With The Angry Birds Movie making tons of money at the box office and the ludicrously-named Emojimovie: Express Yourself looming in our near future, it seems like Hollywood executives are looking inside their phones for movie ideas. That pattern continued with an announcement a few months ago that Fruit Ninja would be turned into a new film, and now THR reports that New Line Cinema has acquired the film rights to the fruit slicing game. Sounds like this movie is really going to happen.
Tripp Vinson (San Andreas) is producing, while J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani (who wrote the upcoming film How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack) are writing the screenplay. The story "will revolve around a team of misfits who are recruited to become Fruit Ninjas in order to save the world." Sounds an awful lot like Adam Sandler's Pixels...so let's hope, for everyone's sake, that...
Tripp Vinson (San Andreas) is producing, while J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani (who wrote the upcoming film How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack) are writing the screenplay. The story "will revolve around a team of misfits who are recruited to become Fruit Ninjas in order to save the world." Sounds an awful lot like Adam Sandler's Pixels...so let's hope, for everyone's sake, that...
- 9/26/2016
- by Ben Pearson
- GeekTyrant
Yeah, Hollywood has a nasty habit of taking really dumb ideas and adapting them to the big screen. Battleship? Stupid. An Emoji movie? Pass! Angry Birds? Bleh!
In Hollywood, brand recognition is perhaps the single most important asset. It doesn’t matter if that brand is fit for the medium. If audiences recognize it, they’re more likely to go see it in theater than, say, Kubo and the Two Strings, a film you’ve never heard of, and are therefore less invested in. It’s because of this fact that this next news piece is no surprise.
According to THR, New Line has acquired the film rights to Fruit Ninja, the mobile game that lets you slice and dice your favorite fruits for no reason other than the fact that it’s strangely rewarding. Producing the flick is Tripp Vinson, one of the guys behind the Journey to the Center of the Earth...
In Hollywood, brand recognition is perhaps the single most important asset. It doesn’t matter if that brand is fit for the medium. If audiences recognize it, they’re more likely to go see it in theater than, say, Kubo and the Two Strings, a film you’ve never heard of, and are therefore less invested in. It’s because of this fact that this next news piece is no surprise.
According to THR, New Line has acquired the film rights to Fruit Ninja, the mobile game that lets you slice and dice your favorite fruits for no reason other than the fact that it’s strangely rewarding. Producing the flick is Tripp Vinson, one of the guys behind the Journey to the Center of the Earth...
- 9/23/2016
- by Joseph Medina
- LRMonline.com
It’s the world we live in. First, there was Angry Birds. Then came Pokemon Go. And now, a game about a knife-wielding man with a vendetta against fruit is being turned into a movie. THR.com is reporting that the popular mobile phone game Fruit Ninja is headed to the big screen. The script will be written by J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani. It’s being produced by New Line. According to the publication, Fruit Ninja will center around a “team of misfits” who become Fruit Ninjas to save the world. How all those components work together, we’ll just have to wait and see. Released in 2010, Fruit Ninjas is among the most popular mobile games of all time. In September 2015, the game passed the 1 billion download mark, rarified air for or mobile application or game. No release date has been announced for Fruit Ninjas.
- 9/23/2016
- by David Eckstein
- Hitfix
New Line has won the film rights to “Fruit Ninja,” a movie based on a popular and self-explanatory mobile game featuring ninjas who chop fruit with different blades. The script was written by J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who were behind Sony Animation’s “How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack.” Producer Tripp Vinson partnered with the game‘s developer, Australia’s Halfbrick Studios, to develop a live-action adaptation of the game, which was a Top 5 Worldwide seller in 2015, per mobile analyst App Annie. Vinson produced the “Journey to the Center of the Earth” films for New Line and was also an executive producer on.
- 9/23/2016
- by Matt Pressberg
- The Wrap
2016-09-02T12:44:57-07:00Dickens' 'Oliver Twist' Coming to TV as a Crime Procedural
From the "Who asked for it?" file today comes news that NBC and Joel Silver are adapting Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist as a TV series. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network has given the script go-ahead for a contemporary take on the story, which will be called Twist.
