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This week’s Pop Stop is jam packed with movie reboot, casting, and book to screen announcements, so let’s get into it!
Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac to Star in Flesh of the Gods
From director Panos Cosmatos comes Flesh of the Gods — a thriller set in 1980's Los Angeles starring Kristen Stewart and Oscar Isaac.
Flesh of the Gods is about a married couple as they descend each evening from their luxury skyscraper condo and head into an electric nighttime realm in LA. When they cross paths with the mysterious and enigmatic Nameless and her hard-partying cabal, they are seduced into a glamorous, surrealistic world of hedonism, thrills, and violence.
Vin Diesel's Riddick: Furya is Officially Moving Forward
Riddick: Furya, the fourth installment in the Vin Diesel-led science fiction franchise, is officially moving forward in production beginning August 26. The announcement comes as a shock, much like the franchise’s preceding success. Diesel first appeared as Richard B. Riddick in 2000's Pitch Black and the film surprisingly was a box office success and spawned two direct sequels: 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick and 2013's Riddick.
A fourth film in the franchise has been in the works since 2014, but has stalled for a plethora of reasons. Finally, after an 11 year hiatus, fans of the franchise can take a sigh of relief!
The Neighborhood Spinoff Series Starring Tracy Morgan Ordered at Paramount+
Just announced, Tracy Morgan is set to star in The Neighborhood spinoff comedy series, titled Crutch, which will stream exclusively on Paramount+. Morgan will play Francois Crutchfield, aka Crutch, a cousin of Cedric the Entertainer’s Calvin Butler. He’s plays a Harlem widower whose adult son and daughter move back in with him.
Morgan is well versed in The Neighborhood as he has previously guest-starred in a 2022 episode of The Neighborhood as a different relative of Calvin’s — his younger brother Curtis.
CODA Director To Adapt Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow
Gabrielle Zevin’s best-seller Tomorrow, And Tomorrow, And Tomorrow is coming to the big screen, with big help no less. Siân Heder, director of the Oscar-winning CODA, will direct the popular book adaptation. Zevin will be the executive producer of the film as she also wrote the first draft of the film’s screenplay. A cheer for book fans is being heard around the world!
Colleen Hoover’s Verity is Officially Getting a Movie!
This was a great week for book fans as it was also announced that Amazon MGM Studios is developing a book adaptation of author Colleen Hoover’s Verity.
This will be the second major Hollywood adaptation of Hoover’s work, with Sony’s It Ends With Us hitting theaters on August 9.
The Maze Runner Reboot in the Works!
Another book adaptation! This time, a reboot of The Maze Runner, a film trilogy that first premiered in 2014 and ran until 2018.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the reboot will not be a redo of the story, rather the hope is to make a sort of continuation of the story while also returning to the elements that made the first movie connect with its audience.
Tyler Perry Studios and DeVon Franklin Form Partnership with Netflix to Produce Faith-Based Films
Tyler Perry Studios and DeVon Franklin have formed a partnership with Netflix to produce faith-based films under a multi-year and multi-picture first-look deal. Perry stated that he’s “so excited to be working with DeVon on this and future projects.”
He continued explaining, “I think in this polarizing world, and at a time where the world seems to be growing colder everyday, we both share the common goal of wanting to spread some good. And there’s no better place than Netflix.”
