STREET FIGHTER Dragon Uppercuts A New Release Date, Logline And Casting Announcements
Noah Centineo, Andrew Koji, and Callina Liang star in the new live-action adaptation.
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STREET FIGHTER Taps Four For Kitao Sakurai’s Live-Action Fighting Feature
The film is currently has no release date.
STREET FIGHTER Nabs Director For The New Live-Action Adaptation
The movie opens on March 20, 2026
GUNDAM: Preliminary Poster Signals New Live-Action Co-Production Moving Forward At Legendary
Legendary Pictures and Bandai Namco Filmworks Inc will co-finance the first ever live-action Hollywood adaptation based on the hit robot anime franchise.
THE TOXIC AVENGER Lets Loose In A Swell, Pulpy First Teaser
He was all the craze at Fantastic Fest and ahead of its sold out screening at Beyond Fest this weekend and at Sitges. Now, folks outside the festival purview will get a taste of things to come with a teaser for Legendary’s latest revival out of Troma history, The Toxic Avenger. THE TOXIC AVENGER, a hilarious and action-packed reimagining of the classic Troma film from director Macon Blair features an all-star cast including Peter Dinklage who will pick up the infamous mop to become the toxic hero that no one knew they needed (or wanted) as well as Jacob Tremblay and Taylour Paige with Elijah Wood and Kevin Bacon. The teaser itself is NSFW and age-restricted and so it can’t be shown here directly, but there’s nothing stopping you from clicking here to watch it. Enjoy!
DUNE: PART TWO Official Trailer Spotlights A Leader In The Making!
As promised two years ago, Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two is coming to help bring full circle the director’s latest grand reboot of the classic 1984 sci-fi based on Frank Herbert’s novel. The official trailer is here as well following a spell of teases on Tuesday with lead actors Timothee Chalamet, Zendaya, and Rebecca Ferguson joining the newly-added Florence Pugh, Austin Butler and Christopher Walken to the mix of new and returning cast. “Dune: Part Two” will explore the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a warpath of revenge against the conspirators who destroyed his family. Facing a choice between the love of his life and the fate of the known universe, he endeavors to prevent a terrible future only he can foresee. Say what you will about remakes and reboots. Villeneuve’s choice to upgrade Herbert’s iteration from David Lynch’s previous […]
THE BOOK OF CLARENCE Announces Production And Cast Details
Filming is underway for The Book of Clarence, the latest from The Harder They Fall helmer Jeymes Samuel. Production was announced on Tuesday with Samuel directing from his own script, as well as producing and scoring. Samuel is rejoined by The Harder They Fall cohorts, LaKeith Stanfield, who stars in the title role and actor RJ Cyler. The film also stars Omar Sy, Benedict Cumberbatch, James McAvoy, Anna Diop, Teyana Taylor, David Oyelowo, Alfre Woodard, and Marianne Jean-Baptiste, along with Caleb McLaughlin, Babs Olusanmokun, Eric Kofi-Abrefa, Nicholas Pinnock, Micheal Ward, Chase Dillon, Tom Glynn-Carney, and Tom Vaughan-Lawlor. Inspired by classic Hollywood epics set in biblical times, The Book of Clarence tells the tale of “Clarence,” a down on his luck denizen of Jerusalem embarking on a misguided attempt to capitalize on the rise of celebrity and influence of the Messiah for his own personal gain — a journey that leads […]
Legendary Pictures MONSTERVERSE Expands With New Movie and Returning Director Wingard
