Despite the underwhelming box office and mixed reception to 2016’s Paul Feig-directed reboot, Sony Pictures remains very keen on mining the franchise potential of Ghostbusters. Jason Reitman – son of original Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II helmer Ivan Reitman – is gearing up to start shooting an as-yet-untitled sequel to the original films for release in […]
FX developing gender-swapped US remake of Peep Show
Peep Show co-creator Sam Bain has revealed that the U.S. TV network FX is working on a gender-swapped remake of the cult British comedy, which is being written by Karey Dornetto (Portlandia).“People sometimes ask if I look at my earlier work differently now – whether my shows would have been better if they had been […]
Harrison Ford says ‘nobody’ will replace him as Indiana Jones
Despite plenty of rumours about a potential reboot of Lucasfilm’s Indiana Jones franchise following Disney’s acquisition, it was officially announced back in 2016 that Harrison Ford would be dusting off the fedora and bullwhip once again to reunite with director Steven Spielberg for a fifth instalment in the classic action adventure series.Initially slated for release […]
Sebastian Stan hoping to show a new side to Bucky in Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Following their post-Decimation return in last month’s Avengers: Endgame, Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes are set to reunite next year for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Stan has been chatting to Comic Book about his hopes for his character in the Marvel Studios-produced Disney+ limited series.“I think it’s time […]
DC releases trailer for Batman: Last Knight on Earth
DC Comics launches its hugely-anticipated Batman: Last Knight on Earth this coming Wednesday through its Black Label imprint, and to whet our appetites the publisher has unveiled a trailer for the three-issue series from writer Scott Snyder and artist Greg Capullo. Watch it here…SEE ALSO: Check out a trailer of Batman: Last Knight on EarthBruce […]
Your Name director’s new film Weathering With You picked up for U.S. distribution
GKIDS has announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Weathering With You, the new feature from Makoto Shinkai, director of the hugely-successful and highly-acclaimed anime film Your Name.The official synopsis for Weathering With You reads:The summer of his high school freshman year, Hokoda runs away from his remote island home to […]
Blumhouse’s The Invisible Man set for March 2020 release
Universal Pictures has announced that Blumhouse Productions’ reimagining of the classic Universal Monsters movie The Invisible Man will materialise in cinemas in March 2020.The project was announced back in January following Universal’s decision to abandon its Dark Universe plans, the studio having previously tapped Johnny Depp to star in a version which would have been […]
DC Comics announces Batman/Catwoman series from Tom King
DC Comics has announced that Tom King will be leaving the main Batman title in December 2019 to write a new 12-issue Batman/Catwoman series launching the following month.“Batman and Catwoman is a chance to do what Morrison and Quietly did in Batman and Robin: launch an ambitious, accessible, beautiful, thrilling new series that concludes years […]
Minions: The Rise of Gru set for July 2020
Universal Pictures and Illumination Entertainment have announced that their upcoming Minions sequel is officially titled Minions: The Rise of Gru, and is set to arrive on July 3rd 2020.The first Minions movie served as a spinoff/prequel to Despicable Me, and grossed $1.16 billion upon its release in 2015. Add in the box office takings from […]
Andre Ovredal to direct Stephen King’s The Long Walk
Last year it was announced that New Line Cinema had picked up the movie rights to Stephen King’s 1979 Richard Bachman novel The Long Walk, and now comes word that the project has found itself a director.Variety reports that Andre Ovredal, the director behind The Autopsy of Jane Doe and the hotly-anticipated upcoming Scary Stories […]
