Year: 2021

Bethesda & MachineGames Developing Indiana Jones Video Game!

Bethesda & MachineGames developing Indiana Jones video game!

Just a day after the announcement that Lucasfilm Games would begin to solely handle all video game adaptations of the Lucasfilm properties, Bethesda took to Twitter to announce that they are developing a new Indiana Jones title with their in-house developer MachineGames!

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— Bethesda (@bethesda) January 12, 2021

While further details may currently be under wraps for the project, the game publisher revealed that the title will feature an entirely original story for the iconic archaeologist and history professor and will be executive produced by Bethesda’s Todd Howard in collaboration with Lucasfilm. Howard is best known for his work as project lead and director on much of Bethesda’s The Elder Scrolls series and a few of the most recent installments in the Fallout franchise.

It’s been over a decade since gamers last got a proper console title centered on the fedora-wearing, whip-cracking hero with 2009 bringing players two different games in the form of Lego Indiana Jones 2: The Adventure Continues, Traveller’s Tales follow-up to their 2008 Lego adaptation of the film franchise that added in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Artificial Mind and Movement’s Indiana Jones and the Staff of Kings.

The latter title was originally designed and developed for seventh-gen consoles PlayStation 3, Xbox 360, Nintendo DS, Nintendo Wii and PlayStation Portable, but the development team shifted their plans early into development to cancelling the former two and instead developing the game for the PlayStation 2 and scrapping an Xbox release altogether. Upon its release, the game received very mixed reviews.

While not giving too many details away today, Bethesda promised to share more reveals for the title when they’re ready.

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Sony Delays Jared Leto’s Morbius Release Date

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Sony delays Jared Leto’s Morbius release date

With the global pandemic still raging and studios continue to determine how best to proceed with their releases, Sony Pictures has announced that the Jared Leto-fronted Marvel picture Morbius is moving its release date back from March 19 to October 8, according to Variety.

The film stars Academy Award winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Emmy nominee Matt Smith (Doctor Who) as Loxias Crown, Adria Arjona (Good Omens) as Martine Bancroft, Emmy nominee Jared Harris (The Crown) as Morbius’ mentor, and Tyrese Gibson (Fast and the Furious) as an FBI Agent.

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Morbius is Sony’s adaptation of the Marvel anti-hero Morbius the Living Vampire. The film is directed by Daniel Espinosa (Life, Safe House) from a script by Burk Sharpless and Matt Sazama (Netflix’s Lost in Space), based on the Marvel Comics character created by writer Roy Thomas and artist Gil Kane who first appeared in 1971’s “Amazing Spider-Man” #101.

Originally Dr. Michael Morbius, the scientist character tried to cure his rare blood disease only to become afflicted with a form of vampirism that gave him superior strength, fangs and a taste for the red stuff. The character fought Spider-Man several times, though eventually earned several of his own books where he had a more heroic arc. He has an ongoing feud with the character Blade the Vampire Hunter in the comics. The character previously appeared on TV in Spider-Man: The Animated Series and Ultimate Spider-Man Vs The Sinister Six, and was originally earmarked to make his film debut in Blade until his cameo was deleted and plans to make him the villain in Blade II scrapped.

Arad and Tolmach will produce the film with Lucas Foster, with Sony executive Palak Patel overseeing for the studio. This is one of several Spider-Man spin-off projects in development at Sony, including the upcoming Venom sequel, and a secret project with Olivia Wilde set to direct.

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Bardem & Kidman in Talks for Aaron Sorkin’s Being the Ricardos

While currently waiting for the slew of awards nominations to roll in for his last directorial project, Aaron Sorkin is already gearing up to return to the director’s chair with Being the Ricardos at Amazon, which has entered talks with Oscar winners Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem to star, according to Deadline.

Penned by Sorkin, the film is set during a week of production on the iconic 1950s sitcom I Love Lucy, which began with table reads on Mondays and ended with audience filming on Fridays, and will focus on the real relationship between stars Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, namely as they face a crisis that could end their careers and another that could end their marriage. Sources report that Sorkin originally did not intend to direct the project, only write, but after enjoying the directing experience on the Netflix-acquired historical drama elected to take the director’s chair this past summer.

Sources also report that though their deals have yet to be closed, Kidman and Bardem became interested in the project following the release of The Trial of the Chicago 7 and that a production start date has yet to be set as the pandemic continues to prove to be a problem to productions across the country. The project was previously in development with Cate Blanchett set to star, though it’s unclear why the two-time Oscar winner dropped out.

