vancouver-lensed science fiction feature, written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Walker Scobell, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldana, now streaming on Netflix: 

"...'Adam' travels back in time to get help from his younger self to confront his late father..."

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What if you could make your peace with your own history? What if you could, as an adult, go back and make peace with your younger self, and make your peace with the parents we failed to understand when we were growing up? What if you could go back and reconnect with your parents with the benefit of a lifetime of wisdom and perspective? These are the questions director Shawn Levy asks in his latest film The Adam Project. Starring Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldaña and Catherine Keener, the film is the story of a time-traveling pilot Adam Reed (Reynolds) who teams up with his younger self, (Scobell), and his late father, Louis Reed (Ruffalo) to come to terms with his past, and losses, while saving the future.

In this throwback to the sci-films from the 80’s, the filmmaker proves with The Adam Project the power of nostalgia.

Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Dan Baker on Wbgr-fm on March 10th, reviewing “The Adam Project,” featuring the “Free Guy” team of Ryan Reynolds and director Shawn Levy, and is streaming on Netflix beginning March 11th.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

This is big science fiction, as Reynolds portrays Adam, a spaceship pilot from the year 2050 who also has the ability to time travel, so he takes the time hop to meet his younger Adam self (Walker Scobell) to alter the future. This involves his mother (Jennifer Garner), his wife (Zoe Saldana), his father’s business partner (Catherine Keener) and dear old Dad himself (Mark Ruffalo).

“The Adam Project” is streaming on Netflix starting March 11th. Featuring Ryan Reynolds, Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Catherine Keene and Walker Scobell. Written by Jonathan Trooper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin. Directed by Shawn Levy. Rated “PG-13”

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Time travel can be tricky and “The Adam Project” shows us just how complicated it can really get.

Directed by “Free Guy” filmmaker and “Stranger Things” producer Shawn Levy, the new sci-fi movie also involves some complicated concepts, like time travel and meeting your younger (or older) self. The script, written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, also makes room for emotional themes and a heart-wrenching family dynamic.

In the vein of “E.T.,” “Back to the Future” and even “Meet the Robinsons,” the film has something for all ages, so families, kids, adults and Ryan Reynolds fans alike are probably wondering how to watch “The Adam Project. Read below for all the details.

When Does “The Adam Project” Premiere?

“The Adam Project” will make its debut Friday, March 11.

Will “The Adam Project” Be Streaming?

“The Adam Project” is streaming exclusively on Netflix on March 11.

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“Enjoy yourselves,” said the ancient Romans (and the great early 20th century singer Guy Lombardo), “it’s later than you think.” Those words are a frequent refrain in the latest film from director Shawn Levy and star Ryan Reynolds, a sweet and snarky action-comedy which — in keeping with the duo’s similarly high-concept “Free Guy” — is only self-aware to a certain point.

On the one hand, “The Adam Project” recognizes that its star’s wounded sarcasm is the perfect fit for an Amblin-esque adventure about a swole fighter pilot who travels back in time in order to team up with his scrawny 12-year-old self. On the other hand, this exhaustingly overstuffed Netflix spectacle is so busy trying to fuse the temporal antics of “Back to the Future” into the space-age heroism of “Star Wars” — and to do so in a way that will keep people from clicking over to “Love Is Blind...

The Adam Project, the latest big-budget Netflix release you likely haven’t heard of until now, opens with a bit of text explaining that “Time travel exists. You just don’t know it yet.” Such vague emptiness is exactly the “this could apply to literally hundreds of movies” vibe you’ve just strapped yourself in for over this 100-plus-minute journey—it possesses the magic touch of vanishing from your mind immediately as it’s happening.

Directed by Shawn Levy from a script by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Lewin, and probably a dozen-ish other hands in the Netflix offices, it stars (you guessed it) Ryan Reynolds as Adam Reed, a time-traveling fighter pilot we’re introduced to as he’s disobeying orders from his superior, Maya Sorian (Catherine Keener), in the year 2050. He jumps back in time, desperate to sort out something that will change the future, but...

Teaming up with your younger self to save the world? Yeah, no biggie.

