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Conan the Barbarian TV Series in Development at Netflix

Deadline is reporting that a live-action Conan the Barbarian series is in development at Netflix based on the character created by pulp fiction writer Robert E. Howard. A search is underway for a writer and showrunner to pen the adaptation as well as a director to helm the series.

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The project is reportedly the first in a deal between Netflix and Conan Properties International. The deal allows the streaming giant the exclusive option to acquire rights to the Conan literary library and to develop live-action and animated works across film and television.

The Conan the Barbarian character was introduced in 1932 in a series of short stories that were published in Weird Tales magazine. The stories brought to life the “Sword and Sorcery” genre of writing and inspired over a thousand comic books, one hundred novels, three movies, two series, video games, as well as a variety of merchandise worldwide.

John Milius’ classic 1982 movie adaptation, Conan the Barbarian, starred Arnold Schwarzenegger as the titular character and earned co-star Sandahl Bergman a Golden Globe. Schwarzenneger reprised the character in the 1984 sequel Conan the Destroyer, this time directed by Richard Fleischer. Jason Momoa later took on the role in the 2011 Conan the Barbarian reboot from Marcus Nispel.

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The Conan the Barbarian series comes from Fredrik Malmberg and Mark Wheeler’s Pathfinder Media. Malmberg and Wheeler will executive producer the project via their Pathfinder Media banner.

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Oscar Isaac takes on the role of The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola, while Jake Gyllenhaal plays Paramount Studio head Robert Evans.

According to Neil Gaiman, Netflix is going to start production on its series adaptation of The Sandman in three weeks, which means we are going to get some casting news soon.

According to Collider, Tom Sturridge (Far from the Madding Crowd, Velvet Buzzsaw) is now in talks to join the project, and if everything works out and he’s cast, he will play the lead character, Dream. The site says that Sturridge tested for the title role earlier this year along with Tom York (Poldark) and Colin Morgan (Merlin).

Netflix gave the series an 11 episode order, and Doctor Who and Black Mirror director Toby Hayes was hired to helm some of them. Allan Heinberg (Wonder Woman, The Catch, Grey’s Anatomy) is writing the show, and he will also serve as showrunner.

The story focuses on Morpheus, the Lord of the Dreaming, a deity who personifies dreams. Gaiman also introduced the Endless, a group of powerful brothers and sisters named Destiny, Death, Destruction, Despair, Desire, and Delirium (as well as Dream).

The first season of the series is expected to adapt the first arc of the Vertigo comics series, “Preludes and Nocturnes,” which finds Morpheus captured by a black magician and held prisoner for the better part of a century. When he finally escapes, he sets about recovering three very important items.

In a previous interview, Gaiman confirmed that the storyline for the show will be set in 2021, and there will be some changes from the source material. He explained:

“We’re working with Netflix, we were meant to start shooting at the end of May. Given this COVID world, everything is on pause. The Netflix version is going to begin in 2021, so Morpheus will have been kept prisoner in the Netflix version for 105 years rather than 70 years. We’ll take that one, see what that does. It’s already in the scripts, it does interesting things because… if we were creating this character now, what gender would the character be?”

Gaiman is developing the show along with David S. Goyer and Allan Heinberg. Do you think that Sturridge is a good choice for the role of Dream?

New Hubie Halloween Teaser & Key Art for Adam Sandler’s Netflix Comedy

Netflix has released a new Halloween teaser for the upcoming comedy-mystery Hubie Halloween starring Adam Sandler, as well as new key art. You can check out the teaser now in the player below and the full key art in the gallery!

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Hubie Dubois (Adam Sandler) thanklessly spends every Halloween making sure the residents of his hometown, Salem, celebrate safely and play by the rules. But this year, an escaped criminal and a mysterious new neighbor have Hubie on high alert. When people start disappearing, it’s up to Hubie to convince the police (Kevin James, Kenan Thompson) and townsfolk that the monsters are real, and only he can stop them.

