Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski will adapt George R.R. Martin’s 1979 book Sandkings for a new Netflix movie. Verbinski shared this update in an interview with Collider.
“One of the screenplays is based on a George R.R. Martin short story called Sandkings, which is this brilliant little twisted short story that I love,” he said, discussing future projects.
Verbinski is working on the movie with writer Dennis Kelly, the writer of the British TV series Utopia. The story centers on a rich kid named Simon Kress who has an affinity for collecting exotic animals. One day he buys a terrarium with four colonies of creatures called sandkings, which grow to the size of their container Come from Sports be…
that Martin Skrtel could be sold by Liverpool this summer in attempt to free up funds for new players.
Reds manager Jurgen Klopp is already planning for his first full campaign in charge at Anfield, and a number of his current incumbent look set to move one.
Forward duo Mario Balotelli amd Christian Benteke have been strongly linked with moves away and Skrtel, who is closing in on ten years at the Merseyside club may also be headung for the exit door.
Since signing from Zenit St Petersburg in the summer of 2007, the Slovakia international has racked up over three hundred appearances in all competitions in all competitions, scoring eighteen goals and was part of the squad that won the League Cup in 2012.
He has been capped seventy-seven times for hi…
Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid has questioned the logic of his team playing Los Angeles Galaxy twice to finish the MLS season.
The Sounders will visit the Galaxy on Sunday before hosting LA in Seattle on October 25.
Although plenty of fans are excited at the prospect that the Supporters Shield the trophy for the team with the best regular-season record will be decided over those two matches, Schmid thinks the MLS needs to look at the way it organise its fixtures.
With both the Galaxy and Seattle in the Western Conference, there could have been a situation where the two clubs played each other twice to complete the regular season and then met again in the opening round of the play-offs in a two-legged tie.
And, with his tongue firmly in his cheek, Schm…
Neymar can become as good as Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo and battle with the pair for the Ballon d Or, believes Brazil coach Tite.
The former Barcelona forward has been named in Brazil s squad to face Ecuador and Colombia, even though they have already sealed World Cup qualification, with Neymar s new Paris Saint-Germain team-mates Dani Alves, Thiago Silva and Marquinhos also included.
A desire to step out of Messi s shadow has been widely cited as one of Neymar s primary reasons to make his world-record move from Camp Nou to PSG for €222million.
And Tite has backed Brazil s star player to develop into a regular contender for the Ballon d Or, an honour he is yet to win having been third behind Ronaldo and winner Messi in 2015.
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Carrick added: It s early days. It s one week s training and 45 minutes, so you can t come to any conclusions. We know what he s all about, there s no surprises.
We all know exactly what he brings, that s why he s here. He s not going to change his game because he s come here. He does what he does best and obviously he s been brought here to score goals. I m pretty certain he will do that this season.
He ll be judged like anyone else on what he does through the season and I m sure he s ready for that. The scrutiny and everything will go up a level from what he s used to. I m sure he s prepared for that and I m sure he will do well.
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West Bromwich Albion are interested in signing Josh King from Bournemouth before the summer transfer window closes on October 16, according to . It has been reported that the Premier League club have held talks with the Championship side to see how much it would cost to secure the services of the Norway international striker this month.
The report has claimed that Bournemouth who got relegated from the Premier League at the end of last season will sell King for £10 million, but the Baggies are unable to pay that sum in one go. Slaven Bilic’s side are also looking at signing 23-year-old striker Karlan Grant from Huddersfield Town this month.
According to , King has played 23 minutes in the Championship for Bournemouth so far this season. During the 2019-20 campaign, t…
Javier Subirats has said that he does not think that Leeds United were Rodrigo’s first-choice club to join in the summer transfer window.
Rodrigo moved to Leeds from Valencia for a transfer fee reported by to be worth £26 million.
Valencia legend Subirats believes that the 29-year-old who can operate as a winger or as a striker is a good signing for the Premier League club, but he does not think that the West Yorkshire outfit who are rated at 29/20 by to win against Wolverhampton Wanderers next Monday was his preferred choice.
Subirats told: Finally, Rodrigo has gone to Leeds but not for the price that Valencia had been hoping for. But these are difficult times now, economically speaking, for the club.
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Sir Alex Ferguson has backed the FA for banning Luis Suarez for eight matches.
The Manchester United boss said the FA made the correct decision in banning the Liverpool striker for racially abusing Patrice Evra.
Since the decision on Tuesday, which also saw the Uruguayan landed with a £40,000 fine, Liverpool have supported their player, issuing a number of statements while also allowing his team-mates and manager, Kenny Dalglish, to wear T-shirts with Suarez’s image before Wednesday s 0-0 draw against Wigan.
Ferguson, 69, has reiterated his backing for Evra over the incident and believes the issue should not be about club ties, and that Liverpool must now accept the FA s conclusion and not dwell on the verdict.
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With the MLS taking center stage in midweek, we are treated to a stacked American schedule in the early hours of Thursday.
So, for those of you that are looking to stick on a Thursday flutter, we have found a couple of MLS tips that can offer a great return for your midweek bet.
00:30 New York Red Bulls vs Cincinnati
Managing to make a crucial return to winning ways last weekend as they claimed a 2-1 victory against New England, the Red Bulls are now desperate to find some much-needed stability. Still battling outside the play-off places and facing an uphill battle in 2023, Thursday’s hosts have recorded just a pair of wins from any of their previous eight appearances across all formats.
Gaining a reputation for their defensive issues on either side …
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