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In today's newspaper, Sony develops a film about superhero Faith Herbert, Stack House Productions advances with two projects and releases a horror thriller "The Prodigy" from Taylor Taylor.
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Sony Pictures is developing a film version of "Faith", based on the series of the same name by Valiant Comics with Neal Moritz, Toby Jaffe and Dan Mintz producing for Sony Pictures.
The studio hired the writer "Escape Room" Maria Melnik write the script. The comics "Faith" are centered on Faith Herbert, a geek teenager who is obsessed with comics and science fiction, in addition to having the power of theft and telekinesis. Created by the writer Jim Shooter and David Lapham, she is a member of the Harbinger Renegades and appeared in 1992.
Sony and Valiant started in 2015 to develop a movie "Bloodshot", based on the character of Valiant. The studio signed Toby Kebbell this week to face Vin Diesel in this project with the shooting starting in July.
Melnik worked on the television series "American Gods". She is represented by WME and Link Entertainment. The news has been reported for the first time by Deadline.
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Stack House Productions has signed John Andrew Gallagher to direct two new feature films, the romantic thriller "Jealous Moon" and the popular comedy "Last Breath", learned Variety in exclusivity.
Gallagher directed Stack House's first feature film, the short film "Want", starring Meredith Ross and Dominck LaRuffa Jr., and completed his tenth feature film, the sero-comical narrative "Sarah Q" starring Emmy James and Ashlee Macropoulos, Oscar nominees Sally Kirkland and Burt Young, and stars of "Sopranos" Tony Sirico, Federico Castelluccio, Vincent Pastore, William DeMeo and Artie Pasquale.
Gallagher is the author of "Directors of Realization", "Nothing Sacred: The Cinema of William Wellman" and "The Forgotten Master of Hollywood: The Life and Times of Tay Garnett."
Gallagher's duties as a director include "The Networker", "Blue Moon", "Mens Lie", "Greed", "The Deli", "Street Hunter". and "Beach House". Dianne E. Collins, former senior VP at M / S Billings Publicity, will serve as producer and unit publisher.
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Orion Pictures will launch the supernatural horror thriller "The Prodigy", previously titled "Descendant", in the United States on Feb. 8, 2019.
"The Prodigy" stars Taylor Schilling of "Orange Is the New Black" and Jackson Robert Scott, who has credits on "It" and "Fear the Walking Dead." Peter Mooney, Colm Feore and Brittany Allen also star.
Nicholas McCarthy ("The Covenant") directed on the basis of an original screenplay by Jeff Buhler ("The Midwestern Meat Train"). In "The Prodigy", a mother worried about the troubling behavior of her young son thinks that something supernatural can affect him.
"The Prodigy" was produced by Tripp Vinson and produced by Nick Spicer, Buhler, Lisa Zambri and Daniel Bekerman.
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