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Tom Holland And Daisy Ridley Are Hunted In The ‘Chaos Walking’ Trailer

From Doug Liman, the director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, comes the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking. In the film, set in the “not too distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers Viola (Daisy Ridley), a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by “the Noise” – a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola’s life is threatened – and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet’s dark secrets.” Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Kurt Sutter, and David Oyelowo also star. The film is based on the best-selling novel “The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness,” who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Ford. Doug Davison, Allison Shearmur, Erwin Stoff, Alison Winter produce Chaos Walking, opening in theaters soon from Lionsgate.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 20, 2020
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Syfy Orders Pilot For The Series Adaption Of George R. R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’

Back in May we reported that as part of Syfy’s 25th anniversary programming upgrade that they were developing a series adaption of George R. R. Martin’s supernatural novella ‘Nightflyers’. While at the time it was not guaranteed that the series would ever grace our televisions, that has changed. Today, news has come, via Deadline, that Syfy has given the green light for the pilot, penned by Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder). ‘Nightflyers’, from Universal Cable Productions and Hypnotic, is currently setting up a writers room in order to prepare backup scripts in anticipation of the series being picked up. Published in 1980, the story, which was adapted for the 1987 film by the same name, is set in the future on the eve of earth’s destruction. “In the hope of making contact with alien life, eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard the Nightflyer, a ship with a small,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2017
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Star Wars Actress Daisy Ridley Joins The Film Adaption Of Chaos Walking

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley has joined the cast of the film adaption of Chaos Walking, the novel trilogy by Patrick Ness, THR is reporting. Doug Liman (The Borne Identity) is in the director’s chair for the film, produced by Allison Shearmur and Doug Davison. Chaos Walking, “…takes places in a world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear one another’s thoughts in a stream of images, words and sounds called Noise.” The trilogy was published over a three year period, with the last book, “Monsters of Men” arriving in 2010. The film was adapted by Charlie Kaufman, with a script written by Jamie Linden.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 7, 2016

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Tom Holland And Daisy Ridley Are Hunted In The ‘Chaos Walking’ Trailer

From Doug Liman, the director of The Bourne Identity and Edge of Tomorrow, comes the sci-fi thriller Chaos Walking. In the film, set in the “not too distant future, Todd Hewitt (Tom Holland) discovers Viola (Daisy Ridley), a mysterious girl who crash lands on his planet, where all the women have disappeared and the men are afflicted by “the Noise” – a force that puts all their thoughts on display. In this dangerous landscape, Viola’s life is threatened – and as Todd vows to protect her, he will have to discover his own inner power and unlock the planet’s dark secrets.” Mads Mikkelsen, Demián Bichir, Cynthia Erivo, Nick Jonas, Kurt Sutter, and David Oyelowo also star. The film is based on the best-selling novel “The Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick Ness,” who co-wrote the screenplay with Christopher Ford. Doug Davison, Allison Shearmur, Erwin Stoff, Alison Winter produce Chaos Walking, opening in theaters soon from Lionsgate.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 20, 2020
Horror Fuel

Syfy Orders Pilot For The Series Adaption Of George R. R. Martin’s ‘Nightflyers’

Back in May we reported that as part of Syfy’s 25th anniversary programming upgrade that they were developing a series adaption of George R. R. Martin’s supernatural novella ‘Nightflyers’. While at the time it was not guaranteed that the series would ever grace our televisions, that has changed. Today, news has come, via Deadline, that Syfy has given the green light for the pilot, penned by Jeff Buhler (Jacob’s Ladder). ‘Nightflyers’, from Universal Cable Productions and Hypnotic, is currently setting up a writers room in order to prepare backup scripts in anticipation of the series being picked up. Published in 1980, the story, which was adapted for the 1987 film by the same name, is set in the future on the eve of earth’s destruction. “In the hope of making contact with alien life, eight maverick scientists and a powerful telepath embark on an expedition to the edge of our solar system aboard the Nightflyer, a ship with a small,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 23, 2017
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Star Wars Actress Daisy Ridley Joins The Film Adaption Of Chaos Walking

Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Daisy Ridley has joined the cast of the film adaption of Chaos Walking, the novel trilogy by Patrick Ness, THR is reporting. Doug Liman (The Borne Identity) is in the director’s chair for the film, produced by Allison Shearmur and Doug Davison. Chaos Walking, “…takes places in a world where there are no women and all living creatures can hear one another’s thoughts in a stream of images, words and sounds called Noise.” The trilogy was published over a three year period, with the last book, “Monsters of Men” arriving in 2010. The film was adapted by Charlie Kaufman, with a script written by Jamie Linden.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Aug 7, 2016