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Michael Bay will no longer direct Fast and Loose.The 60-year-old filmmaker has departed the upcoming action movie amid creative differences with lead star and producer Will Smith - who he first worked with on his debut feature Bad Boys in 1995 - and Netflix are now on the look out for a new director to keep the project on track and begin filming in October.According to Deadline, Michael wanted more emphasis on the action elements of the film, while King Richard star Will was keen to lean into the comedic moments.The movie will tell the story of a guy who wakes up in Tijuana with no memory. He then slowly starts to remember certain things about his life, and comes to the conclusion he has been living a double-life - as an undercover CIA agent and a crime boss.Will is producing the project alongside Kelly McCormick and David Leitch for 87North.

As Jurassic World Rebirth reaches theatres, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Universal Pictures is “keeping the jungle monster action going” by teaming with Cynthia Erivo’s production company Edith’s Daughter and Michael Bay’s production company Platinum Dunes for the sci-fi action thriller Saturation Point, an adaptation of a 2024 novel by award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky, who is known as “a master of British sci-fi.”

The book is part climate thriller in which the Earth has a zone so hot and humid it makes it hard for humans to survive. Naturally, into this zone must go our protagonist, Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission and who will discover that the zone is far deadlier than initially believed. Not only that, her corporate bosses may not be telling the truth and not all forms of intelligent life in the zone are necessarily human. Here’s...

Cynthia Ervio and Michael Bay are to collaborate on a movie adaptation of Saturation Point.The 38-year-old actress has teamed up with the Transformers director, 60, for a film version of author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s 2024 sci-fi novel of the same name for Universal Pictures.Erivo will be producing under her Edith’s Daughter banner alongside Solome Williams, while Bay and Brad Fuller will produce through Platinum Dunes.Saturation Point is a gripping climate thriller set in a future where parts of Earth have become so hot and humid that human survival is nearly impossible. When a mission goes into one of these extreme zones, Dr. Jasmine Marks is tasked with leading the high-stakes search and rescue effort. But the deeper she ventures, the more she realises the dangers are far greater than expected - and her corporate employers may be hiding the truth. To make matters worse, not all intelligent life in the zone is human.

Wicked star Cynthia Erivo‘s Edith’s Daughter shingle will to produce Saturation Point alongside Platinum Dunes for Universal Pictures.

Based on Adrian Tchaikovsky’s 2024 novella, Minnie Schedeen is writing the dystopian sci-fi action thriller.

Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr. Marks discovers The Zone is far deadlier than initially believed and not all forms of intelligent life are necessarily human…

Erivo and Solome Williams will produce under Edith’s Daughter, which inked a first-look deal with Universal last fall. Michael Bay and Brad Fuller will produce via their Platinum Dunes, with Alex Ginno executive producing.

Universal’s senior VP of production development Ryan Jones and director of production development Christine Sun will oversee the project for the studio.

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Cynthia Erivo and Michael Bay are set to produce a film adaptation of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi climate thriller “Saturation Point,” which will be released by Universal.

Tchaikovsky’s novella follows Dr. Jasmine Marks, a researcher who heads into the Hygrometric Dehabitation Region, known more commonly as “The Zone.” It is a growing band of rainforest along the equator that, due to rising global temperatures, is now so humid that no human, or any warm-blooded creature, can survive in it.

As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr Marks discovers the Zone is far deadlier than initially believed, and has given rise to a new form of intelligent life. Minnie Schedeen will adapt the screenplay.

Erivo and Solome Williams will produce through their Edith’s Daughter label while Bay will produce with Brad Fuller through Platinum Dunes. Both production companies have first look deals with Universal.

Alex Ginno will executive...

Academy Award nominee Cynthia Erivo is next set to produce an adaptation of author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi action thriller “Saturation Point” at Universal.

Minnie Schedeen will adapt the screenplay based on British science-fiction and fantasy writer Tchaikovsky’s book. The film centers on Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission into The Zone — a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. The film’s logline explains: “As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr Marks discovers the Zone is far deadlier than initially believed and not all forms of intelligent life are necessarily human.”

Erivo will produce the movie via her Edith’s Daughter production company with Solome Williams. Edith’s Daughter inked a first-look deal with Universal last fall, expanding the Tony, Grammy and Emmy-winning star’s relationship with the studio after Erivo starred as Elphaba in the uber-successful...

Universal Pictures, which has Jurassic World: Rebirth opening this week, is keeping the jungle monster action going with what could be a new sci-fi horror franchise.

