Having secured its key cast in Margot Robbie (Harley Quinn), Mary Elizabeth Winstead (The Huntress), Jurnee Smolett-Bell (Black Canary) and Rosie Perez (Renee Montoya), Warner Bros., DC Films and director Cathy Yan are deep in prep on the DCEU girl gang movie Birds of Prey ahead of filming early in the New Year. Although there’s […]
Fast & Furious producer suing Universal over spinoff Hobbs and Shaw
Neal H. Moritz, producer of the Fast & Furious franchise, has filed a lawsuit against Universal Pictures, accusing the studio of breach of contract over the upcoming Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham spinoff Hobbs and Shaw. “In an extraordinary show of bad faith, and just a few days before filming was set to begin on […]
New Drake Doremus film casts Shailene Woodley, Jamie Dornan, Sebastian Stan and Matthew Gray Gubler
Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley (Adrift), Jamie Dornan (A Private War), Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Infinity War) and Matthew Gray Gubler (Criminal Minds) have signed on to star in the as-yet-untitled new film from Drake Doremus (Like Crazy, Equals). The film has been written by Doremus and novelist Jardine Libaire (White Fur) and takes place […]
Sylvester Stallone’s Balboa Productions sets four new projects, including a “dark” superhero movie
Earlier this year, Sylvester Stallone launched Balboa Productions with the announcement that he’ll be producing a biopic of Jack Johnson, the first ever African-American heavyweight boxing champion of the world, and now comes word that the new company has set a further four projects. First up is Samaritan, which has Stallone attached to star and […]
Boxing drama Tiger gets a poster and trailer
R3M Productions has unveiled a poster and trailer for director Alister Grierson’s boxing drama Tiger, which stars Mickey Rourke (The Wrestler), Janel Parrish (Pretty Little Liars), Prem Singh (Breakaway), and Michael Pugliese (Occupants). Check them out here, along with the official synopsis… Tiger is inspired by the true story of Pardeep Nagra, a practicing Sikh man […]
First Reformed leads nominations for 2018 Gotham Awards
The nominations have been announced for the 26th annual Gotham Awards, which aims to celebrate the very best in independent film. Paul Schrader’s First Reformed leads the pack with three nominations in total for Best Actor (Ethan Hawke), Best Screenplay (Schrader) and Best Feature, which it will contest against The Favourite, If Beale Street Could Talk, […]
Rockstar releases Red Dead Redemption 2 launch trailer
With less than a week to go until the release of what is likely to be the biggest game of 2018, Rockstar has unveiled a brand new launch trailer for the hugely-anticipated Western adventure Red Dead Redemption II; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Rockstar announces Red Dead Online After a robbery goes badly wrong […]
My Neighbor Totoro: 30th Anniversary Edition set for release in November
StudioCanal has announced that it is set to release the Studio Ghibli classic My Neighbor Totoro as a limited edition 30th anniversary box set this November. My Neighbor Totoro: 30th Anniversary Edition Box Set includes a Doubleplay (DVD and Blu-ray) edition of the film, packed in a deluxe oversized rigid box with brand new exclusive artwork and […]
NBC developing female-led Grimm spinoff
With the show coming to an end last year, NBC is looking to revive the occult procedural Grimm with a new female-led spinoff, Deadline has revealed. The as-yet-untitled project has been written by Melissa Glenn (Iron Fist) and will reportedly build off the mythology of the original series, featuring “returning fan favorites while also introducing […]
James Wan denies rumours of enforced cuts to Aquaman
For all of the talk of their “filmmaker-driven” approach to the DC Extended Universe, Warner Bros. and DC Films sure have developed a reputation for meddling with its directors’ visions when said approaches don’t quite match up with what they were anticipating. We saw it with Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Suicide Squad and Justice […]
