Hollywood isn’t done with reboots and re-imaginings. Paramount Pictures draws inspiration from Universal’s latest re-imagining of Snow White and the Huntsman and is set to take on Mark Twain’s 19th century tale of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. According to THR, [...]
Read moreChernin Entertainment and Gore Verbinski Tackle Futuristic Jungle Book Pitch
Peter Chernin’s Chernin Entertainment is about to acquire a yet untitled pitch by Dracula Year Zero and Clue scribes Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless. The pitch is described as a “futuristic Jungle Book” and Chernin has snagged Gore Verbinski (Pirates [...]
Read moreDAREDEVIL Relaunch Taps FRINGE Scribe For Frank Miller’s BORN AGAIN
Fox has tapped into the writing talent of Brad Caleb Kane, writer/ producer on Fox cult show Fringe, to bring some edge to the studio’s relaunch of Daredevil. As SciFi Mafia reported to you in March, Fox is going forward [...]
Read moreDavid Slade To Direct the New DAREDEVIL Movie for 20th Century Fox
A little over a year ago, we told you that 20th Century Fox was looking to develop a reboot of Daredevil, in order to retain the movie rights to Marvel Comics’ sightless superhero. News Corp VP Peter Chernin was on [...]
Read moreTERRA NOVA: David Fury Leaves Spielberg’s Prehistoric Drama, Stephen Lang Eyes Leading Role
Fox’s Terra Nova has lost producer David Fury (24, Lost). Fury was one of the prominent producers signed on to develop the prehistoric family drama with Steven Spielberg (Robopocalypse, Super 8), Brannon Braga (FlashForward, 24), Peter Chernin (Incognito, Rise of [...]
Read moreTERRA NOVA: Fox Delays Spielberg’s Dinosaurs Pushed To Fall 2011
Fox has pushed the prehistoric drama Terra Nova back to the fall of 2011 from its previous spot to air midseason between the 2010 and 2011 seasons. The Steven Spielberg-produced drama is about a group of humans transported from a [...]
Read moreA Touch Of Mars On TERRA NOVA
“Life On Mars” (US version) star, Jason O’Mara, is in talks to star in Steven Spielberg’s television series “Terra Nova”. This Fox series will premiere thirteen episodes midway through in the 2010-2011 season and follows the Shannon family who travels [...]
Read moreEscapist Director May Be Monkeying Around With Fox’s Planet Of The Apes
Back in January we told you that Fox had turned the Planet of the Apes reboot project over to producer Peter Chernin and hired writer Jamie Moss to revise Frank’s version, in addition to bringing scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda [...]
Read morePew Pew – Atari’s MISSLE COMMAND To Become Live-Action Movie
Break out your quarters, or hook up your Atari and blow off the cartridges! According to the LA Times, Atari is holding active discussions with a number of studios over the possibility of bringing 1980s arcade title Missile Command to [...]
Read morePLANET OF THE APES Reboot Of The Reboot Still In The Works
Back in 2001, Tim Burton rebooted Planet of the Apes and now it seems that the reboot of the reboot may be moving forward. Twentieth Century Fox is eager to get a new film underway. Sources close to the [...]
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