Guillermo del Toro will be adapting the Naoki Urasawa manga Monster for HBO with the help of Doctor Who alum Steven Thompson.
Although James Cameron has announced he’s in the Avatar business for the next four or five years, shooting two sequels back and to back before perhaps moving on to a prequel, he still wants to adapt Battle Angel Alita.
FilmDistrict has acquired the distribution rights to Oldboy, director Spike Lee’s upcoming remake of the South Korean revenge thriller, and with the announcement arrives the first official synopsis.
Nate Parker is in talks to reteam with his Red Hook Summer director Spike Lee for the remake of the South Korean revenge thriller Oldboy, joining Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley and Samuel L. Jackson.
Samuel L. Jackson will play a small but memorable role in Oldboy, director Spike Lee’s remake of the South Korean revenge thriller. He joins Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Sharlto Copley.
Entertainment One has acquired the live-action television rights to Black Jack, Osamu Tezuka’s classic manga about a shadowy medical maverick who sells his skills to the highest bidder.
District 9 star Sharlto Copley will play the mysterious billionaire determined to destroy the life of Josh Brolin’s character in Oldboy, Spike Lee’s remake of the acclaimed South Korean revenge thriller.
Director James Cameron still wants to adapt the cyberpunk manga Battle Angel Alita, but only after he completes Avatar 2 and 3, which should be about 2017.
Sharlto Copley, who starred in the 2009 sci-fi film District 9, is in talks to join Josh Brolin and Elizabeth Olsen in director Spike Lee’s remake of the revenge thriller Oldboy.
Kamala Films has picked up the rights to the influential samurai manga Lone Wolf and Cub, with Fast Five‘s Justin Lin attached to direct from a script by Twelve Monkeys screenwriters David and Janet Peoples.
Elizabeth Olsen, who drew critical acclaim for her debut in Martha Marcy May Marlene, is in early talks to star opposite Josh Brolin in director Spike Lee’s remake of Oldboy.
Warner Bros. has hired Wrath of the Titans screenwriter Dan Mazeau to adapt Tite Kubo’s hit manga Bleach as a live-action film, with Peter Segal producing.
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