Tag: The Lego Batman Movie
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Warner Bros’ Wile E. Coyote Movie Finds Its Scribes In The Silberman Brothers
Exclusive: Road Runner’s nemesis, Wile E. Coyote a.k.a. ‘Super Genius’, is getting his own big screen feature and Deadline has learned that Jon and Josh Silberman, the supervising producers behind CBS’ Living Biblically have been hired to write Coyote Vs. Acme.Chris McKay, the director of The Lego Batman Movie, is producing. Two big Looney Tunes…
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Milli Vanilli Biopic Producers Hope End of Ratner Deal Could Revive Long-Gestating Project
The history of the Untitled Millie Vanilli movie has been almost as much of a byzantine roller coaster ride as the duo’s infamous career. The latest roadblock for the biopic, which dates back to a 2007 screenplay by fan Jeff Nathanson, who wanted to direct the film himself, was the demise of Brett Ratner’s $450…
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Noël Wells And Ben Schwartz Experience Relationship Woes In ‘Happy Anniversary’ Trailer
Noël Wells recently popped up on our radar last year with her directorial debut “Mr. Roosevelt.” We enjoyed the film, and have been looking forward to what’s next on the actress’ docket. Well, in a new trailer for the film “Happy Anniversary,” we see Wells in what could be a pretty fun film.While Wells didn’t…
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Beyond ‘Black Panther,’ Studios Are Losing Interest in the Domestic Blockbuster
As expected, last week “Black Panther” passed $1 billion worldwide when China opened to strong numbers. Overseas, the Marvel title now ranks above nearly all recent comic-book movie adaptations. Next week, it should cross $600 million in North America.This is wonderful news on many levels: For Marvel and for Disney, certainly; for diversity representation in…
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2018 Cinema Audio Society Awards: ‘Dunkirk’ wins on way to Oscars
At Saturday’s Cinema Audio Society Awards, “Dunkirk” edged out three of its Oscar rivals for Best Sound Mixing — “Baby Driver,” “The Shape of Water” and “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — as well as “Wonder Woman” for the top award. The Cas snubbed “Blade Runner: 2049,” which won big with the Motion Picture Sound…
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Chris McKay in Negotiations to Dm ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Movie for Hasbro/Paramount
While Warner Bros. and DC Comics fans are waiting to see if Chris McKay’s Nightwing picture gets off the ground, the director of The Lego Batman Movie is rolling the dice on another project. Hasbro’s production wing AllSpark Pictures and their partner Paramount Pictures recently doubled down on release dates for their upcoming franchise features,…
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‘Nightwing’ Director Eyed for ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ at Paramount and AllSpark Pictures (Exclusive)
Chris McKay, who recently directed “The Lego Batman Movie” pic for Warner Bros., is in negotiations to direct “Dungeons & Dragons” for Paramount Pictures.Michael Gillio will be penning the script. Hasbro’s Brian Goldner and Stephen Davis, Courtney Solomon and Allan Zeman of Sweetpea Entertainment and Roy Lee will produce. David Leslie Johnson has written a…
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Warner Bros. Pumps the Brakes on Lego Spinoff ‘The Billion Brick Race’
Following the massive success of The Lego Movie, Warner Bros. looked like they were going to go all in on Lego movies. But after a 2017 that saw disappointing returns from The Lego Batman Movie and The Lego Ninjago Movie, it looks like the studio could be rethinking their saturation strategy. Warner Bros. was working…