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Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, not that we’re complaining. The latest film version of a King tale comes from Stories to Tell in the Dark and Trollhunter director André Øvredal’s who is adapting dystopian The Long Walk. Word is King himself has read the script by James Vanderbilt and given it a thumbs up. After hit road blocks due to the COVID pandemic, the film is finally moving forward. Øvredal recently gave an update via ComingSoon: “It’s alive and well and moving along. I guess in the end, he just didn’t choose to do it, I actually don’t even know if he ever had a script. This script was written on spec by James Vanderbilt when he did not even have the rights to it, he just wrote it out of pure love for the book, and in the end, suddenly the rights were open and he was able to go to King with his script and say,
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Ghost Face is back in Scream 5 and the movie has a new 2022 release date. That’s the news revealed by the movie’s official Twitter account. David Arquette and Courtney Cox are returning to reprise their roles with the franchise star Neve Campbell currently in talks to return as heroine Sidney Prescott. While plot details are mostly still being kept under wraps, we do know that the sequel centers on “a woman returning to her home town to try to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes.” Scream 5 is co-written by Guy Busick (Ready or Not) as well as James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) who are producing for Project X Entertainment who is producing. Paul Neinstein and William Sherak are producing. The original Scream writer Kevin Williamson is executive producing along with Radio Silence’s Chad Villella. Scream 5 is set to open in theaters on January 14, 2022! ‘SCREAM 5’ will be released on JANUARY 14, 2022
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Spyglass Media and Paramount made the announced today that filming is expected to begin later this year in Wilmington N.C. on the reboot of Scream. Ready or Not‘s Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing the reboot from the script penned by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Amazing Spiderman), Deadline reports. Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett also revealed during the announcement that Courtney Cox is returning as Gale Weathers. We can’t imagine Scream without the iconic Gale Weathers and are so incredibly thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to work with Courtney. We’re absolute mega fans of her work and we’re so excited to join her in the next chapter of the Scream saga.” Cox is not the only Scream alum to be returning to their roles. We reported back in May that David Arquette will be back as Sheriff Dewy. The original Scream movie debuted back in 1996 and quickly became a classic in the genre. IT starred Neve Campbell as
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredel is set to direct the New Line’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, Deadline reports. Originally published back in 1979 under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, the tale is set in the dystopian future where 100 teenage boys embark on a competition annually known as “The Long Walk”. They must maintain a speed of over four miles an hour or die. If they receive more than three warnings they die. But the last one standing is set for life. James Vanderbilt, who penned the script, will be producing alongside Bradley Fischer and William Sherak. Øvredal also directed the fantastically frightening supernatural film The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the upcoming film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, which arrive in theaters on August 9 from CBS Films.
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The directing team of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, known as Radio Silence, (V/H/S, Devil’s Due) is gearing up for their next project, Ready or Not, from Fox Searchlight. We’ve learned, via Variety, that Samara Weaving (The Babysitter, Mayhem) has snagged the lead role in the film about A young woman who is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. The script was penned by Guy Busick (Stan Against Evil) and Ryan Murphy (Minutes Past Midnight). Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, and William Sherak are producing. Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg, and Chad Villella are serving as executive producers. Ready or Not is scheduled to begin shooting this fall.