The film is set to be produced by Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal and Steve Tisch, with Escape’s Jenna Block and David Bloomfield, Stuart Besser, Lucie Arnaz, Desi Arnaz Jr. and Lauren Lohman all attached to the project as executive producers.

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Aronofsky, Fraser and A24 Teaming for The Whale Adaptation

Aronofsky, Fraser and A24 teaming for The Whale adaptation

It’s been three years since audiences last saw Darren Aronofsky in the director’s chair and now he’s found his next feature project in the form of an adaptation of The Whale, which has set Brendan Fraser (The Mummy) to star in the lead role, according to Deadline.

Based on Samuel D. Hunter’s acclaimed 2012 play, the story is set on the outskirts of Mormon Country, Idaho, and centers on a six-hundred-pound recluse as he hides away in his apartment eating himself to death. Desperate to reconnect with his long-estranged daughter, he reaches out to her, only to find a viciously sharp-tongued and wildly unhappy teen.

“Adapting my play into a screenplay has been a real labor of love for me,” Hunter said in a statement. “This story is deeply personal and I’m very thankful it will have the chance to reach a wider audience. I’ve been a fan of Darren’s ever since I saw Requiem for a Dream when I was a college freshman writing my first plays, and I’m so grateful that he’s bringing his singular talent and vision to this film.”

Hunter will adapt the play, which won the Drama Desk Award, Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play and a GLAAD Media Award, for the screen while Aronofsky is set to direct and co-produce via his Protozoa Pictures alongside A24.

The Oscar-nominated writer/director last sat in the director’s chair for the 2017 psychological horror pic mother! starring Jennifer Lawrence and Javier Bardem, which received largely polarized reviews from critics but was generally scorned by audiences, earning a notorious “F” rating on CinemaScore, one of only 22 films to receive such a score.

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Samberg, Siara, Hawley & Stiller Unite for Apple Sci-Fi Comedy

Samberg, Siara, Hawley & Stiller unite for Apple sci-fi comedy

After teaming for the highly-acclaimed time looping rom-com Palm Springs, Andy Samberg and writer Andy Siara are reuniting and partnering with Fargo creator Noah Hawley and Emmy winner Ben Stiller (Escape at Dannemora) for an untitled sci-fi comedy drama at Apple, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Plot details for the project are currently being kept close to the chest, but it’s been confirmed that Siara will be penning the script on an original idea BoJack Horseman creator and writer Raphael Bob-Waksberg. In addition to scripting, Siara is set to executive produce the Samberg-starring project alongside Red Hour Productions’ Jackie Cohen, while the Brooklyn Nine-Nine vet will produce alongside Hawley and Dan Seligmann via the former’s 26 Keys production label, Stiller and Nicky Weinstock through the former’s Red Hour and Bob-Waksberg.

The project first garnered buzz amongst studios after the release of Palm Springs on Hulu last July, with the film currently getting some awards season buzz and taking home a few trophies at this year’s Critics Choice Super Awards, including Best Science-Fiction/Fantasy Movie, Best Actor and Best Actress in a Science-Fiction/Fantasy Movie for Samberg and Milioti. Apple closed the deal to acquire the untitled project over the weekend.

It also marks the latest project to be in development at the streaming platform under its Apple Original Films banner, with last year seeing the releases of the acclaimed dramedy On the Rocks, war drama Greyhound and Oscar potential Wolfwalkers, while 2021 will see the release of the Joe and Anthony Russo-helmed Tom Holland-led crime thriller Cherry and see the start of production on the long-gestating Martin Scorsese adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon.

Though a writer and star are currently attached, the creative team behind the project are currently searching for a potential director.

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The United States vs. Billie Holiday Trailer: Her Voice Would Not Be Silenced

Hulu has acquired the U.S. rights to Lee Daniels’ The United States vs. Billie Holiday, which will debut as a Hulu Original film on Hulu on February 26, 2021. Additionally, the first trailer was released showcasing the first footage of Andra Day as Billie Holiday. You can check out the trailer now in the player below along with the new key art!

The legendary Billie Holiday, one of the greatest jazz musicians of all time, spent much of her career being adored by fans across the globe. Beginning in the 1940s in New York City, the federal government targeted Holiday in a growing effort to escalate and racialize the war on drugs, ultimately aiming to stop her from singing her controversial and heart-wrenching ballad, “Strange Fruit.”

