'Dune' TV Series Loses Showrunner Jon Spaihts
The Dune TV series, Dune: The Sisterhood, will need a new showrunner: Jon Spaihts is no longer in charge.
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'The Mummy' Featurette: Tom Cruise Goes Globetrotting After A Monster
The first chapter in the Dark Universe probably won't be lacking in scope. A new The Mummy featurette teases the film's beautiful and epic locations.
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'The Mummy' Featurette: The Monster Has Big Plans For Tom Cruise
Tom Cruise, the world's mightiest and most reliable cinematic hero, has met his match in Alex Kurtzman's The Mummy. Watch a new The Mummy featurette.
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'Van Helsing' Co-Writer Eric Heisserer Went For Real Scares
Eric Heisserer (Arrival) is a part of the writers' room for the Universal Monsters Universe. He recently discussed the tone for the new Van Helsing movie.
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Interview: Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Discusses The Long Road To 'Passengers,' Rooting Exposition In Character, And More
Jon Spaiht's acclaimed spec script, Passengers, has finally gotten made with Chris Pratt and Jennifer Lawrence as its stars. Read our Jon Spaihts interview.
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Interview: 'Doctor Strange' Screenwriter Jon Spaihts Discusses The Brilliant, Cocky, Swashbuckling Superhero
This is a big year for Jon Spaihts. Spaiht's first hot spec, Passengers, finally got made and he co-wrote Doctor Strange. Read our Jon Spaihts interview.
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'The Black Hole' Remake Might Be Too Dark For The Colorful World Of Disney (Right Now)
Screenwriter Jon Spaihts (Passengers) recently provided us with an update on The Black Hole remake, describing the Joseph Kosinski project as a "dark epic."
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'Van Helsing' Will Be A Very Different Take On The Character, Promises Screenwriter Jon Spaihts
Screenwriter Jon Spaihts speaks out about his Van Helsing reboot, which will move the iconic monster hunter to the modern day.
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Kevin Feige On How 'Doctor Strange' Will Change The Marvel Universe [On Set Interview]
Read our Kevin Feige Doctor Strange Interview to find out how the Marvel Cinematic Universe will change & how this movie is different from the comics.
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'Passengers' Trailer Teaser: A Brief Preview Of The Chris Pratt And Jennifer Lawrence Sci-Fi Romance
We've yet to see a trailer for the Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt-led Passengers, but that'll change tomorrow. Watch the Passengers trailer teaser.
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The New 'Van Helsing' Movie Was Inspired By Mad Max
Writer Eric Heisserer has revealed a few interesting tidbits about the new Van Helsing movie, which will return the famed monster hunter to the screen.
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Tom Cruise In Talks For The Mummy Reboot And Universal Monsters Cinematic Universe
Universal is in talks with Tom Cruise for The Mummy reboot. Find out more details on the possible Tom Cruise Mummy reboot and the Monsters movie universe.
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The 'Van Helsing' Reboot Finds New Writers
Jon Spaihts (Promehteus) and Eric Heisserer (The Thingl) are co-writing Van Helsing. The Van Helsing writers will write a grounded take on the character.
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Sony Greenlights 'Passengers' With Chris Pratt And Jennifer Lawrence
After Jurassic World's earth-shaking opening weekend, the Chris Pratt project Passengers is greenlit at Sony.
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Channing Tatum To Lead Former Ridley Scott Project 'The Forever War'
The Forever War movie is moving forward with Channing Tatum attached to star. Ridley Scott was once set to direct the adaptation of the Joe Haldeman novel.
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Jennifer Lawrence And Chris Pratt In Talks For Sci-Fi Romance 'Passengers' [Updated]
It's been a turbulent week for Sony but the studio is moving forward full-speed ahead on the long-awaited realization of Jon Spaihts' sci-fi script Passengers. Director Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game, Headhunters) just came on to direct earlier this week, a couple months after Sony grabbed rights to the script following failed development efforts at other…
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'The Imitation Game' Director In Talks To Make Sci-Fi Romance 'Passengers'
We've talked about the script Passengers for years. The Jon Spaihts-penned script landed on the Black List back in 2007, and has wound through a very long development process ever since. It revolves around a man who is accidentally awakened during a long voyage to colonize a new planet. Faced with the likely possibility of living…
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'Imitation Game' Director Picks Up Sci-Fi Love Story From 'Doctor Strange' Writer
Get the details on the Passengers Morten Tyldum news. The Imitation Game director will helm Passengers, written by Jon Spaihts (Doctor Strange).
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Scott Derrickson's 'Doctor Strange' Won't Be An Origin Story
The upcoming Marvel Studios Doctor Strange film is going to be different. The Doctor Strange origin story won't be seen, marking a new chapter at Marvel.
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'Prometheus' Writer Jon Spaihts To Pen Marvel's 'Doctor Strange;' Jared Leto On Short List
Now that Marvel has hired Scott Derrickson to direct, the new Doctor Strange writer is Jon Spaihts.
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'Mama' Director Andres Muschietti In Talks For 'Mummy' Reboot
Universal's reboot of The Mummy hit a big snag earlier this summer when director Len Wiseman dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with his Fox series Sleepy Hollow. But the studio, still determined to get the film in theaters sooner rather than later, scrambled to snap up a replacement, and now it appears they've found one.…
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Jon Spaihts Script 'Passengers' Comes Back To Life, Brian Kirk Directing
A space-based drama called Passengers is the script that led to Jon Spaihts scripting the Alien prequel that became Prometheus. Popular as Passengers was with those who read it, the project has languished for years in a sort of development hell. The script is built around a great concept in which a malfunction on a ship transporting sleeping humans through…
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'Prometheus' Writer Jon Spaihts To Rewrite 'Black Hole' Remake
A few years back, Jon Spaihts became popular in Hollywood thanks in part to his still-unproduced sci-fi screenplay Passengers. That led to a gig writing what became Prometheus. Most of us don't know precisely how Prometheus would have played if Spaihts had been the lone writer on the project; his draft has never been read…
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Exclusive: Damon Lindelof Explains The Unglamorous Truth Behind 'Prometheus 2' Rumors
The end of Ridley Scott's Prometheus is just the beginning of a new story. As Elizabeth Shaw (Noomi Rapace) flies up into space it's obvious that the prequel (of sorts) to Alien has more ground to cover. Some of the film's questions were answered by the time the credits rolled, but many were not. The unresolved…
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Universal Hires 'Hunger Games' Writer To Pen Second, Competing 'Mummy' Script
Universal really, really wants their The Mummy reboot to work. Last spring, the studio set Prometheus co-writer Jon Spaihts to pen a modern-day reboot of the classic franchise. Now, they're bringing in some extra help in the form of Hunger Games scribe Billy Ray. While it's pretty typical for a high-profile tentpole pic to go…
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Read The Original Script For 'Prometheus,' And See Ridley Scott's 'I Am Legend' Creature Tests
Once again, it's time to tip my hat to Prometheus for having a particular longevity online. Whether you loved the film or hated it, or had very mixed emotions (perhaps relating to the beautiful cinematography versus the particular actions and motivations of the characters) there's no question that Ridley Scott's vague Alien prequel remains a…
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'Prometheus' Blu-Ray Features Announced; Will Have Alternate Opening/Ending, Writer And Director Commentaries
Another big Blu-ray mystery has been solved this week. After months of speculation over what Ridley Scott would include on the Blu-ray release of Prometheus, the final list of features has been revealed. There isn't a specific set of deleted scenes, though 10 minutes of them have already leaked online, but there will be an…
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