‘Twisted Metal’: Sony & ‘Deadpool’ Writers Bringing TV Series Based On Video Game Franchise To Life

Faith No More, Tomahawk and Mr Bungle has taken on the theme tune of much-loved cartoon Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles for a new video game.Titled Shredder’s Revenge, the arcade style game was announced by publishers Dotemu yesterday (March 10).Dotemu launched the game with a teaser trailer, featuring a new version of the theme tune with Patton on vocals.

FX has ordered a limited series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s New York Times bestselling debut novel Fleishman Is in Trouble. 

The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller, and is inspired by the infamous true story that unfolded in Kentucky in 1985.When investigators found the animal’s corpse, they were under no illusions about the cause of its death – with the 175 pound animal found next to a duffel bag that had been hurled stuffed from a drug smuggler’s plane while stuffed with cocaine.The drugs, which had an estimated value of $15 million, was thrown out of an airplane in by smuggler Andrew Thornton, who was

Natalie Oganesyan editorPassage Pictures is developing a TV series “Dream Girl” starring Inbar Lavi, who will also serve as producer. Inspired by Lavi’s own life, the project will be developed by the production company’s founder Uri Singer.“Inbar’s standout work in ‘Imposters’ really caught my eye, and after finding her to be a fellow Israeli making her way in the industry, it feels natural to partner with her on a story like this,” Singer said.

When the best-selling author, humorist and onetime stand-up Mishna Wolff decided to take part in the Women's Fellowship at Ubisoft Motion Pictures, she was really in it for the gameplay. "Honestly, I would have done it just for the free video games alone," jokes Wolff about the initiative by the movie arm of the video games publisher, which aims to foster fresh, and female, perspectives on video game adaptations.

Harry Potter video game will allow people to choose transgender characters, according to reports.The Warner Bros game Hogwarts Legacy will reportedly let gamers be able to change a character’s voice, body type, and gender when creating a customised character.According to reports by Bloomberg in the US, the feature - yet to be officially announced - will allow witches and wizards in Hogwarts to have masculine or feminine voice "no matter what their body looks like".It comes after JK Rowling

The creator of filmdom’s most famous wizard may have a thing or two to say regarding a report about an anticipated upcoming “Harry Potter” video game.

EXCLUSIVE: Mammoth Screen, the British producer behind series including The Serpent and Poldark, is developing a television drama based on the 18th Century slave uprising in Haiti.

Sienna Miller has shared her opinion on the recent Britney Spears documentary, saying she recognises the faces of individual paparazzo who once hounded and harassed her, too. Framing Britney Spears explores the pop singer’s rise to fame, her problematic treatment by the media, the legal conservatorship overseen by her father, and the growing #FreeBritney movement.

Nearly two years after the project was first announced, there’s an update on Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain‘s upcoming movie The Division!

Joe Otterson TV ReporterMike Tyson has come out strongly against the planned Hulu series based on his life, “Iron Mike.”The series, which was announced earlier on Thursday, has been given an eight-episode order at the streamer and is said to explore Tyson’s life and career in and out of the ring.“Hulu’s announcement to do an unauthorized mini-series of the Tyson story without compensation, although unfortunate, isn’t surprising,” Tyson posted on Instagram.

Red Notice director Rawson Marshall Thurber is set to direct Netflix’s feature adaptation of The Division, which is based on the popular video game, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain on board to star. Thurber comes on for David Leitch, who had to step down as director due to scheduling conflicts that included his action pic Bullet Train, that he is currently filming.

EXCLUSIVE: Virtual popstar Hatsune Miku is a hybrid of a real-life and digital performer. Starting off as a voice synthesizer, Miku has taken off and opened for Lady Gaga, performed all over the world and is part of the lineup for the upcoming Coachella festival. Now, she is getting her own animated series.

A reimagined Transformers animated series is coming to Nickelodeon. Nick and Hasbro’s Entertainment One have teamed to co-produce an original animated Transformers series, based on the iconic global property.

Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, a character created by author Walter Mosley, is getting another shot on television after Amblin Television signed up to develop a series.

Sony is reportedly adapting its Twisted Metal franchise into a TV series.According to Variety, the series will be live-action, and has been described as an action comedy. Deadpool writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick are set to executive produce the series, while Cobra Kai’s Michael Jonathan Smith has been named as writer.Actor Will Arnett is also slated to executive produce the show via his production company, Electric Avenue.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA live-action series adaptation of the “Twisted Metal” PlayStation game franchise is officially moving forward, Variety has learned.Sony Pictures Television and PlayStation Productions are developing a series based on the “Twisted Metal” vehicular combat games, the first of which was released in 1995.