Cynthia Erivo, who stars in the studio’s Wicked movies, has teamed up with Michael Bay and Brad Fuller of Platinum Dunes to adapt the sci-fi action thriller Saturation Point for Universal.

Minnie Schedeen will write the script, adapting the novel by Adrian Tchaikovsky, known as a master of British sci-fi and an Arthur C. Clarke and Bsfa Award winner.

The 2024 book is part climate thriller in which the Earth has a zone so hot and humid it makes it hard for humans to survive. Naturally, into this zone must go our protagonist, Dr. Jasmine Marks, who leads a search and rescue mission and who will discover that the zone is far deadlier than initially believed. Not only that, her corporate bosses may...

Three-time Oscar nominee and Wicked star Cynthia Erivo’s Edith’s Daughter shingle and Platinum Dunes is set to produce a feature adaptation of Adrian Tchaikovsky’s sci-fi action thriller Saturation Point for Universal Pictures.

Minnie Schedeen will adapt the screenplay. In Saturation Point, Dr. Jasmine Marks leads a search and rescue mission into ‘The Zone’, a section of rainforest along the equator with a climate inhospitable to intelligent life. As she pushes further into the wilderness, Dr Marks discovers the Zone is far deadlier than initially believed and not all forms of intelligent life are necessarily human…

Erivo and Solome Williams are producing through their Edith’s Daughter which has a first look deal at Universal.

Michael Bay and Brad Fuller are producing through their Platinum Dunes first look with Universal Pictures. Alex Ginno will executive produce and oversee the project for Platinum Dunes.

Universal Pictures’ Senior Vice President...

Sony's Columbia Pictures comedic reboot of the 1997 film Anaconda, starring Ant-Man's Paul Rudd, is set to begin filming soon as new plot details emerge. A release date has also been set for the movie.

According to a new report from Production Bulletin, the Anaconda reboot is scheduled to begin filming in January 2025. The project was first announced by Columbia Pictures exactly four years earlier, in January 2020. However, it wasn’t until August 2024 that the McU's Rudd and The Super Mario Bros. Movie's Jack Black were first reported to be in talks to star in the reboot. Following the report, Sony Pictures officially announced that the film was happening with a sneak peek video of Rudd and Black on the set. A release date has also been set for Christmas 2025, as the actors announced in the video (while using some colorful language).

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Vertical Entertainment has just released the newest trailer for Elevation. Anthony Mackie reunites with director George Nolfi, whom he previously worked with on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau. Mackie is joined by Morena Baccarin of the Deadpool franchise. Scripted by John Glenn (Eagle Eye) and Seal Team duo Jacob Roman and Kenny Ryan, Elevation is set in a post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, where a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.

Mackie and Baccarin are joined in the cast by Maddie Hasson (Malignant) and Danny Boyd Jr. (Bruised).

Nolfi, Mackie, and Glenn produced the film with Brad Fuller, Alex Black, Jeremy Kipp Walker, and Joel Viertel. Black, founder of the production company Lyrical Media, provided the financing. Jon Rosenberg and Alex Ginno of Fuller’s company Fuller Media serve as executive...

The creature feature Elevation, which stars Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool), went into production in the second half of 2022 with director George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, at the helm. Earlier this year, it secured a theatrical distributor in the U.S., and now we know that the distributor, Vertical, is planning to bring the film to the big screen on November 8th. With that date just over a month away, a trailer for Elevation has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Scripted by John Glenn (Eagle Eye) and Seal Team duo Jacob Roman and Kenny Ryan, Elevation is set in a post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, where a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.

Two years have gone by since a psychological thriller called Apartment 7A – which Relic (watch it Here) director Natalie Erika James helmed for Paramount Players and A Quiet Place collaborators Platinum Dunes and John Krasinski – wrapped filming. Soon after filming came to an end, rumors began to circulate that Apartment 7A was secretly a prequel to the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby… and sure enough, that’s exactly what the movie is. It’s set to receive a Paramount+ release in the U.S. and in select international markets on September 27th, with a digital release set for the same day. With that date just one month away, a trailer for the film has arrived online and can be seen in the embed above.

Apartment 7A started out with an original screenplay written by Skylar James. Natalie Erika James and Christian White, who wrote the script for her feature debut Relic with her,...

Two years have gone by since a psychological thriller called Apartment 7A – which Relic (watch it Here) director Natalie Erika James helmed for Paramount Players and A Quiet Place collaborators Platinum Dunes and John Krasinski – wrapped filming. Soon after filming came to an end, rumors began to circulate that Apartment 7A was secretly a prequel to the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby… and sure enough, that’s exactly what the movie is. It’s set to receive a Paramount+ release in the U.S. and in select international markets on September 27th, kicking off the Halloween season. With that release date swiftly approaching, our friends at Bloody Disgusting have gotten their hands on a poster for Apartment 7A, and you can check that out at the bottom of this article.

