Tag: Adaptation
Percy Jackson And The Not So Physically Correct Casting
It seems Disney and Rick Riordan are on their way to butchering the Percy Jackson series AGAIN because the 2010 and 2014 films were so critically acclaimed that Disney felt they needed a do-over and a second chance to flop. As previously reported, Riordan and Disney decided to race-swap a very blo...
Read MoreA Plague Tale Television Adaptation Announced
The award-winning game A Plague Tale: Innocence is getting a television adaption from Merlin Productions and Focus Entertainment, as reported by Matthieu Turi to English-speaking fans on his Twitter account. Turi, best known for assistant directing Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds, will be...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Prince of Egypt (1998)
The Prince of Egypt was DreamWorks SKG’s second film release and their first traditionally animated movie. In 1998, a faith-based, $60 million epic was quite a gamble for the fledgling animation studio. Simon Wells, Steve Hickner, and former Disney story artist Brenda Chapman would direct the fil...
Read MoreDisney+ to Adapt Kingdom Hearts Games With Original Voice Actors
Kingdom Hearts is coming to Disney+ in the form of a TV show. Jeremy Conrad reported that the house of Mouse will be bringing the iconic Square Enix video game franchise to the animated series format. Several voice actors, including Bill Farmer as Goofy, are returning to their roles. Brett: Virginia...
Read MoreJon Spaihts To Write Dune Sequel
The Hollywood Reporter reports that Passengers writer Jon Spaihts will now pen the sequel to director Dennis Villeneuve’s highly anticipated Frank Herbert adaptation Dune. He also co-wrote the Villeneuve film with Eric Roth and the Blade Runner 2049 filmmaker following his ouster as showrunner of...
Read MoreLudi Lin May Play Liu Kang in Mortal Kombat
Power Rangers and Aquaman star Ludi Lin is in talks to portray Liu Kang in the upcoming film adaptation of video game franchise Mortal Kombat. If the negotiations bear fruit, he will succeed Robin Shou, who played the character in 1995’s Mortal Kombat and 1997’s much-maligned Mortal Kombat: Anni...
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