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J.T. Petty, who has penned video games like Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell and Outlast, has written and is set to direct Appetite, a missing-persons thriller to be produced by David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four. The project is moving forward as Productivity Media has come aboard to fully finance the pic. Casting is underway…

Prolific writer-producer David S. Goyer (The Dark Knight, Da Vinci’s Demons) is expanding his relationship with Skydance Television, signing a multi-year overall deal with the studio. Under the pact, Goyer will create, develop and produce original scripted series via his Phantom Four production banner headed by Keith…

Spyglass Media Group has announced their first project since launching back in March and will fast track a re-imagination of Clive Barker’s 1987 horror classic Hellraiser with David S. Goyer producing and writing. Gary Barber, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Spyglass, made the announcement today. Over three…

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that Phantom Four’s David S. Goyer and Keith Levine have set T.J. Fixman’s original action-thriller Rogue at STX Entertainment. Tencent Pictures will co-finance the feature and distribute in China. Rogue is in the spirit of Die Hard and follows a deep-cover CIA operative on the longest night of her…

UPDATE, 1:25 PM: Syfy announced it has finalized the deal for a pilot order to David Goyer’s Superman prequel Krypton. PREVIOUS, April 21, 12 PM: David S. Goyer’s long-gestating Superman prequel Krypton is a go at Syfy. The cable network, which has been developing the project for more than a year-and-a-half, is…

EXCLUSIVE: Lakeshore Entertainment and David S. Goyer's Phantom Four banner are teaming to produce the feature project Miles. Oliver Daly writes and directs based on his original short which stirred an auction when it came up for acquisition earlier this year. As Deadline exclusively revealed back in February, Goyer…

Japan’s Aokigahara Forest has long been associated with demons of Japanese mythology, which might have contributed to what the site is most well-known for. The 14-square mile region at the northwest base of Mount Fuji is a notoriously popular spot for people to commit suicide. And I mean popular – in 2003, 105 bodies…

USA Network continues to widen the development net it casts with the pickup of a comic book-based drama. The network has greenlighted Brooklyn Animal Control, based on the IDW Publishing comic created by JT Petty. Written and executive produced by Petty, the pilot also is executive produced by David S. Goyer (Batman v…

EXCLUSIVE: A recent Deadline report about WME signing Oliver Daly and shopping his cutting-edge short Miles for feature treatment brought out a stampede of producers. I can tell you that David S. Goyer has won that battle, beating out several rivals for the chance to shepherd the pic. He’ll produce through his Phantom…

Three-quarters of a decade after its launch, the management firm run by partners David Schiff, Courtney Kivowitz and Christian Donatelli has adopted a new moniker. The Schiff Company henceforth will be known as MGMT. Entertainment. “The name change is meant as a symbolic acknowledgement of the incredible growth of the…

Syfy and Warner Horizon Television have teamed for Krypton, a one-hour drama about Superman’s grandfather set at the fictional planet. Years before the Superman became a superhero, the House of El was shamed and ostracized. This series follows The Man of Steel’s grandfather as he brings hope and equality to Krypton…

EXCLUSIVE: Through his work on the Dark Knight, Blade and Ghost Rider series, David S. Goyer has spent more than his share of time in the superhero trenches. At a time when studios are betting bigger than ever on spandex, Goyer is evolving his film and TV production company Phantom Four in the direction they are…