Ryan Reynolds reunites with “Free Guy” director Shawn Levy for Netflix’s “The Adam Project,” starring Walker Scobell as Reynolds’ 12-year-old self. “The Adam Project” premieres March 11 on Netflix.

After accidentally crash-landing in 2022, time-traveling pilot Adam (Reynolds) enlists his younger self (Scobell) and his father (Mark Ruffalo) to help save the world in 2050. Adam also has to come to terms with his past while saving the future — and potentially disrupting the multiverse.

Jennifer Garner plays Adam’s mother, marking a “13 Going on 30” reunion alongside Ruffalo. Catherine Keener and Zoe Saldaña also star.

“The Adam Project” is written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin, with David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Shawn Levy, and star Reynolds serving as producers.

“At the end of the day, it’s a very personal story, a...

The Adam Project Trailer — Shawn Levy‘s The Adam Project (2022) teaser trailer has been released by Netflix. The Adam Project trailer stars Ryan Reynolds, Walker Scobell, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana, Jennifer Garner, Catherine Keener, and Alex Mallari Jr. Crew Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, and Mark Levin wrote the screenplay for The Adam Project. [...]

Continue reading: The Adam Project (2022) Teaser Trailer: Time-traveling Ryan Reynolds is on a Mission to Save the Future...

Netflix has released the fantastic trailer for The Adam Project from director Shawn Levy.

A time-traveling pilot teams up with his younger self and his late father to come to terms with his past while saving the future.

Sc-Fi Genius. I can’t wait for March 11.

So why watch this sci-fi film?

It’s got a great cast starring Ryan Reynolds, Zoe Saldana, Mark Ruffalo, and Jennifer Garner. The editing of the trailer along with the rousing music is brilliant. The other-worldly score by Rob Simonsen is gripping. The story, written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett, Mark Levin, is funny, emotional, heart-warming and somewhat relatable. The Baddies. The spaceships and how we want these in Lego form! The cool weapons and that platform! And lastly time travel!!

Watch The Adam Project, on Netflix March 11: https://www.netflix.com/title/81309354

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"The Adam Project", is the new Vancouver-lensed science fiction feature, written by Jonathan Tropper, T.S. Nowlin, Jennifer Flackett and Mark Levin, starring Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Garner, Walker Scobell, Catherine Keener, and Zoe Saldana, streaming March 11, 2022 on Netflix: 

"...'Adam' travels back in time to get help from his younger self to confront his late father..."

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Ryan Reynolds is ready to go back to the past.

Netflix has released the first trailer for “The Adam Project,” a new sci-fi action movie starring Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy.

The film stars Reynolds as Adam Reed, a fighter jet pilot from the future. After an accident sends him traveling through time, he winds up in the year 2022, when he was a 12-year old boy (played by Walker Scobell) struggling in school after the apparent disappearance of his father (played by Mark Ruffalo). Jennifer Garner portrays Adam’s mom, and the cast is rounded out by Catherine Keener, Zoe Saldana and Alex Mallari Jr.

In the trailer, the two versions of Adam meet after his older self crashes his futuristic jet in the woods near his childhood home. The two join forces on an adventure that will take them through time and space, and eventually force both versions...

Deadpool, Bruce Banner and Gamora are all finally sharing a screen together — but not in a Marvel project. The first teaser for Netflix’s “The Adam Project” has arrived, teaming up Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana and more in a time-traveling adventure.

In the movie, Adam Reed (Reynolds) is a fighter pilot who accidentally crash lands in present-day 2022. Of course, in the timeline of the movie, Adam was only 12 years old in 2022. Now, he must team up with his past self “on a mission to save the future.”

You can watch the full teaser for “The Adam Project” in the video above.

To be fair, it’ll take more than just one adult and his 12-year-old self to fix things. Adam has a partner, played by Zoe Saldana. He also needs to seek out his father, who’s played by Mark Ruffalo. Evidently, there’s a bit of drama in the family,...

Alice Waddington, who directed the stylish 2019 indie film "Paradise Hills," has been hired by Netflix to direct a movie adaptation of the Dark Horse comic series "Dept. H." Screenwriter T.S. Nowlin, who wrote "The Maze Runner" movies and was a co-writer on "Pacific Rim Uprising," wrote the screenplay, and Dark Horse Entertainment's Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg, and Paul Schwake will produce the movie adaptation.

