Tatiana Siegel Did Warner Bros. get spooked? The studio is looking to jettison its horror film “Salem’s Lot” to Max, sources say. Warner Bros.
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So what’s up next for James Wan after “Aquaman And The Lost Kingdom” finally hits theaters this December? According to EW (via THR), Wan’s Atomic Monster banner will produce a live-action “Gargoyle” series for Disney+. And while Wan won’t direct the series, one of his close cohorts will: Gary Dauberman, who’s worked with Wan on several installments in “The Conjuring” cinematic universe.
Tatiana Siegel Did Warner Bros. get spooked? The studio is looking to jettison its horror film “Salem’s Lot” to Max, sources say. Warner Bros.
Zee-Sony Merger Back On Track
As the year comes to a close, one of the biggest stories of 2023 so far is what we call Marvel TV Reckoning. Essentially, the story was Marvel Studios finally recognizing their TV process was broken; they had to stop and rethink it all.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Walt Disney Studios has removed “Magazine Dreams,” a dark drama starring Jonathan Majors off of the release calendar. The film, which Disney’s subsidiary Searchlight Pictures purchased out of Sundance, was slated to premiere on Dec. 8.
Warner Bros. is shaking up their release schedule and just announced a new release date for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom.
EXCLUSIVE: The kids podcast world is booming, according to a new report.
Will “Black Doves” be Netflix‘s answer to James Bond and John Le Carré? Variety reports that Ben Whishaw and Sarah Lancashire join Keira Knightley on the cast of the streamer’s upcoming spy series, which sounds like perfect fare for those who love shaken martinis and suave espionage in equal measure. READ MORE: ‘The Lazarus Project’ TV Review: Joe Barton’s Clever Sci-Fi Import Puts A New Spin On An Old Concept Set in Christmastime London, the spy thriller follows Knightley’s Helen Webb, a politician’s wife and professional spy who’s spent years passing on her husband’s secrets to the shadowy organization she works for.
James Wan has been trying to bring Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom back to calmer waters.
Earlier this month, a bombshell report was published about Aquaman 2 (aka Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom) which featured numerous rumors.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom” director James Wan told Empire magazine for a new cover story that the reshoot process on his latest DC tentpole was not out of the ordinary, despite many reports claiming post-production on the sequel was a disaster and required at least three rounds of reshoots. “We probably did seven or eight days,” Wan clarified about the reshoots, “which is nothing for a movie of this size. It was just spread out because it’s so hard to get your actors back once you’ve finished the initial shoot.” Wan previously addressed the reshoot rumors in an Entertainment Weekly interview, saying, “We have big actors in this movie, and everyone’s schedule is really hard,.
James Wan’s “Aquaman & The Lost Kingdom” is going to be the final film from the DCEU (DC Extended Cinematic Universe) and is expected to be the last outing for actor Jason Momoa as the titular superhero (reports suggest he may play the character Lobo somewhere in James Gunn’s DC Studios or directly in “Superman: Legacy”). As things wind down, there have been multiple reports and online rumors that pointed toward another haphazard DC production, leading to multiple cuts and extensive reshoots.
New Line’s The Nun II, one of the few bright spots at the fall box office rocked by the actors strikes, will hit Max on Oct. 27. That premiere date is after the pic’s 50-day theatrical window.
Disney‘s upcoming live-action remake of Hercules.Guy Ritchie, who directed Disney’s billion-dollar hit remake of Aladdin, will be helming the new Hercules adaptation, while Avengers: Endgame‘s the Russo brothers are on board to produce.No casting details have yet been revealed, but numerous rumours have been circulating the internet for a number of years now.Most recently, it was reported by DisInsider that the expectation is for DeVito to reprise the role of Phil, the half-man, half-goat trainer of Hercules.The outlet said: “Let me dive in by giving you all a little ‘rumour of the week’, while nothing is confirmed at this time, the expectation is the studio will bring back DeVito as Phil.”Disney has adapted a number of its classcis into live-action movies in recent years, but the studio has typically opted to bring in new talent for the reboots. There was one notable exception with James Earl Jones, who voiced Mufasa in both the animated version of The Lion King and the 2019 live-action remake.DeVito could now become the second exception to the rule, with the actor himself already expressing a keen interest in reprising his role.When asked if he’d return to the franchise during the WIRED Autocomplete Interview last year, he joked: “I am the live-action Hercules.
We have our first look at Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai in the upcoming live action Avatar: The Last Airbender series!
Joe Otterson TV Reporter Netflix is offering a fiery new look at the upcoming “Avatar: The Last Airbender” live-action series. The streamer has released new first look photos of multiple Fire Nation characters, specifically: Daniel Dae Kim as Fire Lord Ozai (see below), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee as General Iroh (above), Ken Leung as Commander Zhao (see below), and Elizabeth Yu as Princess Azula (see below). Netflix also presented a new image of Dallas Liu as Prince Zuko (see below).
BreAnna Bell Disney’s “Goosebumps” series scared up solid opening figures after premiering its debut episode at NYCC on Friday, delivering 4.2 million total views in its first three days of availability streaming on Hulu and Disney+. With the release of the first five episodes, Disney’s touting the launch as Disney Branded Television’s most-watched season premiere of the year on both Disney+ and Hulu and its biggest streaming season premiere since “Monsters at Work” debuted in 2021. Based on the popular books by R.L.
A live-action reboot of the mid-90s animated television series Gargoyles is in early development at Disney+, Deadline has confirmed. The project hails from Annabelle writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster.
Joe Otterson TV Reporter “Gargoyles” could finally be returning to television, with a live-action reboot series currently in the works at Disney+. Variety has confirmed that the Disney streaming service is working with writer Gary Dauberman and James Wan‘s Atomic Monster to develop a live-action version of the beloved animated show. Dauberman would serve as writer and executive producer with Wan also executive producing.
Ed Meza @edmezavar Federation Kids & Family is unveiling a new animated series at MipJunior as part of a strong lineup of toon series and live-action series. “The New Adventures of the Triplets,” by Nicole Lambert, is an animated show aimed at 3-to-6-year-old kids that chronicles the comic escapades of three loveable children — each of whom has his or her own way of looking at the world.
Ever since video games became a mainstream form of entertainment, so many games and characters have reached icon status, many of which have later been adapted to live-action movies and TV shows.