Dec 8, 2018 | In Production, Trending
Sony Pictures and Blumhouse have set a Feb. 28, 2020 release date for the upcoming film “Fantasy Island.” The movie stars Michael Pena as Mr. Roarke. Lisa Hale will play one of the guests at a mysterious island where people can live out their fantasies — for a price....
Nov 23, 2018 | In Production, Trending
“Pet Sematary” director Mary Lambert is attached to helm an adaptation of Mira Grant’s mermaid thriller “Rolling in the Deep” for Branded Pictures Entertainment, Variety has learned exclusively. Sean Hood, whose credits include “Conan the Barbarian” and “Halloween:...
Nov 23, 2018 | In Production, Trending
Warner Bros.’ “Space Jam 2,” starring LeBron James and produced by Ryan Coogler, is set to film in California. The upcoming sequel is one of 15 film projects that have been selected for the state’s Film & TV Tax Credit Program 2.0. “Space Jam 2” received the...
Nov 13, 2018 | In Production
Dakota Fanning is starring in the immigrant drama “Sweetness in the Belly,” which has begun shooting in Ireland and will continue in Ethiopia. Zeresenay Berhane Mehari is directing from a script by Laura Phillips, adapted from Camilla Gibb’s bestselling novel that...
Nov 13, 2018 | In Production
“The Color Purple” is headed to the big screen once again — but this time, as a musical. Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey are teaming up to develop the property as a movie musical at Warner Bros. Quincy Jones and Scott Sanders are also on board to produce the movie,...
Nov 2, 2018 | In Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer has joined Lantern Entertainment to develop, finance, produce, and distribute the rowing movie “Boys in the Boat.” It’s the first film to come from Lantern, which closed its $289 million acquisition of the Weinstein Co. in July, and is seeking to...
