Netflix has teamed with Ubisoft for an anime series based on the Splinter Cell video game franchise, with John Wick writer Derek Kostad set to write and executive produce, Deadline has confirmed.
First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the Nsa, dubbed “Third Echelon”. The player controls Fisher to overcome his adversaries in various levels. The game has spawned six sequels and a series of novels.
A Splinter Cell film adaptation with Tom Hardy to star as Fisher had been in the works for years, but has never gotten off the ground.
Kolstad wrote all three films in the John Wick franchise, starting with John Wick in 2014 followed by John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017 and John Wick 3: Parabellum in 2019, and is set to pen the upcoming fourth installment. Kolstad also has been tapped to...
First released in 2002, the Splinter Cell video game revolves around protagonist, Sam Fisher, a highly trained agent of a fictional black-ops sub-division within the Nsa, dubbed “Third Echelon”. The player controls Fisher to overcome his adversaries in various levels. The game has spawned six sequels and a series of novels.
A Splinter Cell film adaptation with Tom Hardy to star as Fisher had been in the works for years, but has never gotten off the ground.
Kolstad wrote all three films in the John Wick franchise, starting with John Wick in 2014 followed by John Wick: Chapter 2 in 2017 and John Wick 3: Parabellum in 2019, and is set to pen the upcoming fourth installment. Kolstad also has been tapped to...
- 7/30/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
“Aquaman” director James Wan is set to produce “Hunting Season,” a time travel thriller from “John Wick” franchise writer Derek Kolstad, an individual with knowledge of the project told TheWrap.
Based on a short story by Frank M. Robinson, “Hunting Season” depitcs a militaristic society in which criminals sentenced to death are sent back in time and hunted by a posse of aristocrats. But while the punishment is usually reserved for members of a lower class, the whole system starts to unravel when a member of the aristocrat class is sent back in time to America in the mid-20th century.
Kolstad will write the screenplay, and Wan will produce with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, as well as “Transformers” producer Don Murphy. Murphy will produce along with his partner Susan Monford through their Angry Films banner.
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Peter Luo is executive producing “Hunting Season,...
Based on a short story by Frank M. Robinson, “Hunting Season” depitcs a militaristic society in which criminals sentenced to death are sent back in time and hunted by a posse of aristocrats. But while the punishment is usually reserved for members of a lower class, the whole system starts to unravel when a member of the aristocrat class is sent back in time to America in the mid-20th century.
Kolstad will write the screenplay, and Wan will produce with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, as well as “Transformers” producer Don Murphy. Murphy will produce along with his partner Susan Monford through their Angry Films banner.
Also Read: James Wan Developing Horror Monster Movie For Universal
Peter Luo is executive producing “Hunting Season,...
- 5/1/2020
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
James Wan is prepping a film adaptation to Frank M. Robinson’s time travel story, Hunting Season, with Transformers producer Don Murphy and John Wick franchise writer Derek Kolstad on board to script.
The story follows a law officer who is sent back to the past where, deemed an enemy of the state and is facing execution, must acclimate in order to survive.
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Starlight and Star Plus are financing the project, which Wan and Michael Clear will produce via Atomic Monster with Murphy and Susan Monford of Angry Films. Exec producers are Peter Luo and Atomic’s Judson Scott. Cory Kaplan will oversee production on behalf of Angry.
The story follows a law officer who is sent back to the past where, deemed an enemy of the state and is facing execution, must acclimate in order to survive.
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Starlight and Star Plus are financing the project, which Wan and Michael Clear will produce via Atomic Monster with Murphy and Susan Monford of Angry Films. Exec producers are Peter Luo and Atomic’s Judson Scott. Cory Kaplan will oversee production on behalf of Angry.
- 5/1/2020
- by Amanda N'Duka
- Deadline Film + TV
James Wan, John Wick writer Derek Kolstad, and Transformers producer Don Murphy are combining their talents for Hunting Season, a new time travel movie based on a short story by late author Frank M. Robinson. The story is reminiscent of 1984 and Fahrenheit 451, in that it’s set in a totalitarian society. Robinson’s short story was originally published in 1951. THR has the news […]
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- 5/1/2020
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Conjuring horror universe and Aquaman, and Transformers producer Don Murphy have teamed to adapt Hunting Season, a sci-fi time-travel tale by Frank M. Robinson.