Apartment 7A started out with an original screenplay written by Skylar James. Natalie Erika James and Christian White, who wrote the...

Two years have gone by since a psychological thriller called Apartment 7A – which Relic (watch it Here) director Natalie Erika James helmed for Paramount Players and A Quiet Place collaborators Platinum Dunes and John Krasinski – wrapped filming. Soon after filming came to an end, rumors began to circulate that Apartment 7A was secretly a prequel to the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby… and sure enough, that’s exactly what the movie is. It’s set to receive a Paramount+ release in the U.S. and in select international markets on September 27th, kicking off the Halloween season. With two months to go before we reach that release date, Vanity Fair has unveiled several images from the film. You can check them out at the bottom of this article.

Apartment 7A started out with an original screenplay written by Skylar James. Natalie Erika James and Christian White, who wrote the script for...

Two years have gone by since a psychological thriller called Apartment 7A – which Relic (watch it Here) director Natalie Erika James helmed for Paramount Players and A Quiet Place collaborators Platinum Dunes and John Krasinski – wrapped filming. Soon after filming came to an end, rumors began to circulate that Apartment 7A was secretly a prequel to the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby… and sure enough, that’s exactly what the movie is. It’s set to receive a Paramount+ release in the U.S. and in select international markets sometime at the start of the Halloween season, and while we wait to find out the exact release date and look forward to seeing the marketing, the Motion Picture Association ratings board has revealed that they have given the movie an R rating. The reason for this R: some violent content and drug use.

That’s similar to the rating M. Night Shyamalan...

The creature feature Elevation, which stars Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool), went into production in the second half of 2022 with director George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, at the helm. Now it has finally secured a theatrical distributor in the U.S., with a press release announcing that Vertical is planning to bring the film to the big screen sometime later this year.

Scripted by John Glenn (Eagle Eye) and Seal Team duo Jacob Roman and Kenny Ryan, Elevation is set in a post-apocalyptic Rocky Mountains, where a single father and two women venture from the safety of their homes to face monstrous creatures to save the life of a young boy.

Mackie and Baccarin are joined in the cast by Maddie Hasson (Malignant) and Danny Boyd Jr. (Bruised).

Nolfi, Mackie, and Glenn...

Two years have gone by since a psychological thriller called Apartment 7A – which Relic (watch it Here) director Natalie Erika James helmed for Paramount Players and A Quiet Place collaborators Platinum Dunes and John Krasinski – wrapped filming. Soon after filming came to an end, rumors began to circulate that Apartment 7A was secretly a prequel to the 1968 classic Rosemary’s Baby… and now those rumors have been proven to be true! Deadline broke the news that Apartment 7A will finally be making its way out into the world this fall, as it’s set to receive a Paramount+ release in the U.S. and in select international markets, and in their report they confirmed that this is indeed a Rosemary’s Baby prequel. Maybe the fact that the Omen prequel The First Omen went over well with viewers inspired Paramount to finally release this horror prequel.

Apartment 7A started out with...

Earlier this month, it was announced that Platinum Dunes, the production company headed up by Michael Bay and Bradley Fuller, are teaming up with director Jonathan Liebesman – who they previously worked with on the Texas Chainsaw Massacre prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and their 2014 version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles – to make a werewolf movie called Wolf Night. Now Deadline reports that Wolf Night has found a home at Sony’s Screen Gems.

Michael Bitar is overseeing the project for Screen Gems, while Alex Ginno does the same for Platinum Dunes.

Screen Gems has put out a whole lot of horror movies over the years, with titles including Don’t Breathe, Resident Evil, Underworld, Deliver Us from Evil, The Grudge, Carrie, The Stepfather, Prom Night, The Pope’s Exorcist, Insidious: The Red Door, and the upcoming Tarot. They recently secured a first-look deal with Gary Dauberman, who worked on the...

Exclusive: Sony’s Screen Gems has landed that Platinum Dunes’ package we told you about at the start of the month, Wolf Night, which has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles helmer Jonathan Liebesman directing.

Will Honley and April Maguire wrote the screenplay, the storyline of which is being kept close to the vest.

Michael Bitar is overseeing the project for Screen Gems. Alex Ginno will oversee for Platinum Dunes.

