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Milla Jovovich & Dave Bautista Starring In Paul W.S. Anderson’s “In The Lost Lands” Adaptation

Paul W.S. Anderson brought monsters to life in the film adaptation of Monster Hunter. Now the director is taking us on a new journey with the adaptation of “Game of Thrones” creator George R. R. Martin‘s tale In the Lost Lands. Milla Jovovich (Monster Hunter) reunites with Anderson for the movie that will also star former wrestler turned actor Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead) Deadline reports. “The movie will follow a queen, desperate to obtain the gift of shapeshifting, who makes a daring play: she hires the sorceress Gray Alys (Jovovich), a woman as feared as she is powerful. Sent to the ghostly wilderness of the ‘Lost Lands’, Alys and her guide, the drifter Boyce (Bautista), must outwit and outfight man and demon in a fable that explores the nature of good and evil, debt and fulfillment, love and loss.” Anderson will direct from the script he wrote, based on Martin’s story. Jeremy Bolt (Resident

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 1, 2021
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New Trailer For Netflix’s New Dark Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone”

The release date for Netflix’s upcoming series “Shadow and Bone” was revealed today along with the second teaser trailer. The series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
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Movie Adaptation Of “Werewolves Within” Game Hunts Down A 2021 Release Date

IFC Films has sunk its teeth into the modern-day werewolf whodunnit Werewolves Within starring Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and Milana Vayntrub of “This Is Us”. Directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me), Werewolves Within was written by best-selling author Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. In the film, “After a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.” The ensemble cast also includes George Basil (Crashing), Sarah Burns (“Barry”), Michael Chernus (Tommy), Catherine Curtin (“Orange Is the New Black”), Wayne Duvall (The Hunt), Harvey Guillén (What We do in the Shadows), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”), Michaela Watkins (Brittany Runs a Marathon), and Glenn Fleshler

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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Deadpool And Zombieland Writers Making New ‘Twisted Metal’ TV Series

Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions are teaming up to develop a new live-action series based on the Twisted Metal video game franchise. And get this, the series is from Deadpool and Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, as well as “Cobra Kai” writer Michael Jonathan Smith. First released back in 1995, Twisted Metal gave players the opportunity to pick a ride and fight rivals using a plethra of weapons found in the arena of their choice The one player left standing deemed the winner. The ultra-violent violent original went on to spawn several sequels. Variety describes the series as an action-comedy about a “motor-mouthed outsider” who is offered a chance at a better life, but they first must deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Joining forces with a “trigger-happy” car thief, the central character of the series will face off against drivers of armed vehicles, including one driven by a deranged clown. Will Arnett is rumored

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021
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Watch The Action Packed Trailer For ‘SAS: Red Notice’ Starring Sam Heughan & Ruby Rose

Vertical Entertainment is gearing up to unleash director Magnus Martens’ action-thriller SAS: Red Notice this March. This action-packed thrill ride centers on “Tom Buckingham (Sam Heughan), a special forces operator, who is taking Dr. Sophie Hart from London to Paris to propose. When their train is deep inside the Channel Tunnel, Grace Lewis (Ruby Rose) and her team of heavily armed war criminals seize the train and hold hundreds of passengers hostage. Grace threatens to expose the British government’s darkest secrets and blow up the Channel Tunnel if her ransom demands are not met. Unarmed and cut off from his counter-terror team, Tom is the only hope that Sophie and the other passengers have to make it out alive.” SAS, also starringAndy Serkis, was written by Laurence Malkin, Joe Simpson, Kwesi Dickson, and former SAS operator Andy McNab who is also the author of the best-selling novel the movie is based on SAS: Red Notice arrives On Demand on March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021
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Edgar Wright Adapting Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’

The Stephen King adaptations just keep coming, not that we’re complaining. The newest adaptation on its way is The Running Man, which will be developed and directed by Last Night in Soho‘s Edgar Wright for Paramount. Michael Becall (Inglorious Bastards, 21 Jump Street) will be writing the script, which will more closely follow King’s book than the 1987 adaptation that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger did. The 1982 book, published under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman, follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the game show “The Running Man” that features contestants being chased by “Hunters” out to kill them. Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, and Nira Park are producing the feature. Here’s a look back at the trailer for The Running Man (1987).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2021
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“Game Of Thrones” Duo Cast As Leads In New “The Last Of Us” HBO Series Adaptation