The extremely loose adaptation features a 20-something woman who teams up with a talented band of misfits who together fight crime. The proposed adaptation seems to have virtually nothing in common with Dickens' novel other than part of its title.
The series will be produced by Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon) and written by Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin, who are currently working on a film adaptation of the once-popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja.
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From the "Who asked for it?" file today comes news that NBC and Joel Silver are adapting Charles Dickens' novel Oliver Twist as a TV series. The Hollywood Reporter reports that the network has given the script go-ahead for a contemporary take on the story, which will be called Twist.
The extremely loose adaptation features a 20-something woman who teams up with a talented band of misfits who together fight crime. The proposed adaptation seems to have virtually nothing in common with Dickens' novel other than part of its title.
The series will be produced by Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon) and written by Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin, who are currently working on a film adaptation of the once-popular smartphone game Fruit Ninja.
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- 9/2/2016
- by Evan Gillespie
- Yidio
Well, this is quite a twist. An… Oliver Twist.
The classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is being reimagined as a female-driven crime procedural by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, tentatively titled Twist, promises “a sexy contemporary take” centering on a twentysomething woman named Twist who teams up with a group of skilled outcasts to catch wealthy criminals.
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This is just the latest are-they-serious? reboot heading to the small screen. Earlier this week, Fox announced they would reboot the tale of King Arthur and Camelot as a police procedural.
The classic Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist is being reimagined as a female-driven crime procedural by NBC, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The project, tentatively titled Twist, promises “a sexy contemporary take” centering on a twentysomething woman named Twist who teams up with a group of skilled outcasts to catch wealthy criminals.
RelatedThe Departed Reboot Series in Development at Amazon
This is just the latest are-they-serious? reboot heading to the small screen. Earlier this week, Fox announced they would reboot the tale of King Arthur and Camelot as a police procedural.
- 9/2/2016
- TVLine.com
New Line has racked up the high score for Fruit Ninja. The studio has landed the film rights to the addictive mobile game app that has become a staple on phones and tablets. The deal puts producer Tripp Vinson back in business with New Line. Vinson has a long history with New Line, having produced such films for the studio as the Journey to the Center of the Earth films. He most recently was an executive producer on New Line's action hit San Andreas. J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, the duo behind How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack
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- 7/26/2016
- by Tatiana Siegel
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
A couple of weeks ago I posted a short film based on the hit mobile game Fruit Ninja. It made for a fun and silly short, but I never imagined that Fruit Ninja could ever be a feature film. Well, Hollywood has proved me wrong once again. I guess if Angry Birds can be a successful film, any mobile game can.
Fruit Ninja will be developed as a live-action family comedy that centers on ninjas with an inexplicable vendetta against fruit. It sounds absolutely absurd, but who knows, maybe something funny will come out of it. If The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were attached to it, I could see it being good.
As of right now, Tripp Vinson is set to produce the movie under his Vinson Films production banner, and he’s hired J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani to write the script. They recently adapted...
Fruit Ninja will be developed as a live-action family comedy that centers on ninjas with an inexplicable vendetta against fruit. It sounds absolutely absurd, but who knows, maybe something funny will come out of it. If The Lego Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were attached to it, I could see it being good.
As of right now, Tripp Vinson is set to produce the movie under his Vinson Films production banner, and he’s hired J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani to write the script. They recently adapted...
- 5/23/2016
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Since Hollywood never met a pop-culture fixation it couldn’t appropriate (see: this weekend’s Angry Birds Movie), perhaps it shouldn’t be surprising to hear that someone is working on bringing the Fruit Ninja mobile app to the big screen in – get this – a “live-action family comedy.”
No, it’s really not too surprising that we’ll be getting a Fruit Ninja movie (and possibly a franchise, seeing as how these kinds of things usually go), but that certainly doesn’t make it any less depressing. And here I was, just coming to terms with the fact that The Emoji Movie is probably going to make bucketloads of money.
