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RELATED STORIES A beloved horror icon is getting another reboot, this time on the small screen. Stephen King‘s Carrie, the classic tale of a telekinetic teenager who uses her powers to exact revenge against her high school tormenters, is being developed into a limited series for FX, our sister site Deadline has confirmed. News of […]
John Medland/Freeform There’s a personal quality to novels that makes them tricky to adapt properly, but that has not stopped film and television executives from trying. For every list of successful book adaptations (such as “Game of Thrones”, “Big Little Lies”, and “Friday Night Lights”) there are television shows that missed the mark. Here are […]
Neil Gaiman is stepping up his TV game. The author has been gradually making his way over to the small screen, first executive producing the Starz adaptation of his magnum opus novel, American Gods, then taking on the role of showrunner for the BBC adaptation of Good Omens. Now, he will be teaming up with Akiva Goldsman to […]
Vin Diesel is hitching himself to a whole new franchise. The Fast and the Furious, xXx and Guardians of the Galaxy actor will star in sci-fi action flick Bloodshot, adapted from the Valiant comic book series. More on the Bloodshot movie below. Mr. Vin Diesel will lend his gravely voice and tough-guy persona to a new sci-fi/action film with franchise potential. […]
Last year the 40-year-old was cast as DC villain Deathstroke and finally debuted in Justice League. Joe appeared only briefly in the end credits scene with Lex Luthor star Jesse Eisenberg, but it’s certainly a teaser for his involvement in future movies. In what capacity though? First he was going to be in Ben Affleck’s […]
Fox/Innovid Fox and video-tech company Innovid are bringing a new ad product to TV that is designed to let people watch fewer ads. The plan is to help people used to binging shows on streaming services have more control of their ad experiences. For advertisers, it’s a chance to give people the choice to engage […]
The Addams Family—Gomez and Morticia Addams, spooky kids Wednesday and Pugsley, Uncle Fester and Grandmama, their butler Lurch, the disembodied hand Thing, and Cousin Itt—started life as a cartoon (by Charles Addams), originally published in the New Yorker. The creepy clan is going back to their roots with an animated Addams Family film adaptation by Conrad […]
J.K. Rowling has a magic touch when it comes to getting her work adapted to film or TV — even if it wasn’t under her name. The Cormoran Strike series of novels, published under Rowling’s pen name Robert Galbraith, is coming to the small screen with an adaptation of the first book, The Cuckoo’s Calling. It’s about […]
Harlem’s Apollo Theater is probably America’s most crucial venue for the sharing of black music, performance, and experience, a space from which some of the country’s best art and social commentary is disseminated. Now, the New York Times reports that the theater will be adding Ta-Nehisi Coates to the catalog of artists who’ve come through its doors. In April 2018, a multimedia […]
Like so many great books spoiled by mediocre high school classes, Walden is richer and quirkier when revisited as an adult. Yeah, it poetically recaps Henry David Thoreau’s two years (and some change) in the woods of New England, just like you remember, but the later sections (the ones you maybe skimmed as a teenager) […]