Derek Kolstad, the writer behind the John Wick franchise, is set to write the script for the adaptation, which has Starlight and Star Plus on board to finance.
Wan is producing with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, while Murphy is producing with partner Susan Montford via their Angry Films banner.
Robinson was one of the figures to come out of the mid-20th century sci-fi short story scene, penning techno-thrillers for various pulp publications. His thriller ...
Derek Kolstad, the writer behind the John Wick franchise, is set to write the script for the adaptation, which has Starlight and Star Plus on board to finance.
Wan is producing with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, while Murphy is producing with partner Susan Montford via their Angry Films banner.
Robinson was one of the figures to come out of the mid-20th century sci-fi short story scene, penning techno-thrillers for various pulp publications. His thriller ...
James Wan, the filmmaker behind the Conjuring horror universe and Aquaman, and Transformers producer Don Murphy have teamed to adapt Hunting Season, a sci-fi time-travel tale by Frank M. Robinson.
Derek Kolstad, the writer behind the John Wick franchise, is set to write the script for the adaptation, which has Starlight and Star Plus on board to finance.
Wan is producing with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, while Murphy is producing with partner Susan Montford via their Angry Films banner.
Robinson was one of the figures to come out of the mid-20th century sci-fi short story scene, penning techno-thrillers for various pulp publications. His thriller ...
Derek Kolstad, the writer behind the John Wick franchise, is set to write the script for the adaptation, which has Starlight and Star Plus on board to finance.
Wan is producing with his Atomic Monster partner Michael Clear, while Murphy is producing with partner Susan Montford via their Angry Films banner.
Robinson was one of the figures to come out of the mid-20th century sci-fi short story scene, penning techno-thrillers for various pulp publications. His thriller ...
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Bioware has announced details of Dorian from Dragon Age: Inquisition, a powerful mage from a wealthy family he rejected who also happens to be an openly gay character. “Dorian is gay—he is, in fact, the first fully gay character I’ve had the opportunity to write. It added an interesting dimension to his back story, considering he comes from a place where “perfection” is the face that every mage puts on and anything that smacks of deviancy is shameful and meant to be hidden. Dorian’s refusal to play along with that façade is seen as stubborn and pointless by his family, which has contributed to his status as a pariah.” He also kicks ass, can summon the dead to fight for him, and has full control of his magical abilities.
Bioware has announced details of Dorian from Dragon Age: Inquisition, a powerful mage from a wealthy family he rejected who also happens to be an openly gay character. “Dorian is gay—he is, in fact, the first fully gay character I’ve had the opportunity to write. It added an interesting dimension to his back story, considering he comes from a place where “perfection” is the face that every mage puts on and anything that smacks of deviancy is shameful and meant to be hidden. Dorian’s refusal to play along with that façade is seen as stubborn and pointless by his family, which has contributed to his status as a pariah.” He also kicks ass, can summon the dead to fight for him, and has full control of his magical abilities.
- 7/1/2014
- by Ed Kennedy
- The Backlot
Frank Robinson, a science-fiction author who had also served as a speechwriter for San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, died Monday, according to the Sf Weekly. He was 86. Robinson, a friend to — as well as a speechwriter for — Milk, had written a number of books including “The Power,” “Science Fiction of the 20th Century” and 1999's “Pulp Culture: The Art of Fiction Magazines.” The Human Rights Campaign remembered Robinson, also an Lgbt activist, for his “contributions to this fight for equality.” See video: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2014 “Through his collaboration with Harvey Milk, Frank Robinson gave the Lgbt movement its...
- 6/30/2014
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Something oddly wonderful happened in early ’70s Hollywood the likes of which was never glimpsed again. No, I’m not referring to Elliott Gould’s emergence as a leading man and international sex symbol. Instead I’m talking about a situation where two studios with similar projects decided to combine forces instead of racing to complete competing movies. 20th Century Fox had the rights to Frank Robinson’s and Thomas Scortia’s novel “The Glass Inferno,” and WB had the rights to Richard Stern’s “The Tower.” Both books were disaster tales about a devastating high-rise fire, so the studios combined their efforts resulting in 1974′s The Towering Inferno. It was an immense success. Similar scenarios have happened many times since with competing projects bearing a remarkable resemblance to each other in plot or subject, but none of them have ended in that same congenial way. Either one film drops out of the running (think Linda Lovelace biopic...
