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Peacock has landed the rights to stream “The Independent,” a political thriller that stars John Cena, “Succession’s” Brian Cox, Ann Dowd (“The Handmaid’s Tale”), and Jodie Turner-Smith (“Queen & Slim”). The film from Relativity Media and director Amy Rice will skip theaters and stream exclusively on Peacock beginning next week on November 2, just ahead of midterm elections.

“The Independent” follows a young journalist (Turner-Smith) who discovers a conspiracy involving a U.S. Presidential candidate that could change the election and the fate of the country in an election in which America would be poised to elect either its first female president or its first viable independent candidate (Cena). Turner-Smith’s character teams up with a legendary journalist (Cox) to unravel the political conspiracy surrounding the election.

Rice directed the film from a script by Evan Parter. Executive producing “The Independent” are Laura Grange, Julia Stuart, Brian Cox, Jodie Turner-Smith, John Cena,...

Exclusive: BBC Studios is working with U.S. outfits Nice Media Studios and Windowseat Pictures to develop Cj Tudor’s novel The Chalk Man into a six-part TV series.

BBC Studios has attached The Boy With The Top Knot and Single Father writer Mick Ford to adapt the Sunday Times bestseller. The project is housed with BBC Studios’ drama team in the north of England, which is currently making Sean Bean and Stephen Graham series Time.

The Chalk Man tells the story of five 1990s school students who, inspired by a teacher, start leaving each other secret messages in chalk. But the fun is halted when the chalk drawings lead them to the dead body of a 17-year-old girl. Fast forward 30 years and one of the boys, Eddie, receives a stick of chalk and drawing in the post, forcing the chalk men to face their haunting memories all over again.

“Aquaman” writer David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick is looking forward to the superhero movie’s opening because of his three children.

“This is my first movie that my kids can watch and I want to take them,” he said at Wednesday night’s “Behind the Screen” event, held by the Writers Guild of America West at Beauty & Essex in Hollywood.

“They’re dying to see ‘The Conjuring 2,’ but they’re also eight, nine, and 10, so that’s not happening,” he said.

Johnson-McGoldrick co-wrote the “Aquaman” script with Will Beall from a story by Beall, Geoff Johns, and James Wan, who directed “Aquaman” and both “Conjuring” movies. He has every confidence in “Aquaman,” which he began working on three years ago and recalls reading “Aquaman” comic books while on the set of “The Conjuring 2.”

“James Wan knows how to connect with the audience instinctively,” he said. “In horror movies, you’re sometimes rooting for the monster,...

"The events of that summer would change my life..." Freestyle Digital Media has released the official trailer for another summer coming-of-age film, this one titled Age of Summer, from filmmaker Bill Kiely. There have been quite a few "summer" films this year about kids growing up and running into the troubles of life: Summer of 84, All Summers End, Hot Summer Nights - to name a few. This one is about a "determined teenage boy" who struggles to find acceptance within the Jr. Lifeguards squad, while juggling relationships and challenges in the summer of '83. Starring Peter Stomare, Jake Ryan, Brain Van Holt, Diarmaid Murtagh, Percy Hynes White, Kane Ritchotte, and Madeleine Wade. It looks alright. Watch below. Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Bill Kiely's Age of Summer, direct from YouTube: An awkward teen who is a recent transplant to a small Southern California beach town tries to...

Fortitude International has released a first look photo from The Bachelors.

The movie stars Oscar winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash, Terminator Genisys, Juno), Golden Globe and Oscar nominee Julie Delpy (Before Sunrise, Before Sunset), Josh Wiggins (Hellion, Max, Lost In The Sun) and Odeya Rush (Upcoming Hunter’S Prayer, The Giver, Goosebumps)

Hoping for a fresh start, a widower and his 17-year-old son move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles, where a new job, a new school, a wry old friend and two extraordinary women play a transformative role in the reshaping of their lives.

Fortitude is handling international rights to the film in Cannes.

The comedy drama is written and directed by Kurt Voelker (Sweet November, Park) and produced by Matthew Baer (Unbroken, Maggie, City By The Sea), George Parra (Joy, The Descendants, Silver Linings Playbook), and Windowseat Entertainment’s Joe McKelheer (Barely Lethal, The Hammer) and Bill Kiely (Chasing Giants,...

J.K. Simmons and Julie Delpy are set to star in the drama feature "The Bachelors" at Windowseat Entertainment. Shooting kicks off next month in Los Angeles.

The story follows a widower and his seventeen-year-old son who move from a small northern California town to Los Angeles hoping for a fresh start.

With a new job, a new school, an old friend and two extraordinary women coming into their lives, they find their lives transformed.

Kurt Voelker ("Sweet November") penned the script and will direct while Matt Baer, Geoge Parra, Joe McKelheer and Bill Kiely will produce.

Source: Deadline...

Principal photography has begun in Brooklyn, New York, on The Adderall Diaries, which Kathy Morgan International is selling internationally.

Robert Redford serves as executive producer and Pamela Romanowsky directs the story of a young man navigating the unstable terrain of truth and identity.

Romanowsky developed the project at both Sundance Institute’s Directors and Screenwriters Labs.

The ubiquitous James Franco acquired the project and stars with Ed Harris, Amber Heard, Christian Slater, Cynthia Nixon and Jim Parrack.

Rabbit Bandini Productions partners Franco and Vince Jolivette produce with Windowseat Films producers James Reach and Joseph McKelheer.

Financiers are Peregrine Entertainment Capital and the executive producer roster includes Leo Kiely, Bill Kiely and Ryan Dorff.

Wme Global and CAA brokered the deal and represent Us rights.