Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’ to get feature adaptation, Channing Tatum is ‘Roofman,’ and more of today’s top stories
Gold Derby's top news stories for June 25, 2025.
The Stand: Here we go again
The Hollywood Reporter dished on the details of a new adaptation of Stephen King's tome The Stand, which Doug Liman is apparently directing. And if you're thinking to yourself, "Wasn't there literally just a television adaptation? Wasn't Whoopi Goldberg in it? And that was different from the Rob Lowe one? Am I hallucinating?" Yes, you are correct. No, you're not hallucinating. And maybe go drink some water.
"There! Up in the ceiling! It's Roofman!"
Channing Tatum has teamed up with director Derek Cianfrance for the true-life crime story of an escaped convict holed up in a Toys"R"Us. The film, also starring Kirsten Dunst and Peter Dinklage, opens in theaters on Oct. 10.
Train Dreams gets Oscar-y release date
Netflix has announced that its Sundance pickup, Train Dreams starring Joel Edgerton, Felicity Jones, Kerry Condon, and William H. Macy, will open in select theaters in November before hitting the service on Nov. 21. The streamer also released a new still.
Sense & Sensibility: Here We Go Again
Twisters star Daisy Edgar-Jones is set to lead a new adaptation of Jane Austen's Sense & Sensibility. The new take on the classic comes via writer-director Georgia Oakley, who made the well regarded Blue Jean in 2022.
New Bratz movie incoming
The big headline out of the Bratz movie news is that Kim Kardashian is nearing a deal to produce and potentially play the villain, but the reported writers, Charlie Polinger and Lucy McKendrick, recently premiered The Plague starring Joel Edgerton at Cannes to acclaim.