The Dailies reports on the latest in development, greenlights, renewals, and cancellations.
V for Vendetta (Warner Bros.)
Film Development 🗒️
- Watermelon Pictures has picked up Julian Assange doc ‘The Six Billion Dollar Man’ from Eugene Jarecki after its strong Cannes premiere. (more)
- Nicole Kidman is joining Osgood Perkins’ new Neon horror film ‘The Young People,’ riding the wave of his ‘Longlegs’ and ‘The Monkey’ success. (more)
- Sabrina Carpenter will star in and produce a musical ‘Alice in Wonderland’ adaptation for Universal, with Marc Platt producing. (more)
- Dakota Johnson will star in sci-fi action film ‘Trudy Blue,’ directed by Angus MacLane, as sales launch at AFM. (more)
- Ed Helms will star in and produce the spy thriller ‘The English Tutor,’ directed by Gaz Alazraki and set in Mexico City. (more)
- Idris Elba will return for a new Netflix ‘Luther’ movie, reuniting with Ruth Wilson and Dermot Crowley under director Jamie Payne. (more)
- Philip Barantini's turning the Ukraine war doc 'Hell Jumper' into a Netflix feature with writer Matthew Orton penning the script. (more)
- Thunder Road Pictures is teaming with Renny Harlin and Aaron Eckhart on ‘Trial by Combat,’ an ’80s-style action thriller. (more)
- Amazon MGM just won the rights race for Rebecca Yarros' romance novel 'The Last Letter,' with Anna Klassen circling the writing gig. (more)
- Ella Hunt's headlining 'Bella,' a new horror-thriller from 'The Conjuring' writers Chad and Carey W. Hayes launching their production banner. (more)
- Phil Johnston will write a live-action ‘View-Master’ movie for Mattel, Sony Pictures, and Escape Artists based on the classic 3D image toy. (more)
TV Development 📺
- Apple Original Films has acquired J.S. Mayank and David Carlyle’s sci-fi manuscript ‘Fallen Astronaut.’ (more)
- HBO has begun filming S2 of ‘Dune: Prophecy,’ expanding to eight episodes and adding ‘Game of Thrones’ alum Indira Varma to the cast. (more)
- FX has renewed ‘Alien Earth’ for S2 as creator Noah Hawley signs a new nine-figure overall deal with the network. (more)
- HBO is developing a ‘V for Vendetta’ TV series from writer Pete Jackson, with James Gunn and Peter Safran executive producing for DC Studios. (more)
- 20th Television is developing a series adaptation of Sarah Hoover’s memoir ‘The Motherload,’ with Stuart Zicherman set as showrunner. (more)
- Aaron Zelman and Glenn Kessler have taken over as co-showrunners of Fox’s ‘Memory of a Killer,’ the Patrick Dempsey–led thriller. (more)
- DC Studios and HBO Max are developing ‘DC Crime,’ a ‘Superman’ spinoff from the ‘American Vandal’ creators starring Jimmy Olsen. (more)
Other News 🚨
- Prime Video’s ad-supported tier now reaches over 315M monthly viewers across 16 countries, up from 200M in 2024. (more)
- Netflix’s animated hit ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ was ruled ineligible for the BAFTAs due to release rules but remains eligible for the Oscars. (more)
- FCC Chair Brendan Carr's calling out Disney and YouTube TV to fix their blackout and get viewers their paid programming back. (more)
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