Naughty Dog’s extremely popular zombie game “The Last of Us” is getting a new series adaptation for HBO. The lead character of Ellie has now been cast with “Game of Thrones” actress Bella Ramsey to play the teenager who may be the key to the cure for the horrible pandemic. Ramsey will star opposite her fellow “Game of Thrones” alum Pedro Pascal who will play Joel. “The Last of Us” is “set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Neil Druckmann, the game’s creator and writer is on board to co-write and produce along with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, and Word Games, will also produce the series whose

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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“True Detective’s” Michael Greyeyes Joins The Cast Of ‘Firestarter’

Back in September, we reported that a new adaptation from Universal of Stephen King’s iconic novel Firestarter was on its way. Things have been quiet for a few months, but today we have an update that confirms the movie is moving along. We’ve learned today that “True Detective” actor Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) has been cast in the role of Rainbird, a powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. The story centers on a young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Firestarter will be directed by Keith Thomas whose incredible genre film The Vigil will be released this month. Scott Teems (Halloween Kills) will be both writing and executive producing. Martha De Laurentiis who served as an associate producer for the 1984 film that starred Drew Barrymore will also executive produce. Jason Blum and Academy Award-winner Akiva Goldsman are

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2021
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Heather Langenkamp Joins Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Series “The Midnight Club”

Mike Flanagan‘s upcoming Netflix series “The Midnight Club” continues to add to the cast that now includes Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp as an enigmatic doctor who runs this hospice for young adults. Langenkamp joins the cast that also stars Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel. Flagman shared the casting news via Twitter. As we barrel toward the start of production on @intrepid‘s new @netflix series THE MIDNIGHT CLUB, based on the work of Christopher Pike, I’m honored and thrilled to announce our cast: Portraying the titular club of terminally ill young adults is an amazing group of young actors. The Midnight Club is made up of Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard and Sauriyan Sapkota. And joining them… I’m thrilled to welcome back some familiar faces as Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel join the

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2021
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Full Cast Announced For Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” Netflix Series

Netflix’s has now announced the full cast for the upcoming series adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s comic book “The Sandman“. The most recent additions to the cast include Tom Sturridge (Velvet Buzzsaw) who will play Dream. Gwendoline Christi (“Game of Thrones”) who will play Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong (“The Witches”) who will play Lucienne, chief librarian and trusted guardian of Dream’s realm. Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) will play magician and blackmailer Roderick Burgess. Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”) will star as The Corinthian, an escaped nightmare who wishes to taste all that the world has in store. Asim Chaudhry will play Abel with Sanjeev Bhaskar playing as Cain, Variety reports. For the last thirty-three years, the ‘Sandman’ characters have breathed and walked around and talked in my head. I’m unbelievably happy that now, finally, they get to step out of my head and into reality,” Gaiman said. “I can’t wait until the people out there get to see what we’ve been seeing as

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021

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Milla Jovovich & Dave Bautista Starring In Paul W.S. Anderson’s “In The Lost Lands” Adaptation

Paul W.S. Anderson brought monsters to life in the film adaptation of Monster Hunter. Now the director is taking us on a new journey with the adaptation of “Game of Thrones” creator George R. R. Martin‘s tale In the Lost Lands. Milla Jovovich (Monster Hunter) reunites with Anderson for the movie that will also star former wrestler turned actor Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy, Army of the Dead) Deadline reports. “The movie will follow a queen, desperate to obtain the gift of shapeshifting, who makes a daring play: she hires the sorceress Gray Alys (Jovovich), a woman as feared as she is powerful. Sent to the ghostly wilderness of the ‘Lost Lands’, Alys and her guide, the drifter Boyce (Bautista), must outwit and outfight man and demon in a fable that explores the nature of good and evil, debt and fulfillment, love and loss.” Anderson will direct from the script he wrote, based on Martin’s story. Jeremy Bolt (Resident

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Mar 1, 2021
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New Trailer For Netflix’s New Dark Fantasy Series “Shadow And Bone”