"Dept. H" is essentially what would happen if murder mystery maven Agatha Christie wrote "The Abyss." Here's the synopsis, according to Deadline:

The original story is set after a renowned scientist is mysteriously killed in a deep-sea research station and his estranged daughter is sent six miles below...

The post Dept. H Comic Getting Movie Adaptation From Paradise Hills Director Alice Waddington appeared first on /Film.

Exclusive: Paradise Hills director Alice Waddington is set to board Netflix’s adaptation of Dept. H, which is based on the popular comic book series. The Maze Runner scribe T.S. Nowlin will adapt the script. Mike Richardson, Keith Goldberg and Paul Schwake of Dark Horse Entertainment will produce.

The original story is set after a renowned scientist is mysteriously killed in a deep-sea research station and his estranged daughter is sent six miles below the surface to investigate. With the pressure building and the water rising, she must race against time to solve the murder as she uncovers the truth behind the station’s purpose.

Dept. H is a comic book series written and illustrated by Matt Kindt and colored by Sharlene Kindt. It has been published by Dark Horse Comics since April 2016.

The film falls under the lucrative first-look deal with Dark Horse Entertainment and Netflix, and given the...

Exclusive: CAA has inked screenwriter T.S. Nowlin.

Nowlin, co-wrote and adapted the first Maze Runner from the James Dashner YA novel, and received sole writing credit on sequels Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and Maze Runner: The Death Cure. Combined the trilogy grossed close to $950M.

The Florida State University grad is currently writing Netflix’s Bright II for Will Smith, and he co-penned the Legendary/Universal sequel Pacific Rim: Uprising which grossed $290.9M.

He also has an adaptation of the Rudyard Kipling novel Captains Courageous set up at Netflix and several projects in development with director Wes Ball, including Mouse Guard, which Deadline has covered exclusively. Mouse Guard is based on David Petersen’s Eisner-winning comic book series. The story takes place in medieval times and follows a brotherhood of mice sworn to protect the fellow rodents in their midst. Captains Courageous follows the adventures of 15-year old Harvey Cheyne Jr.

Jennifer Garner and Zoe Saldana have joined the cast of Shawn Levy’s forthcoming film “The Adam Project.”

The stars join previously announced lead Ryan Reynolds in the action-adventure project set up at Netflix. Plot details are under wraps, though reports say the film follows a pilot played by Reynolds who uses rudimentary time travel technology to reunite with a younger version of himself in order to solve a mystery.

“The Adam Project” is being produced by David Ellison’s Skydance, Reynolds’ Maximum Effort and Levy’s 21 Laps.

Garner is repped by Nicole King of Linden Entertainment and CAA, and will next produce and star in the Netflix feature film “Yes Day.”

Saldana is repped by CAA, Lbi Entertainment and The Initiative Group. She is currently embroiled in sequel shoots for the top-grossing “Avatar” franchise, and is also at work with the streamer as star and executive producer of the limited series ‘From Scratch.

An untitled time travel and adventure movie starring Ryan Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy is on the move, being picked up by Netflix after shifting from Paramount.

Skydance is developing the action-adventure film that has Reynolds attached to star and produce along with Levy and David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger producing for Skydance.

Jonathan Tropper is currently writing the latest draft, though official plot details are being kept under wraps.

Also Read: Samuel L Jackson to Play Ryan Reynolds' Primary Caregiver in Animated Quibi Series 'Futha Mucka'

Tropper’s rewrite is based on scripts by T.S. Nowlin and Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett, and the project has been in development dating back to 2012, actually being reconfigured from a previous project called “Our Name Is Adam” that once had Tom Cruise briefly attached to star.

Skydance’s is behind two major Netflix hits, the recently released “The Old Guard” with Charlize Theron,...

