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Writer/producer/director Simon Kinberg has been able to play in some truly massive sandboxes over the course of his career, with the biggest perhaps being his time working on 20th Century Fox’s ‘X-Men’ universe. Recently, Kinberg has co-created his own universe in Apple TV+’s series, “Invasion,” which recently got picked up for a second season and is airing its first season finale on December 10.

How is Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige going to introduce mutants and the X-Men, specifically, to the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We don’t really have any idea, at this point. And when you talk to famed ‘X-Men’ franchise producer-filmmaker Simon Kinberg, he’s not sure either, but he’s willing to bet it’s going to be great, regardless.

Apple TV+ has renewed science-fiction series “Invasion” from Simon Kinberg and David Weil.The pickup comes ahead of Friday’s Season 1 finale. Set across multiple continents, “Invasion” follows an alien invasion through different perspectives around the world.

The aliens are back for more after Apple TV+ renewed Sam Neill-fronted drama series Invasion for a second season.

EXCLUSIVE: Lionsgate bought a whopper of a spec package in Wayland. In competition, Lionsgate took the spec script by Simon Kinberg off the table with a progress to production commitment to make the movie. Jessica Chastain will produce, and her The Eyes of Tammy Faye helmer Michael Showalter will direct. Production is eyed for next year.

Apple TV+ keeps launching big-budget dramas in the hope that one of them will take hold of viewers with the same strength as its Emmy-winning “Ted Lasso.” This year alone, there have been massive, star-studded productions like “The Mosquito Coast” and “Lisey’s Story,” and the general response from the populous has been a shrug.

Shamier Anderson is an up-and-coming actor who you may recognize from the show “Wynonna Earp” and films like “Race” or Netflix’s “Stowaway.” He’s been steadily building a following a is seemingly ready to break out over the course of the next year with some high-profile projects. In this episode of The Discourse, Shamier Anderson joins host Mike DeAngelo to talk about his role in the Apple TV+ series “Invasion” which hits the streamer on October 22.

Work together or die alone, that’s the motto of “The 355,” an action thriller about a dream team of spies, played by a formidable group of female stars, that come together in a hard-driving original approach to the globe-trotting espionage genre. The film is jampacked with names, Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penélope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan and Édgar Ramírez, all star.

EXCLUSIVE: Kevin Hart and director F. Gary Gray are set to team for the first time on Lift, a heist film that Netflix acquired last March as a spec script by Dan Kunka. Production will begin at the top of the year. The film is produced by Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon for Genre Pictures, Matt Reeves and Adam Kassan for 6th & Idaho, and Hart and Brian Smiley for HartBeat Productions.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVApple TV Plus released a trailer for “Invasion,” which launches Oct. 22 with it first three episodes.The new series hails from Simon Kinberg and David Weil and is set across multiple continents as citizens across the globe struggle to deal with the titular event, which at first presents as smaller and more manageable issues.“My fellow citizens of the world, what I have to say to you is not something I was ever prepared to say.

Alien invasions shows and movies aren’t exactly a rarity these days, but that hasn’t stopped Apple TV+ from offering a new take on the concept. “Invasion,” set to hit the streaming service this fall, hopes to find novelty in tracing the alien threat to human existence from a variety of perspectives that cuts across culture, class, and gender.

The televangelist biopic “The Eyes of Tammy Faye” is in theaters now and generating Oscar buzz for actress Jessica Chastain. Doing the press rounds to help promote her Toronto International Film Festival-premiering film, the actress recently spoke with host Josh Horowitz on his podcast Happy Sad Confused (listen below).

Apple TV+ unveiled the first teaser for its upcoming sci-fi drama series “Invasion”.

Update: Simon Kinberg’s femme action feature The 355 is no longer being released over MLK 2022, rather a week earlier, on Jan. 7.

EXCLUSIVE: The 20th Century Studios adaptation of the Mark Millar comic Starlight has just gotten a jolt of excitement. Joe Cornish, best known for directing Attack the Block, has signed on to write an direct the comic by Millar, the creator of Wanted, the Kingsman films, and Kick-Ass.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix continues to be aggressive in the material market, making a preemptive deal for the Dan Kunka script Lift, for Simon Kinberg’s Genre Pictures and Matt Reeves’ 6th & Idaho to produce. Genre’s Audrey Chon and 6th & Idaho’s Adam Kassan are also producing.

Nearly a year from the industry-wide production shutdown, Hollywood is plotting a major return to filming. The California Film Commission has revealed that 22 feature films have been selected for the latest round of tax credits under the state’s incentives program.

The Twilight Zone has been cancelled after two seasons.The show, which saw the Get Out filmmaker host and narrate the episodic anthology, ran for two seasons on CBS All Access.The news was confirmed at ViacomCBS’ investor presentation ahead of the launch of streaming service Paramount+ next month.“Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg and the entire production team truly reimagined The Twilight Zone for the modern age,” Paramount+ head of programming Julie McNamara said in a statement to The Hollywood

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterThe Jordan Peele reboot of “The Twilight Zone” will not be returning following its two-season run.“Jordan Peele, Simon Kinberg and the entire production team truly reimagined ‘The Twilight Zone’ for the modern age,” said Julie McNamara, Paramount Plus programming chief.

