Steve Pink Directing Sega ‘Rent A Hero’ Movie
Hot Tub Time Machine director Steve Pink has signed on to write and direct Rent a Hero, a film adaptation of the Sega video game title. (VAR)
‘Battlefield’ Video Game To Be Adapted As TV Series
Paramount TV and Anonymous Content have optioned the rights to the Battlefield video game property to adapt as a TV series. (DH)
Warner Bros., BuzzFeed Team For ‘Brother Orange’ Movie
Warner Bros is teaming up with BuzzFeed to bring the story of the internet phenomenon to the screen, and developing the project with Flagship Entertainment. (THR)
‘Finding Dory’ Passes ‘Captain America: Civil War’ As The Biggest Domestic Movie Of 2016
This weekend, Finding Dory surpassed Captain America: Civil War to become the highest-grossing domestic film of 2016. With an estimated $423 million to Captain America’s $406.2 million, Finding Dory is now the biggest movie of the year in North America. (EW)
Andrew Haigh’s ‘Lean On Pete’ Finds Its Lead In Charlie Plummer
The project has just found its lead in Charlie Plummer. The young actor will play Charley Thompson, a wayward teenager whose mother abandoned him as a newborn and whose father has just died. (IW)
Working Title Options Tamara Mellon’s ‘In My Shoes’
The prolific UK-based production company has optioned In My Shoes, the autobiography of Jimmy Choo co-founder Tamara Mellon, with a view to bringing the larger-than-life story to the big screen. (DH)
Disneyland Resorts Tease Upcoming Star Wars Land Experience in Tremendous New Image
Disneyland Resorts have been on a long crusade to get Star Wars Land, their largest ever single-themed expansion, finished and open. They are now teasing the arrival of the 14-acre experience with concept art. (COLL)
Colin Firth Will Indeed Be Back For The ‘Kingsman’ Sequel
Star Taron Egerton hinted that Firth would return for the upcoming sequel Kingsman: The Golden Circle, and now, thanks to an instagram post, it appears he’s back from the dead. (VUL)
Enjoy A Spidey Selfie From The Set Of ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’
Rookie Spider-Man Tom Holland took a photo in costume while hanging around on the set of next year’s hit. (FCC)