SEGA’s 1993 title Eternal Champions looks set to follow the likes of Street Fighter, Mortal Kombat and Tekken, with THR reporting that a feature film adaptation of the fighting game is in development from Skydance. As per the trade, Skydance has set screenwriter Derek Connolly (Jurassic World, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker) to pen […]
Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie enlists Jurassic World screenwriter
Paramount Pictures is stepping up the pace on its planned Transformers and G.I. Joe crossover movie, with THR reporting that screenwriter Derek Connolly (Jurassic World) is set to write the script for the Hasbro mashup. A frequent collaborator of filmmaker Colin Trevorrow, Connolly made his debut with Trevorrow’s Safety Not Guaranteed and worked with the […]
Metal Gear Solid movie to be written by Jurassic World scribe
He may have fallen foul of the Star Wars: Episode IX shake-up, jettisoned in an escape pod alongside his Safety Not Guaranteed collaborator Colin Trevorrow, but according to Variety, Derek Connolly has landed another potential blockbuster franchise in the form of Metal Gear Solid. Having already written Jurassic World and Kong: Skull Island, Sony have […]
Star Wars: Episode IX gets a new screenwriter
Star Wars: Episode IX is set for a rewrite, with THR reporting that British screenwriter Jack Thorne (Skins, Wonder) has signed on to pen a new draft of the script for the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy. According to the site, director Colin Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly have been hard at […]
Jurassic World screenwriter hired for Pacific Rim 2
Jurassic World screenwriter Derek Connolly has been hired by Legendary to write the script for Pacific Rim 2, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Marvel’s Daredevil season one showrunner Steven S. DeKnight will direct the sequel to Guillermo Del Toro’s 2013 blockbuster, which pitted robots piloted by humans known as ‘Jaegers’ against otherworldly Kaiju invaders. Plot details are being […]
Jurassic World screenwriter swaps dinosaurs for Kong: Skull Island
Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly is swapping dinosaurs for giant apes as the screenwriter has been brought on to work on Kong: Skull Island, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Connolly, who also worked with Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow on Safety Not Guaranteed, has been brought onto Kong to do some last minute tweaks on the […]
Colin Trevorrow to direct sci-fi thriller Intelligent life
With Jurassic World set to open its gates this summer, director Colin Trevorrow has lined up his next project and is set to helm the sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life for DreamWorks. The project has been scripted by Trevorrow and his Safety Not Guaranteed and Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly, while Steven Spielberg and Frank Marshall […]
