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Paramount Pictures has acquired the rights to best-selling novel, Nevermoor with Michael Gracey attached to direct the musical adaptation. Gracey is creating original music for the film with Drew Goddard adapting and producing alongside Sarah Esberg via their Goddard Textiles.

Back in the day, Sony Pictures and Drew Goddard (“The Cabin In The Woods,” “The Martian”) had once been developing a “Sinister Six” film during the Andrew Garfield era of the franchise. “The Amazing Spider-Man 2” ended with a tease for that project, but it ultimately didn’t happen as Sony shuttered that iteration of ‘Spider-Man’ and instead decided to reboot the franchise with Marvel Studios as the producers.

Marvel’s Daredevil appears to be making a comeback, three years after its cancellation by Netflix, ranking at No. 8 on Nielsen’s weekly U.S. streaming chart of originals for the period of Dec. 20-26.

Sequels are a tough sell in the horror genre. While there are some great ones every once in a blue moon, most of them are pretty terrible, including the recently released “Halloween Kills.” So, in honor of the terrible sequel issue, this episode of The Playlist Podcast is devoted to talking about horror films that didn’t get a sequel (and didn’t need a sequel) because they’re perfect just how they are.

Sony has tried multiple times to get a “Spider-Man” film franchise off the ground. And now, three separate times, it’s worked.

If you’re going to adapt a novel by “The Martian” author Andy Weir, also about an astronaut in space, and starring Ryan Gosling in his return to outer space, who better to help write the story than the man who already adapted “The Martian” in the first place? Drew Goddard is reportedly joining Phil Lord and Chris Miller for “Project Hail Mary.” READ MORE: Lord And Miller Are Finally Making A Space Movie, And They’re Taking Ryan Gosling With Them The Hollywood Reporter has the scoop on Goddard

Dino-Ray Ramos, Amanda N'Duka Cynthia Erivo has always been a talent to keep an eye on, but it was her role as Celie Harris in the Broadway production of The Color Purple which lit up the stage and caused everyone’s jaws to drop in awe — so much that she won a Tony Award for it.

Damon Lindelof has been spiritually linked to NBC’s “The Good Place” since its launch in 2016. Not only did Drew Goddard, an alum of Lindelof’s “Lost,” direct the pilot and serve as an executive producer, but creator Mike Schur had turned to “The Leftovers” and “Watchmen” showrunner for advice on how to craft a serialized comedy tackling subjects like philosophy, humanity and mortality.