Liebesman is a South African filmmaker whose movies have grossed $1.3 billion at the global box office; his titles include Platinum Dunes’ blockbuster reboot of Paramount’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Warner Bros’ Wrath of the Titans, Sony Pictures’ Battle Los Angeles, New Line’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning and Revolution Studios/Sony’s Darkness Falls. He’s an EP on the MTV series The Shannara Chronicles and directed four episodes of Paramount+’s Halo series.

Michael Bay and Brad Fuller...

The creature feature Elevation, which stars Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and is directed by George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, is already filming in Colorado right now… but don’t expect to see it very soon. In a new report on Deadline, it’s mentioned that Elevation isn’t expected to receive a worldwide release until sometime in 2024. The good news is, the movie has already secured distribution in many territories.

According to Deadline, Mossbank has sold the film to over twenty-five markets. That includes “Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain, Mis. Label for Scandinavia, The Searchers for Benelux and Seven.One for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Prorom and Kino Swiat have taken Eastern Europe and Poland, Phars bought Middle East,...

Exclusive: Creature feature Elevation, starring Anthony Mackie (Captain America), Morena Baccarin (Deadpool) and Maddie Hasson (Malignant), has pre-sold out of the AFM to 25+ markets for Mossbank.

Currently filming in Colorado, the George Nolfi-directed post-apocalyptic action-thriller from A Quiet Place producer Brad Fuller follows a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.

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Deals have been closed with Signature for the UK, Ireland, Australia and Nz, Metropolitan for France, Idc for Latin America, Vvs Films for Canada, Tripictures and DeaPlaneta for Spain,...

While gearing up to reprise the role of his Marvel Cinematic Universe hero Sam Wilson – who has now taken on the mantle of Captain America – in Captain America: New World Order, Anthony Mackie has also taken the opportunity to sign on to star in the post-apocalyptic thriller Elevation. Deadline reports that Mackie will be joined in the cast of Elevation by Maddie Hasson (Malignant) and Morena Baccarin (Deadpool).

George Nolfi, who previously worked with Mackie on the films The Banker and The Adjustment Bureau, will be directing Elevation from a screenplay by Kenny Ryan and Jacob Roman. The project is described as being a “high-concept, thematically driven action piece set in the Rocky Mountains”. The story centers on

a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.

Nolfi and Mackie are...

Exclusive: George Nolfi will direct Lyrical Media’s post-apocalyptic action thriller Elevation with Anthony Mackie, Morena Baccarin and Maddie Hasson set to star. Brad Fuller is on board to produce with John Glenn and writing duo Kenny Ryan and Jacob Roman penning the script. The film is billed as a high-concept, thematically driven action piece set in the Rocky Mountains. The plot is being kept under wraps, but the story is said to follow a single father and two women who must venture from the safety of their home to face monstrous creatures in order to save the life of a child.

Producing alongside Fuller is Mackie, Glenn, Lyrical Media’s Founder Alex Black, Jeremy Kipp Walker, Joel Viertel, and Nolfi. Lyrical will finance the pic. Jon Rosenberg, Alex Ginno of Fuller Media and Natalie Sellers of Lyrical serve as executive producer as well as Jason Spire from Inspire Entertainment.

Exclusive: Stowaway helmer Joe Penna is set to direct Endeavor Content’s sci-fi thriller Trespasser. Jason Fuchs, Brad Fuller and Alixandra Fuchs will produce the project, with Alex Ginno serving as executive producer. The film is based on a Black List screenplay by Gabe Hobson and adapted from Justin M. Ryan’s 2017 Alterna Comics-published graphic novel.

The grounded genre story is set in the Alaskan wilderness, where a father and daughter living in isolation encounter a mysterious otherworldly creature and are thrust into a journey of peril, survival and redemption.

Trespasser was originally published in 2016 as a four-issue digital series available for download through Amazon’s Comixology portal. The following year, Ryan, launched a successful Kickstarter campaign to fund a trade paperback version that collected all four of the original digital issues.

Penna broke onto the scene with the survival pic Arctic starring Mads Mikkelsen, a 2018 Cannes official selection.

Exclusive: In a preemptive situation, Neal Moritz’s Original Film has landed an untitled horror pitch from Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman.

Amanda Lewis will be producing for Original. Pitch was bought through Original’s Paramount discretionary fund.

Details are under wraps, but the project is based on a series of TikTok videos that Original controls.

This sale brings the writers back into the Paramount fold where they wrote 2015’s Project Almanac and Blumhouse’s Paranormal Activity: Ghost Dimension.

