Benedict Cumberbatch To Star In 'The 39 Steps' Limited Series For Netflix
Benedict Cumberbatch is set to star in The 39 Steps, Netflix's new limited series adaptation of the classic novel about a man caught up in a mystery.
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Multiple 'Star Trek' Scripts Are Being Written Now
Zachary Quinto says that multiple Star Trek scripts are being written right now, not just the R-rated Quentin Tarantino film as previously reported.
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Bad Robot's 'Overlord' May Be A WWII-Set 'Cloverfield' Sequel: How Does It Connect?
J.J. Abrams is producing a new WWII thriller that certainly sounds like it could be next Cloverfield sequel. What are the Overlord Cloverfield connections?
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Julius Avery Directing Bad Robot's Supernatural D-Day Movie 'Overlord'
Julius Avery will direct Overlord, based on an original idea by producer J.J. Abrams and Billy Ray. Learn more about the supernatural WWII Bad Robot movie.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Re-Teaming With 'The Revenant' Writer For 'Conquest'
Learn about the Leonardo DiCaprio Conquest project. DiCaprio is reuniting with his The Revenant screenwriter, Mark L. Smith, for the Paramount picture.
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Interview: 'The Revenant' Screenwriter Mark L. Smith Explores Love And Fear
With The Revenant, screenwriter Mark L. Smith wanted to tell a personal and intimate story amongst all the chaos. Read our Mark L Smith interview.
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What 'The Revenant' Was Originally About
The Revenant went through some changes, and one of those The Revenant changes involved Hugh Glass' motivation. Learn what that original motivation was.
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'Martyrs' Trailer: This Is Kind Of The Remake You Expected
The story in the remake looks more or less the same: a young lady seeks revenge against those who tortured her as a child. Watch the Martyrs trailer.
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Edgar Wright's 'Collider' Is Getting A Rewrite From 'The Revenant' Scribe
Mark L. Smith (The Revenant) has been tapped to do a Collider rewrite for Edgar Wright. The scary sci-fi pic is produced by J.J. Abrams.
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Leonardo DiCaprio Producing And Could Star In Viking Film 'King Harald'
Leonardo DiCaprio's company Appian Way has optioned a script pitch called King Harald, with DiCaprio set to produce and (as these things go) possibly star. The film would be written by Mark L. Smith, with the focus on the Norse king Harald III, called Harald Hardrada (tough ruler). He was a mercenary and warrior, who…
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Tom Hardy Sets Up Outlaw Biker Movie As Producing And Starring Effort At Warner Bros.
Warrior, Inception and The Dark Knight Rises actor Tom Hardy just signed a first-look deal with Warner Bros., and now we know what his first producing feature might be with the studio. The untitled film sounds like it could be a throwback of sorts: an outlaw biker movie. Those were in fashion for drive-ins decades…
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Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu May Direct Revenge Tale 'The Revenant'
Michael Punke's novel The Revenant, a dire revenge tale set in raw 1800s America, has been in the hands of Warner Bros for almost a decade. John Hillcoat was once linked to the film, with Christian Bale said to be attached to star; prior to that Park Chan-wook and Samuel L. Jackson were linked. As…
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Universal Remaking Stephen King's 'Firestarter;' 'Maximum Overdrive' Remake Also Percolating
Poll a hundred people about their top five movies based on Stephen King novels and I doubt Firestarter, the 1984 film featuring Drew Barrymore in her first post-E.T. film appearance, would even crack the top 90%. I actually wouldn't be surprised if a great many people now have never seen the film. So, the fact…
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Twilight Producer Wants Kristen Stewart For Martyrs Remake?
Cue a whole lot of irritated groans. A couple weeks back we updated on the remake of the extreme French horror film Martyrs, basically noting that (a) Mark L. Smith had penned a script and (b) the remake sounds, on the surface, like a terrible idea. What I didn't note at the time is that…
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Vacancy Writer Scripting New John Hillcoat Thriller And Remake Of Martyrs
Because John Hillcoat has a strange machinima mini-film coming out to promote the game Red Dead Redemption later this week, I've been wondering about his other upcoming projects. And now we've got a report that Vacancy and The Hold 3D writer Mark L. Smith is writing The Revenant, which Hillcoat will direct, with Christian Bale…
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