Pop Culture Headlines — TMNT Live-Action Project

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TMNT Live-Action Project

The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that Paramount Skydance Corporation is developing a brand new live-action adaptation of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Reportedly, the studio wants to “Sonic-ify” the franchise.

Beatles BioPic Casting

Variety reports that Harry Lloyd is set to play George Martin in the upcoming Beatles BioPics. George Martin is often referred to as “The Fifth Beatle” for his contributions to the orchestral aspects of The Beatles music. Lloyd is best known for his role in the first season of Game of Thrones.

Dean Fleischer Camp’s Next Film

According to Deadline, Sony’s Tristar Pictures is developing Dean Fleischer Camp’s next film. “The film follows two star-crossed lovers set in the Jane Austen era who must face a supernatural twist that threatens to tear them apart.” Camp himself will write and direct.

Thumb Casting

Variety confirmed that Sofia Vergara is joining Milly Alcock, Awkwafina, and Kate McKinnon in the upcoming film Thumb. We don’t know anything about Vergara’s role at this time.

Reportedly, the film is about a lonely young woman who mistakenly receives a severed thumb in the mail. According to the official plot description, “she makes it her life’s obsession to return it to the hand it once belonged to, putting her on a collision course that will upend her world forever.

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