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Tom Holland is suiting up once again, but this time, it is to play a lawyer for the upcoming Universal Pictures adaptation of John Grisham's novel The Partner. The film, of the same name, is expected to be a legal thriller which follows a junior partner at a law firm, played by Holland, who steals $90 million USD from a wealthy client and flees to Brazil after faking his own death. Holland will also serve as a producer on the film, which is written by Graham Moore. This is not the first time Grisham's novels have been adapted to film. Known for some of the best-selling legal thrillers, The Firm was directed by Sydney Pollack and starred Tom Cruise and Gene Hackman, The Pelican Brief famously starred Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington and A Time To Kill was directed by Joel Schumacher and ...

The critically acclaimed action role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn is officially heading to the big screen.Originally released in 2017, Horizon Zero Dawn tells the story of Aloy, a hunter and outcast from the Nora tribe, as she discovers her origins and navigates a world ruled by mysterious robotic creatures.During Sony’s CES 2025 press conference, PlayStation Studios and Columbia Pictures announced they are in the early stages of developing a feature film adaptation of Guerrilla Games’ beloved title. The movie is expected to explore Aloy’s origin story, chronicling her journey through a futuristic, post-apocalyptic world teeming with robotic beasts.Although no release date or casting details have been revealed, excitement among fans of the franchise is already mounting.Click here to view...

A TV series based on Louis Sachar's Holes is currently in the works over at Disney+.Variety reports that Disney+ ordered the series to pilot with Alina Mankin as writer and executive producer, Liz Phang as showrunner and executive producer and Drew Goddard, Sarah Esberg Mike Medavoy and Andrea Massaro as executive producers. Walden Media, the producers of Walt Disney Pictures' 2003 film adaptation, is returning to produce pilot and have supposedly "been attempting to get a series version of the book off the ground for some time."“In this reimagining of the beloved 1998 book from Louis Sachar, a teenage girl is sent to a detention camp where the ruthless Warden forces the campers to dig holes for a mysterious purpose,” the project's logline reads.Sachar's 1998 book of the same name followed...

Jacob Elordi is reportedly in negotiations for Ridley Scott's upcoming post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars. After news of Paul Mescal reuniting with Scott for another film following Gladiator II, it seems like there is a scheduling issue that will now see Mescal replaced by Elordi.Originally, Mescal was slated to star in the thriller that is about a catastrophic flu virus that ends up wiping out nearly all of humanity. But due to his involvement in Sam Mendes' Beatles anthology, Mescal has to pull out of Scott's film. Scott's thriller is based on the 2012 novel by Peter Heller and is expected to be his next film after the Bee Gees biopic for Paramount. If Elordi's deal is negotiated, he would play a pilot named Hig who befriends a gunman who later teams up with him as they try to outla...

DC Studios' James Gunn recently said on the Happy Sad Confused podcast that he has "contemplated" bringing Robert Pattinson's Batman to his new DC Universe. With the release of animated series Creature Commandos, Gunn's DC Universe officially began last month. At this time, Pattinson's Batman exists outside the DCU in Elseworld but Gunn states that he often thinks about bringing the character into his DCU. He said, "I've contemplated it, yeah. I contemplate everything. I talk about everything." He confirms that he is "committed to both telling stories in the DCU and Elseworlds stories," which is currently where The Batman series stands, sharing that he does "want the freedom to tell Elseworld stories." The Batman director Matt Reeves recently said at the Golden Globes in response to Gunn's...

An anime based on Ghost of Tsushima: Legends is currently in the works, with the series set for a 2027 release. The announcement was made during Sony Group Corporation’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) press conference.Developers Sucker Punch Productions is teaming up with Crunchyroll, Aniplex (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, Solo Leveling, Sword Art Online), Sony Music and PlayStation Productions to create the series. Takanobu Mizuno will serve as director, KAMIKAZE DOUGA will handle the animation and Gen Urobuchi is joining the project for Sony Composition.Plot details were not revealed; its source material, Legends, is Ghost of Tsushima's co-op multiplayer game inspired by Japanese folk tales and mythology, and allows players to choose from four classes and take on missions based on Jap...