Bright, the 2017 fantasy thriller headlined by superstar Will Smith, had a distribution strategy that now—about three short years later in the midst of a pandemic—proved bellwether in hindsight. That’s because the project that was tailor-made to be a big screen blockbuster bypassed a theatrical release to premiere as an exclusive streaming offering on Netflix. While the film had its obstacles with critics (our own review was no exception), the streaming giant quickly greenlit a sequel, which is now moving forward with a director.

Louis Leterrier is in talks to occupy the director’s chair for the untitled Bright sequel, according to THR. Should the deal be finalized, the French helmer would step in for David Ayer, who directed the first film coming off two high-profile (theatrically-released) efforts, Suicide Squad (2016) and Fury (2015). While ceding the director’s chair for the sequel, Ayer will return as a producer and...

Louis Leterrier is in negotiations to direct Bright 2 for Netflix, which is bringing back Will Smith and Joel Edgerton to reprise their roles, sources tell Collider. David Ayer directed the original, which was written by Max Landis. Ayer may not be returning to direct the sequel but he did co-write the script with Evan Spiliotopoulos, while T.S. Nowlin contributed a rewrite. Ayer is also producing Bright 2 with Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless. Though Landis is not involved with the sequel, he is expected to retain some type of credit, seeing as how he created the characters. …...

Louis Leterrier, the director of “The Transporter” and 2008’s “The Incredible Hulk,” is in negotiations to direct “Bright 2” at Netflix, the sequel to the action and fantasy film that stars Will Smith and Joel Edgerton, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

Leterrier will take over from David Ayer, who directed the first film from 2017 and was previously attached for the sequel but has been tied up with other projects, including a remake of “The Dirty Dozen” at Warner Bros.

Smith and Edgerton will return for the sequel and reprise their roles as a human detective who has to work with an orc police officer in a modern-day Los Angeles populated by humans and mystical creatures.

Also Read: Joe Russo to Write 'Extraction 2' for Netflix

“Bright 2” will aim to begin production as soon as it is deemed safe to do so amid the pandemic.

Ayer...

Bright 2 is finally moving forward at Netflix. The sequel has been in development for more than two years now with few updates provided in the meantime. Now we have word that the streaming service is narrowing in on a director as Louis Leterrier is in talks to helm the sequel. Should this come to pass, it would put a major piece of the puzzle in place and bring us one step closer to Will Smith and Joel Edgerton reuniting for another round of fantasy-based cop adventures.

According to a new report, Louis Leterrier is in negotiations with Netflix for Bright 2. David Ayer (Suicide Squad) directed the first movie but will not be returning to helm the sequel. Ayer did, however, co-write the screenplay alongside Evan Spiliotopoulos (Beauty and the Beast), with T.S. Nowlin (Maze Runner: The Death Cure) providing a rewrite.

There is on word on how soon production could begin,...

Netflix is in talks with French director Louis Leterrier for the fantasy actioner “Bright 2,” with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton reprising their roles.

Leterrier’s credits include the two “Transporter” titles, “Now You See Me,” “Clash of the Titans” and “Unleashed.” He executive produced and directed the Netflix series “The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.”

Netflix is planning to begin shooting the sequel once it’s able to start production when the impact of the coronavirus pandemic eases.

The script for “Bright 2” is written by David Ayer and Evan Spiliotopoulos, with a rewrite by T.S. Nowlin. Producers are Ayer, Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.

Ayer directed the original 2017 film, set in an alternative universe in Los Angeles, where humans and creatures called orcs co-exist. Smith portrayed an Lapd officer and Edgerton played his orc partner. The duo confronted racism and corruption in a world where a few individuals...

Exclusive: Netflix is negotiating with Louis Leterrier to direct Bright 2, the sequel to the 2017 film that kicked off the streamer’s feature film franchise launch aspirations.

David Ayer directed the first film and was attached to the sequel, but he has been focused on rewriting to direct Dirty Dozen for Warner Bros, and he has other projects at Netflix.

The film will reteam Will Smith and Joel Edgerton in the tale of mismatched crime fighting partners, one of whom is an orc. The script is by Ayer and Evan Spiliotopoulos with a rewrite by T.S. Nowlin. The pic is produced by Ayer, Eric Newman and Bryan Unkeless.