Pagan and Deutschman have been on a nice roll, having sold the feature scripts, Classified to New Line Cinema for Chad Stahelski to direct, Every House Is Haunted to Netflix with Corin Hardy to direct, and Tarot to eOne with Andre Ovredal to direct.

Tarot‘s plot is under wraps. Fuller Media’s Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno are respectively producing and executive producing.

Every House Is Haunted, produced by Sam Raimi...

Exclusive: Two-time Oscar winner Dianne Wiest is set to join Apartment 7A, a new thriller being made through Paramount Pictures’ production label, Paramount Players. John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via Sunday Night along with Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller via their Platinum Dunes.

Natalie Erika James is attached to direct and co-wrote the latest script with Christian White based off a draft by Skylar James. Alexa Ginsburg is overseeing the project for Sunday Night. Alex Ginno is overseeing for Platinum Dunes. Plot details are being kept under wraps, but it is being described as a psychological thriller. It is also unknown who Wiest will be playing.

Wiest was most recently seen opposite Jeremy Renner in the Paramount+ series The Mayor of Kingstown, which was recently renewed for a second season. She is repped by ICM Partners.

Exclusive: Following a competitive auction, eOne has acquired the pitch Tarot written by Jason Pagan and Andrew Deutschman. André Øvredal will direct the pic as well as exec produce. Fuller Media’s Brad Fuller and Alex Ginno are in final negotiations to produce and executive produce respectively.

The project is a high concept thriller based on Tarot cards. Plot specifics are currently undisclosed. Jillian Share, Laurel Thomson, and Cyrus Shaki-Khan will oversee for eOne.

Øvredal’s breakout supernatural pic Trollhunter earned rave reviews and put him on Guillermo del Toro’s radar who would eventually bring him on to direct his Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark adaptation. He is currently in post-production on the Dracula pic Last Voyage of the Demeter.

Fuller, who recently launched Fuller Media, is coming off producing one of the biggest hits of the year in A Quiet Place Part II. He recently set...

After receiving rave reviews for her Sundance thriller Relic, Natalie Erika James has found her first major studio movie as sources tell Deadline she has been tapped to direct Apartment 7A for Paramount Players. John Krasinski and Allyson Seeger are producing via Sunday Night Productions. Michael Bay, Andrew Form and Brad Fuller are producing via Platinum Dunes.

Plot details are being kept under wraps other then it being described as a psychological thriller. James is co-writing Christian White based off a script by Skylar James. Alexa Ginsburg is overseeing the project for Sunday Night Productions and Alex Ginno is overseeing for Platinum Dunes.

Following the success of A Quiet Place, Krasinski, Bay, Fuller and Form quickly began looking for other projects in the vein of that genre to develop as features and Apartment 7A was one scripts to come there way that they quickly attached themselves to. With A Quiet Place 2...

Exclusive: Paramount has brought on This Is Us staff writer Jon Dorsey to rewrite the screenplay for the film adaptation of the popular children’s book, Corduroy, by Don Freeman. Tim Story has long been attached to direct the film, which was previously set up on CBS Films. Walden Media is co-financing and co-producing the project.

Released in 1968, Corduroy has sold over 20 million copies worldwide, has been published in 12 languages. It tells the story of a small department store teddy bear with green overalls who, over the course of one night in a large closed mall, goes on an adventure to find his lost button, believing it will help secure the love and acceptance he’s always wanted.

Alex Ginno will produce alongside Frank Smith and Naia Cucukov of Walden Media who will serve as executive producers.

Dorsey’s coming-of-age comedy script The Kings of Cool landed on the 2018 Black List.

Alex Ginno has joined Brad Fuller and Andrew Form’s Fully Formed as head of film.

The company has a three-year first-look deal with Paramount, where they recently wrapped production on “A Quiet Place: Part II” and are currently prepping Season 3 of the hit show “Jack Ryan” for Amazon. The second season recently bowed, with John Krasinski reprising his role as the title character and Wendell Pierce returning to play James Greer. The show has earned rave reviews and has become one of Amazon’s more popular series.

Prior to joining Fully Formed, Ginno served as senior vice president of development and production at CBS Films, where his projects included “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” directed by Andre Ovredal and produced by Guillermo del Toro. The movie, on which Ginno was credited as an executive producer, was a breakout hit and has grossed more than $100 million globally.

In addition to “Scary Stories,...

Exclusive: Rose Byrne, Justin Hartley, Wanda Sykes, Ron Funches, and Charlyne Yi have joined star Adam Devine as well as previously announced cast Michael Peña and Alexandra Shipp in Lexi, a comedy from Bad Moms helmers Jon Lucas and Scott Moore.

