Award-winning VFX Vet Richard J. Cook to Crowd-source New Film
Richard J. Cook, the Visual Effects (VFX) veteran who has worked on Godzilla, Independence Day, and Star Trek, announced September 3 that he intends on crowd-sourcing funds for his new Sci-Fi action...
View ArticleMarvel On Screen: What We Know So Far
There’s been quite a bit of news surrounding Marvel Studios of late, so we’ve collected it all in one handy place. Casting news, behind-the-scenes shakeups, and more! Jessica Jones To begin with:...
View ArticleWEAVEWORLD to be Adapted for the CW
Clive Barker’s Weaveworld, a 1987 horror/fantasy novel, is being developed into a drama series by the CW according to Deadline. The show is described as giving a modern makeover to the novel. For...
View ArticleCross Tapped for ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK Reboot
Neil Cross, creator of the BBC crime series Luther, will pen 20th Century Fox’s remake of Escape from New York. The original 1981 movie, which was set in the future 1997, was set in a dystopian...
View ArticleEMERALD CITY Finds its Wizard of Oz
The Hollywood Reporter has learned that Vincent D’Onofrio will play the Wizard of Oz in Emerald City. As we reported before, Emerald City is a 10-episode straight-to-series Wizard Of Oz drama,...
View ArticleAGENT CARTER Season Two Cast Grows
Through a THR exclusive, we have learned that Kurtwood Smith has been cast in a major recurring role in ABC’s Agent Carter. Smith (Robocop, That ‘70s Show) will play Vernon Masters, “a veteran of the...
View ArticleNetflix Continues to Make Moves
Netflix has been in the spotlight lately. To encapsulate all the latest news and updates from and about the streaming service, here’s a roundup! Netflix and Marvel The streaming service has a...
View ArticleHIGHER POWER Partners Content and DEFY
Lorenzo di Bonaventura’s sci-fi feature film Higher Power has found a new distribution partner, giving Content Media worldwide sales rights. According their press release, Content Media closed a deal...
View ArticleFrom Abraham to Vanessa, VAN HELSING Comes to Syfy
Syfy has acquired Van Helsing, a 13-episode sci-fi series from Nomadic Pictures. The series begins production in January 2016 in Vancouver, BC, slated for a fall 2016 premiere. Neil LaBute serves as...
View ArticleTHE SIX BILLION DOLLAR MAN Secures Release Date
Dimension Films has slated The Six Billion Dollar Man, starring Mark Wahlberg, for a December 22, 2017 release. SciFi4Me previously reported on the film’s initial reboot pick up. Since then, Damián...
View ArticleMILES Comes to the Big Screen
From a Deadline exclusive, we have learned that Lakeshore Entertainment and David S.Goyer’s Phantom Four banner are teaming to produce the feature project Miles. This feature will be based on the...
View ArticlePascal Picks Up ATHENA
Deadline has revealed in an exclusive that Amy Pascal has just acquired Michael Diliberti’s pitch Athena. Athena is the story of a troubled young woman who is recruited by a covert agency and learns...
View ArticleANDROID Cast Grows, Adds Olga Kurylenko
As the American Film Market kicks off, Deadline has learned that Olga Kurylenko will star in Fortitude International’s Android. Set on a lonely spaceship orbiting Neptune, Android is the story of Mason...
View ArticlePhilippa Boyens Set to Adapt THE MERLIN SAGA
Through a Deadline exclusive we have learned that Disney has set Philippa Boyens to write a screenplay adaptation of The Merlin Saga. Life Of Pi’s Gil Netter is producing the adaptation based on the...
View ArticleFrom THOR to HE-MAN, Yost Tapped for Rewrite
Sony Pictures and Escape Artists have tapped Christopher Yost, screenwriter of Thor: Ragnarok, to rewrite its reboot of Masters of the Universe. The story, based on the comic currently published by...
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