Netflix set sights on a sequel in early 2018 after the original was released and watched by a record estimated 60 million, with far and away the most views for a Netflix film in its first week. Those numbers have been eclipsed by a...

A new filmmaker is stepping into the world of Bright, as Louis Leterrier is in talks to direct the sequel to Netflix's 2017 action-fantasy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. 

Leterrier fills in for David Ayer, who helmed the first Bright and was attached to the sequel. Ayer remains on as a producer and is among the writers who worked on the follow-up's script, along with Evan Spiliotopoulos and T.S. Nowlin.

Will Smith and Joel Edgerton are expected to return as Lapd detectives in the fictional Los Angeles filled with fairies, orcs and elves. The original film marked Netflix'...

A new filmmaker is stepping into the world of Bright, as Louis Leterrier is in talks to direct the sequel to Netflix's 2017 action-fantasy, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. 

Leterrier fills in for David Ayer, who helmed the first Bright and was attached to the sequel. Ayer remains on as a producer and is among the writers who worked on the follow-up's script, along with Evan Spiliotopoulos and T.S. Nowlin.

Will Smith and Joel Edgerton are expected to return as Lapd detectives in the fictional Los Angeles filled with fairies, orcs and elves. The original film marked Netflix'...

Ryan Reynolds is teaming up with Free Guy director Shawn Levy again for a new time travel adventure movie. This will be the next project for both the star and the director, with a 4th quarter production start planned on the East Coast. However, it is unclear if the movie will be able to begin production on time, due to the world's current state of affairs. Free Guy was supposed to hit theaters this summer, but will now come out at the end of the year instead.

Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy or partnering with Skydance for the untitled time travel movie, which was at one time referred to as Our Name is Adam. The project has been in development since 2012 and Tom Cruise was briefly attached at one point in time, though that obviously did not work out. The new version of the script was written by Jonathan Tropper,...

Ryan Reynolds must have enjoyed working with director Shawn Levy on Free Guy, because the two are now set to team up on a time travel action-comedy, which given Levy’s track record, will no doubt be an effects-heavy blockbuster designed with a family audience in mind.

Now firmly established as one of the biggest movie stars in the world, Reynolds also seems to be making a play to feature in as many big budget projects as possible, and hasn’t starred in anything that cost less than $50 million to produce since 2016’s forgotten action thriller Criminal. While their latest team-up doesn’t have an official title as of yet, the concept has been kicking around Hollywood for close to a decade. In fact, back in 2012, Tom Cruise was circling the idea when it was called Our Name is Adam.

The earliest version of the script came from The Maze Runner’s T.S. Nowlin,...

Ryan Reynolds has come aboard to star in and produce an untitled time-travel movie at Skydance with Shawn Levy directing.

Skydance is planning a fourth-quarter shoot. Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce along with Reynolds and Levy.

Reynolds will star as man who must travel back in time to get help from his 13-year-old self. The duo will also encounter their late father. Jonathan Tropper is writing the script as a new version of T.S. Nowlin’s “Our Name is Adam.”

The project re-teams Reynolds and Levy, who collaborated on the science-fiction action comedy, “Free Guy,” which will be released through Disney’s 20th Century label on Dec. 11. “Free Guy” was recently delayed from its initial release date of July 3 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Reynolds was reported to be in talks last month to star in and produce a live-action feature adaptation of the...

Following their collaboration on the soon-to-be-released film, Free Guy, Ryan Reynolds and Shawn Levy are reteaming on time travel drama for Skydance. Like Free Guy, Reynolds is starring and Levy is directing and the will also produce the pic alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger of Skydance.

Written by Jonathan Topper, based on a spec by T.S. Nowlin, the plot follows a man (Reynolds) who travels to the past to enlist his 13-year old self to confront his late father.

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Production is aiming to start late this year.

Emmy and Golden Globe Award-winning actor Alexander Skarsgård will join Legendary’s upcoming “Godzilla vs Kong” film alongside previously announced cast Julian Dennison, Brian Tyree Henry and Demian Bichir.

