Downey Jr., New Writer Set For “Yucatan”

Two decades after it began development, it looks like the late acting icon Steve McQueen’s passion project “Yucatan” is being revived. Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (“Blue Beetle,” “Miss Bala”) has been set as the screenwriter of the project which is now in early development at Netflix according to Deadline. In addition Robert

EA Considering In-Game Ads Again

Electronic Arts, the publisher that occasionally gets caught up in controversy over the way it gets money out of players, appears to be up to its old tricks. The Verge and Nasdaq reports that company CEO Andrew Wilson is working on their next generation of in-game ads. Speaking on the

“Apes” Planning To Go For Nine Films

The original “Planet of the Apes” franchise ran for five movies before fizzling out, but the writers of this week’s “Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes” have far larger plans than that. Married scribes Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver have been working with films since the 1992 thriller “The

Sanada Closing Deal For “Shogun” Season 2

Veteran acting icon Hiroyuki Sanada has reportedly closed a deal to return as Lord Yoshii Toranaga for a second season of FX’s highly acclaimed period series “Shōgun” reports Deadline. Elements are reportedly still being worked out and other deals are being finalized in an effort to continue the series in