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Briefs : Lord of the Rings, Daisy Jones, Chinatown & more!

As pre-production on Amazon Studios’ “Lord of the Rings” TV series – a prequel to Peter Jackson’s trilogy, apparently – is gearing up in New Zealand, the streamer is moving ahead with an early Season 2 renewal for the Will Poulter-starrer [More…]

Elvis’s granddaughter Riley Keough will star in Amazon’s ”Daisy Jones & The Six” for “Whale Rider” director Niki Caro. Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, it’s the latest TV venture for actress cum producer Reese Witherspoon. [More…]

A prequel to Roman Polanski’s “Chinatown” is in the works at Netflix. The series,  which will fix on a young Jake Gittes, will be penned by Robert Towne and David Fincher, with the latter likely also directing the pilot. [More…]

Idris Elba will star in black western “The Harder They Fall” for director Jeumes Samuel. Jay Z is a producer on the project which is cco-written by Samuel and Boaz Yakin: When outlaw Nat Love (Majors) discovers that the man (Elba) who killed his parents two decades ago is being released from prison, he reunites with his gang to track his enemy down and seek his revenge. [More…]

“Dark Knight” alum Aaron Eckhart will star in writer-director Mark Earl Burman’s “Ambush”, The  action-thriller is based on the true story of a deadly high-stakes subterranean mission into enemy controlled territory. [More…]

With Disney+ now the future home of all Marvel series, no surprise to hear that Hulu has announced that the upcoming third season of “Marvel’s Runaways” will be the show’s last. [More..]

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