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Taraji P. Henson has signed on to play Katherine Johnson, a real-life mathematics genius, in Hidden Figures from Fox 2000. The project will be helmed by St. Vincent director Ted Melfi.

Centers on Katherine Johnson’s involvement in the launch of astronaut John Glenn into orbit. Based on the book Hidden Figures: The Story Of The African-American Women Who Helped Win The Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly.

Fresh off of his Screen Actors Guild win for supporting actor in Beasts of No Nation, Idris Elba may have found his next starring role in The Mountain Between Us at Fox 2000.

Goldie Hawn might be coming back into the spotlight as Amy Schumer’s mother in the yet-to-be-titled comedy from 50/50 director Jonathan Levine.

When a Marine throws his body on a grenade to protect his squadmates, his parents deal with the grief after taking him off of life support.

Chris Weitz has found his next big project. After previously taking on Star Wars solo film Rogue One, Weitz has now been hired to pen the romance-adventure The Mountain Between Us.

Chernin Entertainment is following the trend of classic story retellings like Maleficent, developing a film centered around Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame. Titled after the story’s heroine, Esmeralda is a live-action adventure adapted from Victor Hugo’s novel.

Kept under wraps, but pitched as a live-action feature centered around Esmeralda from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.

20th Century Fox has picked up Thomas Sweterlitsch’s newest sci-fi novel The Gone World. Neill Blomkamp has entered early talks to write and direct the adaptation, which Chernin Entertainment is producing.

Kept under wraps, but pitched as a time travel procedural with franchise potential.

Brian Duffield’s spec Underwater, which was bought by Chernin, has been set up at 20th Century Fox, paving the way for the aquatic thriller to propel through the development process.

20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment are developing a film based on R.L. Stine’s popular Fear Street series, which predated his iconic children’s horror series Goosebumps.

20th Century Fox has hired screenwriter Will Staples to pen the script for Dark Web, based on the remarkable true story of the rise and fall of Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht.

Lawrence is in talks to reunite with her Hunger Games director on the adaptation. Based on the novel by Jason Matthews, the story centers on a Russian spy and a CIA agent assigned to compromise the other, but soon find themselves in a charged duel of wills, skills, and forbidden romance.

Based on the hit video game franchise, an android becomes a fighting machine to help his creator fight the evil Dr. Wily and his robots.

Capcom’s classic video game is getting ready to hit the big screen! 20th Century Fox and Chernin Entertainment have started development on the fan favorite video game adaptation.

Emerging actor Gabriel Chavarria has just landed a central role in the upcoming War of the Planet of the Apes. Chavarria will play one of two human leads in the sci-fi action pic, with this film exploring the fallout of a war sparked at the end of the franchise’s previous installment.

In the vein of Tropic Thunder meets Starship Troopers, this is a comedic romp that follows two bumbling US Marines that find themselves forced to team up with terrorists in order to battle an even greater evil.

The influential producer has signed a two year overall deal with NBC Entertainment and Universal Television, which allows the company to develop amongst Universal TV’s roster of writers and producers, while still being able to also produce independently for cable and streaming outlets.

Logline: Kept under wraps, in the vein of “The Lego Movie”, based on the children’s clay from Hasbro.

The crowdfunded short’s incredible visual effects and engaging atmosphere will hook you. It’s “The Matrix” meets “District 9.”

Synopsis: The end of the world seems like a nightmare to Ben. A memory of a past life that doesn’t belong to him. When Ben starts to remember Isabelle, the only love he’s ever known, he realizes she’s missing in his life. An existential descent into confusion and the desperate need to find out the truth begins. This reality depicts a stunning, surprising and dark world. A world that is clearly not his.

Logline: Set in the early 1800s, centers on Sir Harry Paget Flashman, a hapless coward who always flees from danger, but, through unforeseen circumstances, ends up being hailed as a hero.

Logline: Centers on Helen Gurley Brown, who became one of the first female editors of a national magazine when she started running Cosmopolitan in 1965.

The BBC series creator is also on board to produce and pen the Fox adaptation.

Logline: When bullies start dying at a high school’s Senior Night, kids from all different cliques have to band together to find the killer.

Logline: Kept under wraps, but touted as a comedic thriller based upon the famous international road race that spans 3000 miles of public roads.

Logline: A group of teens that are the offspring of famous fairy tale legends try to honor their parents as well as seek out their own individuality whilst attending high school.

Logline: A group of twentysomethings with diplomatic immunity go on an adrenaline-fueled crime spree but get in too deep and are forced to risk their lives to save their parents.

A recap of the week’s TV News!