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Oscar-Nominated Director Barry Jenkins Set to Helm Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Sequel

News September 29, 2020 6:36 pmNovember 10, 2020 9:37 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, it was announced by Varitey that director Barry Jenkins would be taking over as director of Disney's The Lion King sequel. This comes as an unusual choice of to helm a big-budget tentpole film after the director helmed Oscar-caliber films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk; as well as next years The... Read More...
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‘Lion’ Director Gareth Davis Tapped To Helm Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’

News August 10, 2020 9:47 amNovember 10, 2020 9:37 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, Deadline announced that Lion director Gareth Davis has signed on by Disney direct the next Tron movie (originally titled Tron: Ascension). This comes off The DisInsider report a month ago that search for a director on the previously announced film had picked up the pace. The report also mentioned that actors from the previous... Read More...
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Screenwriter Christina Hodson Re-teams with Margot Robbie for Original ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ Movie

News June 26, 2020 5:40 pmNovember 10, 2020 9:37 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Birds of Prey & Bumblebee screenwriter Christina Hodson had been tapped to pen an original Pirates of the Caribbean movie. This upcoming movie will not be set in the world of Jack Sparrow and is separate from the previously announced spin-off starring Karen Gillian. That film will be penned... Read More...
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Disney’s ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’ Live-Action Film in Very Early Development

News May 13, 2020 12:25 pmNovember 10, 2020 9:37 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Today, The Illuminerdi has revealed that Disney has finally put forth a live-action adaption of Atlantis: The Lost Empire. While other sites might have mentioned this before it's only recently been put into very early development. No writer or director has been attached. So don't expect casting rumors anytime soon. It's also not been revealed... Read More...
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The Russo Brothers Developing Disney’s ‘Hercules’ Live-Action Feature Film

News April 30, 2020 6:28 pmNovember 10, 2020 9:37 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments
Yesterday, our friends over at The DisInsider broke the story that Disney is finally planning on adapting a live-action version of their Hercules film. The report states that songs from the original animated film like "Zero to Hero" will be a feature in the upcoming project. This comes off the studio already developed live-action films... Read More...