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The Lot: Horror Screenwriter Akela Cooper to Adapt Bad Idea Comic
Horror blockbuster screenwriter Akela Cooper will adapt The Lot, the hit comic from indie underground publisher BAD IDEA. Cooper's resume boasts a list of critical and commercial hits, including James Wan's batshit-insane cult horror movie Malignant, The Nun II, and the surprise hit M3GAN franchise. Cooper scripted the sequel, M3GAN 2.0, which is set for release next summer[...]
Photo Credit: Universal Pictures. M3GAN in M3GAN directed by Gerard Johnstone. © 2023 UNIVERSAL STUDIOS. All Rights Reserved.
Akela Cooper carries the long list of themes with a light touch Chucky was always a mean, sadistic douchebro – he says snarky, douchey stuff to be a douche like an extension of the audience's id ME3AN ends up embodying female rage You kind of identify with her There's actual empathy in how she's written,[...]
ÒSuch Sweet Sorrow, Part 2Ó -- Ep#214 -- Pictured (l-r): Samora Smallwood as Lt. Amin; Anson Mount as Captain Pike; Rebecca Romijn as Number One; Ethan Peck as Spock of the CBS All Access series STAR TREK: DISCOVERY. Photo Cr: Russ Martin/CBS ©2018 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Joining host Mica Burton for the  Star Trek Day panel were stars Anson Mount, Rebecca Romijn, Ethan Peck, and executive producers Akiva Goldsman, Henry Alonso Myers, Akela Cooper, and Davy Perez. ÒSuch Sweet Sorrow, Part 2Ó — Ep#214 — Pictured (l-r): Samora Smallwood as Lt Amin; Anson Mount as Captain Pike; Rebecca Romijn as Number One;[...]
Uma Thurman Joins Supernatural Drama Series 'Chambers' from Netflix
Stephen Gaghan (Syriana) executive produces alongside Gomez-Rejon; and are joined by Rachel, co-showrunner Akela Cooper, Wolfgang Hammer, and Winnie Kemp via Super Deluxe. Chambers centers on a young heart attack survivor who becomes consumed by the mystery surrounding the heart that saved her life However, the closer she gets to uncovering the truth about her donor's sudden[...]
Dolittle's Stephen Gaghan Sets Supernatural Series 'Chambers' at Netflix
Credit: Netflix The old adage about "the heart wants what the heart wants" may not turn out to be such a good thing for our lead in Netflix's new hour-long supernatural series Chambers. Created and written by Leah Rachel (Audrey), Akela Cooper (Marvel's Luke Cage) will serve as the series showrunner; with award-winning writer/director Stephen Gaghan (Traffic,[...]