For those of you not versed in app-phenomenon culture, Fruit Ninja is the second-highest-selling iOS game of all time, with more than 1 billion downloads since its launch across mobile platforms. It essentially amounts to an endless barrage of fruit flying...
No, it’s really not too surprising that we’ll be getting a Fruit Ninja movie (and possibly a franchise, seeing as how these kinds of things usually go), but that certainly doesn’t make it any less depressing. And here I was, just coming to terms with the fact that The Emoji Movie is probably going to make bucketloads of money.
For those of you not versed in app-phenomenon culture, Fruit Ninja is the second-highest-selling iOS game of all time, with more than 1 billion downloads since its launch across mobile platforms. It essentially amounts to an endless barrage of fruit flying...
- 5/23/2016
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
According to The Hollywood Reporter, producer Tripp Vinson of Vinson Films along with Halfbrick Studios is gearing up to turn the mobile game, "Fruit Ninja", into a feature length film. "Fruit Ninja" is considered the second-highest-selling mobile game on the App Store with over a billion downloads.
Vinson is developing the project with screenwriters J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani writing the script which is being described as a "live action family comedy." Lavin and Damiani recently penned the script for"How To Survive A Garden Gnome Attack", based on the 2010 book by author Chuck Sambuchino, which is set up at Sony Animation with director Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers developing the project.
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Vinson is developing the project with screenwriters J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani writing the script which is being described as a "live action family comedy." Lavin and Damiani recently penned the script for"How To Survive A Garden Gnome Attack", based on the 2010 book by author Chuck Sambuchino, which is set up at Sony Animation with director Robert Zemeckis' ImageMovers developing the project.
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- 5/21/2016
- by J.B. Casas
- LRMonline.com
The Angry Birds franchise has some sharp competition on its hands — top-selling mobile game “Fruit Ninja” is now in development as a feature film. Creator Halfbrick Studios have partnered with Tripp Vinson‘s eponymous production company — behind the recently announced “Rose Red” prequel at Disney — to bring it to the big screen as a family adventure, an individual familiar with the deal told TheWrap. J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani will write the script, the insider said. The film is currently planned as a live-action adaptation. Also Read: Disney Plans Live-Action Movie About Snow White's Sister “Fruit Ninja” was a Top 5 Worldwide seller.
- 5/20/2016
- by Matt Donnelly
- The Wrap
CBS has put in development Jet Set, a drama from National Treasure helmer Jon Turteltaub and CBS TV Studios. Turteltaub is executive producing through his Junction Entertainment banner. J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani are co-writing and executive producing. In Jet Set, a young, rich socialite partners with a blue-collar FBI agent to pose as the new “it” couple to investigate and apprehend suspects who have hidden behind wealth and influence to escape other charges. The last…...
- 10/22/2015
- Deadline TV
CBS is looking to expand its relationship with Shane Brennan. The network has handed out a script commitment to an untitled drama exec produced by the NCIS: Los Angeles showrunner, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. See more Faces of Fall 2014 The untitled entry, written by writing duo J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani (Anchorwoman), centers on four agents who go undercover as the perfect family for an operation that has them rooting out dangerous criminals in the suburbs while becoming an unlikely family at the same time. Brennan is attached as a non-writing exec producer alongside Stephen Crawford and
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- 10/24/2014
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Horrible Bosses 2
Several new photos are out of Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine's father-and-son villains in the upcoming comedy sequel "Horrible Bosses 2". Waltz plays a rich investor who tries to take control of the new business of our trio (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis) so they plan to kidnap the son (Pine). [Source: Flickering Myth]
Knight of Cups
Appearing at the annual Cine event in Riccione, Italy, the CEO of the Italian distributor of the Christian Bale-led Terrence Malick drama "Knight of Cups" says the film will reportedly score a limited U.S. theaterical run later this year. It's also suggested the film will be up for multiple Oscar nominations. [Source: The Film stage]
Flat Stanley
Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin ("Kamikaze Love," "Max Steel") have been hired to rewrite the live-action adaptation of the children's classic "Flat Stanley" for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. Josh Greenbaum will direct.
