Black Salt Games’ ‘Dredge’ Is Getting a Live-Action Film Adaptation From Story Kitchen

Clayton Davis Senior Awards Editor Nicole Kidman has captivated Hollywood for more than three decades, with a career marked by transformative roles, outstanding performances and a profound impact on the cinematic landscape. As she receives the prestigious AFI Life Achievement Award, Variety honors her career by ranking her top 12 film performances. Born in Honolulu and raised in Australia, Kidman first made waves in the U.S.

Owen Gleiberman Chief Film Critic In “Boy Kills World,” Bill Skarsgård has burning eyes and model cheekbones, sinewy arms popping out of a dirty red athletic vest, and a feral pout that make him look like Jean-Claude van Damme crossed with Lou Reed. He plays a deaf-mute avenger, known only as Boy, who kills people in insanely violent ways. Yet through it all, the character retains his innocence.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Netflix has come on board “The Thursday Murder Club,” Amblin’s upcoming adaptation of the bestselling novel starring Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley. Chris Columbus is writing and directing the story of a group of friends who solve murders. The 2020 book by Richard Osman tells the story of four friends who live in a retirement community and take on cold cases for fun.

Katcy Stephan Acclaimed writer John Logan will adapt Pulitzer Prize-winning author Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” novel into a feature film for director John Hillcoat. Hillcoat is also producing along with Keith Redmon for New Regency. Cormac McCarthy’s son, John Francis McCarthy, will serve as executive producer, while Cormac, who died in June 2023, will receive a posthumous executive producer credit.

Production on the upcoming live action How to Train Your Dragon film is currently underway!!

Milo Manheim opens up about moving on from his Disney roots – Just Jared Jr Don’t expect to see these celebs at the Met Gala – Celebitchy Camila Mendes shares why we need more Latinx rom-coms – Popsugar Two rising young stars are making their Broadway debuts in Romeo+Juliet – Just Jared Jr

EXCLUSIVE: The action film stars Peter Jae (Darkness of Man), Josh Kelly (General Hospital), UFC fighter Ashlee Evans-Smith to star in James Cullen Bressack latest film The Workout.

K.J. Yossman J.K. Rowling’s bestselling children’s book “The Christmas Pig” is set to get a film adaptation.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter The upcoming video game “Spine” is already being eyed for film and TV adaptations. Variety learned exclusively that “Spine” developer Nekki has teamed with Story Kitchen to develop potential adaptations of the game. “We’re pleased to begin our journey with Story Kitchen,” said Nekki CEO Dmitry Terekhin.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The 30th anniversary of the original animated film version of “The Lion King” will be celebrated at the Hollywood Bowl next month with a live-to-film concert/screening that will include cast members from both the movie and theatrical versions — and beyond — including Jeremy Irons, Nathan Lane, Billy Eichner, Ernie Sabella, Jason Weaver and Bradley GIbson. The shows will take place at the Bowl May 24-25 and be produced by Disney Concerts, Fulwell 73 Productions, AMP Worldwide and Live Nation-Hewitt Silva.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is getting a new live-action movie, and it sounds way more intense than usual!

Refresh for More…Paramount ended their CinemaCon 2024 on an epic note, that being Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II. The logo was unveiled and title made official today at the Las Vegas studio exhibitor confab.

Paramount is going into production this summer and has set a July 4, 2025 date for an untitled live-action musical from South Park duo Matt Stone and Trey Parker. Par’s President and CEO Brian Robbins made the announcement during the studio’s CinemaCon presentation today.

Coronation Street's Lucy Fallon is ‘frustrated' and 'getting impatient' over waiting for proposal from boyfriend, Ryan Ledson, according to a body language expert. The 28 year old actress, who plays Bethany Platt on Corrie, is starring in brand new ITV show, Drama Queens, which allows soap fans to see the real lives of some of their favourite soap stars, including Ellie Leach, Brooke Vincent, Rita Simons, Amy Walsh, and Jorgie Porter.

EXCLUSIVE: La Haine filmmaker Mathieu Kassovitz is returning to the director’s chair to make English-language passion project The Big War, which will mark the first movie he has helmed in 13 years.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Qatar-based powerhouse BeIN Media Group, a co-owner of U.S. indie studio Miramax, has taken distribution rights across the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region to live-action pre-school series “Saïd & Anna,” which has been nominated for this year’s Banff World Media Festival‘s Rockie Awards.

CinemaCon begins next Monday, and Disney has a tease for what fans should expect during their presentation next week. The studio now has official theatrical release dates for a handful of upcoming films, including Lucasfilm‘s first “Star Wars” movie in theaters since 2019.

Brent Lang Executive Editor It’s going to take a live action version of “Moana” a little longer to swim to shore than Disney first expected. The film, originally slated to open in 2025, has been pushed back to July 10, 2026. That news came as part of a deluge of Disney release date announcements and shifting debuts.

Big news ahead of CinemaCon for Disney — and they’re not showing off their presentation until the last day of the exhibitor and studio love-in on April 11.

Jaden Thompson Following the massive success of “Dune: Part Two,” director Denis Villeneuve may have found his next project. The filmmaker is in discussion to reunite with Legendary for an adaptation of Annie Jacobsen’s Pulitzer Prize finalist “Nuclear War: A Scenario,” Variety has confirmed.