The release date for Netflix’s upcoming series “Shadow and Bone” was revealed today along with the second teaser trailer. The series, an adaptation of the best-selling Grishaverse novels, is set in a war-torn world where Alina Starkov has just discovered a power that could be the key to setting her country free. With the threat of the Shadow Fold looming, Alina is torn from everything she knows to train as part of an elite army of magical soldiers known as Grisha. As she struggles to hone her power, she discovers that allies and enemies can be one and the same and that nothing in this world is what it seems. There are dangerous forces at play, including a crew of charismatic criminals, and it will take more than magic to survive. Lee Toland Krieger directs the series that stars Jessie Mei Li (Alina Starkov) along with Archie Renaux (Malyen Oretsev), Kit Young (Jesper Fahey), Freddy Carter (Kaz Brekker), Amita Suman

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 27, 2021
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Movie Adaptation Of “Werewolves Within” Game Hunts Down A 2021 Release Date

IFC Films has sunk its teeth into the modern-day werewolf whodunnit Werewolves Within starring Sam Richardson (“Veep”) and Milana Vayntrub of “This Is Us”. Directed by Josh Ruben (Scare Me), Werewolves Within was written by best-selling author Mishna Wolff (I’m Down), based on the virtual reality video game by Ubisoft. In the film, “After a proposed gas pipeline creates divisions within the small town of Beaverfield, and a snowstorm traps its residents together inside the local inn, newly arrived forest ranger FINN (Sam Richardson) and postal worker Cecily (Milana Vayntrub) must try to keep the peace and uncover the truth behind a mysterious creature that has begun terrorizing the community.” The ensemble cast also includes George Basil (Crashing), Sarah Burns (“Barry”), Michael Chernus (Tommy), Catherine Curtin (“Orange Is the New Black”), Wayne Duvall (The Hunt), Harvey Guillén (What We do in the Shadows), Rebecca Henderson (Russian Doll), Cheyenne Jackson (“30 Rock”), Michaela Watkins (Brittany Runs a Marathon), and Glenn Fleshler

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 26, 2021
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Deadpool And Zombieland Writers Making New ‘Twisted Metal’ TV Series

Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions are teaming up to develop a new live-action series based on the Twisted Metal video game franchise. And get this, the series is from Deadpool and Zombieland writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese, as well as “Cobra Kai” writer Michael Jonathan Smith. First released back in 1995, Twisted Metal gave players the opportunity to pick a ride and fight rivals using a plethra of weapons found in the arena of their choice The one player left standing deemed the winner. The ultra-violent violent original went on to spawn several sequels. Variety describes the series as an action-comedy about a “motor-mouthed outsider” who is offered a chance at a better life, but they first must deliver a mysterious package across a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Joining forces with a “trigger-happy” car thief, the central character of the series will face off against drivers of armed vehicles, including one driven by a deranged clown. Will Arnett is rumored

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021
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Watch The Action Packed Trailer For ‘SAS: Red Notice’ Starring Sam Heughan & Ruby Rose

Vertical Entertainment is gearing up to unleash director Magnus Martens’ action-thriller SAS: Red Notice this March. This action-packed thrill ride centers on “Tom Buckingham (Sam Heughan), a special forces operator, who is taking Dr. Sophie Hart from London to Paris to propose. When their train is deep inside the Channel Tunnel, Grace Lewis (Ruby Rose) and her team of heavily armed war criminals seize the train and hold hundreds of passengers hostage. Grace threatens to expose the British government’s darkest secrets and blow up the Channel Tunnel if her ransom demands are not met. Unarmed and cut off from his counter-terror team, Tom is the only hope that Sophie and the other passengers have to make it out alive.” SAS, also starringAndy Serkis, was written by Laurence Malkin, Joe Simpson, Kwesi Dickson, and former SAS operator Andy McNab who is also the author of the best-selling novel the movie is based on SAS: Red Notice arrives On Demand on March

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 23, 2021
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Edgar Wright Adapting Stephen King’s ‘The Running Man’

The Stephen King adaptations just keep coming, not that we’re complaining. The newest adaptation on its way is The Running Man, which will be developed and directed by Last Night in Soho‘s Edgar Wright for Paramount. Michael Becall (Inglorious Bastards, 21 Jump Street) will be writing the script, which will more closely follow King’s book than the 1987 adaptation that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger did. The 1982 book, published under King’s pseudonym, Richard Bachman, follows protagonist Ben Richards as he participates in the game show “The Running Man” that features contestants being chased by “Hunters” out to kill them. Simon Kinberg, Audrey Chon, and Nira Park are producing the feature. Here’s a look back at the trailer for The Running Man (1987).

