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EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a hot one for action aficionados. Gerard Butler (Greenland) is eyeing the starring role in heist thriller movie Just Watch Me, which John Wick creator and Nobody scribe Derek Kolstand is set to script from the novel by Jeff Lindsay (Dexter).

EXCLUSIVE: Alcon Television Group has stepped up with a preemptive bid to snap up the rights to the Battle Chasers fantasy comic book series from prolific comic book artist Joe Madureira, which will be developed as a live-action TV series with John Wick creator Derek Kolstad attached to write and executive produce. The pact comes on the heels of the recent announcement that the popular comic series will return with a 10th installment after a 20-year hiatus.

Shortcomings” for Roadside Attractions that’s based on a graphic novel, and he was most recently seen in Marvel’s Disney+ series “WandaVision.” Brown stars on “This Is Us,” and he recently signed on to star in “Coyote Blue,” another action thriller from “John Wick” writer Derek Kolstad. Sterling K.

Sterling K. Brown is attached to star in action thriller, Coyote Blue.

Amazon Studios has landed the rights to a pitch, “Coyote Blue.” The action film will be written by Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind “John Wick” and “Nobody,” with “This is Us” Emmy-winner Sterling K. Brown attached to star.

Bob Odenkirk's new action revenge-thriller Nobody was a somebody at the weekend box office, opening to a pleasing $6.7 million domestically as more theaters in Los Angeles and the rest of West Coast reopen.

There’s a great axiom when it comes to success in Hollywood; a saying which remains true through good times and bad, even at a moment when streaming is stepping on theatrical’s feet, and that is “Talent rules.”

If you co-directed the first “John Wick” movie and then departed that franchise to helm actioners like “Deadpool 2” and “Atomic Blonde,” but still wanted a toe-hold in the “John Wick” universe, Universal’s new action movie “Nobody” seems like the perfect fit.

Derek Kolstad, the creator and writer of the first two “John Wick” movies, is not involved in the upcoming fourth and fifth instalments of the franchise.

EXCLUSIVE: Derek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the John Wick series, is collaborating with Amazon Studios to develop a live-action feature film based on the iconic Japanese action-horror manga Hellsing.

While everyone was busy arguing what the next “Game of Thrones” might be, the answer seems to have been under our noses all along — “Dungeons & Dragons.” We already knew that a feature film based on the insanely popular fantasy tabletop role-playing game was in the works, but now “John Wick” creator and writer Derek Kolstad has been tapped to write a potential series based on the “Dungeons & Dragons” franchise.

Eli Countryman Derek Kolstad, writer for the “John Wick” franchise, will write and develop a series pitch based around the popular game “Dungeons & Dragons,” Variety has confirmed.The game, which features dice, a dungeon master and an active use of the imagination, has encouraged fans across the world to host game nights and weave inventive stories of adventure.

Dino-Ray Ramos Associate Editor/ReporterGunpowder & Sky’s sci-fi label Dust is teaming with producer John Davis (Predator franchise, the upcoming Jungle Cruise) and Black Label Media (La La Land, Sicario) to develop time-hopping action pic Time Agent.

Dave McNary Film ReporterDerek Kolstad, the screenwriter behind the “John Wick” series, is collaborating with Davis Entertainment, Black Label Media and Gunpowder & Sky’s Dust for an adaptation of the South Korean short film “Time Agent.”Written and directed by Jude Chun, “Time Agent” was originally released by Dust in 2018 and follows an agent who travels to the past to save the future, by making barely-perceptible yet very influential alterations to the timeline.

With a fairly limited filmography behind the camera, Chad Stahelski has still become one of the most in-demand filmmakers working today. That’s thanks in no small part to his work on the three “John Wick” films.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: The partnership between the team behind the John Wick franchise continues as We are hearing Chad Stahelski is coming on to produce New Line’s remake of the 2010 South Korean Pic The Man From Nowhere, with Derek Kolstad penning the script. Stathelski directed all three John Wick films with Kolstad serving as writer.

Ubisoft is reportedly teaming up with Netflix to commission a Splinter Cell adaptation in the form of an anime series.According to a report by Variety, the show is being written and executive produced by Derek Kolstad, most notably known for his work on the John Wick franchise. The report details that sources have confirmed the show has been green-lit for two seasons and will be a 16 episode commitment.

Variety, an adaptation of Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell, the black-ops stealth video game (and famously the second-best Xbox game, lagging only behind Halo), is in the works at the streaming service. The game will be adapted as an adult animated series from Derek Kolstad, the creator and writer of the John Wick franchise, and therefore a guy who knows a thing or two about taking stealth operations to the screen.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNetflix and Ubisoft have teamed for an anime series adaptation of the video game “Splinter Cell”, Variety has learned.Derek Kolstad, best known for his work writing the “John Wick” film franchise, will serve as writer and executive producer on the series. According to sources, the series has received a two-season, 16 episode order at the streaming service.Netflix, Ubisoft, and reps for Kolstad declined to comment on the specifics of the deal.The first “Splinter Cell”

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: The bigscreen adaptation of the bestselling video game Just Cause has landed Michael Dowse as director. Dowse, whose work includes Stuber and Coffee & Kareem, has been set to helm the coproduction between Constantin Film and Prime Universe.Scripted by Derek Kolstad (The John Wick Trilogy), the film is produced by Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Prime Universe Film’s Adrian Askarieh, and Kolstad.

Keanu Reeves’ struggle to nail the title of the first John Wick movie prompted filmmakers to change the title.

Keanu Reeves‘ struggle to nail the title of the first John Wick movie prompted filmmakers to change the title.

Keanu Reeves has a lot of pull! The 2014 film John Wick, which became a franchise, was originally titled Scorn, but was changed because of the actor.

Keanu Reeves’ initial mistake turned out to be exactly the right call when it came to his massively popular action franchise, “John Wick”.

Keanu Reeves' initial mistake turned out to be exactly the right call when it came to his massively popular action franchise, .

"Marketing was like, 'Dude, that's four to five million dollars in free advertising so far'"

The John Wick movies have been hugely successful. Over the three movies, the box-office has seen nearly $600 million and we absolutely love them too. But, it seems that the original movie may have been called something else – it was reportedly changed to John Wick because Keabue Reeves kept getting the official title wrong.

John Wick wasn’t originally called John Wick at all, but something else entirely.

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Legendary Television has entered into a first-look deal with dj2 Entertainment, the production shingle behind the recent box office hit “Sonic the Hedgehog” which specializes in adapting video games for film and TV.

“Game of Thrones” alumna Nathalie Emmanuel is set to star opposite Kevin Hart and John Travolta in Quibi comedic action series “Die Hart (fka Action Scene).” Production begins this month in Atlanta.

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John Travolta is set to star opposite Kevin Hart in Quibi comedic action series Die Hart (fka Action Scene). Production starts Monday.

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