#Fantasy
Gretchen J. Berg & Aaron Harberts Are Bringing Melissa de la Cruz’s “The Ring & The Crown” to Disney+
A series adaptation of Melissa de la Cruz’s YA fantasy novel “The Ring & The Crown” is currently in development at Disney+. The project is written by veteran showrunner Gretchen J. Berg and...
Trailer Watch: “Vampire Academy” Offers Another Supernatural Story from Julie Plec
Julie Plec is back with another vampire story. A trailer has dropped for the “Vampire Diaries” creator’s latest project, “Vampire Academy.” Based on the book series of the same...
Sundance 2022 Women Directors: Meet Francisca Alegría – “The Cow Who Sang a Song Into the Future”
Francisca Alegría is Chilean filmmaker whose short film “And the Whole Sky Fit in the Dead Cow’s Eye” received the award for Best International Fiction Short Film at the 2017...
Gina Atwater Signs Overall Deal with Netflix and Sets First Project
Gina Atwater has signed a multi-year overall deal with Netflix. The “Westworld” scribe will be creating, producing, and writing new series and projects for the streamer, “focusing...
Ava DuVernay Developing “Wings of Fire” TV Adaptation for Warner Bros. Animation
“A Wrinkle in Time” director Ava DuVernay is bringing another beloved children’s fantasy tale to the screen. According to a press release, the multi-hyphenate is developing “a...
Existential Struggles: VOD and Web Series Picks
Simply existing can be a confusing, scary, difficult endeavor. Many of us struggle with a lack of purpose, wish for better from life, or, even, know what we want but are prevented from getting it....
Marsai Martin Will Topline and Produce Fantasy Pic “Amari and the Night Brothers”
Marsai Martin has lined up her next project. The “Black-ish” and “Little” actress will star in and produce “Amari and the Night Brothers,” a pic based on B.B....
Embracing the Surreal: Crowdfunding Picks
Surrealism allows the mundane and the exotic to coexist, woven together in a way that creates a new reality unbound by the limitations of our world. It represents a potent force for creativity and...
Imagine That: Crowdfunding Picks
Imagination, J.K. Rowling shared in her 2008 Harvard Commencement Speech, is “not only the uniquely human capacity to envision that which is not” but also “the power that enables us...
“Wynonna Earp” Gets Season 4 Renewal at Syfy
“Wynonna Earp’s” third season just debuted, but the Syfy fantasy series has already received an order for its fourth installment. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the renewal...
Under the Radar: Motherhood Meets Magical Realism in Brazilian Fairy Tale “Good Manners”
Unsurprisingly for a film infused with magical realism, “Good Manners” was first conceived in a state of sleep: “the original image came from a dream of [co-director Marco Dutra’s]: two women...
Trailer Watch: Teresa Palmer Unlocks the Magic in Her Blood in “A Discovery of Witches”
“Once the world was full of wonders. But it belongs to humans now,” a 1,500 year-old vampire explains in a new trailer for “A Discovery of Witches.” “We have all but...
Adaptation of Sarah J. Maas Best-Seller “A Court of Thorns and Roses” On the Way
Sarah J. Maas’ YA fantasy novel “A Court of Thorns and Roses” is getting the big screen treatment. Deadline reports that Germany production company Constantin Film acquired the rights to the...
Trailer Watch: A Girl Decides to Live as a Warrior in “I Kill Giants”
“There are times when you have to ask yourself: Do I want to live my life as a coward or a warrior?” says a teen girl who’s embraced life as the latter in a new trailer for “I Kill...
Teaser Watch: Darkness Is Rising in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi”
“This is not going to go the way you think,” Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) informs Rey (Daisy Ridley) in “Star Wars: The Last Jedi.” Rey — who is possibly Luke’s...
Willow Smith to Produce Two Female-Led Fantasy Projects
Willow Smith is working on getting female-driven fantasy stories to TV and the big screen. The multi-hyphenate’s production shingle, MSFTS Production, is teaming up with Cartel Entertainment for...
Trailer Watch: Dorothy’s Not in Kansas Anymore in NBC’s “Emerald City”
There’s no doubt that HBO’s hit series “Game of Thrones” has had a big influence on television and created an interest in more fantastical fare. The latest new series to seemingly take the...