Universal Pictures is mounting a remake of the 1955 classic The Night of the Hunter and has hired Operation Finale scribe Matt Orton to write the script, according to Variety. Orton will adapt the 1953 novel by Davis Grubb, and the story will updated for modern audiences. Amy Pascal will produce via her Pascal Pictures along with Peter Gethers, while Universal's Jay Polidoro will oversee the project on behalf of the studio. Directed by Charles Laughton, The Night of the Hunter starred Robert Mitchum as Reverend Harry Powell, a misogynistic serial killer whose former cellmate made off with $10,…

We interview Spider-Man: Far From Home producer Amy Pascal about continuing Peter Parker's MCU journey and Sony's future Spider-Man films.

The Sony release was an unexpected worldwide phenomenon, and the Spider-Man producer let's us in on why.

For 20 years, Amy Pascal led Sony Pictures into battle, be it at the box office, in studio bidding wars, or with North Korea, which launched a cyberattack on her studio that forever changed how business is done in Hollywood. And now, after leading the studio to an Oscar win earlier this year for Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Pascal is walking away from her longtime home at Sony to sign a first-look deal with Universal Pictures. As far as I'm concerned, the addition of Pascal Pictures on the Burbank lot is a coup for Universal, as …