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Creator To Turn Video Game ‘Just Cause’ Into Movie

Yesterday, we quoted Derek Kolstad in ‘Writers Quotes To Live By”, and today we’re announcing big things from the screenwriter. Kolstad, (John Wick Franchise creator) has boarded the film adaptation of video game franchise Just Cause, produced by Constantin Film. All hands are on deck for this production with the intention set on creating a serialized universe as prolific as the games.

• The video games are expansive and can best be described as “open world action/adventure” realm.

Expect to hear of big film directors to be boarding this ship as a 2020 start date for production is being sought.

Minions Garners Another Sequel

In another addition of “Oh Snap, that’s STILL a thing?” Universal Pictures and Illumination have set on a title for the sequel to their hit 2015 animated film Minions, itself a spinoff of the Despicable Me franchise.

The latest film, now titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, has already set a July 3rd, 2020, release date.

Calling all parents: You have a full year to prep your yellow tees, goggles, and blue overalls, it’s almost that time.

‘Three Identical Strangers’ Hits a High Note With Bohemian Rhapsody Scribe

Anthony McCarten (Bohemian Rhapsody) is writing and producing a feature version of the documentary Three Identical Strangers. The film follows a set of American triplets, born in 1961 and adopted as six-month-old infants by separate families, unaware that each child had brothers.

Quick summary of the first encounter of the first two brothers:

‘After a reunion and international notoriety in the media, the reunion sets a chain of extraordinary and disturbing events in motion.’ The documentary premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was awarded the Special Jury Prize for Documentary Storytelling. 

How would you act if you bumped into your exact twin on the street?

Paramount Goes Full ‘Party Girl’ Mode

Paramount Pictures are going full valley girl after picking up Party Girls, an original pitch from the Legally Blonde screenwriting duo Kirsten “Kiwi” Smith and Karen McCullah.

Party Girls is a female ensemble comedy about a group of party girls from the Studio 54 era who reunite in the present day, now in their 70s, to continue the party.

Together, McCullah and Smith have a history of creating cultural and box office hits, the duo co-wrote the screenplays for teen rom-coms such as 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s the Man. The two also served as executive producers on The House Bunny and The Ugly Truth.

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