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After years of being in possession of Frank Darabont, the filmmaker behind the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, the movie rights for Stephen King’s The Long Walk is now possessed by New Line. New Line has brought on James Vanderbilt, the writer of 2007’s Zodiac and Independent’s Day: Resurrection, who wrote the script before the rights were even acquired. He will also produce alongside William Sherak. Tracey Nyberg of Mythology Entertainment will executive produce the film. The Long Walk, written under King’s pen name Richard Bachman, is set in “a future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian. The Country holds an annual walking contest in which one hundred teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until one of them is still standing alive to receive the prize. The story told of a 16-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens – some good, some bad, some mysterious – in his orbit.” The Long
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Stephen King adaptations continue to roll in, not that we’re complaining. The latest film version of a King tale comes from Stories to Tell in the Dark and Trollhunter director André Øvredal’s who is adapting dystopian The Long Walk. Word is King himself has read the script by James Vanderbilt and given it a thumbs up. After hit road blocks due to the COVID pandemic, the film is finally moving forward. Øvredal recently gave an update via ComingSoon: “It’s alive and well and moving along. I guess in the end, he just didn’t choose to do it, I actually don’t even know if he ever had a script. This script was written on spec by James Vanderbilt when he did not even have the rights to it, he just wrote it out of pure love for the book, and in the end, suddenly the rights were open and he was able to go to King with his script and say,
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Ghost Face is back in Scream 5 and the movie has a new 2022 release date. That’s the news revealed by the movie’s official Twitter account. David Arquette and Courtney Cox are returning to reprise their roles with the franchise star Neve Campbell currently in talks to return as heroine Sidney Prescott. While plot details are mostly still being kept under wraps, we do know that the sequel centers on “a woman returning to her home town to try to find out who has been committing a series of vicious crimes.” Scream 5 is co-written by Guy Busick (Ready or Not) as well as James Vanderbilt (Zodiac) who are producing for Project X Entertainment who is producing. Paul Neinstein and William Sherak are producing. The original Scream writer Kevin Williamson is executive producing along with Radio Silence’s Chad Villella. Scream 5 is set to open in theaters on January 14, 2022! ‘SCREAM 5’ will be released on JANUARY 14, 2022
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Spyglass Media and Paramount made the announced today that filming is expected to begin later this year in Wilmington N.C. on the reboot of Scream. Ready or Not‘s Matthew Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett are directing the reboot from the script penned by James Vanderbilt (Zodiac, The Amazing Spiderman), Deadline reports. Bettinelli-Oplin and Gillett also revealed during the announcement that Courtney Cox is returning as Gale Weathers. We can’t imagine Scream without the iconic Gale Weathers and are so incredibly thrilled and humbled to have the opportunity to work with Courtney. We’re absolute mega fans of her work and we’re so excited to join her in the next chapter of the Scream saga.” Cox is not the only Scream alum to be returning to their roles. We reported back in May that David Arquette will be back as Sheriff Dewy. The original Scream movie debuted back in 1996 and quickly became a classic in the genre. IT starred Neve Campbell as
Continue reading →
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’s André Øvredel is set to direct the New Line’s film adaptation of Stephen King’s The Long Walk, Deadline reports. Originally published back in 1979 under King’s pseudonym Richard Bachman, the tale is set in the dystopian future where 100 teenage boys embark on a competition annually known as “The Long Walk”. They must maintain a speed of over four miles an hour or die. If they receive more than three warnings they die. But the last one standing is set for life. James Vanderbilt, who penned the script, will be producing alongside Bradley Fischer and William Sherak. Øvredal also directed the fantastically frightening supernatural film The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the upcoming film Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, co-written and produced by Guillermo del Toro, which arrive in theaters on August 9 from CBS Films.
Continue reading →
MoviesNews
The directing team of Tyler Gillett and Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, known as Radio Silence, (V/H/S, Devil’s Due) is gearing up for their next project, Ready or Not, from Fox Searchlight. We’ve learned, via Variety, that Samara Weaving (The Babysitter, Mayhem) has snagged the lead role in the film about A young woman who is invited on the night of her wedding by her new husband’s rich, eccentric family to participate in a time-honored tradition that turns into a lethal game with everyone fighting for their survival. The script was penned by Guy Busick (Stan Against Evil) and Ryan Murphy (Minutes Past Midnight). Tripp Vinson, James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, and William Sherak are producing. Tara Farney, Tracey Nyberg, and Chad Villella are serving as executive producers. Ready or Not is scheduled to begin shooting this fall.
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After years of being in possession of Frank Darabont, the filmmaker behind the King adaptations The Shawshank Redemption, The Green Mile and The Mist, the movie rights for Stephen King’s The Long Walk is now possessed by New Line. New Line has brought on James Vanderbilt, the writer of 2007’s Zodiac and Independent’s Day: Resurrection, who wrote the script before the rights were even acquired. He will also produce alongside William Sherak. Tracey Nyberg of Mythology Entertainment will executive produce the film. The Long Walk, written under King’s pen name Richard Bachman, is set in “a future dystopian America ruled by an authoritarian. The Country holds an annual walking contest in which one hundred teens must journey, non-stop and under strict rules, until one of them is still standing alive to receive the prize. The story told of a 16-year-old walker named Raymond Garraty and the teens – some good, some bad, some mysterious – in his orbit.” The Long
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