Jon M. Chu has seen great success with the recent release of Wicked. With the second part in production, Chu is also busy working on a Britney Spears biopic.During the red carpet at the Golden Globes, the director spoke to Billboard about waht fans can expect from the Britney biopic, based on the pop princess' best-selling memoir, The Woman in Me. Chu said, "I really can't talk about that yet. I'm a big fan of Britney. I've been a fan since I was young and she was young and she was one of 12 acts at the Shrine Auditorium." He added, "So I want to do her justice and tell her story right. But we'll see. We're developing it now and it’s a long road ahead." In a separate interview with Entertainment Weekly, Chu said,"She’s going to be very involved. I haven’t really started anything fully yet,...

Season two of HBO's The Last of Us series adaptation has received a release window.Co-creator, writer and executive producer Neil Druckmann told the crowd at Sony’s press conference at this year's Consumer Electronics Show that season two is set to premiere this April, arriving a little over two years after the show's inagurual season. HBO revealed that the upcoming season will take place five years after the events of the first season, "with Joel and Ellie facing conflict with each other and a world that is even more dangerous and unpredictable."Returning this season are Pedro Pascal, Bella Ramsey, Gabriel Luna and Rutina Wesley as Joel, Ellie, Tommy and Maria, respectively, while the newcomers will include  Kaitlyn Dever as Abby, Isabela Merced as Dina, Young Mazino as Jesse, Ariela Bare...

Following the recent news that The Batman 2 will be delayed until 2027, director Matt Reeves spoke to Deadline on the Golden Globes red carpet that fans need not worry and filming will begin this year. While not much can be divulged about the upcoming sequel surrounding the caped crusader, Reeves confirmed, "I can tell you that we’ll be shooting this year." He adds later on in the interview that he is very excited for the return of the cast and hinted at "new people involved." As for the plot Reeves said, "I think what I'm excited about is that we're doing something where the story continues from, but I hope that people will be surprised by." In the past, Reeves also confirmed that Colin Farrell will be reprising his role as the Penguin in the sequel and the character that the sequel is a ...

The 82nd Golden Globe Awards are well underway tonight, with Nikki Glaser hosting the annual ceremony at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles.Emilia Pérez leads the film category with a total of 10 nominations, becoming the most nominated comedy or musical film in Golden Globes history, while FX's The Bear leads the TV category with five. Ahead of the ceremony tonight, Viola Davis and Ted Danson were presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award and the Carol Burnett Award, respectively.Take a look at the full list of winners below, which will be updated as the ceremony progresses.82nd Golden Globe Awards WinnersBest Motion Picture – DramaThe Brutalist (A24)A Complete Unknown (Searchlight Pictures)Conclave (Focus Features)Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros. Pictures)Nickel Boys (Orion Pictures/Ama...

Walter White's Albuquerque, New Mexico house in Breaking Bad is officially back on the market for $4 million USD.Joanne Quintana, who owns the property with her siblings, told KOB4 that her late parents Fran and Louis Padilla purchased the home in 1973. They decided to sell the house after 52 years due to the overwhelming challenges of protecting the home from Breaking Bad fans, which made it even more difficult from them to care for their ageing parents who eventually passed away.Quintana explained that they would average 300 cars filled with fans per day, and while they were welcoming towards the tourists at first, they had to put their foot down when things got out of hand. “Around 4:30 in the morning, the doorbell rang, my mom got up and opened the door, and it was a package,” she said...

Andrew Garfield is clearing the air in regards to his supposed participation in the upcoming Spider-Man 4.Speaking to GQ UK, the actor opened up about the "new phase of his post-hiatus career" and how he's "being more selective" with his future roles. Unfortunately for some fans, his immediate future doesn't include Spider-Man 4. “I’m gonna disappoint you,” he said, although he acknowledges that some may think he's bluffing after he vehemently denied appearing on Spider-Man: No Way Home. “Yeah, no. But I know no one’s gonna trust anything I say from now on.”Garfield is not completely closed off to the idea of returning to a big franchise, however. “If it felt in line with my soul and was gonna be fun," he continued. "Maybe I'm gonna have like five kids at some point, and I'm gonna need to ...