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Several new photos are out of Christoph Waltz and Chris Pine's father-and-son villains in the upcoming comedy sequel "Horrible Bosses 2". Waltz plays a rich investor who tries to take control of the new business of our trio (Jason Bateman, Charlie Day, Jason Sudeikis) so they plan to kidnap the son (Pine). [Source: Flickering Myth]
Knight of Cups
Appearing at the annual Cine event in Riccione, Italy, the CEO of the Italian distributor of the Christian Bale-led Terrence Malick drama "Knight of Cups" says the film will reportedly score a limited U.S. theaterical run later this year. It's also suggested the film will be up for multiple Oscar nominations. [Source: The Film stage]
Flat Stanley
Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin ("Kamikaze Love," "Max Steel") have been hired to rewrite the live-action adaptation of the children's classic "Flat Stanley" for 20th Century Fox and Walden Media. Josh Greenbaum will direct.
The story...
- 7/6/2014
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
A film adaptation of Jeff Brown’s beloved children’s book Flat Stanley has been in the works over at Fox for some time now, but today brings news that the project is finally moving forward with a new director and pair of writers. Josh Greenbaum, who previously directed a golf documentary titled The Short Game, has signed on to helm. Additionally, Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin will re-write the film, which is being envisioned as a live-action take, working from an earlier draft by Adam Goldberg (Aliens in the Attic, ABC’s The Goldbergs) and Chris Bishop (The Goldbergs).
Flat Stanley (first published way back in 1964) centers on a boy named Stanley Lambchop, who is accidentally flattened by a bulletin board but uses his new paper-thin body to explore many extraordinary places. The book is considered to be a classic and has birthed an entire series, so Fox could...
Flat Stanley (first published way back in 1964) centers on a boy named Stanley Lambchop, who is accidentally flattened by a bulletin board but uses his new paper-thin body to explore many extraordinary places. The book is considered to be a classic and has birthed an entire series, so Fox could...
- 7/3/2014
- by Isaac Feldberg
- We Got This Covered
The Cisco Kid
CBS has picked up a new script for a modern-day action series retelling of the classic western "The Cisco Kid". Salma Hayek and Lauren Shuler Donner will produce, while Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin are attached to pen the script and serve as supervising producers.
This new version follows a discharged Marine who returns to L.A. for his father’s funeral and learns the man was actually the mythical Cisco Kid. So, he and his best friend join the remaining members of his father’s team to take on the job of helping the downtrodden and disenfranchised. [Source: The Live Feed]
Untitled Netflix Drama
Netflix has given a 13-episode order for an untitled psychological thriller series from the creators of FX's acclaimed legal drama "Damages" (Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler).
The story follows a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home.
CBS has picked up a new script for a modern-day action series retelling of the classic western "The Cisco Kid". Salma Hayek and Lauren Shuler Donner will produce, while Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin are attached to pen the script and serve as supervising producers.
This new version follows a discharged Marine who returns to L.A. for his father’s funeral and learns the man was actually the mythical Cisco Kid. So, he and his best friend join the remaining members of his father’s team to take on the job of helping the downtrodden and disenfranchised. [Source: The Live Feed]
Untitled Netflix Drama
Netflix has given a 13-episode order for an untitled psychological thriller series from the creators of FX's acclaimed legal drama "Damages" (Todd A. Kessler, Daniel Zelman and Glenn Kessler).
The story follows a family of adult siblings whose secrets and scars are revealed when their black sheep brother returns home.