The Legendary Pictures Monsterverse has had a relatively successful run so far. Godzilla and King Kong have once more become household names in the West, but now that the Titans have battled, is it time for them to team up? Director Adam Wingard may be answering this question, as it’s been announced that Wingard will be returning to the Monsterverse, and is tasked with delving deeper into the clash among these Titans, with a story that will reach into the histories of Godzilla and Kong! Returning cast members Rebecca Hall (The Night House, Resurrection), Brian Tyree Henry (Bullet Train, Atlanta), and Kaylee Hottle (Godzilla vs Kong), will be met by newcomers Dan Stevens (Gaslit, Legion), Fala Chen (Irma Vep, Shang Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Alex Ferns (The Batman, Wrath of Man, Chernobyl) and Rachel House (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Thor: Ragnarok, Foundation). Script comes from […]
Legendary On Track To Shoot Fifth Monsterverse Installment In Australia This Year
News rolled out over the weekend and was later confirmed via trade reports on Monday the greenlight of a fifth Monsterverse installation from Legendary Pictures. Plot details are unknown about the film which will otherwise shoot later this year in locations across the Gold Coast and the southeast, as announced by State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk. Screen Queensland reports the film will deliver an economic boost of A$79.2M ($58.6M) to the region and create 505 jobs for local cast and crew, plus opportunities for 750 extras. ~Deadline The film will undoubtedly follow-up the vision explored in Adam Wingard’s 2021 hit Godzilla VS Kong, in which our two gargantuan creatures clash in a super-sized rivalry, spawned by a man-driven conspiracy that results in an epic three-way battle with cataclysmic results. The film is a more refined improvement on its predecessors pertaining to the balance of both featured human and creature characters, certainly […]
DUNE: PART TWO Moving Forward For 2023 Release
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures are going back to Arrakis to finish out director Denis Villeneuve’s ambitious revisal of the sci-fi classic saga, Dune, affirming fans with an October 2023 release date. The studio made the announcement via social media on Tuesday further citing statements from the director: “I just received news from Legendary that we are officially moving forward with Dune: Part Two,” Villeneuve said in a statement. “It was a dream of mine to adapt Frank Herbert’s Dune and I have the fans, the cast, and crew, Legendary and Warner Bros. to thank for supporting this dream. This is only the beginning.” Denis Villeneuve, THR Based on Frank Herbert’s seminal 1965 novel and upscaling from David Lynch’s 1984 adaptation, Villeneuve’s Dune: Part One is set in the year 10,191 and centers on Paul, the young potentate of a powerful family among an alliance of intergalactic houses of leadership from several […]
THE LAST ADVENTURE OF CONSTANCE VERITY: Awkwafina To Star In Fantasy Martial Arts Detective Novel Adaptation From Legendary
Trade sources are reporting that rights to A. Lee Martinez’s 2016 Saga Press publication, The Last Adventure of Constance Verity, was announced with a new home on Tuesday at Legendary Pictures. Feature film treatment is underway with the casting of actress Awkwafina (Crazy Rich Asians, The Farewell, Ocean’s Eight) from a speculative her script by John Raffo (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story). Awkwafina plays Constance Verity, who for the last twenty-eight years has been saving the world. She’s sick of it, and so she sets off on one last adventure in order to reset her destiny and become the one thing she’s never been: ordinary. Her only problem is that saving the world is her destiny. She’s great at it, and there are forces at work to make sure she stays in the job… Then again, it’s also her destiny to have a glorious death. Jon Silk and Jay Ashenfelter […]
Dystopian Sci-Fi NUMBER 13, Monster Hunt Epic BITTER ROOT Outline Feature Film Agenda From Big Machine