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 21, 2021
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“Game Of Thrones” Duo Cast As Leads In New “The Last Of Us” HBO Series Adaptation

Naughty Dog’s extremely popular zombie game “The Last of Us” is getting a new series adaptation for HBO. The lead character of Ellie has now been cast with “Game of Thrones” actress Bella Ramsey to play the teenager who may be the key to the cure for the horrible pandemic. Ramsey will star opposite her fellow “Game of Thrones” alum Pedro Pascal who will play Joel. “The Last of Us” is “set twenty years after modern civilization has been destroyed. Joel, a hardened survivor, is hired to smuggle Ellie, a 14-year-old girl, out of an oppressive quarantine zone. What starts as a small job soon becomes a brutal, heartbreaking journey, as they both must traverse across the U.S. and depend on each other for survival.” Neil Druckmann, the game’s creator and writer is on board to co-write and produce along with Craig Mazin (Chernobyl). Sony Pictures Television, PlayStation Productions, Naughty Dog, and Word Games, will also produce the series whose

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 11, 2021
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“True Detective’s” Michael Greyeyes Joins The Cast Of ‘Firestarter’

Back in September, we reported that a new adaptation from Universal of Stephen King’s iconic novel Firestarter was on its way. Things have been quiet for a few months, but today we have an update that confirms the movie is moving along. We’ve learned today that “True Detective” actor Michael Greyeyes (Wild Indian, Rutherford Falls) has been cast in the role of Rainbird, a powerful man who has been pushed into a violent life. The story centers on a young girl develops pyrokinetic abilities and is abducted by a secret government agency that wants to harness her powerful gift as a weapon. Firestarter will be directed by Keith Thomas whose incredible genre film The Vigil will be released this month. Scott Teems (Halloween Kills) will be both writing and executive producing. Martha De Laurentiis who served as an associate producer for the 1984 film that starred Drew Barrymore will also executive produce. Jason Blum and Academy Award-winner Akiva Goldsman are

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 10, 2021
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Heather Langenkamp Joins Mike Flanagan’s Netflix Series “The Midnight Club”

Mike Flanagan‘s upcoming Netflix series “The Midnight Club” continues to add to the cast that now includes Nightmare on Elm Street star Heather Langenkamp as an enigmatic doctor who runs this hospice for young adults. Langenkamp joins the cast that also stars Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard, Sauriyan Sapkota, Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel. Flagman shared the casting news via Twitter. As we barrel toward the start of production on @intrepid‘s new @netflix series THE MIDNIGHT CLUB, based on the work of Christopher Pike, I’m honored and thrilled to announce our cast: Portraying the titular club of terminally ill young adults is an amazing group of young actors. The Midnight Club is made up of Adia, Igby Rigney, Ruth Codd, William Chris Sumpter, Aya Furukawa, Annarah Shephard and Sauriyan Sapkota. And joining them… I’m thrilled to welcome back some familiar faces as Zach Gilford, Samantha Sloyan, and Matt Biedel join the

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 2, 2021
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Full Cast Announced For Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman” Netflix Series

Netflix’s has now announced the full cast for the upcoming series adaptation of Neil Gaiman‘s comic book “The Sandman“. The most recent additions to the cast include Tom Sturridge (Velvet Buzzsaw) who will play Dream. Gwendoline Christi (“Game of Thrones”) who will play Lucifer, Vivienne Acheampong (“The Witches”) who will play Lucienne, chief librarian and trusted guardian of Dream’s realm. Charles Dance (“Game of Thrones”) will play magician and blackmailer Roderick Burgess. Boyd Holbrook (“Narcos”) will star as The Corinthian, an escaped nightmare who wishes to taste all that the world has in store. Asim Chaudhry will play Abel with Sanjeev Bhaskar playing as Cain, Variety reports. For the last thirty-three years, the ‘Sandman’ characters have breathed and walked around and talked in my head. I’m unbelievably happy that now, finally, they get to step out of my head and into reality,” Gaiman said. “I can’t wait until the people out there get to see what we’ve been seeing as

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jan 28, 2021
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