- 10/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
CBS is retooling The Cisco Kid. The network has picked up a new script for a modern-day retelling of the classic Western, The Hollywood Reporter has learned. The drama hails from producers Salma Hayek and Lauren Shuler Donner (X-Men) with new writers Chad Damiani and J.P. Lavin (How to Survive a Garden Gnome Attack) attached to pen the new script and serve as supervising producers. Hayek and Donner first developed the drama last year with The Shield's Diego Gutierrez attached to write the script. Hayek and her Ventanarosa president Jose "Pepe" Tamez will again produce the CBS Television
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- 10/14/2013
- by Lesley Goldberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Several first photos today from the likes of Catherine Hardwicke's Red Riding Hood, Disney animated feature Mars Need Moms, and British animated feature Gnomeo and Juliet. There's also three more photos from Scream 4.
The first posters for Cowboys and Aliens, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Mechanic, Frankie and Alice, The Rite, Mars Needs Moms, Cars 2, and Gnomeo and Juliet.
There's also the third one-sheet for True Grit, and a poster for The Dilemma that uses as much, if not more airbrushing than that infamous "Sex and the City 2" poster back in May.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart strip down to their undies and swimwear to shoot honeymoon scenes for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, John Cusack appears in costume as Edgar Allan Poe on the set of The Raven, and Amy Adams hangs with Jason Segel shooting The Muppets.
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The first posters for Cowboys and Aliens, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Mechanic, Frankie and Alice, The Rite, Mars Needs Moms, Cars 2, and Gnomeo and Juliet.
There's also the third one-sheet for True Grit, and a poster for The Dilemma that uses as much, if not more airbrushing than that infamous "Sex and the City 2" poster back in May.
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart strip down to their undies and swimwear to shoot honeymoon scenes for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, John Cusack appears in costume as Edgar Allan Poe on the set of The Raven, and Amy Adams hangs with Jason Segel shooting The Muppets.
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- 11/16/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
At The end of September, we learned that Kate Beckinsale was returning as Selene for Underworld 4 and that the studio was looking for a director.
It's now been reported that Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein are to direct the film, which starts shooting in March and will be released on January 20, 2012.
The pair previously directed Shelter (see poster on right), a supernatural thriller starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Myers; it was released in the UK on April 9.
Darren Aronofsky has revealed the official title of Hugh Jackman's second Wolverine film, which he's directing for 20th Century Fox. He told Hitfix the movie will be called simply The Wolverine and that it's a standalone project rather than a sequel to last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So what does this mean for the X-Men film series?
I have to say I'm skeptical about the name but, whether it sticks or not,...
It's now been reported that Swedish duo Mans Marlind and Bjorn Stein are to direct the film, which starts shooting in March and will be released on January 20, 2012.
The pair previously directed Shelter (see poster on right), a supernatural thriller starring Julianne Moore and Jonathan Rhys Myers; it was released in the UK on April 9.
Darren Aronofsky has revealed the official title of Hugh Jackman's second Wolverine film, which he's directing for 20th Century Fox. He told Hitfix the movie will be called simply The Wolverine and that it's a standalone project rather than a sequel to last year's X-Men Origins: Wolverine. So what does this mean for the X-Men film series?
I have to say I'm skeptical about the name but, whether it sticks or not,...
- 11/15/2010
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Director Brett Ratner has been attached to an adaptation of Rob Liefeld's comic book Youngblood since February of 2009, and, over a year later, revealed he and writers J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani were hard at work on the screenplay. Six months later, and Ratner is "still working" on Youngblood. Ratner updated MTV on the hold-up.
There were some rights issues. We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books that were made by independent comic books. There was a lot of owners of these comic books and a lot of people were claiming they had the rights. It's taken a long time but I think we've finally cleared the legal part of it.
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There were some rights issues. We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books that were made by independent comic books. There was a lot of owners of these comic books and a lot of people were claiming they had the rights. It's taken a long time but I think we've finally cleared the legal part of it.