These two updates flew under the radar for me in the last few months but it’s worth taking a look at what’s arisen from Burbank-based Big Machine. The company is currently associated with several parties on at least two forthcoming adaptations of exciting comic book and sci-fi properties, first of which dates back to a Geoff Boucher’s Deadline exclusive back in March for 2018 Image Comics publication, Bitter Root. In the 1920s, the Harlem Renaissance is in full swing, and only the Sangerye Family can save New York—and the world—from the supernatural forces threatening to destroy humanity. But the once-great family of monster hunters has been torn apart by tragedies and conflicting moral codes. The Sangerye Family must heal the wounds of the past and move beyond their differences… or sit back and watch a force of unimaginable evil ravage the human race. Legendary Pictures reportedly acquired the project for […]
GUNDAM Enlists Brian K. Vaughan To Adapt And Exec Produce Live-Action Adaptation
New York Times bestselling and award-winning comic book creator, television and film writer Brian K. Vaughan has been officially tapped to pen a live-action adaptation of classic Japanaese IP, Gundam. Just in time for its 40th anniversary, the news comes following Legendary‘s shared announcement with Sunrise at Anime Expo in July 2018 prior to Vaughan’s three-year overall deal with Legendary the following December. The original 1979 Gundam anime, from the mind of Tomino Yoshiyuki, is set in the Universal Century, an era in which humanity’s growing population has led people to emigrate to space colonies. Eventually, the people living in the colonies seek their autonomy, and launch a war of independence against the people living on Earth. Through the tragedies and discord arising from this human conflict, not only the maturation of the main character, but also the intentions of enemies and the surrounding people are sensitively depicted. The battles […]
GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Highlights Rodan, Mothra and Ghidora In Gargantuan New Character Posters
I’m staunchly looking forward to rectifying my previous monster moviegoing experience this May with Michael Dougherty’s Godzilla: King Of The Monsters. The two official trailers that are online – second of which aired this week, are all but reaffirming this as a film not to miss, and I actually hope to make it out with friends by then. My friend “Lady Phatblood” of The Movie Dojo on YouTube is one, along with her husband/channel host “Phat Samurai Guy” – they actually live out West (whereas I live in NYC… ?). Distance notwithstanding, their latest reaction to the newest trailer went live this week and as predicted it’s one of the most hilarious I’ve seen, particularly with respect to the treatment of the featured creatures on hand – all of which are available in character posters from Legendary Pictures. Check them out just below the reaction from The Movie Dojo YouTube […]
Lakeith Stanfield To Lead Shakespearean-Infused, Futuristic Chanbara Hip-Hop Hybrid, PRINCE OF CATS Adaptation For Legendary
Ronald Wimberly’s Image publication, Prince Of Cats, is now the subject of Legendary’s latest acquistion as of late Tuesday. As Deadline’s Mike Fleming Jr. exclusively wrote, the adaptation will be a starring vehicle for actor Lakeith Stanfield (Sorry To Bother You, Get Out, Death Note) with Selwyn Sefyu Hinds (HBO’s Who Fears Death) penning the script. Prince Of Cats was originally released in 2012 from DC/Vertigo, and is described as an 80’s hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet with a mix of urban drama, samurai action and classic Shakespearean theater. Set in a Blade Runner-esque version of Brooklyn, N.Y.C., the story is told from the perspective of Romeo’s cohort, Tybalt, and his Capulet crew as they engage nightly in sword duels with the hated Montagues. Janet and Kate Zucker of Zucker Productions are producing Prince Of Cats. Jon Silk, who brought it in to Legendary, is overseeing with […]
AX 2018: A Live-Action GUNDAM Movie Is Actually Happening! No…Not The Fake One You’ve Been Reading About… THIS ONE!
