N.K. Jemisin’s ‘The Inheritance Trilogy’ To Be Developed As TV Series By Searchlight TV & Westbrook Studios

EXCLUSIVE: iZombie alum Malcolm Goodwin, Willa Fitzgerald (Scream) and Chris Webster (The Most Dangerous Game) have been tapped as series regulars opposite Alan Ritchson in the upcoming Amazon original series Jack Reacher, based on the character from Lee Child’s international bestselling books.

The Last Of Us will lift dialogue directly from the game but also diverge from some of its storylines.That’s according to the show’s executive producer, Neil Druckmann, who also directed the video game series, as revealed in a new interview conducted at SXSW 2021.Druckmann spoke about his and showrunner Craig Mazin’s approach to adapting the original game for HBO, telling IGN that “the philosophical underpinnings of the story” are the most crucial parts to get right.“We talked at length [that season one of the show is going to be the first game],” he told the publication.

Keanu Reeves is set to star in and produce a film adaptation and anime series based on BRZRKR, the comic book he created.

Angelique Jackson Introducing the “Brzrkr” on-screen universe.“Brzrkr” co-author and co-creator Keanu Reeves will star in and produce both a live-action film and anime series adaptation of his BOOM! Studios comic series for Netflix.The new projects will be an expansion on the 12-episode limited series, which originated from an idea Reeves had been developing for a number of years.The legendary action star makes his comic book debut with the series, written with New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt.

More details have been revealed about the upcoming Mike Tyson biopic.Jamie Foxx, 53, will be playing the prolific boxer in a limited series which will span Tyson's whole life, Variety reports.The series, which will be titled Tyson, hasn't yet been attached to a specific streaming service or network. Confirmed: Jamie Foxx will be playing Mike Tyson in a limited series which will span the boxer's whole life, Variety reportsSouthpaw director Antoine Fuqua is on board to direct and executive produce via Fuqua Films and Martin Scorsese will also executive produce withSikelia Productions.Foxx and Tyson will also executive produce alongside Tyson's wife Kiki.

EXCLUSIVE: Producing and financing company Bron Studios has hired Juliana Janes as Vice President of Development for Television.

Jamie Foxx is heading to the boxing ring.The Oscar winner will play boxing great Mike Tyson for an «authorized» biographical limited series, , it was announced Monday. Foxx will also executive produce alongside Tyson, Martin Scorsese and director Antoine Fuqua.will span the life of the boxing legend.“I have been looking to tell my story for quite some time,” said Tyson in a statement.

Netflix has secured the rights to BRZRKR, the BOOM! Studios-published comic book created by Keanu Reeves. Reeves will produce and star in the screen adaptations which will start with the story getting the feature treatment followed by an anime spinoff series.

Some people would do anything for love… but they won’t do that.

Red Candle Games, the developers behind Devotion and Detention, has revealed a clip of a third project on Twitter.The tweet is captioned “work in progress” and shows a markedly different style from the rest of the company’s games. From the short video, the game looks like a 2-D action game with a pixelated, animated style.Work in progress pic.twitter.com/yPiNIWEOv6— redcandlegames (@redcandlegames) March 19, 2021Red Candle Games has confirmed that the game is not a horror title but that the team is looking at expanding its options.

Jordan Moreau The “Hawkeye” series at Disney Plus may already be getting a spinoff.A show centered on Echo, a deaf Native American character who will be played by Alaqua Cox in the “Hawkeye” series, is in the early stages of development for Disney Plus, Variety has learned exclusively from sources. Etan Cohen and Emily Cohen are attached to write and executive produce the show, with a writers’ room recently being assembled.

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Doves, Rag’n’Bone Man, Madness, Jess Glynne and Keane to various woodland locations across the UK this June.It has now been announced that the programme has been pushed back one year due to the uncertainty surrounding the lifting of coronavirus restrictions.

Mattel expands its television program slate with the development of Barbie Fashion Battle. The iconic toy brand has teamed with Mission Control Media for the competition show centered amed at discovering the next generation of designers.

David Hasselhoff is going meta in Ze Network, a new German TV series in which he will star as Hollywood actor David Hasselhoff. The plot of the dark comedy sees the Hoff cast in a theater play in Germany only to be caught up in an international conspiracy of former Cold War assassins.

A second biographical TV series about Mike Tyson is in the works – this one starring Jamie Foxx as the boxing legend and exec produced by Antoine Fuqua and Martin Scorsese.

A Time To Kill for a new sequel miniseries.The Oscar-winner played defence attorney Jake Brigance in the hit 1996 film, which itself was based on the novel by John Grisham.The rights to the writer’s sequel novel A Time For Mercy have now been acquired by HBO, Deadline reports, with plans to produce an eight to 10-episode miniseries based on it and McConaughey in final negotiations to reprise his role.The original film follows Brigance as he defends a Black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, which turns the small town into a boiling pot of tension.A Time For Mercy sees the character in the middle of a divisive trial, acting as an attorney for a timid 16-year-old boy accused of murdering a local deputy.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJamie Foxx will play boxing great Mike Tyson in a new biographical limited series, Variety has learned.The series, titled simply “Tyson,” is not currently set up at a network or streaming service, but will no doubt find one quickly given the names attached to it already. Antoine Fuqua is onboard to direct and executive produce via Fuqua Films, with Martin Scorsese also executive producing via Sikelia Productions.The series is said to span the whole of Tyson’s life.“I have been looking to tell my story for quite some time,” Tyson said.

A further 17 coronavirus deaths have been recorded in the UK - the lowest daily increase in six months.

EXCLUSIVE: Meat Loaf is preparing to run right into hell and back with a TV competition series based on his iconic 1993 hit “I’d Do Anything for Love (But I Won’t Do That).”

Amazon Prime Video has snapped up the rights to German coming of age series We Children From Bahnhof Zoo for the U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, France, Italy, Spain, and Benelux.