EXCLUSIVE: Legendary Pictures has acquired the feature film rights to Bitter Root, the acclaimed horror-action series from Image Comics that centers on an African-American family of monster hunters who ply their trade in New York City during the stirring era of the Jazz Age.

Bitter Root is set in 1924 against the…

EXCLUSIVE: Famed comic book creator and New York Times bestselling author Brian K. Vaughan has signed on to write the screenplay for Gundam, the first live-action film based on the popular mecha anime and science fiction media franchise created by Sunrise. The project hails from Legendary Entertainment, in a…

EXCLUSIVE: Actor David Dastmalchian, who has appeared in films such as The Dark Knight, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and Netflix’s Bird Box, has been cast to play Piter De Vries in Dune, Legendary’s Denis Villeneuve-directed film adaptation of Frank Herbert's bestselling novel. Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave…

EXCLUSIVE: After making her bones scripting such films as Venom, Saving Mr. Banks and the Sam Taylor-Johnson-directed Fifty Shades of Grey, Kelly Marcel is making the jump to directing. Legendary Entertainment has closed a deal with Marcel to adapt, direct and produce Claire McFall's novel Ferryman, the first book in…

Legendary Entertainment said it haas partnered with Hammer Films for Quatermass, a film based on the British mid-20th-century sci-fi hero Bernard Quatermass.

David Farr, who penned the script for The Night Manager and the sci-fi pic Hanna, is adapting. Hammer's Simon Oakes (The Woman in Black, The Lodge) is producing…

Former Disney star Zendaya (Shake It Up) is in early talks to join the cast of the Denis Villeneuve-directed Dune reboot which is setup at Legendary Entertainment. The word is she’s circling the role of Chani, the love interest of Paul Atreides played by Timothee Chalamet. Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan…

Oscar Isaac is in negotiations to join the cast of Dune, Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi epic. Deadline has confirmed the talks but no deal has been closed, we hear. If it makes, Isaac would play the father of Timothée Chalamet, who will star as Paul Atreides. Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista…

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Bautista is set to join Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in Dune for Legendary. His role is being kept under wraps, but this reunites Bautista with director Denis Villeneuve. They worked together on Blade Runner 2049.

Blake J. Harris’ novel Console Wars; Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation is in the works for the small screen. Legendary TV and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures are teaming to develop the novel into a limited drama series.

Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a…

EXCLUSIVE: Legendary has just closed a seven-figure deal in an electric 11-suitor auction for ByAll, a short story that has Creed II director Steven Caple Jr attached to helm. It will be adapted by Creed II co-writer Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier. That duo wrote the short story that got the whole town hot and…

UPDATED: Legendary is categorically denying a report that originated from Reuters today that Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund is eyeing a $700 million investment in the company. According to the report, the country's Public Investment Fund is considering a stake purchase from Chinese conglomerate Wanda, which…

EXCLUSIVE: Lance Reddick, who is perhaps best known for Amazon’s Bosch series, HBO’s The Wire, and the John Wick films, is the latest to join the extended cast list of Warner Bros/ Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong, which will hit theaters May 22, 2020.

Adam Wingard is at the helm of the fourth installment in the monsterve…