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‘Hidden Figures’ Director Ted Melfi in Talks to Direct Sci-fi Film ‘Harry’s All Night Hamburgers’
Ted Melfi‘s most recent feature, Hidden Figures, was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards in 2017, and we’ve learned via The Wrap today that he’s now in talks to head into the sci-fi arena with Harry’s All Night Hamburgers, a time travel film for Warner Bros. that will adapt Lawrence Watt-Evans’s 1987 short story, “Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers.”
“Described as being in the same vein as “Back to the Future” and “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy,” the script was written on spec by Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman and centers on a down-on-his-luck high school senior who discovers that the roadside diner where he works nights is actually the hangout of parallel universe of travelers. Ignoring the advice of Harry, the diner’s owner, he sets off on an adventure through the multiverse in search of his own perfect life, only to learn that happiness isn’t as easy as simply pressing a button.”
Andrew Lazar (“American Sniper”) is set to produce via his Mad Chance production banner, with Ben Simpson on board to co-produce.
We had learned two weeks ago that a sixth installment in Legendary’s 10-years-strong Monsterverse is in the works, and The Hollywood Reporter brings us the latest update tonight.
The site reports that Adam Wingard, who directed both Godzilla vs. Kong and Godzilla x Kong, will NOT be returning to direct the upcoming follow-up to Godzilla x Kong.
THR notes, “The parting of ways is described as amicable and stemming from timing issues. The door remains open for a future return, per insiders.”
Wingard is instead returning to his roots with the upcoming Onslaught, an action-thriller for A24 that’s said to be more in the vein of his earlier movies You’re Next and The Guest.
Dave Callaham (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is writing the upcoming sixth movie in the Monsterverse franchise. We have no idea if it’ll be a follow-up to Adam Wingard’s two movies, or if it will take the film franchise down a new path. Stay tuned.
Beginning with the Godzilla film in 2014 and continuing through 2017’s Kong: Skull Island, 2019’s Godzilla: King of the Monsters, 2021’s Godzilla vs. Kong, and most recently the record-breaking Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, the Monsterverse has accumulated over $2B at the global box office and expanded into the highly successful event series, Legendary’s Monarch: Legacy of Monsters for Apple TV+. We recently learned that “Monarch” is getting a second season, with more Monsterverse spinoff shows being planned at Apple TV+.
“Apple TV+ has struck a new multi-series deal with Legendary Entertainment, which includes multiple spinoff series based on the franchise,” the recent press release had stated.
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