Ten Upcoming Horror Movies Waiting to Scare You, Film Development for 10/30/14, Pee-Wee Herman Returns

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What’s Around That Dark Corner? ‘Jessabelle’ and Nine Other Upcoming Horror Movies Waiting to Scare You

Studios flood the month of October with films meant to scare audiences. Producers may find it harder and harder to fund mid-level dramas, but when it comes to horror films, they’re being backed more often, and with sound reason. (SSN)

Film Development for 10/30/14: Marvel News, Lord and Miller Back For ‘LEGO’ Sequel, Luke Evans Signs for ‘Free Fire’ and More

Marvel’s new Black Panther and Captain Marvel films make the cut, as do the graphic novel adaptation Polar and Spielberg’s The BFG. (SSN)

TODAY’S HEADLINES

Pee-Wee Herman Will Be On the Big Screen Again

Details are few and far between, but star Paul Reubens has confirmed that it is going to happen, it’s going to start shooting in February, and that Judd Apatow will produce it. (MF)

AMC Employs Itself a ‘Night Manager,’ With Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie On Board

Cable network wins bidding war for the mini-series, based on the John Le Carré thriller, with David Farr adapting what cold be a six or eight-part run. (THR)

Open Road Films Goes Global, Seals a Pact With FilmNation Entertainment

Distributor of this weekend’s Nightcrawler expanding into the international sales and distribution business after inking a strategic partnership with Glen Basner’s shingle. (DH)

More Positive News For Open Road: Company Is Dropped From Sarah Jones Lawsuit

Gregg Allman, the subject of the Midnight Rider biopic, is also excused from the suit, which was filed in May against the film’s director, producers, some of its crew. (VAR)

We Know Christian Bale Will Play Steve Jobs in the ‘Jobs’ Biopic, But Guess Who’s Playing Steve Wozniak!

If you guessed that Seth Rogen will play the Apple co-founder in the film, to be directed by Danny Boyle from Aaron Sorkin’s script, then you nailed it. (TV)

Dev Patel Is Joining Hugh Jackman and Nicole Kidman to Take On a ‘Lion’

Slumdog Millionaire star will play a street kid from Calcutta who finds a new home with an Australian couple, played by Jackman and Kidman, for the TWC movie, based on a Vanity Fair article. (EMP)

First Look — ‘Terminator: Genisys’

The reboot of the billion dollar franchise, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jai Courtney, Emilia Clarke, Jason Clarke and Matt Smith, opens July 3, 2015. (EW)

Online Film School: Clive Barker’s Six Tips for Filmmakers

The horror legend has only directed three features in his career, the most recent of which, Lord of Illusions, was released in 1995. (FSR)