The Random – Bits and pieces of movie news

• FX have got a showrunner for their adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man – Michael Green, who is currently co-showrunning Starz’s adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods alongside Bryan Fuller, will co-write the script with Brian K. Vaughan – THR
• Robert Heinlein’s popular 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land is getting a TV adaptation on Syfy – Deadline
• Steve Carell is in talks to join the Minecraft adaptation for Warner Bros. Rob McElhenney is set to direct the film – Variety
• The origami Godzilla is by Squirtle Baron
• Kristin Lehman joins the Altered Carbon Netflix show – Deadline
• Check out a supercut of everytime somebody on Star Trek said “some kind of…”

• Relativity intends to start production on a number of its sequels including November Man 2, Act Of Valor 2, Immortals 2 and Earth To Echo 2. Storyoscopic and Relativity also have a number of television projects in development including the epic series Holoscape from Star Trek creators Roddenberry Entertainment in association with Jump Creative – ScreenDaily
• David Guion and Michael Handelman (Night at the Museum 3, Dinner for Schmucks) have been tapped by Warner Bros. to write a new, live-action Sesame Street movie. Shawn Levy will produce – Deadline
• Guy Pearce and Vanessa Redgrave have joined the already starry cast of Fred Schepisi’s Andorra. They join Clive Owen, Toni Collette, Gillian Anderson, Joanna Lumley and Riccardo Scamarcio. The story follows an American who settles in the tiny country of Andorra, meets an Australian couple and unsettles the other natives when he becomes linked to a dead body floating in the harbor – Variety
• Fox and Marvel swapped character rights to allow Negasonic Teenage Warhead in Deadpool and Ego the Living Planet in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 – The Playlist
• Clint Mansell is composing the score for the live action Ghost in the Shell film – Collider
• Matt Damon is going to cameo in the Ocean’s 8 movie. “I’m doing a little bit in the movie,” Damon told ET. “I haven’t read it yet, but the cast is phenomenal and I’m excited to see what those women do with it. It’s going to be fun.”
• Check out the Rogue One: Recon – A Star Wars 360 Experience video below. It reveals the discovery of the Death Star’s existence by the Rebellion for the very first time.
• You can also see some very cool Doctor Strange posters by Matt Ferguson.