Jason Eisener has been set to direct an untitled techno thriller penned by Simon Barrett that will mark the first project from Bad Hombre, the label set up by Fede Alvarez and Good Universe to produce pics in the horror, thriller and sci-fi genres. Bad Hombre’s Alvarez and Rodo Sayagues will produce, and Good Universe…

Which of Deadline's disruptors has taken more advantage of shifts in the movie business than Uruguayan writer-director Fede Alvarez? By doing his second film on spec, he managed to own a majority stake in Don't Breathe, a horror film that cost $7 million and grossed $157 million worldwide. That brought him a payday…

EXCLUSIVE: TriStar has set Fede Alvarez to direct a film that will delve into the universe Jim Henson hatched in the 1986 Jim Henson-directed cult classic Labyrinth. Alvarez and Jay Basu will co-write the story, with the latter penning the script. The duo will take on that hallowed project after Alvarez directs the…

When it comes to evaluating the financial performance of top movies, it isn't about what a film grosses at the box office. The true tale is told when production budgets, P&A, talent participations and other costs collide with box office grosses and ancillary revenues from VOD to DVD and TV. To get close to that mysteri…

The Girl In The Spider's Web is moving forward at Sony with Fede Alvarez taking the reins as director. Monday's announcement revealed that the followup to David Fincher's 2011 The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo would feature an entirely new cast, which meant replacing Rooney Mara in the Oscar-nominated role of Lisbeth…

Sony Pictures is moving forward with The Girl in the Spider’s Web, the long-in-the-works follow-up to the studio’s 2011 pic The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. Principal photography is set to begin in September and a release date scheduled for October 5, 2018. Don’t Breathe helmer Fede Alvarez has been aboard to direct…

You gotta laugh, given the current political environment. A new content company that will produce films across the horror, thriller and sci-fi genres has just been created by Good Universe and filmmaker Fede Alvarez. The name? Bad Hombre. The deal marks an ongoing relationship between the two companies. Good Universe…

Deadline has confirmed that Sony Pictures is in talks with Don't Breathe director Fede Alvarez to direct The Girl in the Spider’s Web, an adaptation of the fourth in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo book series. Sony acquired the novel by David Lagercrantz last year (Dragon Tattoo original author Stieg Larsson died in…

It’s easy to think that if you’ve seen one “the hunter becomes the hunted” plot, you’ve seen them all. Then you watch something like the first trailer for Screen Gems’ Don’t Breathe and you forget why you’d ever said such a thing. From Evil Dead remake helmer Fede Alvarez, the film follows a trio of reckless thieves…

Daniel Zovatto has joined the cast of the Fede Alvarez-directed thriller A Man In The Dark. He’ll be playing Money, one of the three lead characters. The plot follows a trio of young thieves who see the home of a reclusive, blind millionaire as an easy target. After breaking in, they discover the mark is actually a…

Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions has snapped up worldwide rights to A Man In The Dark, the thriller from Sam Raimi and Rob Tapert’s Ghost House Pictures which Evil Dead helmer Fede Alvarez will direct. Alvarez and writing partner Rodo Sayagues co-wrote the tale, about three teens who break into a house to rob a…

So says Fede Alvarez, the Uruguayan director who helmed Sony's TriStar/FilmDistrict/Ghost House #1 box office hit Evil Dead remake earlier this year. Asked if he’d be directing Army Of Darkness 2, a sequel to 1992’s time-traveling Evil Dead threequel, he Tweeted that it’ll be original Evil Dead maestro Raimi in the…