Quick News: Borderlands, 19, Bad, Friday, Joker

Borderlands

Lionsgate is expected to release their action comedy game-to-film adaptation “Borderlands” on PVOD on August 30th – three weeks after it hit cinemas on August 9th. Co-written and directed by Eli Roth, the film has made just $21.2 million at the box-office from a $100+ million budget. The film sits at just 10% (3.3/10) on When to Stream]

19 Steps

“Stranger Things” star Millie Bobby Brown will turn her debut novel “Nineteen Things” into a feature film at Netflix which she will produce and is in talks to star. Anthony McCarten penned the script.

The story follows 18-year-old Nellie Morris, who is living in east London and falls for an American airman named Ray during WW2. Her world is turned upside down after surviving the Bethnal Green Tube disaster. [Source: Variety]

Bad Robot

J.J. Abrams and his Bad Robot production company are reportedly closing a new multiyear film and TV overall deal with Warner Bros. Discovery.

The arrangement is likely to involve a massive pay cut from Abrams’ 2019 contract which cost $250 million and yielded so little as to be considered the ‘biggest bust’ of the Peak TV era. [Source: Deadline]

Freakier Friday

Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis paid tribute to her co-star Lindsay Lohan in social media post this weekend confirming that production is wrapping this week on “Freakier Friday,” the long-awaited sequel to their 2003 Disney adaptation of “Freaky Friday”.

Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the sequel sees Anna all grown up with a daughter of her own while also preparing to take on a stepdaughter in her new marriage. With her new family dynamic, a new version of the body swap will ensue. [Source: Instagram]

Soulm8te

Claudia Doumit (“The Boys”) is set to star in Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s upcoming “M3GAN” spin-off film “SOULM8TE”. She joins a cast that includes Lily Sullivan and David Rysdahl while Kate Dolan directs. The film has set a January 2026 release.

Described as a modern, technological twist on 1990s domestic thrillers, Rysdahl plays a widower who buys an AI android (Sullivan) to help him cope with the loss of his wife. In an attempt to create a truly sentient partner, he inadvertently turns a harmless lovebot into a deadly soulmate. [Source: Deadline]

Joker

Warner Bros. Pictures has premiered a new poster for Todd Phillips’ “Joker: Folie à Deux” which hits cinemas and IMAX on October 4th.

Let’s give the people what they want. Joker: Folie à Deux – only in theaters and @imax, October 4. #JokerMovie #FilmedForIMAX pic.twitter.com/DWPkTHmpO6

— Joker Movie (@jokermovie) August 19, 2024