The film, which is currently in production, explores what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Byrne will voice Lexi, an omnipresent AI assistant who takes her job of ‘making his life better’ much too seriously.

“We are extremely grateful to have such an incredible cast,” said Lucas. “Clearly, they haven’t watched any of our prior work.”

“Speaking for everyone perpetually enamored with, and increasingly terrified by, how well their phone knows them, I look forward to this extraordinary...

Lionsgate and CBS Films have set Guillermo del Toro’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” for an Aug. 9 release.

The adaptation cast Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn with production started in late August.

Del Toro is producing the teen thriller with his “Shape of Water” producer J. Miles Dale. Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of Hivemind and Elizabeth Grave are also producing. CBS Films and Entertainment One are co-financing.

André Øvredal is directing from a script by del Toro and the teams of Daniel and Kevin Hageman and Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan. Based on Alvin Schwartz’ bestselling trilogy of books, “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” follows a group of teens who must solve the mystery surrounding a wave of spectacularly horrific deaths in their small town.

Del Toro came on to the project in April, a month after winning...

“Workaholics” and “Pitch Perfect” actor Adam Devine is set to co-star in the CBS Films’ comedy “Lexi,” sources tell Variety.

Jon Lucas and Scott Moore, who wrote the original “The Hangover” and helmed “Bad Moms,” are on board to direct from a script they wrote. Suzanne Todd (“Bad Moms”) is producing.

The movie is described as what can happen when you love your phone more than anything else in your life. Sources say Devine’s character falls in love with an A.I. who appears throughout his smart devices.

Mark Ross and Alex Ginno are overseeing the project for CBS Films which is expected to begin production this January in California.

Devine co-created and starred in “Workaholics,” which ran for seven seasons on Comedy Central. He recently appeared in the Netflix comedies “Game Over, Man” and “Where We First Met” and can be seen next in New Line’s “Isn...

Co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro and based on one of the spookiest book trilogies of all time, the new Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie is now in production. The core cast of young actors for the film was recently revealed, and CBS Films and eOne have now announced an additional trio of actors who will help bring Alvin Schwartz’s creepy prose and Stephen Gammell’s eerie artwork to life on the big screen, including Dean Norris.

Press Release: Los Angeles – September 12, 2018 – CBS Films and eOne announced today that Dean Norris, Gil Bellows and Lorraine Toussaint have joined the cast of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. The film is being directed by André Øvredal. Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan from the bestselling trilogy of books by Alvin Schwartz.

Exclusive: Breaking Bad alum Dean Norris, Gil Bellows, and Lorraine Toussaint have signed on for Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark from CBS Films and eOne. The André Øvredal-directed adaptation based on Alvin Schwartz’s bestselling trilogy of books is being produced by Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro, who co-wrote the script with Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman.

Currently in production, the pic follows a group of teens who must solve the mystery surrounding a wave of spectacularly horrific deaths in their small town.

The three join previously announced Zoe Colletti, Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn.

“Lorraine, Gil, and Dean are exceptionally talented actors who also happen to be game for all of the creepy madness that this film entails,” said Øvredal. “We are thrilled to have them aboard our macabre little train.

Don’t lie! You know that the classic book “Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark” absolutely terrified you as a kid, heck, maybe even as an adult too!

CBS Films and eOne announced today that Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn have joined the cast of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. The film is set to be directed by André Øvredal. Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan from the bestselling trilogy of books by Alvin Schwartz. The film is being produced by Guillermo del Toro as well as Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of Hivemind along with Academy Award®-winner J. Miles Dale and Elizabeth Grave.

Inspired by one of the most terrifying book series of all time, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark follows a group...

Co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro and based on one of the most spooky book trilogies of all time, the new Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark movie now has a full core cast of young actors to bring Alvin Schwartz’s creepy prose and Stephen Gammell’s eerie artwork to life on the big screen:

Press Release: Los Angeles – August 27, 2018 – CBS Films and eOne announced today that Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn have joined the cast of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. The film is set to be directed by André Øvredal. Kevin Hageman and Dan Hageman co-wrote the screenplay with Academy Award®-winner Guillermo del Toro and Patrick Melton & Marcus Dunstan from the bestselling trilogy of books by Alvin Schwartz. The film is being produced by Guillermo del Toro as well as Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of...

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the CBS Films/eOne feature adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s Ya novel series, has added Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn to the cast as production commences this week. They join Zoe Colletti in the André Øvredal-directed movie, who Deadline exclusively announced last week.

In Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark a group of horrific deaths have impacted a small town and it’s up to a group of teens to solve them.

“We spent months searching for and assembling the perfect group of actors to help us realize the most terrifying adaptation that we could conceive,” said André Øvredal. Producer and screenwriter Guillermo del Toro agreed, adding, “I am honored...

Guillermo del Toro’s “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” adaptation has cast Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur and Natalie Ganzhorn with production to start this week.

Del Toro is producing the teen thriller with his “Shape of Water” producer J. Miles Dale. Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of Hivemind and Elizabeth Grave are also producing. CBS Films and Entertainment One are co-financing.

André Øvredal is directing from a script by del Toro and the teams of Daniel and Kevin Hageman and Patrick Melton and Marcus Dunstan, based on Alvin Schwartz’ bestselling trilogy of books. “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” follows a group of teens who must solve the mystery surrounding a wave of spectacularly horrific deaths in their small town.

Del Toro came on to the project in April, a month after winning Oscars for best picture and best director for “The Shape of Water.

CBS Films, eOne co-financing. CBS to distribute in Us, eOne to distribute directly in select markets. Sierra/Affinity handles select sales.

Michael Garza, Austin Abrams, Gabriel Rush, Austin Zajur, and Natalie Ganzhorn have joined the cast of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, which begins production this week with André Øvredal at the helm and Oscar-winner Guillermo del Toro on board as co-writer and producer.

Mark Ross and Alex Ginno are overseeing the project for CBS Films, which will distribute in the Us as part of its ongoing partnership with Lionsgate. CBS Films and eOne are co-financiers on the project,...

Exclusive: CBS Films has closed a deal to acquire Tesla & Twain, an action-adventure pitch from Eric Siegel, the scribe behind Sony Pictures’ upcoming The Emoji Movie and the TV series Men at Work. The Jungle Book‘s Brigham Taylor will produce. The film is a fictional exploration of the real historical friendship between the great writer Mark Twain and the genius inventor Nikola Tesla. Alex Ginno will oversee this genius collision for CBS Films. Siegel is repped by Apa…...

Exclusive: CBS Films has tapped a new scribe to spin its Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. BAFTA-nominated John August will adapt the iconic book series by Alvin Schwartz that had children of the ’80s and ’90s hearing bumps in the night, penning a new script based on the best-selling spooky story collection.

The three-book children’s series that’s sold more than 7 million copies worldwide began with 1981’s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, continuing with More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (1984) and Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones (1991). The collection of folk tales and urban legends also memorably haunted generations of youngsters with its surreal and nightmarish illustrations by award-winning artist Stephen Gammell.

Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of Sean Daniel Company and Elizabeth Grave of 1212 Entertainment are producing, while Roberto Grande and Joshua Long will executive produce.

Exclusive: CBS Films has tapped a new scribe to spin its Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark. BAFTA-nominated John August (Big Fish, Frankenweenie, Go) will adapt the iconic book series by Alvin Schwartz that had children of the ’80s and ’90s hearing bumps in the night, penning a new script based on the best-selling spooky story collection.

The three-book children’s series that’s sold more than 7 million copies worldwide began with 1981′s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, continuing with More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark (1984) and Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones (1991). The collection of folk tales and urban legends also memorably haunted generations of youngsters with its surreal and nightmarish illustrations by award-winning artist Stephen Gammell.

Sean Daniel and Jason Brown of Sean Daniel Company and Elizabeth Grave of 1212 Entertainment are producing, while Roberto Grande and Joshua Long will executive produce.

CBS Films (@CBSFilms) announced today that Mae Whitman (@maebirdwing), Robbie Amell (@RobbieAmell), Bella Thorne (@bellathorne), Bianca Santos (@Bianca00Alexa), Skyler Samuels (@SkylerSamuels), Nick Eversman (@NickEversman) and Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) will lead the cast of The Duff. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kody Keplinger (@Kody_Keplinger) The Duff was adapted for the screen by Josh A. Cagan (@joshacagan) and will be directed by Ari Sandel. McG (@McGsWonderland), Mary Viola (@ItsMaryViola), Susan Cartsonis (@SusanCartsonis) are producing with Lane Shefter Bishop (@LaneShefterBish) serving as executive producer on the comedy which will shoot in Atlanta (@gdecd) this summer.

Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush,...

