The director of some of the best episodes of
Breaking Bad and
Game of Thrones had been rumored to be in the running, and now has officially landed the gig and will develop the script with the project’s writers.
(IW)
The official announcement will apparently come next week, but an inside source is saying that the classic villain is being reborn in the new, rebooted, Daniel Craig-led Bond Universe.
(BC)
A week after being put into turnaround, the project with a script by Aaron Sorkin and with Danny Boyle attached to direct and Michael Fassbender and Seth Rogen to star, finds a new home.
(TOH)
Author J.K. Rowling adapted the script from her own story and has, in the words of producer David Heyman, turned in a “wonderful script.” David Yates will direct the project, which will shoot next year.
(LR)
The British network has set Charlie Higson to plot a new take on the tale, moving the story forward several decades to the 1930s, and focusing on the original Jekyll’s grandson, Robert.
(EMP)
ABC has picked up a full season of the rookie sitcom, starring Mexican-American comedian Cristela Alonzo as a law school graduate who’s trying to become an attorney while balancing the demands of her family.
(VAR)
Emily Kapnek, the creator of the short-lived ABC sitcom, tweeted that the online streaming service will pick up the remaining episodes for fans to watch.
(DH)
Israeli animator Ari Folman, who earned an Oscar nomination for his film
Waltz With Bashir, about his time in the 1982 Lebanon War, has expressed interest in doing the Chilean director’s legendary, unfilmed vision of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi novel.
(DOG)
The actor plays Blackbeard in the Peter Pan re-telling, directed by Joe Wright and also starring Garrett Hedlund. The film will be released July 17th, 2015.
(EW)
At age 83, the French filmmaking legend remains a tireless essayist of the medium, constantly provoking , questioning and challenging, searching for new ways to redefine and deconstruct what makes cinema work.
(FSR)