EXCLUSIVE : The most unlikely project in town has just gotten Kenneth Branagh to commit, and Superman ‘s Jimmy Olsen, Skyler Gisondo , circling the lead role. This is Goblin , which Deadline revealed in July. The project, called Ted meets E.T. was created by David Mikalson . His script circulated around Hollywood and while some hemmed and hawed — the micro-budget picture is raunchy and the green-colored title character is anatomically correct, A24 jumped right in. The others waited because Mikalson was directing a small, proof of concept version in Kentucky. That modest plan ended when A24 committed to the $6 million or so budget Mikalson needed to do it right.

As I wrote on July, Mikalson truly came out of nowhere; he’s a native of Washington State who dropped out of fil

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