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- 11/13/2010
- by Ryan Gowland
- Reelzchannel.com
Since the announcement in August of 2009, Brett Ratner and writers J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani have been hard at work to adapt the comic series into a film. Ratner discusses with MTV what has been holding the project up. MTV was able to sit down and discuss with Brett Ratner about his proposed Youngblood film which will be an adaption to the comic series by Image Comics. Movie Trailers - Movies Blog Hold ups are a usual part of film making in Hollywood. Especially when adapting films from books, comics, television series and what not. In regards to the Youngblood film Ratner explain, "We're still working on it," said the director, "There were some rights issues. We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books. There were a lot of owners of these comic books and a...
- 11/13/2010
- by Kimberly Houston
- The Daily BLAM!
Brett Ratner has revealed that his proposed Youngblood movie is still at the scripting stage. Speaking to MTV, the helmer said that writers J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani are hard at work on a screenplay for the Image Comics adaptation. "We're still working on it," he told the network, before going on to say that legal issues delayed the film's production. "There were some rights issues," he explained. "We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books. There were a lot of owners (more)...
- 11/12/2010
- by By Mark Langshaw
- Digital Spy
These things takes time. In August of 2009, six months after the project was first announced, Brett Ratner told us that an adaptation of "Youngblood" was still being scripted. The next spring, Ratner let us know he and writers J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani were still hard at work on a draft.
"We're still working on it," Ratner told MTV News when he stopped by Splash Page HQ this week.
That sort of delay, of course, is hardly unusual in Hollywood. But what's been the particular hold-up for "Youngblood"?
"There were some rights issues," Ratner said. "We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books that were made by independent comic books. There was a lot of owners of these comic books and a lot of people were claiming they had the rights. It's taken a long time but I think we've finally cleared the legal part of it.
"We're still working on it," Ratner told MTV News when he stopped by Splash Page HQ this week.
That sort of delay, of course, is hardly unusual in Hollywood. But what's been the particular hold-up for "Youngblood"?
"There were some rights issues," Ratner said. "We actually waited for over a year for the rights to these comic books that were made by independent comic books. There was a lot of owners of these comic books and a lot of people were claiming they had the rights. It's taken a long time but I think we've finally cleared the legal part of it.
- 11/12/2010
- by Eric Ditzian
- MTV Splash Page
The Los Angeles Times is reporting that Twilight star Taylor Lautner may be the prime candidate to play Max Steel in a Paramount movie adaptation of the Mattel’s action figure line. Lautner has become the teenage fantasy of millions of young women by playing the werewolf Jacob from Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Saga movies.
Max Steel was a cartoon series that began airing in 2000. The main character in the series is Josh McGrath: a 19-year-old extreme sports enthusiast and orphan. He was adopted by his best friend’s father, Jefferson Smith, who owns an extreme-sports equipment manufacturing company. But naturally, the company is a front for a super-secret, counter-intelligence agency called N-Tek. While Josh is away visiting his grandparents (who should have adopted him in the first place) the N-Tek plant is attacked by enemy agents who are led by an individual named Psycho. Josh rushes back and does...
Max Steel was a cartoon series that began airing in 2000. The main character in the series is Josh McGrath: a 19-year-old extreme sports enthusiast and orphan. He was adopted by his best friend’s father, Jefferson Smith, who owns an extreme-sports equipment manufacturing company. But naturally, the company is a front for a super-secret, counter-intelligence agency called N-Tek. While Josh is away visiting his grandparents (who should have adopted him in the first place) the N-Tek plant is attacked by enemy agents who are led by an individual named Psycho. Josh rushes back and does...
- 12/5/2009
- by Shaun "The Stalker" Keating
Updated – 12/6/2009
This news has been confirmed! According to Variety, Lautner has signed on to play Max Steel and the film is said to be in the same vein as Transformers. No director is attached yet.
Where do you go after stealing the hearts of every preteen girl and their mother as the purveyor of Team Jacob in the immensely successful Twilight Saga? Well simply put you get your self a franchisable action role so that dudes at least respect your and those girls can continue to cry and scream over your heartrob-ness.
Taylor Lautner also known as Jacob Black to many, since to them he is one in the same, is circling the popular Max Steel character to play him in a live-action version being developed by Paramount.
