Jul 11, 2018 | In Production
Veteran creative executives Rick French and Patrick Shanahan are partnering with Buddy Holly’s widow on “Clear Lake,” depicting Holly’s 1958 music tour with Clarence Collins,Variety has learned exclusively. French is the chairman and CEO of North Carolina-based...
Jul 11, 2018 | In Production
“Indiana Jones 5” has officially been delayed. Disney pushed back the film’s release a year to July 9, 2021. It was reported late last month that the Harrison Ford-starrer would miss its 2020 launch date. The return of the action hero has been halted following issues...
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
Dwayne Johnson has unveiled an official release date of Dec. 13, 2019, for Sony’s sequel to “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle.” The untitled movie will open a week before Disney-Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Episode IX” launches. Sony Pictures chairman Tom Rothman revealed in...
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
Jim Carrey is in final negotiations to join James Marsden in Paramount Pictures’ “Sonic the Hedgehog” movie. Jeff Fowler, who received an Oscar nomination for his 2005 animated short “Gopher Broke,” is helming the movie, which will blend live-action and CG elements....
Jul 4, 2018 | In Production
New Regency has won an auction for “Rub & Tug,” an “American Hustle”-like movie starring Scarlett Johansson and directed by Rupert Sanders, sources confirmed. Based on a true story, the film will focus on Dante “Tex” Gill (Johansson) who flourished in the...
Jun 28, 2018 | In Production
Paramount has launched development of a third “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” movie — two years after “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” was a serious disappointment. The studio has hired Andrew Dodge, whose credits include “Bad Words,” to write the...