Led by Oscar-nominated director Lee Daniels and introducing Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Andra Day, The United States vs. Billie Holiday unapologetically presents the icon’s complicated, irrepressible life. Screenplay Writer Suzan-Lori Parks, the first African American woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama, pens this intimate tale of a fierce trailblazer whose defiance through music helped usher in the civil rights movement. NAACP Image Award Nominee Trevante Rhodes and Emmy Nominee Natasha Lyonne co-star along with Garrett Hedlund, Miss Lawrence, Rob Morgan, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Evan Ross, Tyler James Williams, Tone Bell, and Erik LaRay Harvey.

“Whether you are new to the story and legacy of Billie Holiday or know every note she ever sang, I do hope our celebration of this complex woman does justice to a great musical legend and civil rights activist whose artistry resonates as well today, as it did 80 years ago. Hulu releasing this film and giving it a platform to be seen nationwide is a blessing, because as recent events reveal, our country has much work to do in fulfilling its promise of a more perfect union,” said Lee Daniels.

New Slate Ventures, Lee Daniels Entertainment, Roth Kirschenbaum Films are producing with Jordan Fudge, Lee Daniels, Pamela Oas Williams, Tucker Tooley, Joe Roth, and Jeff Kirschenbaum. Executive producers include Hilary Shor, Jeremy Allen, Patty Long, Johann Hari, Cassian Elwes, Mark Bomback, and Dennis Stratton.

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Robert Downey Jr. Praises Tom Holland & The Russo Brothers’ Cherry

Robert Downey Jr. Praises Tom Holland & The Russo Brothers' Cherry

Robert Downey Jr. Praises Tom Holland & The Russo Brothers’ Cherry

Tom Holland, the Russo Brothers, and Robert Downey, Jr. were reunited on Friday night when Downey moderated a live virtual Q&A for the Russos’ new Apple Original Film Cherry, which stars Holland. They were also joined by Holland’s costar Ciara Bravo and screenwriters Angela Russo-Otstot and Jessica Goldberg for the conversation, where Downey praised Cherry as a film that, “when it comes on in five years, wherever it is in the movie, you’re going to want to watch it. The highest compliment I can pay to a piece of cinema is it bears rewatching. It’s one of those things that really is a meditation, and the fact that all of you infused it with something that has such meaning in this crisis within the crisis within the crisis.” You can check out a clip from the Q&A below!

Cherry follows the wild journey of a disenfranchised young man from Ohio who meets the love of his life, only to risk losing her through a series of bad decisions and challenging life circumstances. Inspired by the best-selling novel of the same name by Nico Walker, Cherry features Tom Holland in the title role as an unhinged character who drifts from dropping out of college to serving in Iraq as an Army medic and is only anchored by his one true love, Emily (Ciara Bravo). When Cherry returns home a war hero, he battles the demons of undiagnosed PTSD and spirals into drug addiction, surrounding himself with a menagerie of depraved misfits. Draining his finances, Cherry turns to bank robbing to fund his addiction, shattering his relationship with Emily along the way. Brought to the screen in bold, gritty fashion by visionary directors Anthony and Joe Russo, Cherry is a darkly humorous, unflinching coming-of-age story of a man on a universal quest for purpose and human connection.

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Additional cast includes Ciara Bravo (Wayne) as Walker’s wife, Kelli Burglund (Now Apocalypse), Jack Reynor (Midsommar), Forrest Goodluck (The Revenant), Jeff Wahlberg (Dora and the Lost City of Gold), Michael Gandolfini (The Deuce), Kyle Harvey (The After Party), and Thomas Lennon (Reno 911!).

Cherry was adapted by Jessica Goldberg (The Path) and co-written by Angela Otstot (The Shield). The movie is produced by the Russo Brothers, Chris Castaldi, and studio president Mike Larocca under their AGBO Films banner, alongside CEO Jonathan Grey and President Matthew Rhodes under their The Hideaway Entertainment banner. The movie is executive produced by Todd Makurath and Jake Aust from AGBO and The Hideaway Entertainment’s Kristy Maurer Grisham and Judd Payne.

The movie will arrive in select theaters on February 26, 2021, and globally on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 12, 2021.

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Disney Taps Ben Affleck to Helm Keeper of the Lost Cities Adaptation

While already building his scheduling of upcoming starring projects, Ben Affleck is preparing to keep his directorial calendar full as Deadline reports that the two-time Oscar winner is set to helm Disney’s film adaptation of Keeper of the Lost Cities.

Originally published in 2012 and the first in a series of eight books for the time being, Shannon Messenger’s novel centers on a telepathic girl who seeks to figure out why she is the key to her brand-new world before the wrong person finds the answer first, but when discovers the secret behind her abilities and herself, she races against time to find the reasons behind her existence.

