Variety is reporting that Kenneth Branagh (Murder on the Orient Express) is set to produce and star in an adaptation of Amor Towles’ novel A Gentleman in Moscow, which has Tom Harper (Peaky Blinders) attached to direct. Set in Russia (as you’d assume from the title) and spanning 30 years from the 1920s, the series […]
Gender-swapped High Fidelity TV series in development for Disney’s streaming service
According to Deadline, Disney is developing a TV series adaptation of Nick Hornby’s 1995 novel High Fidelity, which was previously brought to the big screen in 2000 with John Cusack starring. The site reports that the new take comes from writers Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka (Bull, Ugly Betty) and is described as “a departure […]
Cast announced for The Penitent Thief, first look images released
James Russo (Django Unchained, Donnie Brasco), Jay Giannone (Patriots Day, American Hustle), Stelio Savante (Starship Troopers 3: Marauder, My Super Ex Girlfriend), Kyle Roark (Murder Made Me Famous, Hide The Monster) and Kyle Hotz (Operation Dunkirk, Dark Iris) have joined the cast of Don Willis’ The Penitent Thief. Check out some first look images here… […]
Jake Gyllenhaal to star in Welcome to Vienna
Deadline is reporting that Focus Features has picked up the rights to author Kevin Wignall’s upcoming novel To Die in Vienna, and has set Jake Gyllenhaal to produce and star in an adaptation entitled Welcome to Vienna. According to the site, Gyllenhaal will play “Freddie Makin, a civilian surveillance contractor who for the past year […]
Steven Spielberg still hoping to adapt Stephen King’s The Talisman
Back in 1982, two years prior to its publication, filmmaker Steven Spielberg acquired the rights to The Talisman, a fantasy novel from Stephen King and Peter Straub. As King notes in a piece over at Entertainment Weekly, “several times [Spielberg] came very close to making it”, and it seems the filmmaker isn’t ready to give […]
Check out twelve new promo posters for Solo: A Star Wars Story
With a second trailer set to arrive later tonight [watch a teaser here], a new batch of promotional posters have arrived online for Solo: A Star Wars Story, which feature the likes of Han, Chewie, Lando and Qi’ra as well as the redesigned Millennium Falcon, the villainous Enfys Nest, and the Imperial Patrol Trooper. Check […]
Steven Spielberg pipped James Cameron to the Jurassic Park movie rights
During an interview with The Huffington Post, James Cameron has revealed that he attempted to acquire the movie rights to Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, but ultimately lost out to Steven Spielberg by a matter of hours. Cameron went on to reveal that, in hindsight, Spielberg was a better fit for the material, and […]
New image from The Meg shows off the sheer size of the prehistoric shark
With a first trailer for The Meg set to arrive any time soon, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a new image from the Jason Statham-headlined thriller, which features a group of swimmers blissfully unaware that beneath them is a giant, 75-foot prehistoric Megalodon shark! The Meg is based upon Steve Alten’s book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and […]
Rogue One screenwriter developing The Last Starfighter reboot
The Book of Eli and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Gary Whitta has taken to social media to reveal his next project, a reboot of the 80s cult sci-fi The Last Starfighter! Whitta is currently working on the script with co-writer Jonathan Betuel, and has shared some early concept art from illustrator Matt […]
Hayley Atwell “wouldn’t rule out” Peggy Carter returning to the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Having made her debut in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, Hayley Atwell has gone on to reprise the role of Peggy Carter on numerous occasions, appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Agent Carter TV series, and even the Avengers: Secret Wars animated series. Despite […]
