‘Wonder Woman’ Writer Jason Fuchs Boards Comic Book Adaptation ‘Lobo’
Warner Bros. and DC Entertainment have hired Wonder Woman writer Jason Fuchs to adapt their long-in-development action-fantasy film Lobo. Brad Peyton is attached to direct with Joel Silver and Akiva Goldsman producing. (VAR)
Michael Mann Launches Book Imprint; ‘Heat’ Prequel Novel A Priority
Writer-director Michael Mann has made a deal to launch Michael Mann Books. The imprint will generate a series of novels with a stable of writers and the properties will simultaneously be developed for film and television. (DH)
‘Gotham’ Renewed For Season 3 At Fox
The drama, starring Ben McKenzie, joins returning Fox series Empire, Scream Queens and the final season of Bones. (THR)
Bill Bellamy To Star In Fox’s Interracial Family Comedy Pilot
Bill Bellamy has landed the lead role in Fox’s untitled Chris Case comedy pilot. (TVL)
HBO Developing ‘High Rise’ Drama Series With The Firm & The Weinstein Company
HBO has put in development drama series High Rise, from Blue Valentine co-writer Cami DeLavigne, Jeff Kwatinetz’s The Firm and The Weinstein Company. (DH)
Frank Zappa’s House Can Be Yours For $9 Million
Alex Winter (Downloaded) and Bill and Ted fame, will introduce a Kickstarter campaign to help finance his movie about Frank Zappa’s life and music movie. (NYT)
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Trailer Buzz: ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
Ahead of its May 27th premiere, we’re getting another trailer for X-Men: Apocalypse, the followup to 2014’s Days of Future Past. (VER)