“Godzilla vs. Kong” is the fourth installment of the Legendary and Warner Bros. cinematic universe and is set to be released on May 22, 2020. “Godzilla” brought in $529 million globally after it was released in 2014. “Kong: Skull Island” was released in 2017 and grossed more than $565 million worldwide. A sequel to Godzilla — titled “Godzilla: King of the Monsters” — starring Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown, will also be released in 2019.

Screenwriter Terry Rossio (“Pirates of the Caribbean” films) is writing the screenplay. In March, Legendary set a writers room to work on the script for “Godzilla vs. Kong,” with Rossio as its head. Other writers include Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne (“Star Trek Beyond”), Lindsey Beer, Cat Vasko, “Maze Runner” movies writer T.S. Nowlin,...

Legendary is in negotiations for Academy Award nominee Demián Bichir to join the upcoming “Godzilla vs Kong” film alongside previously announced cast Julian Dennison and Brian Tyree Henry.

“Godzilla vs. Kong” is the fourth installment of the Legendary and Warner Bros. cinematic universe and is set to be released on May 22, 2020. “Godzilla” brought in $529 million globally after it was released in 2014. “Kong: Skull Island” was released March 10, 2017, and grossed more than $565 million worldwide. A sequel to Godzilla, titled “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” with Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown, will also be released next year.

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Screenwriter Terry Rossio, best known for writing “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, is writing the “Godzilla vs. Kong” screenplay. In March, Legendary set a writers room to work on the script for “Godzilla vs. Kong,” with Rossio as its head.

“Deadpool 2” star Julian Dennison has joined the cast of Legendary’s “Godzilla vs. Kong,” an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.

It’s unknown what character he will play in the upcoming monster movie, but he is joining a cast that includes Ziyi Zhang and Van Marten. Adam Wingard is directing.

The film is part of the Legendary and Warner Bros. cinematic universe and will be released on May 22, 2020. “Godzilla” brought in $529 million globally when it was released in 2014. “Kong: Skull Island” was released March 10, 2017, and grossed over $565 million worldwide.

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A sequel to Godzilla, titled “Godzilla: King of the Monsters,” with Kyle Chandler, Vera Farmiga and Millie Bobby Brown, will also be released next year.

Screenwriter Terry Rossio, best known for writing “Pirates of the Caribbean” films, is writing the “Godzilla vs. Kong” screenplay.

Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson | Written by T.S. Nowlin | Directed by Wes Ball

This third and final entry in the Maze Runner franchise gives the Ya series a rousing send-off, stream-lining the books’ overly complex plot in favour of a succession of exciting action set-pieces. It might be a little too long at a posterior-troubling two hours and twenty minutes, but better that than splitting the third part of the trilogy into two movies, like certain other dystopian teen movies we could mention.

To its credit, Maze Runner: The Death Cure assumes audiences are already familiar with the events of 2014′s The Maze Runner and 2015′s The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, because otherwise, what are you doing here in the first place? To that end, the film opens in rip-roaring fashion,...

The “Maze Runer” trilogy of movies may not be your bag, but it’s certainly mine. And for the past four years, I’ve had a blast experiencing this tale of a horrible post-apocalyptic conservative dystopia taken down by children. In the present age, these stories somehow seem to gain more and more relevance, and that certainly was the case with “The Death Cure,” the third and final installment released in January.

TheWrap has exclusively obtained a clip from the special features on the home video release of “Maze Runner: The Death Cure” in which cast members Patricia Clarkson, Kaya Scodelario and Rosa Salazar honor director Wes Ball’s dedication to bringing these stories to life on the big screen, and Ball himself reflects on the experience.

The “Maze Runner” films are Ball’s first three gigs directing feature films, and he calls himself “lucky” for having been blessed with having the chance to work with this team on these particular projects.

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You can watch the exclusive clip at the top of this post.

“Maze Runner: The Death Cure” is out now on digital home video from every major digital retailer, and lands on DVD, Blu-ray and 4K Blu-ray on Tuesday, April 24.

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In addition to the featurette from which this clip was pulled, the disc includes audio commentary with Ball, writer T.S. Nowlin and producer Joe Hartwick Jr., as well as deleted scenes and a gag reel.

