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An Aquaman sequel without Amber Heard was never, ever an option. Today on the Deadline Hero Nation podcast, Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom producer Peter Safran was asked whether the social media campaign by Johnny Depp fans for Amber Heard’s removal from the DC sequel ever had any influence on the production and their…

It has been a tumultuous day in the superhero and sci-fi space: We’ve seen a Black Widow lawsuit from Scarlett Johansson, a Doctor Who shake-up and the UK premiere last night of Warner Bros.’ The Suicide Squad, all of which we talk about on this week’s podcast. We also have producer Peter Safran on how he worked with J…

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Peter Safran's The Safran Company and Temple producer Hera Pictures have taken the film and TV rights to a book about a notorious gang of female thieves, who plied their trade on the streets of south London. The production companies will adapt Brian McDonald’s true crime story Ali…

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon Studios has won Heads of State, a pitch package designed to re-team John Cena and Idris Elba, who star in the upcoming The Suicide Squad sequel at Warner Bros. The project was sold after a Zoom pitch presentation with the actors, screenwriter Harrison Query, and the producers (The Safran Company’s Pet…

EXCLUSIVE: Peter Safran’s The Safran Company has finalized a first-look producing deal at Warner Bros and has named Wrigley Pictures chief and Rampage producer John Rickard as president of production. The deal brings together two esteemed blockbuster producers on the Burbank lot: Safran, who has been behind the $1.9…

EXCLUSIVE: Get your crucifix and be ready to recite a bunch of Hail Marys because New Line’s The Nun is coming back and screenwriter Akela Cooper has been tapped to write the script for the next installment of the series which will take us deeper into the hellishly sacred world of The Conjuring universe. To date, the C…

Julie Andrews looks to be heading to theaters in December, but not in Disney’s Mary Poppins Returns. Aquaman producer Peter Safran told Entertainment Weekly that Andrews will voice a role in the DC superhero pic that opens December 21, two days after Mary Poppins hits theaters in a revival of a character Andrews made…

So many “universes” since the Marvel Universe brand. Universal touts its monster-themed Dark Universe, and Warner Bros now has one too, to go along with its DC Universe — it’s called the Conjuring Universe. After the successful box office launch of New Line Cinema's latest horror offering Annabelle: Creation, Warner…

Sophie Cookson (Kingsman: The Secret Service) just stepped into the lead role in the supernatural thriller The Crucifixion, from the filmmaking team behind The Conjuring. Peter Safran, producer on the box office hits The Conjuring and its spinoff Annabelle, is producing from a script by Chad and Carey Hayes. The…

Image Nation Abu Dhabi is reteaming with Emirati filmmaker Ali Mostafa on sci-fi project The Worthy and bringing genre experts Peter Safran (The Conjuring) and Steven Schneider (Paranormal Activity) to produce alongside Rami Yasin. Image Nation, Mostafa and Yasin previously worked together on the road trip pic From A T…

EXCLUSIVE: Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, the guys behind such parodies as The Starving Games, Date Movie, Meet The Spartans and Vampires Suck, are sending up yet another franchise. The duo will co-write and direct Who The F#@k Took My Daughter? a spoof of the Liam Neeson-starring series of box office hits…

UPDATED, 2:40 PM: 108 Media has pre-sold the Henry Rollins drama He Never Died to Take One for Scandinavia and Benelux. The AFM-bound title from writer-director Jason Krawczyck stars the legendary punk singer, author and radio host as a socially disturbed outcast. "He Never Died embodies the rare culmination of our…