- 11/13/2013
- by Rob Hunter
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Los Angeles -- There's a scene in "42" in which Jackie Robinson, the first black player in Major League Baseball, endures intolerably cruel racial slurs from the Philadelphia Phillies' manager.
It's early in the 1947 season. Each time the Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman comes up to bat, manager Ben Chapman emerges from the dugout, stands on the field and taunts him with increasingly personal and vitriolic attacks. It's a visible struggle, but No. 42 maintains his composure before a crowd of thousands.
As a viewer, it's uncomfortable to watch – although as writer-director Brian Helgeland points out, "if anything, the language we have in that scene was cleaned up from what it was."
Such hatred may seem archaic, an ugly episode in our nation's history that we'd rather forget. But remembering Robinson's accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with "42" and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure,...
It's early in the 1947 season. Each time the Brooklyn Dodgers' first baseman comes up to bat, manager Ben Chapman emerges from the dugout, stands on the field and taunts him with increasingly personal and vitriolic attacks. It's a visible struggle, but No. 42 maintains his composure before a crowd of thousands.
As a viewer, it's uncomfortable to watch – although as writer-director Brian Helgeland points out, "if anything, the language we have in that scene was cleaned up from what it was."
Such hatred may seem archaic, an ugly episode in our nation's history that we'd rather forget. But remembering Robinson's accomplishments is more important than ever, say people involved with "42" and baseball historians alike. And because he was such an inspiring cultural figure,...
- 4/3/2013
- by AP
- Huffington Post
EMTs came to the aid of Hall of Fame baseball player Frank Robinson during today's Los Angeles Lakers games against the Boston Celtics ... TMZ has learned. According to a witness, Robinson was attended to during the fourth quarter of the game. He appeared to be in stable condition after medical workers checked him out, which included taking his blood pressure. Robinson left before the game ended, walking under his own power while being escorted out by a few EMTs.
- 3/11/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
How do you survive when a killer wants to kill you with his mind? The Power is a schlocky science-fiction horror film about a man facing a mystery villain with telekinetic powers that pose as a scary threat, as he tries to stay one step ahead of inanimate objects around him turning into weapons and his colleagues dying one by one. The tagline is especially juicy: "You feel it until you can't feel anything at all!"
Adapted from a science-fiction novel by Frank M. Robinson, The Power movie is directed by Byron Haskin, best known as the director of sci-fi bouts like the first War of the World movie and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Compared to those high concept spectacles, The Power is an obscure schlock, but it's by no means less entertaining. The premise, of telekinetic supermen posing danger, is something that's highly influential to later (and admittedly better) films like Scanners,...
Adapted from a science-fiction novel by Frank M. Robinson, The Power movie is directed by Byron Haskin, best known as the director of sci-fi bouts like the first War of the World movie and Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Compared to those high concept spectacles, The Power is an obscure schlock, but it's by no means less entertaining. The premise, of telekinetic supermen posing danger, is something that's highly influential to later (and admittedly better) films like Scanners,...
- 10/21/2010
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
Once again, the Mystery & Imagination Bookshop in Glendale, CA, was the place to be for genre gold, this time for the launch party and signing for the new horror anthology, The Bleeding Edge. Published by Cycatrix Press, this collection of 19 tales by modern masters of the macabre, edited by Jason V Brock and William F. Nolan, received a lavish send-off by a host of its contributors. The book itself is a handsomely mounted volume, printed in a limited edition of 400 and an extremely limited deluxe signed edition of 75.
As usual, hosts and proprietors Malcolm and Christine Bell managed the moiling mobs of fans with courtesy and aplomb, showing how one should run the last standing brick-and-mortar genre bookstore in America’s second-largest city.
Jason Brock took a moment from the busy event to speak with FM.
Earl Hamner, Jr., Jason Brock and William Nolan
“I was annoyed with the current...
As usual, hosts and proprietors Malcolm and Christine Bell managed the moiling mobs of fans with courtesy and aplomb, showing how one should run the last standing brick-and-mortar genre bookstore in America’s second-largest city.
Jason Brock took a moment from the busy event to speak with FM.
Earl Hamner, Jr., Jason Brock and William Nolan
“I was annoyed with the current...
- 2/25/2010
- by Steve
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Pop Artist Meet the man with a nearly uncontainable design challenge: making Coke even bigger (and staying ahead of Pepsi).
