Peter Landesman Tapped To Direct ‘The Last Battle’
Studiocanal and The Picture Company are handing the reins of The Last Battle to Concussion writer-director Peter Landesman. The production, with a script from Bryce Zabel, is set to bow this summer. (TB)
‘Sing 2′ Is Coming In 2020
Universal Pictures and Illumination announced Sing 2, the sequel to last holiday season’s box office hit, will arrive Christmas Day 2020. (EW)
Fox Buys ‘Skyward’ Spec From Joe Ballarini
Fox just picked up the Joe Ballarini spec Skyward about two families trying to escape to freedom over a wall. Producer Karen Rosenfelt and her Sunswept Entertainment has the project. (DH)
Bryan Singer To Direct Fox’s ‘X-Men’ Pilot
Bryan Singer has been attached to direct the pilot of Fox’s untitled live-action X-Men series from Burn Notice creator Matt Nix. (DAR)
Scientology Filmmaker Alex Gibney Prepping Roger Ailes Doc
Gibney’s independent project comes on the heels of Annapurna Pictures scooping up a pitch from writer Charles Randolph about the women who brought down the former Fox News chairman with accusations of sexual harassment. (THR)
Bleiberg Teams With Snowfall Films To Produce Mark L. Smith Script ‘Hardcourt’
Suzanne Lyons’ Snowfall Films and producer Robert Deege have teamed with Bleiberg Entertainment to produce Hardcourt, the latest feature from The Revenant scribe Mark L. Smith. (DH)
‘The Flash’ Movie Getting Page One Rewrite From ‘King Arthur’ Scribe
Harold will do a rewrite of the script while the studio is on the hunt for a new director with an aim to “take script in a different direction”. Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa both penned versions of the screenplay while they were attached. (COLL)
Zach Braff Comedy ‘Start-Up’ Gets Official Pilot Order At ABC
ABC has picked up two comedy pilots, one of which is the Scrubs alum’s new comedy Start-Up and an untitled single-camera comedy executive-produced by Daveed Diggs (black-ish, Hamilton). (TVL)
NBC Orders Pilot Based On Movie ‘What About Bob?’ With Female Twist
NBC has given a pilot order to What About Barb? a comedy based on the movie What About Bob? The single-cam comedy hails from writer Joe Port, who will serve as executive producer with Joe Wiseman. ABC Studios is producing. (VAR)