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EXCLUSIVE: Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell are expanding the Code 8 universe. After spearheading the crowd-funded original film, the cousins are set to reprise their roles in the sci-fi sequel Code 8: Part II. Jeff Chan is also returning to direct. Chan also penned the screenplay with Chris Paré, who wrote Code 8, as…

Constantin Film has set in motion a new adaptation to add to the ever-expanding Resident Evil movie franchise. Constantin and writer-director Johannes Roberts said Tuesday that have conceived an official origin story adaptation with faithful ties to Capcom's classic survival horror games. This story is set in 1998 on…

Wattpad and Collective Pictures are teaming up to develop Float based on the story written by Kate Marchant on the Wattpad social storytelling platform. Robbie Amell (Code 8, Upload) is set to star and produce the project alongside Collective Pictures' Jeff Chan, Chris Paré and Sarah Timmins. Wattpad's Aron Levitz and…

"Definitely a feeling of weird timeliness to it," state Upload creator Greg Daniels on the connection the 2033-set Amazon series has prophetically proven to have to our times, in good and bad ways. "We shot that in 2018 January, when we shot the pilot, so it was just the costume designer's anticipation of what people…

Just a week after its season 1 premiere, Amazon Studios has ordered a second season of sci-fi comedy series Upload, from The Office creator Greg Daniels. Season 2 will exclusively stream on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories worldwide. Created by Daniels, Upload , starring Robbie Amell…

EXCLUSIVE: What started with a viral short will become a shortform series. Quibi said today that it is developing a Code 8 spinoff series starring cousins Robbie Amell and Stephen Amell, who also topline the independent sci-fi thriller that hits theaters Friday. The film’s director Jeff Chan will helm the Quibi series…

EXCLUSIVE: Vertical Entertainment has acquired rights to Code 8, the crowd-funded sci-fi thriller spearheaded by cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell, who executive produce and star. Vertical is planning a theatrical release for the film, directed by Jeff Chan, day-and-date near the end of this year. Code 8, written by…

EXCLUSIVE: Suits star Gina Torres is joining Lucy Hale and Robbie Amell in movie rom-com The Hating Game, which is due to get under way in New York in August. As we revealed during Cannes, Peter Hutchings (Then Came You) will direct Christina Mengert's adaptation of the bestselling novel by Sally Thorne. The film is…

EXCLUSIVE: Pretty Little Liars and Truth Or Dare actress Lucy Hale will star with When We First Met and The Flash actor Robbie Amell in rom-com movie The Hating Game, based on the hit novel by Sally Thorne. The 2018 USA Today bestseller, published in more than 20 countries, tells the story of kind-hearted Lucy Hutton…

EXCLUSIVE: XYZ Films has acquired international sales rights to Code 8, the sci-fi thriller in the works and being toplined by cousins Stephen and Robbie Amell. The pair starred in Jeff Chan’s short film of the same name and launched an Indiegogo campaign last year to adapt it into a feature; it raised more than $1.7…

Two new agents are joining the search in Fox’s reboot of The X-Files. Robbie Amell and Lauren Ambrose have signed on to guest on one episode each of the resurrected series. Amell (CW’s The Flash) will play the smart and smooth Agent Miller, with Ambrose (USA’s Dig) as the sharp and confident Agent Einstein. The…

While films like American Sniper have examined the impact of recent military conflicts on US soldiers, the story of the animals serving alongside them remains somewhat obscure. That might change this summer with the release of Max, a heartstrings-tugging drama about a US military service dog afflicted by PTSD. When a…