Sony Pictures has confirmed a Venom sequel is in the works with Kelly Marcel returning to write the script and Tom Hardy back as Eddie Brock and Venom.
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FX is making its first foray into the fairy tale fantasy genre with The Changeling TV series, an adaptation of Victor LaVelle's novel of the same name about a couple who go on a quest for their missing son in a New York no one knew existed.
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The Venom trailer reveals Tom Hardy as the Spider-Man anti-hero in his own standalone film. Venom, also starring Michelle Williams and Riz Ahmed, opens in October 2018.
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A live-action Cruella de Vil spinoff is in the works at Disney. Kelly Marcel (Fifty Shades of Grey) will write the film about the 101 Dalmatians villain.
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Who better to do an Elvis movie than Baz Luhrmann? The Moulin Rouge director could helm a film based on The King. Read about the Baz Luhrmann Elvis movie.
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A few weeks back I got a chance to talk with Kelly Marcel, the screenwriter of Disney's Saving Mr. Banks. After seeing the movie it would be hard to imagine it not being a Disney movie, but many of you might be surprised to learn that Saving Mr. Banks was originally written on spec outside of…
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There's a certain kind of stress that comes with watching a favorite book get adapted into movies, and I can only imagine that the process must be even more nerve-wracking for the authors of those books. It can't be easy for them to see their work chopped up and rearranged, or to find that what…
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Watching Disney's Mary Poppins as a small child, I remember being amazed by the (in my view) radical technology that allowed real movie stars to stand alongside cartoon critters. Little did I know that combining animation and live-action was the least of the struggles in getting the picture made. The upcoming drama Saving Mr. Banks…
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Like Cinderella, Snow White, and her other fairy tale sistren before her, the Little Mermaid is getting her very own cinematic live-action adaptation. And happily for the iconic fish-woman, she's got some seriously promising talent backing her up. Kelly Marcel has just been tapped to rewrite The Little Mermaid for director Joe Wright. Though the…
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It was around this time last year that Universal forked over $3 million or more to pick up the movie rights to Fifty Shades of Grey, author E.L. James' Twilight fanfiction-turned-erotic bestseller. Despite the rumors that have been flying around since the beginning, though, the project still doesn't have a director or stars attached. But apparently…
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Book lovers often worry that their favorite tomes won't translate perfectly to the big screen, but fans of E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey have more reason to be anxious than most. The erotic bestseller has attracted a lot of attention for its explicit portrayal of S&M sex -- not generally an activity that translates well…
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Despite its humble origins as a bit of Twilight fanfiction, E.L. James' Fifty Shades of Grey is picking up some interesting talent on its road to the big screen. The Social Network producers Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti signed on back in July, and have been looking for a writer to adapt the erotic…
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Plenty of high-profile actors and filmmakers have devoted time to deflecting Fifty Shades of Grey movie rumors in recent months, but one industry figure who's made no secret of his burning desire to bring the S&M novel to life is Bret Easton Ellis. The American Psycho author has been pushing hard for the screenwriting job over…
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The way Disney's Saving Mr. Banks is shaping up, we might as well pencil it in now for the 2014 Oscar race. Based on true events, Kelly Marcel's 2011 Black List script centers around company founder's Walt Disney's 14-year effort to convince Mary Poppins author P.L. Travers to turn over the rights to her book. Since the…
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When it first came out in 1964, Mary Poppins was a smash hit both commercially and critically: it out-earned The Sound of Music and My Fair Lady at the box office, received thirteen Academy Award nominations and won five. Now, nearly fifty years later, Disney is looking toward returning to the Mary Poppins well -- but…
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Each December since 2004, studio executive Franklin Leonard has compiled the best unproduced screenplays of the year, as voted by hundreds of execs, agency guys, and high-level assistants. Titled The Black List, the compendium highlights both established screenwriters and up-and-comers, and has served as a launching pad in the past for projects like Juno, Lars…
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