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‘Astro City’ And ‘Street Fighter’ To Become TV Shows The television arms race continues, as two more adaptations have been announced that will vie for audiences' increasingly fractured attention. The comic bookAstro Cityis heading for the small screen, and after some unfortunate movie adaptations, aStreet FighterTV show is on the way as well. Astro City TV Show FremantleMedia, the company responsible for the Starz adaptation ofAmerican Gods,is bringingAstro Cityto life. The show will be based on the comic by veteran authorKurt Busiek....

‘Danger Mouse’ Movie In The Works At Sony Pictures Animation UPDATE: A representative from Sony Pictures Animation has reached out to say that the Tracking Board’s report on Danger Mouse is “inaccurate and unfounded” and there is no deal in place for a movie at this time. The original story follows. Our friends across the pond just recently got to see the reboot of the 80s animated seriesDanger Mouse, which originated in the United Kingdom in the 80s, and it sounds like a feature film adaptation isn’t far behind....

‘Fables’ Gets ‘Kick-Ass’ Screenwriter We may finally be inching closer to Fabletown.Kick-AssscreenwriterJane Goldmanhas been hired to write the long-gestatingFablesadaptation, whichNikolaj Arcel(The Royal Affair) will direct. Based on the Vertigo Comics series byBill Willingham,Fablescenters around a community of fairy tale characters (or “Fables”) who’ve been exiled from their homeland and now reside in modern-day New York. More on the newFablesscreenwriter after the jump. Comic Book Resourcesgot theFablesscoop from producerDavid Heyman: Heyman also spoke about what attracted him to the property: I’m drawn to stories about outsiders, and I think the Fables are outsiders....

‘Jonathan’ Trailer: Ansel Elgort Is Split Between Two Personalities Maybe two is better than one, but not forAnsel ElgortinJonathan.TheBaby Driveractor stars in a sci-fi thriller as two minds stuck in one body whose fragile harmony is shattered over — what else? — a girl. Jonathan Trailer In the feature film debut from directorBill Oliver, Elgort stars as the titular character, a successful and straightlaced architect with a unique disorder. Jonathan has single body multi-consciousness, which has forced him to live a sort of Jekyll-and-Hyde life — Jonathan living in control during the day, with John taking over the evenings....

‘Metroid’ Movie: Would You Want To See Ronda Rousey As Samus Aran? Last August, Nintendo announced thatthey were exploring the possibilityof turning some of their video game properties into feature films. The company was turned off of the idea of adapting their video games into movies after the disaster that was Super Mario Bros. back in 1993, but over 20 years later, Nintendo’s creative mastermindShigeru Miyamotosaid: “As we look more broadly at what is Nintendo’s role as an entertainment company, we’re starting to think more and more about how movies can fit in with that—and we’ll potentially be looking at things like movies in the future....

‘My Beautiful Laundrette’ TV Series In The Works With Kumail Nanjiani As Star And Co-Writer Lots of eyes are onKumail Nanjianinow after the success of his autobiographical comedy,The Big Sick. While the comedian is still plugging away on the HBO comedy that provided his breakout role,Silicon Valley, Nanjiani is starting to flex his acting and writing chops outside of his comfort zone. Nanjiani will star in the TV remake ofMy Beautiful Laundrette, the 1985 British comedy-drama about a British-Pakistani man (Gordon Warnecke) who opens a laundromat in London with his white punk boyfriend (Daniel Day-Lewis)....

‘My Spy 2’ Being Considered By Amazon And STX My Spy, a film that was finished shooting in 2018, sat around for a few years, got delayed multiple times, and then finally got dumped onto Amazon, might be getting a sequel. The PG-13 family comedy from STX starringDave Bautista as a CIA agent who teams up with a child (Chloe Coleman) debuted on Amazon Prime Video in June, and now STX and Amazon are thinking about a follow-up film with the original cast returning....

‘Noah’ Set Visit: 28 Things We Learned About Darren Aronofsky’s Epic Considering thatDarren Aronofsky’sNoahcenters on a flood of literally Biblical proportions, it seemed a bit ironic that ourNoahset visit in October 2012 was delayed several hours by some routine autumn drizzle. But once we finally arrived on the Long Island set, it quickly became clear that the trip would be worth the wait. Rising out of the nighttime fog was a massive cube-like structure — the famed ark....

‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’: 90% Of Thandie Newton’s Scenes Were Directed By Lord & Miller Star Warsfans were caught by surprise over the summer when Lucasfilm fired directorsPhil Lord and Chris Millerfrom theStar Warsspin-off filmSolo: A Star Wars Story. Lord and Miller were replaced withRon Howard, who reshot a large chunk ofSolo, but Lord and Miller’s work will apparently still have a presence in the film: co-starThandie Newtonhas just confirmed that at least 90% of her scenes were shot by the duo....

‘Supergirl’ Struggles To Take Flight [Review] Note:Supergirl premieres tonight on CBS. Below is our original review of the pilot, which ran in July during San Diego Comic-Con. In a TV landscape littered with superhero shows,Supergirlstands out in a couple of ways. For one thing, it’s the rare superhero show that’s about a superheroine. For another, whereas most of those other dramas tend toward the dark and brooding,Supergirlis mostly bubbly and upbeat — just like its plucky heroine Kara, played by the radiantMelissa Benoist....

‘The Winter Soldier’ Directors Take On ‘The Gray Man’ AnthonyandJoe Russobecame a hot ticket after the success ofCaptain America: The Winter Soldier, and they’re already set to direct the third Cap film. But they’re fielding other offers, too, and they’ve just sparked to a project that has been in development before. The Russos are set to write and direct an adaptation of Mark Greaney’s spy thriller novelThe Gray Manfor Sony....

‘The Witcher’ Season 2: Release Date, Cast And More (Welcome to…And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you may watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) Netflix’sThe Witcherdebuted in 2019 and became a massive hit. The medieval fantasy series, which starsHenry Cavillas a Witcher, a demon-hunting magic user, grew popular enough to spawn aspin-off anime movieanda prequel series, plus it clinched its own season renewal....

‘X-Men: Days Of Future Past’ Extended Edition Could Be Out In 2015 Before Bryan Singer’sX-Men: Days of Future Pastwas released and became one of the biggest films of the summer, there was lots of talk about what we wouldn’t see. Scenes with Anna Paquin as Rogue, in particular, were famously cut. But if the film’s $750 million worldwide gross has anything to say, maybe that was the right decision. Still, fans enjoy seeing more from films they love and it seems like 20th Century Fox is happy to oblige....