When Bob Iger returned to Disney, we knew things were changing for the company. Executives would be fired, budgets would be cut, and now it seems movies are no longer coming out. There’s word that Iger has halted production on one of Disney’s potential live-action remakes, with the Disney head honcho cutting off development on […]
Broken Lizard’s Quasi sets 2023 release date
Broken Lizard is back and venturing into the fantasy genre. The comedy troupe will helm Quasi, a satirical take on The Hunchback of Notre Dame, originally a French Gothic novel by Victor Hugo from 1831. The story will reportedly follow “a hapless hunchback who only yearns for love but finds himself in the middle of […]
Funko’s San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Disney Pop! Vinyls revealed
Promotional images have been released for Funko’s Disney-themed San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Pop! vinyl figures which includes Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, a 2-pack Taran & Horned King from The Black Cauldron, a young Carl & Ellie 2-pack from Up, a Pop! Rides Moana & Pua on a boat, and Chuckles & Mr. […]
Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame to receive a live-action remake
Disney is turning its attention to the 1996 animated musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame for its latest live-action remake. Deadline us reporting that Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) has been tapped to write the script, while composer Alan Menken (who composed the music for the original, along with the likes of Beauty and […]
Idris Elba to star in Netflix’s Hunchback of Notre Dame
Idris Elba will soon be heading to Netflix for an adaptation of The Hunchback of Notre Dame. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Elba will star in the lead role of Quasimodo in a modern day re-telling of the famous story. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was first written by Victor Hugo in 1831 and has been adapted […]
Peter Dinklage and Charles Dance producing Quasimodo series
Variety is reporting that Game of Thrones stars Peter Dinklage and Charles Dance are reuniting to executive produce a new series from Rainmark Films and Atrium TV entitled Quasimodo. Although details are scarce, the series will presumably it will adapt Victor Hugo’s classic gothic novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. It has been written by […]
Universal’s Dark Universe to include Dracula, Phantom of the Opera and The Hunchback of Notre Dame
The Universal Monsters make their return to the big screen today as the studio launches its shared Dark Universe with the release of The Mummy. As we already know, Universal plans to follow The Mummy with the likes of Bride of Frankenstein, The Invisible Man, The Wolf Man and Creature from the Black Lagoon, and […]
