'Divergent' Franchise Officially Heading To TV With 'Ascendant' Series On Starz
Starz is picking up the pieces of the Divergent film franchise by developing an Ascendant TV series based on the final chapter of Veronica Roth's books.
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'Suicide Squad 2' Screenwriter Doesn't Give Us Any More Confidence In This DC Sequel
We still don't know if Mel Gibson will be directing the Suicide Squad sequel or not, but Warner Bros has hired a screenwriter to begin on the DC comics follow-up. The Suicide Squad 2 screenwriter has been revealed as Adam Cozad. Learn more, after the jump. THR has learned that Adam Cozad is in negotiations…
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David Yates, Gary Ross, And Susanna White Circling One Of Warner Bros.' 'Tarzan' Movies [UPDATED]
UPDATE: A rep for Gary Ross has denied that the filmmaker is pursuing Warner Bros.' Tarzan adaptation. Original story follows. Could Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan be the next classic tale to get several competing adaptations? Not only is a mo-capped 3D version featuring Kellan Lutz (The Twilight Saga) as the lord of the jungle coming together, but Warner…
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Brad Pitt In Talks For Lead Role In 'The Gray Man'
James Gray, the director of films such as Two Lovers and We Own the Night, was once set to direct The Lost City of Z, featuring Brad Pitt. Things changed on that front, as Gray and Paramount couldn't come to financial terms for the big-budget 'expedition to the Amazon' film. (Ironically, the same issue was…
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Now David Koepp Is Rewriting 'Moscow,' The New Jack Ryan Film
The backstory of the new telling of Jack Ryan's origin story is becoming quite an origin story of its own. Paramount has been trying to kickstart the rebirth of the Jack Ryan franchise for two years -- it stalled out in 2002 with the Ben Affleck-led The Sum of All Fears. Now the latest screenwriter…
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Adam Kozad To Rewrite Joseph Kosinski's 'Archangel'
There's a new possible project for Tron Legacy director Joseph Kosinski. The military/sci-fi film Archangel was originally written by Andrew Will, but Adam Kozad has just been signed to rewrite for New Regency, and Mr. Kosinski has been attached as director. Given that the rewrite process is just starting this will take another couple months…
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Steve Zaillian Rewriting Paramount's Jack Ryan Reboot
Briefly: Paramount has been working on a revamp of Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan character. Chris Pine is starring, making him the fourth actor in the role after Alec Baldwin, Harrison Ford and Ben Affleck, and Lost's Jack Bender is directing. Hossein Amini wrote a draft, then the studio picked up Adam Cozad's spec script Dubai,…
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James Gray Will Direct 'The Gray Man'
Mark Greaney's assassin thriller The Gray Man will be directed for the screen by James Gray, based on a script by Adam Cozad, aka one of the Jack Ryan reboot screenwriters. (Yep, he's moving on from that whole LOst City of Z stall that happened last year.) The book is about a former CIA man…
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