Hubie Halloween is a hilarious family film about an unlikely hero with an all-star cast including Julie Bowen, Ray Liotta, Noah Schnapp, Steve Buscemi, and Maya Rudolph, produced by Happy Madison. The movie is directed by Steven Brill, written by Tim Herlihy and Adam Sandler, and produced by Adam Sandler, Kevin Grady, and Allen Covert.

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Hubie Halloween will arrive on Netflix on October 7, 2020.

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Netflix is developing a Conan the Barbarian TV series based on Robert E. Howard’s iconic character.

Francis and The Godfather: Oscar Isaac to Play Francis Ford Coppola, Jake Gyllenhaal Set as Robert Evans

Oscar-winner Barry Levinson (Rain Man, Bugsy, Dopesick) is set to direct Francis and The Godfather, an upcoming drama about the “legendary and wild battles” behind the making of the 1972 Oscar-winning crime drama The Godfather, with Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Show Me a Hero, Ex Machina, Star Wars franchise) starring as The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola and Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal (Nightcrawler, Brokeback Mountain, Prisoners) portraying producer Robert Evans (via Deadline).

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Francis and The Godfather is based on a Black List script written by Andrew Farotte, which was redeveloped by Levinson.

“Out of the madness of production, and against all odds, a classic film happened,” said Levison, regarding the difficulties behind the development of The Godfather that the film will be exploring.

“Coppola was 31 at the time, determined to convince Evans and the studio to allow him to film expensively in New York, set in the time period of a novel which would become a big bestseller. This after the original Mario Puzo script was set in contemporary Kansas City. Among the other debates was the idea to gamble on Marlon Brando, an eclectic character who hadn’t been in a hit film in years, to play mob family patriarch Don Corleone (for which he would win the Best Actor prize), and also Al Pacino as Michael Corleone, a character who slowly evolved from a desire to get far away from the family business to taking it over when it was clear his father would be murdered even after a bungled assassination attempt. Evans, who took the top job after a career as an actor, had pressures all his own, as the studio was in danger of closing up shop. There was also the uneasy discussions with real mobsters who were none too pleased to have their dirty business to be aired in a major studio film,” the outlet shares.

Coppola reportedly gave his approval for Francis and the Godfather, saying: “Any move that Barry Levinson makes about anything, will be interesting and worthwhile!”

“Here was a young man who lived outside the system and every step of the way the system was telling him, ‘You can’t do that.’ But Francis never gave up on his vision and the result speaks for itself,” added Echo Lake Entertainment’s Mike Marcus.

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Echo Lake Entertainment’s Mike Marcus, Doug Mankoff, and Andrew Spaulding will produce along with Kevin Turen, Jon Levin, and Baltimore Pictures’ Jason Sosnoff.

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A24 has released the first trailer for Minari, which took home the top prize at Sundance this year.

Netflix unveils trailer for Sundance darling His House

After debuting to rave reviews at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in January, Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for the British thriller His House, which is set to debut on the streaming platform in late October. The trailer can be viewed in the player below!

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After making a harrowing escape from war-torn South Sudan, a young refugee couple struggle to adjust to their new life in a small English town that has an unspeakable evil lurking beneath the surface.

The film is written and directed by Remi Weekes as a feature directorial debut and based on a story developed by Felicity Evans and Toby Venables and features a cast that includes Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù (Gangs of London, His Dark Materials), Wunmi Mosaku (The End of the F***ing World, Lovecraft Country), Matt Smith (Doctor Who, The Crown), Javier Botet (Insidious: The Last Key, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark), Emily Taaffe (Ripper Street, The Borgias) and Cornell John (Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, EastEnders).

The thriller is produced by New Regency’s Arnon Milchan, Vertigo Entertainment’s Roy Lee, Starchild Pictures’ Martin Gentles & Edward King and Aidan Elliott, with New Regency’s Yariv Milchan executive producing with Michael Schaefer and Natalie Lehman, BBC Films’ Eva Yates, Stuart Manashil and Steven Schneider.

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His House was acquired by Netflix just prior to its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where it received rave reviews from critics and is set to to debut on the streaming platform on October 30.

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was recently able to get back to work in Atlanta after a lengthy hiatus.