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Scott Derrickson, the director of “Doctor Strange” and the upcoming “The Black Phone,” has found his next project, an action and love story called “The Gorge” for Skydance.Derrickson will come on board to direct “The Gorge” after Skydance originally picked up a spec script by Zach Dean — who also wrote Skydance’s “The Tomorrow War” — back in 2020 and developed it internally. “The Gorge” also previously landed on the 2020 Black List.

Scott Derrickson is set to direct Skydance’s The Gorge.  Skydance acquired Zack Dean’s spec script last fall in a highly competitive bidding war and have been developing internally.

EXCLUSIVE: The Apple and Skydance film Ghosted is putting together quite the ensemble, as Deadline is hearing Once Upon a Time in Hollywood breakout Mike Moh, Amy Sedaris, Tim Blake Nelson and Tate Donovan have joined the cast. Chris Evans, Ana de Armas and Adrien Brody are set to star, with Dexter Fletcher directing.

EXCLUSIVE: Marking her English-language debut in a major studio film, Bollywood star Alia Bhatt has joined Gal Gadot and Jamie Dornan in Netflix’s international spy thriller Heart of Stone from Netflix and Skydance.

Wilson Chapman editorRyan Reynolds is ready to go back to the past.Netflix has released the first trailer for “The Adam Project,” a new sci-fi action movie starring Reynolds and directed by Shawn Levy (“Stranger Things,” “Free Guy”).The film stars Reynolds as Adam Reed, a fighter jet pilot from the future. After an accident sends him traveling through time, he winds up in the year 2022, when he was a 12-year old boy (played by Walker Scobell) struggling in school after the apparent disappearance of his father (played by Mark Ruffalo). Jennifer Garner portrays Adam’s mom, and the cast is rounded out by Catherine Keener, Zoe Saldana and Alex Mallari Jr.In the trailer, the two versions of Adam meet after his older self crashes his futuristic jet in the woods near his childhood home.

Deadpool, Bruce Banner and Gamora are all finally sharing a screen together — but not in a Marvel project. The first teaser for Netflix’s “The Adam Project” has arrived, teaming up Ryan Reynolds, Mark Ruffalo, Zoe Saldana and more in a time-traveling adventure.In the movie, Adam Reed (Reynolds) is a fighter pilot who accidentally crash lands in present-day 2022.

EXCLUSIVE: Following a busy fall in both the film and TV worlds, Adrien Brody is looking to stay busy as he set to join Apple Original Films’ Ghosted, starring Chris Evans and Ana de Armas. Dexter Fletcher is directing. 

Joe Otterson TV Reporter“Reacher” has snagged an early Season 2 renewal at Amazon.The action thriller series debuted on the streamer just three days ago, on Feb. 4. It is based on the Jack Reacher novel series by Lee Child.

Jamie Dornan (“Belfast”) has joined the cast of “Heart of Stone,” a spy thriller that will star Gal Gadot in what could be an action franchise in the vein of the “Mission: Impossible” series for Skydance Media and Netflix, according to an individual with knowledge of the project.“The Old Guard” writer Greg Rucka wrote the screenplay with Allison Schroeder. Tom Harper, known for “The Aeronauts” and “Wild Rose,” will direct.Plot details are being kept under wraps.Gadot is producing through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.Patty Whitcher, Harper and Rucka are the executive producers.Skydance has already found success with the “Mission: Impossible” franchise, and Skydance’s “The Old Guard” starring Charlize Theron and “6 Underground” also proved to be big hits for Netflix. Dornan is currently starring in “Belfast,” for which he received a Critics Choice nomination and Golden Globe nomination.

Angelique Jackson After warming fans’ hearts as Pa in the awards season contender “Belfast,” Jamie Dornan has signed on to join Gal Gadot in the international spy thriller “Heart of Stone,” from Netflix and Skydance. Directed by Tom Harper and written by Greg Rucka and Allison Schroeder, the international spy thriller is produced by Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, along with Mockingbird’s Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn, and Pilot Wave’s Gadot and Jaron Varsano.

EXCLUSIVE: Fresh off his Oscar-buzzed turn in Belfast, Jamie Dornan looks to have found his next big role, as sources tell Deadline he is set to join Gal Gadot in the international spy thriller Heart of Stone from Netflix and Skydance.

EXCLUSIVE: A different kind of reteam is in store for Ghosted, the Apple Original Films romantic action adventure film to be helmed by Dexter Fletcher. Ana de Armas will reteam with her Knives Out co-star Chris Evans in the film. Scarlett Johansson, Evans’ oft-collaborator in the Marvel movies, has amicably exited the picture in what sources describe as a scheduling conflict.

Also Read: Vera Farmiga to Star in Apple's Hurricane Katrina Series 'Five Days at Memorial'Farrelly adapted the screenplay along with Brian Currie and Pete Jones based on the book “The Greatest Beer Run Ever.”The film will produced by Andrew Muscato alongside David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger on behalf of Skydance, which originally developed the film.Farrelly’s “Green Book” was nominated for five Academy Awards and won three, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best

Also Read: Gal Gadot, Patty Jenkins Reteam for 'Cleopatra' at Paramount After Intense AuctionGadot would also produce through her Pilot Wave banner along with Jaron Varsano, Bonnie Curtis, and Julie Lyn, and Skydance’s David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will also produce.Gadot returned to her superhero franchise with “Wonder Woman 1984” back on Christmas Day, and she’ll also reunite with her director on that film Patty Jenkins for a new take on the “Cleopatra” story, as well as a third

Justin Kroll Film ReporterNeil Burger has been tapped to direct “Summer Frost,” a live-action science-fiction film in priority development for Skydance and Temple HillBased on a short story of the same name by Blake Crouch, the story follows a VR game designer whose world is forever changed when one of her non-player characters starts acting out of programming.Marty Bowen and Isaac Klausner are producing for Temple Hill.

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