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Joe Otterson TV ReporterCliff Curtis has signed with Verve for representation, Variety has learned exclusively. Curtis continues to be repped by Anonymous Content.The New Zealand-born actor is known for his roles in films like “Training Day,” “The Dark Horse,” “Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw,” “Whale Rider,” “Doctor Sleep,” and “Sunshine.” Curtis also starred for multiple seasons in the AMC series “Fear the Walking Dead.”On the horizon, Curtis will be seen in the highly-anticipated sequel “Avatar 2,” with Curtis also set to appear in both “Avatar 3” and “Avatar 4,” both of which are in various stages of production.He most recently appeared in the Lisa Joy film “Reminiscence” alongside Thandiwe Newton and Hugh Jackman.

Ella Purnell, who plays Jackie on “Yellowjackets,” will star opposite Walton Goggins in the upcoming “Fallout” TV series at Amazon, TheWrap has learned.It’s based on the video game series of the same name, which launched in 1997, and is set in 2077 after a global thermonuclear war. No details about Purnell’s character are confirmed at this time.

Yellowjackets‘ Ella Purnell is set to headline Fallout, Prime Video’s series adaptation of the bestselling game franchise. The series comes from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, with Nolan set to direct the premiere. Purnell joins previously cast lead Walton Goggins.

Amazon is looking to turn IP television into appointment viewing. The streamer is about to debut “Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power” in September and is already looking to take high-profile video game franchises like “Fallout” and “Mass Effect” into live-action brands.

Walton Goggins is set as a lead in Fallout, Prime Video’s series adaptation of the bestselling game franchise, which comes from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, with Nolan set to direct the premiere.

Jeffrey Wright has an update on Westworld‘s fourth season which has been delayed due to Covid-19. The HBO series’ Season 3 concluded on May 3, 2020.

EXCLUSIVE: The Farewell and Honey Boy producer Kindred Spirit is expanding with the appointment of Sam Intili who joins the company as Head of Creative after departing Animal Kingdom.

Over at HBO, the network is diving into the post-apocalyptic video game adaptation business with the upcoming TV series “The Last of Us.” Not to be outdone, it appears Amazon is ready to get the ball officially rolling on its own post-apocalyptic video game adaptation with “Fallout,” and the streaming platform thinks Jonathan Nolan is the right Nolan to direct.

EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video’s series adaptation of worldwide bestselling game franchise Fallout, from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films, is coming together. Nolan is set to direct the premiere of the series, which is slated to begin production in 2022. Geneva Robertson-Dworet (Captain Marvel) and Graham Wagner (Silicon Valley) have come aboard as showrunners.

British actress Thandiwe Newton has been making a career tackling genre projects with roles like Maeve in HBO‘s “Westworld,” the female lead in John Woo‘s “Mission: Impossible 2,” “The Chronicles of Riddick,” Guy Ritchie‘s gangster comedy “RockNRolla,” “Interview with the Vampire,” and now reunites with “Westworld’s” Lisa Joy for the new feature, “Reminiscence.” READ MORE: ‘Solo’: Thandiwe Newton Says Val Wasn’t Supposed To Die In The ‘Star Wars’ Spinoff & Calls The Death “A Big, Big Mistake”

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterEven without the delta variant and Hurricane Henri keeping prospective moviegoers at home, a poorly reviewed post-apocalyptic noir wrapped in a love story may have been a tough sell in theaters.Movies aimed at older audiences have been particularly challenged at the box office in recent years, with more falling flat than not.

Westworld has revealed that “new worlds” are going to be explored in the upcoming season of the HBO hit sci-fi.Lisa Joy, who has worked on the show since it premiered in 2016, shared some insight on the fourth season on Deadline‘s Hero Nation podcast.“You’re going to see some new worlds that I think are really fun,” she said.Joy also confirmed that a cast member from her new film Reminiscence will also show up in the new season “in a funny way”.Minus the film’s stars Thandie Newton and Angela

EXCLUSIVE: Season 4 of Westworld, as we first told you, has returned to filming at the Melody Ranch in Santa Clarita, CA; and in a recent conversation with the co-creator of the HBO series, Lisa Joy, on Deadline’s Hero Nation podcast, we learned some more details on what’s bound to unfold. Joy joined us on Hero Nation to discuss her feature directorial debut Reminiscence which hits theaters and HBO Max on Friday.

Lisa Joy hardly needs an introduction. Having entered television as a writer on Bryan Fuller’s beloved series “Pushing Daisies,” Joy went on to write a whopping 19 episodes of “Burn Notice” before, in 2016, co-creating HBO’s “Westworld” with her husband, Jonathan Nolan.

Nostalgia is a lie, but it’s true that they don’t make studio movies quite like they used to. It’s a common lament that non-IP influenced, original screenplays, and movies with smart-thinking, sexy lead adults aren’t as supported by the major studios as they once were.

Thandiwe Newton gets a big hug from her daughter Nico Parker as they arrive at the premiere of Reminiscence held at TCL Chinese Theatre on Tuesday night (August 17) in Hollywood.

The cast and crew of Reminiscence kept their distance while attending the film’s UK premiere!

