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Simon Kinberg is in negotiations to produce the next Star Trek film at Paramount Deadline has confirmed. Deadline first reported the project with Toby Haynes directing with Seth Grahame-Smith handing the screenplay. Plot details are being kept under wraps but sources say the film will be an origin…

SPOILER ALERT: Do Not Read If You Have Not Seen Tonight’s Episode 6 The Apple TV+ series Sugar has been teasing a big reveal coming up. Sugar revolves around John Sugar (Colin Farrell) a private investigator hired by Hollywood titan Jonathan Siegel (James Cromwell) to investigate the…

EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros is negotiating to close a seven-figure film-rights deal for Avengelyne — Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld’s signature comic book creation about an angel who fights the forces of evil. Most of the deals are closed. Deadline hears Margot Robbie is eyeing to star as the title…

EXCLUSIVE: In what shapes up with the potential to be a big one, The Dish hears there is film rights auction in the works for Avengelyne — an angel who fights the forces of evil — with Olivia Wilde directing, based on the signature comic book creation by Deadpool creator Rob Liefeld. Aboard to produce is…

Apple TV+ has ordered a third season of its hit sci-fi drama Invasion. Season 3 of the series from Simon Kinberg and David Weil is set to go into production later this month. “I’m so proud of what we’ve been able to do with our first two seasons of the show with our partners at Apple TV+ and our cast…

EXCLUSIVE: In the first major sale of the year, Universal has pre-emptively purchased the short story package Long Lost that comes with an attachment by Steven Spielberg, who’s aboard as a producer through his U-based Amblin banner. The 50-page short story was written by Colin Bannon, who will…

One day after Deadline revealed that Netflix beat out seven other bidders for an untitled international heist comedy package built around Ryan Reynolds, Shawn Levy has boarded as director and the 21 Laps principal has joined the roster of producers headed by Genre Films’ Simon Kinberg and Audrey Chon…

EXCLUSIVE: There's a hot pitch deal in the works that has Ryan Reynolds attached to star and produce with Simon Kinberg. There are seven big bids on the table right now, after a day's worth of pitching to studios and streamers. The script will be written by Dana Fox, whose work includes The Lost City…

Apple TV+ has set Wednesday, August 23 for the Season 2 premiere of acclaimed sci-fi series Invasion, from Simon Kinberg and David Weil. The series will debut with the first episode of its 10-episode second season, followed by one new episode weekly, every Wednesday through October 25, on Apple…

EXCLUSIVE: If some film executives have looked a bit distracted at the agency Oscar parties tonight, it's because they were waging a rather breathtaking auction for I Am Not Alone, a 22-page short story by Chris Hicks that is an ideal template for a major genre film. The dust is just settling, but I am…

EXCLUSIVE: Following a competitive bidding war that saw several studios and streamers in the mix, Amazon Studios has landed Red Shirt starring Channing Tatum. Based on an original pitch by Simon Kinberg, David Leitch is aboard to direct the pic. Kelly McCormick and David Leitch are producing under their…

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s another star-studded package making the rounds prior to the Thanksgiving break. Deadline is hearing that Channing Tatum is attached to star in the spy thriller Red Shirt, which is based on an original pitch from Simon Kinberg with David Leitch directing. Details are vague other…