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Stars: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Jing Tian, Cailee Spaeny, Rinko Kikuchi, Burn Gorman, Adria Arjona, Max Zhang, Charlie Day | Written by Steven S. DeKnight, Emily Carmichael, Kira Snyder, T.S. Nowlin | Directed by Steven S. DeKnight

Rumours of the apocalypse’s cancellation were apparently premature as the robots vs monsters franchise is back for a second instalment, this time directed by Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight, with Guillermo del Toro serving as producer. The sequel is significantly less serious than its somewhat gloomy predecessor and it’s a lot more fun as a result.

Picking up ten years after the events of Pacific Rim, the film stars John Boyega as Jake “Son of Stacker” Pentecost, who’s turned his back on the Jaeger (i.e. giant robot) pilot program and now makes a living selling illicitly acquired robo-bits on the black market. When he meets scrappy scavenger Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny...

Chicago – The giant robot film genre is in trouble. It wasn’t enough that “Transformers” has ground it to dust, but now the “Pacific Rim” sequel is going the same direction. There is action-a-plenty in the followup to Guillermo Del Toro’s fun and light first film, that lightness is missing in “Pacific Rim Uprising.”

Rating: 3.0/5.0

It’s not a bad film, it’s just a conventional one. Del Toro did sort of an anti-Transformers take in the first Pacific Rim, applying his signature of myth and fairy tale to giant robots versus Godzilla-like creatures. He also produces this one, and first time feature director Steven S. DeNight helms and co-writes this latest adventure. There are folks from the first film, including a hyper Charlie Day (time to switch to decaf, dude) and Burn Gorman as scientists, but with a five year gap between stories it’s a constant, “now what his (or her) purpose?...

Universal Pictures has revealed IMAX posters for Pacific Rim Uprising, which offer colorful looks at three of the new Jaegers who will be squaring off against the Kaiju monsters. These Jaegers are Bracer Phoenix, which brandishes a "centrifugal vortex cannon," Guardian Bravo, seen with its unique weapon known as the Elec-16 Arc Whip, and Gypsy Avenger, a new and improved version of Gypsy Danger from the original Pacific Rim movie. These one-sheets will be on display during IMAX screenings of Pacific Rim Uprising when it hits theaters next month.

These posters come just a day after the new making-of book was announced for the sequel, entitled The Art and Making Of Pacific Rim Uprising. The book will feature never-before-seen concept art along with behind-the-scenes images and insight from the creative team. The book will also chart the entire process of realizing director Steven S. DeKnight's vision and bringing it to the big screen.

Sony's Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has dominated at the box office all month long, but, as expected, its reign came to an end this weekend, thanks to 20th Century Fox's The Maze Runner: The Death Cure. While it came in slightly under projections, the third installment in The Maze Runner trilogy based on the books by author James Dashner, took in an estimated $23.5 million, more than enough to take down Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, which is still putting up strong numbers in its sixth frame in theaters, dropping just 15.9% to take in $16.4 million.

The Maze Runner: The Death Cure opened in 3,787 theaters, posting a solid $6,205 per-screen average. This movie continues the downward trend for this franchise, as the trilogy comes to an end. The Maze Runner opened in 2014, debuting with a $32.5 million opening weekend, with $102.4 million domestic and $348.3 million worldwide, from just a $34 million budget. The...

Stars: Dylan O’Brien, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Kaya Scodelario, Giancarlo Esposito, Rosa Salazar, Aidan Gillen, Walton Goggins, Ki Hong Lee, Barry Pepper, Will Poulter, Patricia Clarkson | Written by T.S. Nowlin | Directed by Wes Ball

This third and final entry in the Maze Runner franchise gives the Ya series a rousing send-off, stream-lining the books’ overly complex plot in favour of a succession of exciting action set-pieces. It might be a little too long at a posterior-troubling two hours and twenty minutes, but better that than splitting the third part of the trilogy into two movies, like certain other dystopian teen movies we could mention.

To its credit, Maze Runner: The Death Cure assumes audiences are already familiar with the events of 2014′s The Maze Runner and 2015′s The Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials, because otherwise, what are you doing here in the first place? To that end, the film opens in rip-roaring fashion,...