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  • ‘Ant-Man’ Star Michael Pena to Play Mr. Roarke in ‘Fantasy Island’

    ‘Ant-Man’ Star Michael Pena to Play Mr. Roarke in ‘Fantasy Island’

    Marvel Studios

    A Marvel breakout is set to play an iconic television character: Michael Pena will star as Mr. Roarke in the upcoming big screen adaptation of classic series “Fantasy Island.”

    Deadline has the scoop that Pena — who won over MCU fans as scene-stealer Luis in “Ant-Man,” and this year’s sequel, “Ant-Man and the Wasp” — will take on the starring role in the flick. The part was originated by the late Ricardo Montalban on the ABC series, which launched in 1978 and featured the mysterious Mr. Roarke granting the outlandish wishes of visitors to the titular locale, for a hefty fee.

    Those fantasies rarely played out as planned, often with disastrous results, and it appears that filmmakers will be leaning into that aspect of the series with this new take. Horror master Jason Blum will be co-producing the film, and director Jeff Wadlow is re-teaming with his “Truth or Dare” screenwriters Chris Roach and Jillian Jacobs for the project.

    No word yet on when production may start, or who will be playing the equally-iconic role of Mr. Roarke’s sidekick, Tattoo (originated by actor Hervé Villechaize, the subject of an upcoming HBO biopic starring Peter Dinklage). Stay tuned.

    [via: Deadline]

  • A ‘Fantasy Island’ Movie Is Coming From ‘Truth or Dare’ Director

    A ‘Fantasy Island’ Movie Is Coming From ‘Truth or Dare’ Director

    Fantasy Island
    ABC

    Welcome to Fantasy Island! Because everything else has already been remade and it was next on the list.

    “Fantasy Island” — the TV series that ran on ABC from 1977-1984, and spawned “De plane! De plane!” — is being turned into a movie.

    According to Deadline, Blumhouse (“Halloween,” “Glass”) is co-financing the film with Sony, with Jeff Wadlow directing and co-writing the script. That will mark a re-team of Wadlow and Blumhouse after “Truth Or Dare.”

    The TV series starred Ricardo Montalban as Mr. Roarke, overseer of a magical island attracting visitors who hope to live out their wildest fantasies. Hervé Villechaize co-starred as Mr. Roarke’s sidekick Tattoo.

    So it’s another remake. But it has been a long time since the TV show (and two TV movies) aired, and the premise is interesting enough to be ripe for a modern feature-length re-interpretation.

    This could really work. Or it could suck. We’ll see. Casting will be a big factor, in addition to the direction they decide to take with the plot and tone. Horror? Horror-comedy? It’s Blumhouse, so you have to expect dark indie horror is ahead.

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  • Box Office: ‘Rampage’ Barely Beats ‘A Quiet Place’

    After much nail biting and hand wringing, it looks like “Rampage,” Dwayne Johnson‘s destruction-filled adaptation of the classic arcade game, won the box office race with $34.5 million. For a while it looked like John Krasinski‘s horror tale “A Quiet Place” would take the top spot (especially given the inherent spookiness of a Friday the 13th weekend), but that ended up at #2 with $32.6 million, which is still admirably impressive (it’s down just 35% from last weekend) and puts it just below the vaulted $100 million mark. (Unlike the $120 million+ “Rampage,” “A Quiet Place” had a modest budget of just $17 million.)

    Elsewhere, newcomer “Truth or Dare” from Universal and horror hitmaker Blumhouse, surprised by over-performing with $19 million, enough to put it in the #3 spot, ahead of Steven Spielberg‘s whirligig “Ready Player One,” which in its third week remains in the top 5 with $11.2 million. So far, Spielberg’s nostalgia-filled joyride has collected just north of $114.6 million, which is great but not terrific considering its steep $175 million production costs (and that’s before you consider what Warner Bros. spent marketing the movie).

    Universal’s R-rated comedy “Blockers” rounded out the top 5 with $10.3 million, bringing its total to $36.9 million. It also is worth nothing that Marvel Studios’ “Black Panther” was #6 despite a big push earlier in the week to announce the movie’s home video release in May. Disney is telling people “it’s coming to your living room” and they’re still rushing out to the theaters to see it (it’s down just 39% from the week before). That’s truly incredible. Also incredible: its $673.7 million domestic haul. Way to go Wakanda.

    What did you watch this weekend? Let us know!

  • ‘Truth or Dare’ Star Lucy Hale Reveals Her Greatest Fear in This ‘Unscripted Overtime’

    Another day, another “Unscripted.” That’s how the saying goes, right?

    That’s not a saying? Well, shoot.

    Anyhow, Moviefone’s signature series is back once again for the film “Truth or Dare“.

    Sadly, though, we can’t cram everything into one episode or we would be here all day. But that’s why we have “Unscripted Overtime” to highlight the best clips that were (unfortunately) cut for time.

    We learn star Lucy Hale‘s greatest fear:

    And that Tyler Posey had a cute (albeit burned) butt double:

    “Truth or Dare,” directed by Jeff Wadlow, stars Lucy Hale, Tyler Posey, Violett Beane, and Sam Lerner. It hits theaters Friday, April 13th.