EXCLUSIVE: Deadline has learned that HBO’s fourth season of Westworld is back in production after a two-day shutdown due to a positive Covid test.

Westworld has halted production due to a case of coronavirus on set.As reported on Deadline, HBO is set to pause production on Lisa Joy’s sci-fi western drama series after a production member received a positive COVID test.Filming is set to pause for two days in line with continued coronavirus safety protocol measures.Westworld is the latest in a number of productions that have been forced to temporarily shut own due to positive COVID cases on set. American Horror Story, Bridgerton and Game Of

EXCLUSIVE: Alexandra Billings (Transparent) is set for a key recurring role in The Peripheral, Amazon’s upcoming original series from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films. Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor star in the sci-fi thriller drama, based on the bestselling novel by William Gibson.

Hugh Jackman in his latest film “Reminiscence” will take you on a journey through your memories — even if there’s a past you’d be best served to forget. “Reminiscence” comes from director and writer Lisa Joy, who co-created “Westworld” and cast Jackman as “a private investigator of the mind,” someone who helps his clients access lost memories and relive them and their emotions.

Hugh Jackman is diving into the world of lost memories in the new sci-fi thriller “Reminiscence”, the directorial debut feature of “Westworld” co-creator Lisa Joy.

Thanks to the critical success of their HBO show “Westworld,” Lisa Joy and her husband, Jonathan Nolan, are an ascendant power couple in the Hollywood landscape. Neither of them is a stranger to success and critical acclaim.

EXCLUSIVE: Louis Herthum (Westworld), Chris Coy (The Deuce), Melinda Page Hamilton (Messiah), Katie Leung (Annika) and Austin Rising (Alt) are set for recurring roles on The Peripheral, Amazon’s upcoming original series from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films. Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor star in the sci-fi thriller drama, based on the bestselling novel by William Gibson.

EXCLUSIVE: Craig Macneill and Clay Chapman, the duo behind SXSW horror film The Boy, have teamed up with Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films to develop a horror series at Amazon.

Updated: Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy’s feature directorial debut Reminiscence is going a week earlier on Aug. 20. Why? Essentially it prevents the film from playing right into Disney/Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings which should dominate Labor Day weekend (that is if that film stays theatrical). Reminiscence is also going day and date in theaters and on HBO Max.

EXCLUSIVE: One Night In Miami star Eli Goree is set as a lead opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor in Amazon’s sci-fi thriller drama The Peripheral, based on the bestselling novel by William Gibson, from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films.

Mónica Marie Zorrilla T’Nia Miller, JJ Feild, Charlotte Riley, Adelind Horan and Alex Hernandez have been cast in the Amazon series adaptation of the New York Times-bestselling William Gibson novel “The Peripheral” from “Westworld” creators Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy, Variety has learned.They join Jack Reynor, who stars in the lead role of Burton along with fellow cast members Chloë Grace Moretz and Gary Carr, with Moretz set to play Flynne and Carr set to play Wilf.

Amazon has set its cast for The Peripheral, its upcoming original series from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films. Charlotte Riley (A Christmas Carol), JJ Feild (Lost in Space), Adelind Horan (The Deuce), T’Nia Miller (The Haunting of Bly Manor) and Alex Hernandez (Bloodshot) have been cast as leads opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Jack Reynor in the sci-fi thriller drama, based on the bestselling novel by William Gibson.

Jack Reynor is set as a lead opposite Chloë Grace Moretz and Gary Carr in The Peripheral, Amazon’s upcoming original series from Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy’s Kilter Films.

Warner Bros. has set a Sept.

Warner Bros. has put Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy’s feature directorial debut Reminiscence back on the calendar after temporarily pulling it off; the Hugh Jackman sci-fi thriller set to hit theaters and the HBO Max service on Sept. 3, Labor Day weekend.

Warner Bros. is doing a minor massage to its release schedule for 2021. New Line’s Mortal Kombat, which I hear isn’t finished, is going on April 16, 2021 instead of Jan. 15. The Simon McQuiod directed feature adaptation of the videogame will have access to Imax screens.

“Reminiscence,” a film starring Hugh Jackman and directed by “Westworld” co-creator Lisa Joy, has been bumped from the Warner Bros. release slate, while the “Mortal Kombat” reboot has slid back by three months to fill that slot.“Mortal Kombat” will now open April 16, 2021 in IMAX, the same day that “Reminiscence” was meant to open.

If you’re a fan of either Jake Gyllenhaal or Denis Villeneuve, you know that both are creators working at the top of their game right now. You have Gyllenhaal taking some of the most interesting and challenging roles of his career, while Villeneuve is off making ambitious sci-fi epics such as “Dune.” But the two also work incredibly well together, even if it’s been a while since we’ve seen them collaborate.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterHBO has greenlit a limited series adaptation of the Jo Nesbø novel “The Son” with Jake Gyllenhaal attached to star and executive produce, Variety has learned.“The Son” is described as a tale of vengeance set amid Oslo’s brutal hierarchy of corruption. Gyllenhaal will executive produce under his Nine Stories Productions banner along with Riva Marker.