In addition to directing, sources report Affleck is set to produce the film via his Pearl Street label and adapt the script with Walt Disney Studios staff writer Kate Gritmon, while Madison Ainley, who previously worked with Affleck on Live by Night, Justice League, Triple Frontier, Gone Girl, The Way Back, The Accountant and Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice, will executive produce.

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Messenger’s Keeper novel series has been a New York Times bestseller since its first book, with currently over 2.5 million copies in print and the most recent entry, Book 8.5 Unlocked, named a Best Young reader book of 2020 by Barnes & Noble and was a 2020 Goodreads Choice Award semifinalist and a California Gold Medal Winner.

Keeper marks the latest directorial project for Affleck, who last August signed on to helm adaptations of The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood, centered on the making of the iconic noir mystery pic, and King Leopold’s Ghost and is still developing the long-awaited McDonald’s Monopoly fraud biopic alongside frequent collaborator and longtime friend Matt Damon.

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Kevin Hart Inks First-Look Film Deal With Netflix

After working with the streaming platform for his latest stand-up special, Zero F**ks Given, multi-hyphenate Kevin Hart is expanding his relationship with Netflix as he and his HartBeat Productions banner have inked a first-look film deal.

“Partnering with Netflix is an amazing opportunity for HartBeat and myself,” Hart said in a statement. “I am excited to act in and produce cutting edge films with Netflix. I am extremely grateful to Ted Sarandos and Scott Stuber, we share the same creative vision and always put the audience first. This business is about growth and my HartBeat team continues to exceed my expectations with their ability to develop stories and relationships. Our goal is to make the HartBeat name synonymous with first class entertainment and narratives.”

Under the multi-year agreement, the actor/producer/writer/comedian will exclusively star in and produce four films for the streaming platform while also having the first-look film deal under his production label. Hart’s recent stand-up special stood as the No. 1 Netflix comedy special of 2020, with the streamer reporting that over 21 million accounts viewed the title in the first four weeks after its premiere.

“Netflix has enjoyed a long relationship with Kevin and we’ve been lucky enough to partner with him many times,” Scott Stuber, Head of Original Films at Netflix, said in a statement. “He’s a hands-on producer and it’s been great to watch him build an incredible company with HartBeat. There are very few artists who can attract audiences of all ages and succeed in making comedies, dramas and family films. We’re excited to partner with Kevin, and his great team at Hartbeat, to entertain our audience for years to come.”

In addition to the new deal, Hart is currently set to star in and executive produce the limited series True Story alongside Wesley Snipes, which will mark his first dramatic series debut.

“I am beyond thrilled about this exciting new chapter in our company’s history,” Bryan Smiley, Hartbeat Productions’ President of Film and Television, said in a statement. “Kevin and I are committed to making ‘best in class” films with our new partners at Netflix. This groundbreaking deal guarantees HartBeat productions will be viewed by millions of people globally, for many years to come”

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Kevin Feige Say MCU Phase 4 Story Isn’t Affected By Pandemic Delays

Due to the challenges brought upon by the ongoing pandemic, Marvel Studios wasn’t able to deliver brand new MCU content for a full year. That’s why many Marvel fans are wondering about what these major delays might mean for the studio’s original master plan for the overall narrative of Phase 4.

In a recent interview with The New York Times, Marvel Studios president Kevin Feige confirmed that previous production setbacks and release date changes haven’t greatly affected the studio’s major plans for Phase 4 as projects were only delayed for a short time.

“If the run we had in 2018 and 2019 had gotten disrupted this way, in the buildup to ‘Endgame,’ it would have been a bigger headache,” Feige said. “With these projects, it worked well. [TV shows shifted only] by a matter of weeks.”

The Marvel Cinematic Universe will be kicking off its long-awaited phase four with the upcoming premiere of WandaVision this Friday, which is the first ever MCU series from Marvel Studios. 5 More MCU series are set to debut this year including The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, Loki, Ms. Marvel, and Hawkeye as well as four MCU films including the long-delayed Black Widow and Eternals.

WandaVision will follow the story of Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany’s superhero characters Scarlet Witch and Vision. The series blends the style of classic sitcoms with the Marvel Cinematic Universe in which Wanda Maximoff and Vision—two super-powered beings living their ideal suburban lives—begin to suspect that everything is not as it seems.

The series is directed by Matt Shakman with Jac Schaeffer as head writer. The composer is Christophe Beck, and the theme (for certain episodes) is by Frozen’s Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.

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