Michael Bay to Direct ‘6 Underground’ and ‘Robopocalypse’ The filmmaker is taking on a script from the screenwriters behind ‘Deadpool,’ and is also reviving a long-gestating adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s 2011 novel. Michael Bay is powering up his next projects. Bay is set to direct 6 Underground from a […]
Michael B. Jordan Says His Production Company Will Adopt Inclusion Rider Jordan on Wednesday announced that Outlier Society will be adopting the contract addendums that requires studios to hire a diverse crew and/or cast on a particular project. Just a few days after Oscar-winning actress Frances McDormand introduced Hollywood to […]
Paramount Taps Cameron Saunders to Oversee Europeon Distribution and Marketing He previously supervised theatrical releases in the U.K. and Ireland for Fox. Cameron Saunders is joining Paramount Pictures in the role of executive vp, Europe, the Middle East and Africa, supervising the distribution and marketing of all the studio’s theatrical […]
IDW’s Chris Ryall Steps Down as CCO and Editor-in-Chief The exec had been with indie publisher since 2004. A surprise move in the comics industry came Wednesday afternoon when it was revealed that Chris Ryall has stepped down from his position as chief creative officer and editor-in-chief at IDW Publishing. […]
77-year-old woman attacked by rabid otter while kayaking A 77-year-old kayaker is recovering after she was attacked by a wild otter in Florida. Sue Spector told Fox 13 she was kayaking with her husband, Marty, and group of people early Sunday morning in the Braden River. She said she heard […]
At least 3 injured in Vienna knife attack, police say Several people have been injured in a knife attack in Vienna on Wednesday evening, Vienna police confirmed online. “According to eyewitnesses a man has attacked three persons — a man, his wife and their adult daughter,” police spokesman Patrick Maierhofer […]
Russian ex-spy and daughter poisoned with nerve agent, police say British police said Wednesday that they believe a Russian former spy and his daughter were poisoned with a nerve agent. Metropolitan Police counterterrorism chief Mark Rowley said the attack on Sergei Skripal, 66, and his daughter Yulia, 33, on Sunday […]
Former student indicted on 17 counts of murder in Florida school shooting A Florida grand jury formally indicted Nikolas Cruz on Wednesday on 17 counts of premeditated murder in the first degree and 17 counts of attempted murder in the first degree for last month’s shooting spree at a high […]
Four people seriously hurt in knife attacks in Vienna Four people were seriously wounded in two knife attacks in a district of the Austrian capital, Vienna, on Wednesday evening, but a motive or any connection between the assaults was unclear, a police spokesman said. The stabbings – the first of […]
US metal tariffs: Mexico and Canada may be exempt, White House says The White House says there could be exemptions to US plans to impose tariffs on metal imports, in a softening of its tough stance. Canada, Mexico and other countries may see “carve-outs” on national security grounds, a spokeswoman […]
