Having wrapped filming on It: Chapter Two, director Andy Muschietti is wasting little time in filling out his upcoming slate. Earlier this week he signed on to direct the manga adaptation Attack on Titan for Warner Bros., and now comes word that he has also boarded a new take on H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine […]
Kate Bosworth to produce and star in sci-fi thriller Genesis
According to Deadline, actress Kate Bosworth has signed on to star in the sci-fi thriller Genesis, where she will play a mother searching for her daughter in a post-apocalyptic world. In addition to starring, Bosworth is also set to executive produce the film through her Make Pictures Productions banner, while Mike Le Han (Hellraiser: Origins) […]
Ubisoft adapting Child of Light and Werewolves Within for the screen
It’s first attempt, Assassin’s Creed, may not have managed to break the video game adaptation curse, but that certainly hasn’t deterred Ubisoft from dusting itself down and giving the green light to two further projects in a Child of Light live-action TV series and a Werewolves Within movie. As Variety reports, both projects are products […]
A young nun confronts the Devil in Luciferina trailer
Artsploitation Films has unveiled a poster and trailer for the Argentinian horror Luciferina (winner of the Best Sexorcism Scene at Cinepocalypse Genre Film Festival!), which is directed by Gonzalo Calzada (Resurrection, The Clairvoyant’s Prayer) and pits a young nun against the Devil himself. Check out the poster, trailer and synopsis here… Natalia is a 19-year-old novice who reluctantly […]
The Color Purple musical film in development from Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones
Director Steven Spielberg, star Oprah Winfrey and producer Quincy Jones are set to revisit The Color Purple, with Deadline reporting that the trio are developing a big screen musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s acclaimed 1982 novel. Spielberg previously adapted the book as a feature in 1985, producing alongside Jones, with Winfrey making her acting debut […]
The Russos team with World War Z writer for ISIS thriller Mosul
While they’ve been hard at work on Avengers: Infinity War and the upcoming Avengers 4, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo have also found time to produce a Middle East-set thriller entitled Mosul, which was shot in secret earlier this year. Mosul marks the directorial debut of World War Z screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan, and is […]
Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer head to Grand Isle
Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer have been cast in Grand Isle, a thriller directed by camera operator Stephen S. Campanelli, whose C.V. includes the likes of Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, The Maze Runner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and A Star Is Born. Grand Isle sees Cage as “a trigger-happy ex-Marine living on a […]
Suspense thriller Number 37 gets a poster and trailer
Dark Star Pictures has released a poster and trailer for the award-winning suspense thriller Number 37, director Nospiho Dumia’s gritty homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, which focuses on the residents of a block of apartments in the down-and-out Cape Flats neighborhood of Cape Town which, with its petty thugs, crooked cops, violent loan sharks, and troubled […]
Scorponok joins Transformers: Forged to Fight
Kabam has released the latest update for its Transformers-themed mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight, which introduces one of Megatron’s loyal Decepticons, Scorponok! Check out his gameplay trailer and bio here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMH_hjVKeA Scorponok’s seemingly slow wit contrasts sharply with his cunning and inventive nature. Fiercely loyal to his commander Megatron, Scorponok is one of […]
Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman to star in The Secrets We Keep
According to Deadline, Noomi Rapace (Bright) and Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) are set to star in The Secrets We Keep, a thriller from director Yuval Adler (Bethlehem). The film, scripted by Ryan Covington, will see Rapace playing Maja, “a woman rebuilding her life along with her husband Dobie in New York after WWII. When they […]