CBS Films (@CBSFilms) announced today that Mae Whitman (@maebirdwing), Robbie Amell (@RobbieAmell), Bella Thorne (@bellathorne), Bianca Santos (@Bianca00Alexa), Skyler Samuels (@SkylerSamuels), Nick Eversman (@NickEversman) and Ken Jeong (@kenjeong) will lead the cast of The Duff. Based on the acclaimed novel by Kody Keplinger (@Kody_Keplinger) The Duff was adapted for the screen by Josh A. Cagan (@joshacagan) and will be directed by Ari Sandel. McG (@McGsWonderland), Mary Viola (@ItsMaryViola), Susan Cartsonis (@SusanCartsonis) are producing with Lane Shefter Bishop (@LaneShefterBish) serving as executive producer on the comedy which will shoot in Atlanta (@gdecd) this summer.

Bianca (Mae Whitman) is a content high school senior whose world is shattered when she learns the student body knows her as The Duff (Designated Ugly Fat Friend) to her prettier, more popular friends (Skyler Samuels & Bianca Santos). Now, despite the words of caution from her favorite teacher (Ken Jeong), she puts aside the potential distraction of her crush,...

Breaking: CBS Films has acquired screen rights to Children Of Paranoia, a debut novel by Trevor Shane for Dutton. The book will be adapted by Mark Verheiden, whose credits include Falling Skies and Battlestar Galactica. Akiva Goldsman is producing through his Weed Road banner. The first in a trilogy, Children Of Paranoia follows a young assassin caught up in a global clandestine war that’s been raging for centuries. Everything changes when he falls in love with a woman who calls into question the world as he knows it. As he desperately fights to uncover the elusive truth behind the conflict, he begins to wonder which side he’s really on — good or evil. The sequel novel, Children Of The Underground, came out in April. Said the author: “I’m honored to have such a talented group of storytellers working to bring Children Of Paranoia to the big screen. Mark...

CBS Films announced today that Andy Fickman (Parental Guidance, The Game Plan) is attached to direct the romantic comedy The Exes. The film is based on the book The Ex Files by Jane Moore with the screenplay written by Kelly Bowe. It will be produced by Leonard Goldberg.

The Exes follows the ex-girlfriend of the groom, who reluctantly agrees to attend his destination wedding for closure and for friendship. Once there, she finds herself trapped at an island resort with all of couples' exes. Old flames are rekindled, new romances are born and complete chaos ensues.

Andy Fickman had this to say in a statement.

"I absolutely love this project. It's a fun and fresh unique perspective within the romantic comedy world. Every time I mention the story to someone they immediately respond with how it relates to their own life - which makes this such a universal experience... anyone...

CBS Films announced the development on Monday [29].

The rom-com is based on Kelly Bowe’s adaption of the Jane Moore’s book The Ex Files and centres on a destination wedding where old flames rekindle their passions.

Leonard Goldberg produces, while CBS Films vp of production Mark Ross and creative executive Alex Ginno will oversee for the studio.

“I absolutely love this project,” said Fickman, whose directing credits include The Game Plan and She’s The Man. “It’s a fun and fresh unique perspective within the romantic comedy world.”...

Breaking: CBS Films has set Andy Fickman to helm The Exes, the romantic comedy based on the Jane Moore novel The Ex Files. Kelly Bowe wrote the script and Leonard Goldberg is producing. The plot: The ex-girlfriend of the groom reluctantly agrees to attend his destination wedding for closure and for friendship. Once there, she finds herself trapped at an island resort filled with couples’ exes. Old flames are rekindled, new romances are born and complete chaos ensues. “I absolutely love this project,” said Fickman, who most recently helmed Parental Guidance. “It’s a fun and fresh unique perspective within the romantic comedy world. Every time I mention the story to someone they immediately respond with how it relates to their own life — which makes this such a universal experience… anyone who has loved before has lost before.” Fickman is repped by Wme and Management 360, and CBS execs Mark Ross...

A science-fiction pitch from a writer with the name .Cameron. could have CBS Films dreaming dreams of Avatar-level box office receipts. For the moment, though, executives at the aggressive studio should dial back expectations until they see what they have in this debut screenplay from relative newcomer Cameron Alexander . and not James Cameron, after all. But who knows, Alexander may soon be on his way if his script Omega Point, which The Hollywood Reporter says CBS Films just optioned, is a smash hit. The 25-year-old writer has penned a sci-fi story about a young man who reportedly encounters a downed spacecraft near a crash site in the woods. Upon exploring, the man finds and befriends .a god-like artificial intelligence agent desperate to escape earth.. Omega already has some support. CBS Films executives Mark Ross and Alex Ginno will shepherd the project to theaters. It will be co-produced by Sidney Sherman,...