Noah Hawley is “pretty confident” Alien: Earth will return for a second season. Yet another mid-budget Stephen King project marches forward. Plus, what’s coming on The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon. Spoilers, assemble!
Rat
Deadline reports a film adaptation of Stephen King’s “novella,” Rat, is now in development with Isaac Ezban attached to direct. The story concerns Drew Larson, a writer “cursed by his own ambition.” Each attempt at a novel has ended in disaster—illness, misfortune, or worse. Determined to break the cycle, he retreats to a desolate cabin in the Maine woods, convinced this time will be different. But as a violent storm traps him in isolation, Drew’s body falters and his mind begins to unravel. In the grip of fever and madness, a stranger appears—an uncanny visitor who promises salvation and success…for a price Drew can barely comprehend.”
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse
Deadline also reports the next Spider-Verse movie is now scheduled for a June 18, 2027, theatrical release date, a week earlier than its previous release date
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die
Bloody-Disgusting has our first look at Sam Rockwell as “a man claiming to be from the future who takes the patrons of an iconic Los Angeles diner hostage in search of unlikely recruits in a quest to save the world” in Gore Verbinski’s Good Like, Have Fun, Don’t Die.
Alien: Earth
During a recent interview with Polygon, Noah Hawley stated he’s “pretty confident” there will be more Alien: Earth following its cliffhanger finale.
I’m pretty confident, given the show’s success, that we’ll get to make more. The risk is the reward.
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