The Los Angeles Times, says that Lautner is looking to take on the role a big screen adaptation of the popular Mattle toy line.
This news has been confirmed! According to Variety, Lautner has signed on to play Max Steel and the film is said to be in the same vein as Transformers. No director is attached yet.
Where do you go after stealing the hearts of every preteen girl and their mother as the purveyor of Team Jacob in the immensely successful Twilight Saga? Well simply put you get your self a franchisable action role so that dudes at least respect your and those girls can continue to cry and scream over your heartrob-ness.
Taylor Lautner also known as Jacob Black to many, since to them he is one in the same, is circling the popular Max Steel character to play him in a live-action version being developed by Paramount.
The Los Angeles Times, says that Lautner is looking to take on the role a big screen adaptation of the popular Mattle toy line.
- 12/4/2009
- by Kevin Coll
- FusedFilm
Following the continued box office success of the latest “Twilight” film, Taylor Lautner — who is best known for his role as teenage werewolf Jacob Black — might soon trade in his claws for superpowers.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Lautner is being pursued by Paramount to star in a live action adaptation of “Max Steel.” If he signs on, Lautner would play Josh McGrath, a 19-year-old extreme-sports athlete who is exposed to highly advanced nanotechnology that allows him to transform into his superhuman alter-ego, Max Steel.
Screenwriters J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani have signed on to adapt the script. Lavin and Damiani are also attached to write two superhero movies based on Rob Liefeld’s comics: “Capeshooters” and “Youngblood.”
“Max Steel” originally aired as a CG animated series back in 2000 that ran for three seasons as well as six Direct-to-dvd movies. “Max Steel” was also adapted into a toyline by Mattel.
According to the Los Angeles Times, Lautner is being pursued by Paramount to star in a live action adaptation of “Max Steel.” If he signs on, Lautner would play Josh McGrath, a 19-year-old extreme-sports athlete who is exposed to highly advanced nanotechnology that allows him to transform into his superhuman alter-ego, Max Steel.
Screenwriters J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani have signed on to adapt the script. Lavin and Damiani are also attached to write two superhero movies based on Rob Liefeld’s comics: “Capeshooters” and “Youngblood.”
“Max Steel” originally aired as a CG animated series back in 2000 that ran for three seasons as well as six Direct-to-dvd movies. “Max Steel” was also adapted into a toyline by Mattel.
- 12/4/2009
- by Blair Marnell
- MTV Splash Page
According to Rob Liefeld, the same guys who are currently writing the live-action adaptation of his “Capeshooters” for Bryan Singer is also currently writing the live-action adaptation of his “Youngblood” for Brett Ratner. The guys in question are J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, and in an interview with MTV, the former ’90s Image Comics golden boy also talks about the visual style and plot of the “Youngblood” movie, which will chronicle the exploits of a Government-sanctioned superhero team that broadcasts all their exploits to the public, essentially making them more celebrity than hero. Via MTV: Story-wise, the veteran creator said the big-screen adaptation of “Youngblood” would focus on team members Shaft and Chapel, the bow-wielding marksman and gun-toting former soldier who lead the team. “They don’t like each other,” said Liefeld. “Shaft is the new kid on the block in the movie, and he and Chapel have to put...
- 5/13/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Brett Ratner may be out of the director's chair for the new Conan movie but he has plenty of other projects on the go, including a film adaptation of the Youngblood comic.
Youngblood features the adventures of a team of superheroes who are sanctioned by the Us government and operate under public scrutiny against superpowered threats.
Created by writer/artist Rob Liefeld, the comic was originally published by Image Comics and later by Awesome Entertainment.
It's now been revealed that the screenplay for the film adaptation is being penned by writing duo J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who are also working on an adaptation of another Liefield comic called Capeshooters.
Liefeld said he had been working closely with the writers, who were halfway through their first draft. The duo had been hired after Brett Ratner mentioned them as perfect candidates.
Speaking to MTV, Liefeld said the film was "looking to...