Take everything you’ve ever known, possibly loved and suspected about the possibilities of a live-action Gundam movie along with any ridiculous rumors and clickbait you’ve passed to friends on Facebook and Twitter, and chuck it by the wayside. News fresh from events at Anime Expo now makes it clear and crystal for fans of the long-running animated/toy/game/multimedia franchise that an ACTUAL FREAKING MOVIE is happening courtesy of Legendary Pictures and Bandai Namco’s film production shingle, Sunrise. All the details you need are below. Bask in it. Revel in it. And declare war on all clickbait. For this is THE REAL….EFFIN…DEAL! LEGENDARY TO PRODUCE LIVE-ACTION FEATURE FILM BASED ON SUNRISE’S WILDLY POPULAR GUNDAM FRANCHISE Multi-platform Animated Juggernaut to be Translated into Live-Action Film for the First Time Los Angeles, CA – July 05, 2018 – Legendary and Sunrise announced today at Anime Expo 2018, plans to co-produce the first-ever live-action feature […]
RED NOTICE: Dwayne Johnson Action Thriller Sets 2019 Start For 2020 Release From Universal/Legendary
Universal and Legendary have reportedly bested some of the biggest studios in Hollywood in a major bidding contest for the new action pic Red Notice, which made headlines late Wednesday with actor Dwayne Johnson attached to star. As Deadline notes in its exclusive on Friday, the studio is fast tracking the film as a potential tentpole for Johnson who has reorganized his schedule to begin rolling cameras for Red Notice next Spring for a 2020 release. The news comes just days after the spectacular Super Bowl LII trailer involving for the July 13 3D release of Central Intelligence helmer Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Skyscraper in which Johnson stars. Red Notice reteams Johnson once again with Thurber who starts writing next week per the deal, earning him an eight-figure payday with Johnson getting $20 million. Plot details are scant while general information at Deadline (apart from The Hollywood Reporter‘s exclusive on Wednesday) […]
Legendary Bolsters Film Division With Jon Silk As Executive VP
Legendary Entertainment announced today it has hired veteran film executive Jon Silk to serve as Executive Vice President of Production. Silk will join Legendary’s film division alongside Alex Garcia and Cale Boyter, who also serve as Executive Vice Presidents of Production, as well as Ali Mendes, Vice President of Production and Creative Executive Jay Ashenfelter. He will report to Mary Parent, Legendary’s Vice Chairman of Worldwide Production. “We are thrilled to have Jon join the team. I have known Jon since he first started in the business and he has always had a great eye for material across all genres. His passion combined with his strong skill set will be a great addition to Legendary as we continue to grow our slate of films for worldwide audiences,” stated Parent. Prior to joining Legendary, Silk was Jeff Robinov’s initial creative hire at Studio 8 and served as Executive Vice President, Creative […]
Image Comics Action Sci-Fi, NONPLAYER, Moves Forward At Legendary
Moving into more comic book lore, we now get an IP that mingles tones shared by The Matrix and Guardians Of The Galaxy. Such is what Legendary now hopes to achieve in its treatment of Nate Simpson’s 2011 Image Comics publication, Nonplayer with Thor: Ragnarok scribe Eric Pearson scripting, according to Deadline on Thursday. The comic, split between two issues with the second released in 2015, tells of Dana Stevens, a tamale delivery girl whose mundane life, remedied only by her prowess as a high-ranking badass and boundless warrior in an augmented reality video game, finds her swept into a rip-roaring adventure when a mysterious AI causes the game to spill into the real world. Here’s a quick summary with more on the property: The future kind of sucks, and that goes double for Dana Stevens — she’s stuck in a dead-end mail delivery job, and she’s way too old to […]
Cameras Have Begun Rolling For The New GODZILLA Movie; Official Synopsis Goes Live
Legendary/Warner Bros. Production is officially underway for the sequel to Gareth Edwards’s Godzilla. The new movie is being principally shot in Atlanta, Georgia with Michael Doughtery directing from a script by Zach Shields with Mary Parent, Alex Garcia, Brian Rogers and Thomas Tull producing, and with Barry H. Waldman, Zach Shields, Yoshimitsu Banno and Kenji Okuhira serving as executive producers with Legendary Pictures’s Alexandra Mendes co-producing. The new story follows the heroic efforts of the crypto-zoological agency Monarch as its members face off against a battery of god-sized monsters, including the mighty Godzilla, who collides with Mothra, Rodan, and his ultimate nemesis, the three-headed King Ghidorah. When these ancient super-species—thought to be mere myths—rise again, they all vie for supremacy, leaving humanity’s very existence hanging in the balance. The new film marks the next chapter in Warner Bros. Pictures’s and Legendary Pictures’s cinematic MonsterVerse: an epic action adventure that pits […]
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