TV News: Shōgun, Snowpiercer, Knight, Superman

Shōgun Disney CEO Bob Iger has confirmed during Disney’s quarterly earning call that the recently highly acclaimed “Shōgun” limited series is “tracking as FX’s most-watched show ever on our streaming platforms”. He also revealed that the show has driven the second largest number of signups to our streaming services since

Disney Won’t Be Going Big On Fox IP

Disney has three major tentpole films this Summer based on IP they scored in the acquisition of 20th Century Fox. Those three? “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes,” “Deadpool & Wolverine” and “Alien: Romulus”. In today’s quarterly earnings call, Disney CEO Bob Iger says don’t expect this current glut

Farrelly To Direct Film About “Rocky” Making

Peter Farrelly (“Green Book,” “Ricky Stanicky”) is set to direct “I Play Rocky,” a film inspired by the making of Sylvester Stallone’s seminal 1976 boxing film “Rocky”. The film follows a struggling actor with a partially paralysed face and a speech impediment who writes a script that a big movie

Sam Hargrave To Helm “Matchbox” Car Film

Skydance and Mattel Films have reportedly closed a deal with “Extraction” director Sam Hargrave to direct a live-action film based on Mattel’s iconic toy car brand “Matchbox”. “Prey” and “The Family Plan” writer David Coggeshall will team with “Banshee” and “Warrior” series creator Jonathan Tropper to pen the script. The