CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON Series Adaptation In Development At Prime Video
The creative minds behind “The Brothers’ Sun” and “For All Mankind” are steering the new adaptation based on Wang Dulu’s classic Crane-Iron pentalogy.
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GOD OF WAR Live-Action Series Announced for Prime Video
Where does one begin when discussing a legendary gaming series such as God of War? It’s the epic tale of Kratos, a tortured Spartan warrior, hell-bent on revenge against the Greek deities that used and wronged him. Over the course of several games, he would eventually topple Mount Olympus’ pantheon and himself claim the title of God of War. The series would receive a universally acclaimed sequel/reboot in 2018 that would find it’s hero exiling himself to the Norse realm of Midgard. This game was recently followed up by the runaway success of God of War Ragnarok, winning Best Narrative, Best Action/Adventure and more at the Game Awards 2022, and selling over 5 million units in it’s launch week; the fastest selling first-party game in Playstation history. Naturally, Playstation Productions would follow this up with a bombshell announcement: they’ll be teaming up with Sony Pictures Television and Amazon Studios to […]
OBLITERATED Action Comedy Series Sets Up Shop At Netflix For Sony Pictures TV
Casting is underway with plans toward a summer shoot on action comedy series, Obliterated, which has moved from TBS to Netflix as of Monday. The show hails from Sony Pictures Television and is being shepherded by Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, the minds behind hit Karate Kid spin-off series, Cobra Kai. Obliterated is billed as a high octane action-comedy that tells the story of an elite special forces team who thwarts a deadly threat to Las Vegas. After their celebratory party, filled with booze, drugs and sex, the team discovers that the bomb they deactivated was a fake. The now intoxicated team has to fight through their impairments, overcome their personal issues, find the real bomb, and save the world. Hurwitz, Schlossberg and Heald will serve as showrunners and executive produce via their Counterbalance Entertainment banner, alongside Dina Hillier. The trio will also direct multiple episodes, with the […]
FINAL FANTASY: Sony Pictures Television To Steer Live-Action TV Series Based On Hit Video Game Saga
Video game franchise adaptations are back in the spotlight and you needn’t look further on Thursday as of Sony Pictures Television’s latest announcement to bring Final Fantasy to television. The series will be a joint effort with Hivemind (Amazon’s The Expanse, upcoming Netflix’s The Witcher), and global video game powerhouse Square Enix. Based on events from the 2013 installment, Final Fantasy XIV, SPTV’s Final Fantasy series will tell an original story set in the fantastic world of Eorzea. The new series will embrace the bold and genre-bending sensibilities of the revered and long-running RPG game saga as it explores the struggle between magic and technology in a quest to bring peace to a land in conflict. Filled with iconic hallmarks of the title’s revered mythology – magitek and beastmen, airships and chocobos – the forthcoming series will feature a mixture of new and familiar faces. Those will, notably, include the […]
SPTV, EbonyLife Gear Up For Dahomey Warriors-Inspired Action Drama Series
The profusion of black stories in entertainment continues in due time courtesy of the folks over at EbonyLife Ltd. and their proud partnership being announced on Thursday with Sony Pictures television. Official press announcements from the Nigeria-based premiere global premium African TV network and produciton banner are confirming a first-of-a-kind partnership for three new TV projects to be allocated internationally, and the first one in order will be a female-centric action drama series based on true events surrounding the battles that occurred in the West African Kingdom of Dahomey during the 19th century. The action-packed series will focus its narrative on the empowering stories of the all-female warriors and their show of ultimate strength and unity in their fight to protect and honour their people. The project comes in the wake of the exemplary successes seen in Disney’s Marvel release, Black Panther from director Ryan Coogler, as well as the […]
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