Youngblood features the adventures of a team of superheroes who are sanctioned by the Us government and operate under public scrutiny against superpowered threats.
Created by writer/artist Rob Liefeld, the comic was originally published by Image Comics and later by Awesome Entertainment.
It's now been revealed that the screenplay for the film adaptation is being penned by writing duo J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who are also working on an adaptation of another Liefield comic called Capeshooters.
Liefeld said he had been working closely with the writers, who were halfway through their first draft. The duo had been hired after Brett Ratner mentioned them as perfect candidates.
Speaking to MTV, Liefeld said the film was "looking to...
- 5/13/2009
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
Screenwriter duo, J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, have been hired to pen the script of "Youngblood", so revealed creator Rob Liefeld. Opening up about matters related to the comic book adaptation to Splash Page MTV, the 41-year-old laid bare that the writing pair is already "half-way through their first draft of the screenplay".
Recalling the time the two were hired to tackle the scripting, Liefeld fessed up that the two were originally eyed to pen "Capeshooters". "They were the guys everyone wanted for 'Capeshooters' at 11 Am at Warner Bros a year ago," he explained, "and then at 3 Pm, I met with Brett [Ratner] and his producing partner, and Brett says, 'I know exactly who we have to get to write this: Lavin and Damiani'."
Writers aside, the writer/illustrator talked about the film's plot, stating that it will revolve around two of Youngblood members, bow-wielding marksman Shaft and government assassin Chapel.
Recalling the time the two were hired to tackle the scripting, Liefeld fessed up that the two were originally eyed to pen "Capeshooters". "They were the guys everyone wanted for 'Capeshooters' at 11 Am at Warner Bros a year ago," he explained, "and then at 3 Pm, I met with Brett [Ratner] and his producing partner, and Brett says, 'I know exactly who we have to get to write this: Lavin and Damiani'."
Writers aside, the writer/illustrator talked about the film's plot, stating that it will revolve around two of Youngblood members, bow-wielding marksman Shaft and government assassin Chapel.
- 5/13/2009
- by AceShowbiz.com
- Aceshowbiz
Back in early February, the news broke that “Youngblood,” one of the flagship Image Comics series that defined the ’90s comics boom, was headed to the big screen with “X-Men: The Last Stand” director Brett Ratner attached. Created by veteran writer/artist Rob Liefeld, “Youngblood” chronicled the adventures of a government-sanctioned team of superheroes who operated in the public eye while fighting super-powered threats and dealing with superhero-sized drama.
I had the chance to catch up with the superteam’s creator recently to get an update on “Youngblood,” and to receive some news about the film’s writing team, plot and character lineup.
According to Liefeld, the “Youngblood” movie is currently being scripted by the writing duo of J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who are also working on another adaptation of a Liefeld comic (the Bryan Singer-produced “Capeshooters” in development at Warner Bros). He said the pair is half-way...
I had the chance to catch up with the superteam’s creator recently to get an update on “Youngblood,” and to receive some news about the film’s writing team, plot and character lineup.
According to Liefeld, the “Youngblood” movie is currently being scripted by the writing duo of J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who are also working on another adaptation of a Liefeld comic (the Bryan Singer-produced “Capeshooters” in development at Warner Bros). He said the pair is half-way...
- 5/12/2009
- by Rick Marshall
- MTV Splash Page
MTV's Splash Page spoke with comic creator Rob Liefeld, following his recent Twitter announcement that he was meeting with director Brett Ratner to discuss the live action movie based on Liefeld's Image Comics superteam Youngblood . The comic book launched the Image Comics line back in 1992 and has had a sporadic publishing schedule at various publishers in the 16 years since, but Liefeld seems genuinely enthusiastic about his creations being brought to the screen. (Sidenote: Liefeld also co-created Deadpool, who appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine .) Liefeld talked to Splash Page about the writers on the project, J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who are also writing another film project based on one of Liefeld's creations, the Bryan Singer-produced Capeshooters . You can...
- 5/12/2009
- Comingsoon.net
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