'Doc Savage' TV Series In The Works From 'Fast & Furious' Producer
Sony Pictures Television is developing a Doc Savage TV show with Fast & Furious producer Neal H. Moritz and his Original Film production company.
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'Fast & Furious' Producer Neal Moritz Sues Universal Over 'Hobbs And Shaw'
A Hobbs and Shaw lawsuit has been filed against Universal Pictures by Neal Moritz, the producer of the Fast & Furious franchise. Read on for details.
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'Starsky & Hutch' Reboot Will Be A Fun And Gritty Continuation Of The Original Series
Amazon has given James Gunn's Starsky and Hutch reboot a script-to-series commitment. According to Gunn, it's more of a fun continuation than a reboot.
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Did Vin Diesel Axe A 'Fate Of The Furious' Credits Scene With Dwayne Johnson And Jason Statham?
There might have been a Fate of the Furious credits scene that was shot with Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham, but Vin Diesel supposedly had it pulled.
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Sony Is Making A Movie About Those "Escape Rooms" You've Heard So Much About
You know those attractions where you pay an admission cost to solve a series of puzzles to get out? Now Sony is making an escape room movie.
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Weta Used Old 'Fast & Furious' Footage To Complete Paul Walker 'Furious 7' Scenes
Paul Walker shot most of Furious 7 before passing but Weta Digital was called in to help complete some key moments. Read about Paul Walker Furious 7 here.
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'23 Jump Street' Gets '22 Jump Street' Writer; Phil Lord And Chris Miller To Produce
The 23 Jump Street writer will be Rodney Rothman, who helped script 22 Jump Street. Phil Lord and Chris Miller will return as producers.
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Sony Is Making A 'Sonic The Hedgehog' Movie
Sony is planning a Sonic the Hedgehog movie, to be produced by Neal Moritz (22 Jump Street) and written by UCB alums Evan Susser and Van Robichaux.
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Dennis Lehane To Pen Remake Of Jacques Audiard's 'A Prophet'
After making his name on crime dramas set in his native Boston, Dennis Lehane is getting his next bit of inspiration from outside the country. The Shutter Island author has been tapped to write Sony's English-language remake of A Prophet (a.k.a. Un prophète), Jacques Audiard's acclaimed French crime drama. More details on the upcoming film…
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'Fast And Furious 6' Featurette Offers New Footage And Story Details
Even among this summer's crowded lineup of blockbuster sequels, Fast and Furious 6 manages to stand out as one of the most highly anticipated releases of early summer. The trailers and promos so far have been gloriously high-octane, highlighting the fancy automotive tricks that are the series' claim to fame. The newest featurette highlights still…
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DreamWorks Buys Pitch For Revisionist Robin Hood Film 'Merry Men'
Just when you thought you'd seen every single angle someone could take on the Robin Hood story, Hollywood has come up with another. The latest is a revenge thriller centered on Robin's friends, a la Ocean's Eleven or The Dirty Dozen. It's called Merry Men, and DreamWorks just spent seven figures to acquire it. Brad Ingelsby…
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'21 Jump Street' Producer Neal Moritz Developing Comedic, Stalkerish Take On 'Sleeping Beauty'
The fairy tale trend that's taken over Hollywood clearly isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Even as cameras roll on Disney's Maleficent, which retells Sleeping Beauty from the perspective of its villain, there's another reinterpretation of the story brewing, this time with the prince who breaks the spell at its center. Fast and the Furious producer…
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'Big Man Japan' To Be Remade By Columbia And Producer Neal Moritz
If you liked the down on his luck superhero elements of the Will Smith film Hancock, but weren't as much into the 'gods and love' story that dominated the second half, you should give some attention to Big Man Japan. That is Hitoshi Matsumoto's 2007 Japanese mock documentary about a guy who can grow to…
Read MoreComic-Con: Cast And Crew Talk Battle: Los Angeles
I had predicted that Jonathan Liebesman's Battle: Los Angeles might be the surprise hit of this year's Comic-Con. I was wrong. I've talked with a bunch of people who have screened early cuts of the film, and the buzz I've been hearing from these people is overwhelmingly possitive. For those of you who haven't been…
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Sam Mendes No Longer Directing Preacher; Will John August Direct?
Here's the thing about Preacher: making it into a movie that makes any sense and retains the spirit of the original comic is going to be a hell of a task. (ahem.) Even if Kick-Ass is quite successful, the collision of sex, religion and violence that is Preacher won't be an easy sell. Producers have…
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Mattel Developing More Toys To Adapt Into Movies
You thought that Hollywood was scraping the bottom of the barrel when they began greenlighting movie adaptations based on popular toy brands and board games. Now the toy manufacturers are developing new toy brands with the goal of simultaneously turning the properties into a big screen features, brining new meaning to the phrase "Toy Movie".…
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Shane Black To Direct Doc Savage
Sony has hired Shane Black to bring pulp hero Doc Savage back to the big screen. I've been waiting for Black to step back into the director's chair for five years now. His feature directorial debut, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, is one of my favorite films of the past decade, mostly due to Black's incredible…
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Next Day Air Director Benny Boom To Helm S.W.A.T. Sequel
Do you remember the 2003 action crime thriller S.W.A.T. directed by Clark Johnson, starring Colin Farrell, Samuel L Jackson, Jeremy Renner and Michelle Rodriguez? Yeah, me neither. Well the film made Sony over $200 million in worldwide box office receipts, which is apparently enough to warrant a sequel. Columbia Pictures, Original Film, and producer Neal…
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Universal Greenlights Fast And The Furious 5, Titled "Fast Five"
Universal Pictures has given the greenlight to a fifth film in the Fast and the Furious franchise. And in an apparent attempt to one-up the ridiculousness of the previous titles, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Fast & Furious, they have come up with the brilliant (yes, sarcasm) title "Fast Five." The studio has inked deals…
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