Photograph by Jake Chessum The image on the Webcam is grainy but unmistakable: a blond woman, likely in her thirties, steps up to a shiny silver soda-fountain machine at a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta and plants a fat kiss on its side. The moment is unscripted and, as far as the woman knows, unwitnessed by anyone except a girl who appears to be her daughter, busily filling her cup. If great design is all about creating a bond between your product and your customer, this is clearly some kind of mechanized Cyrano de Bergerac, brokering the ardor between a consumer and her Diet Cherry Coke.
The reason for this public display of affection? It might be the fountain's astounding array of choices, more than 100 different Coca-Cola variants, including exotic hybrids...
Photograph by Jake Chessum The image on the Webcam is grainy but unmistakable: a blond woman, likely in her thirties, steps up to a shiny silver soda-fountain machine at a fast-food restaurant in Atlanta and plants a fat kiss on its side. The moment is unscripted and, as far as the woman knows, unwitnessed by anyone except a girl who appears to be her daughter, busily filling her cup. If great design is all about creating a bond between your product and your customer, this is clearly some kind of mechanized Cyrano de Bergerac, brokering the ardor between a consumer and her Diet Cherry Coke.
The reason for this public display of affection? It might be the fountain's astounding array of choices, more than 100 different Coca-Cola variants, including exotic hybrids...
- 9/21/2009
- Fast Company
Graphic designers, authors, and Internet instigators Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio have released a new book, "Graphic Design Referenced." The highly-visual guide highlights the industry's technical terms, historical moments, and influential practitioners with over 2,000 projects. We asked Vit and Gomez-Palacio to dig out the 12 juiciest stories about our favorite brands. Enjoy!
// Graphic designers (UnderConsideration LLC), authors, and Internet instigators Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio recently closed their influential design blog Speak Up and left New York to set up shop in Austin, Texas. Besides the fact that their mortgage now nets them double the square-footage, not much has changed for the husband-and-wife team: They still run several blogs, including the popular branding blog Brand New, work for clients, and write books, including their newest, Graphic Design Referenced, published by Rockport. The highly-visual guide highlights the industry's technical terms, historical moments, and influential practitioners with over 2,000 projects, so we asked Vit...
// Graphic designers (UnderConsideration LLC), authors, and Internet instigators Armin Vit and Bryony Gomez-Palacio recently closed their influential design blog Speak Up and left New York to set up shop in Austin, Texas. Besides the fact that their mortgage now nets them double the square-footage, not much has changed for the husband-and-wife team: They still run several blogs, including the popular branding blog Brand New, work for clients, and write books, including their newest, Graphic Design Referenced, published by Rockport. The highly-visual guide highlights the industry's technical terms, historical moments, and influential practitioners with over 2,000 projects, so we asked Vit...
- 8/2/2009
- Fast Company
"Milk" reviews (Overall Score) “Milk” Blu-ray review, by Peter Dimako: Deservedly, one of the best films of the year, “Milk” is a proud and touching release with powerful, heart-felt performances. Meticulous direction from Kentuckian Gus Van Sant captures a moving story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the state of California. Since there is a massive array of reviews around for the critically acclaimed Oscar®-winning film, please read below for a full review of the film. To be honest, I expected more from such a detailed, well-assembled film in terms of feature availability. The 3 featurettes found hardly seem sufficient. Don’t be fooled, they are detailed and thoroughly intuitive looks into the proud, hard-working icon. 1. Remembering Harvey Milk: Wonderful. One gets a close look at who Harvey Milk was via feedback from his closest friends, officials, film clips, photos and more.
- 3/28/2009
- Upcoming-Movies.com
James Franco says he was willing to do just about anything to be a part of Milk, for which he has received his first Independent Spirit Award nomination. When he first got wind of the project, he emailed director Gus Van Sant. "I said, 'I'll play the pool cleaner or whatever,'" Franco remembers. "And he's really mellow and low-key, even in his emails, and he just wrote back, 'Yeah, cool, maybe we'll meet when you're in L.A.' We met and talked, and thank God he didn't give me the pool cleaner role. He let me play a pretty good role." In Van Sant's biopic, Franco portrays Scott Smith, longtime love of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California. The film depicts Milk's rise to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, his caring yet complicated relationship with Smith,...
- 12/11/2008
- by Sarah Kuhn
- backstage.com
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