ALSO BURNING

Jim Carrey in the frame for Robotnik in Sonic The Hedgehog… James Wan producing remake of Arachnophobia… Kumail Nanjiani joining Men In Black… Cate Shortland on the shortlist to direct Marvel’s Black Widow… Geoff Johns writing and producing Green Lantern Corps… Matthew Vaughn planning Kingsman spin-off The Great Game, set in the early years of the 20th Century, along with a Kick-Ass reboot… Donald Glover, Ryan Gosling and Ezra Miller frontrunners for Willy Wonka… Yoson An joining Disney’s liveaction Mulan… Helena Bonham Carter and Angelina Jolie are tabloid rumours for the villain in Danny Boyle’s Bond 25… Julian Dennison joining Godzilla Vs Kong… JK Rowling beginning work on the screenplay for Fantastic Beasts 3… Kaya Scodelario joining creature-fest Crawl, directed by Alexandre Aja… Paramount and Bad Robot bringing Jared Moshe’s timetravel tale Aporia to the screen… Mary J Blige joining horror Body Cam… Robert Zemeckis orbiting new version of Roald Dahl’s The Witches…