The second season of the reboot of The Twilight Zone was submitted for your approval, to borrow the famous phrase of original sci-fi creator Rod Serling. Apparently, there wasn’t enough approval, as sources have confirmed to Deadline that CBS All-Access won’t continue with the show for a third season.

Also Read: Stephen King, JJ Abrams Are Developing an Anthology Series of 'Tiny Horrors'King’s novel is set in a dystopian United States during the year 2025, in which the nation’s economy is in ruins and violence around the world is at an all-time high.

Edgar Wright is in negotiations to direct a new adaptation of Stephen King’s “The Running Man” for Paramount Pictures, an individual with knowledge of the situation told TheWrap.King first published the futuristic novel under his pseudonym Richard Bachman in 1982.

EXCLUSIVE: Paramount Pictures is making a deal with Edgar Wright to develop to direct a new adaptation of The Running Man, the futuristic novel by Stephen King that the author first published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. This won’t be a remake of the 1987 film that starred Arnold Schwarzenegger; the Baby Driver writer/director will co-write the story with Michael Bacall, and they will be much more faithful to King’s bestselling novel.  Bacall will write the script.

EXCLUSIVE: In the first major spec script deal of the new year, Sony Pictures has acquired an untitled action spec by Safe House scribe David Guggenheim. The writer developed it with Simon Kinberg, who’ll produce in a reteam from their work on the series Designated Survivor. I’m hearing the deal is high six figures.

Jessica Chastain ensured she and her The 355 co-stars shared in the film’s profits by becoming owners of the movie.The actress stars alongside Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Marion Cotillard, and Fan Bingbing in the American action spy film directed by Simon Kinberg.

EXCLUSIVE: The market for new material and big spec script vehicles proved strong last year despite the pandemic. First up to test if specs and packages pick right up will be Safe House scribe David Guggenheim and producer Simon Kinberg, the duo that previously teamed on the series Designated Survivor.

Jon Burlingame Composer Tom Holkenborg (“Mad Max: Fury Road”), also known as Junkie XL, is scoring the upcoming Universal spy thriller “The 355,” Variety has learned.Directed by Simon Kinberg (“Dark Phoenix”), the film features a powerhouse cast of women including Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger and Bingbing Fan. This marks Holkenborg’s first time working with Kinberg; Chastain is also one of the producers.

Earlier, I posted about the news that Cineworld (Regal Cinemas parent company) secured new funding to help the company survive for now, in hopes that 2021 will offer a new chance to reopen and attract customers to theaters. Well, about that.

Rebecca Rubin Film and Media ReporterUniversal’s “The 355,” a female-led heist thriller starring Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyong’o and Diane Kruger, has pushed its release date back a year.The movie was initially set to open in theaters on Jan. 15, 2021 and will now debut on Jan.

Justin Kroll Senior Film ReporterEXCLUSIVE: Simon Kinberg’s Genre Films and Amazon Studios have partnered to develop illustrated novella DNA (“Death Notification Agency”) following a competitive situation for the rights.

After becoming a cult classic and then an acclaimed rebooted series on Syfy, it was almost inevitable that “Battlestar Galactica” would eventually end up on the big screen. And though Peacock is developing a new TV series, it appears that Universal is ready to also work on a new film based on the sci-fi series.

Also Read: 'Ava' Film Review: Jessica Chastain's a Deadly Assassin in a Thriller That Misses the Target“X-Men” producer Simon Kinberg directs “The 355,” which also stars Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramírez. And Universal is releasing the film in theaters on January 15.Theresa Rebeck of NBC’s “Smash” and “Trouble” wrote the screenplay with Kinberg, and Chastain also produced the film along with her partner at Freckle Films Kelly Carmichael.

During the making of “X-Men: Dark Phoenix,” actor Jessica Chastain proposed an idea to director Simon Kinberg: what about a female-led spy film in the same spirit as the “Mission: Impossible” and “James Bond”? It didn’t take long for the idea to take hold, Kinberg agreeing to direct, Chastain to star and produce, and to grab many of her famous friends to star in the movie.

Female agents from around the globe join forces to save the world in the upcoming movie The 355 and the action-packed trailer has been released!

Will Thorne Staff WriterSimon Kinberg and David Weil’s Apple series “Invasion” has set its main cast.Apple TV Plus has cast “Jurassic World: Dominion” and “Peaky Blinders” star Sam Neill, “Wynnona Earp” alum Shamier Anderson and three others to star in the alien drama.“Invasion” follows an alien invasion through multiple perspectives around the world.

Idris Elba is set to star in a spy romance movie from Simon Kinberg, The Hollywood Reporter announced.