Road House 2
Hot off directing the first “Nobody” film with Bob Odenkirk, and the more recent “Heads of State” with Idris Elba and John Cena, filmmaker Ilya Naishuller is in negotiations to take over as director of “Road House 2” at Amazon MGM Studios.
He is replacing Guy Ritchie who exited from the project for undisclosed reasons earlier this month. Filming begins this Fall with Jake Gyllenhaal back as Dalton, an ex-UFC fighter who took a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse in the first film. [Source: Deadline]
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Faly Rakotohavana, Ava Jean, Sarah Bock, Daniel di Tomasso and and Jack Cutmore-Scott have joined the cast of the “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” reboot on Hulu, adding their names to the list that includes Sarah Michelle Gellar reprising her role along with Ryan Kiera Armstrong.
Nora Zuckerman and Lila Zuckerman are attached to write, showrun, and executive produce the new series. Chloé Zhao is attached to direct and executive produce with only a pilot order handed out so far. [Source: Variety]
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
JT Mollner (“Strange Darling”) will pen a film adaptation of the Stephen King novel “The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon” at Lionsgate. Roy Lee will produce. Mollner also penned the King adaptation “The Long Walk” which opens in cinemas in September.
The original book follows nine-year-old Trisha, who struggles to stay alive after becoming lost in the woods. Her only salvation is hearing through her Walkman baseball games of pitcher Tom Gordon, which leads to hallucinations. [Source: Coming Soon]
Comedy Central has premiered the new trailer for the third season of Mike Judge’s “Beavis and Butt-Head” revival (the eleventh overall), which returns on September 3rd – this time via the network as opposed to the Paramount+ service. Metallica pop up in the new clip, along with the pair getting up to their usual antics.
Battlefield 6
EA has unveiled the first trailer for “Battlefield 6,” the newest entry in the shooter franchise which has struggled with its last two entries – “Battlefield V” scoring a muted response and “Battlefield 2042” drawing massive backlash.
To avoid issues, the game has been doing playtests for months ahead of the launch to try and get feedback across the board. A full multiplayer reveal will take place next Thursday, the game itself expected to launch in October.
