As Lionsgate gears up to begin production on its R-rated Hellboy reboot, new lead David Harbour has been chatting to Variety about the film, describing it as a “monster movie that’s dark and scary” and explaining what drew him to the project. “Superhero movies are the mythos of modern America,” said the Stranger Things star. “The ancient […]
Simon Kinberg on course correcting the X-Men series with Dark Phoenix, confirms Genosha
After more than a decade serving as writer and producer on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, Simon Kinberg now finds himself behind the camera for the latest chapter of the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix. Earlier in the week we saw some first look images from the movie – Fox’s second attempt at adapting The […]
The Defenders and Daredevil producer adapting The Witcher for Netflix
Back in May it was revealed that Netflix had snapped up the rights to Andrzej Sapkowski’s Witcher saga, and now comes word from Variety that the streaming service has tapped Lauren Schmidt Hissrich (The Defenders, Daredevil, Power) to adapt the material as a TV series. Launching as a series of short stories in the Polish […]
Universal developing Slaughterhouse-Five TV series
Variety is reporting that Universal Cable Productions is developing an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic novel Slaughterhouse-Five, which is being written and executive produced by Patrick Macmanus, showrunner on Happy!. The 1969 book tells the story of Billy Pilgrim, a chaplain’s assistant in the U.S. Army survives the firebombing of Dresden during World War II, only […]
Steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag in development
Deadline is reporting that Franc’s Federation Entertainment (Marseille) and Italy’s Palomar (Inspector Montalbano) are teaming up for the steampunk western series That Dirty Black Bag, which is currently in development under creator Mauro Aragoni. The eight-episode series will be shot in English, and takes place on a savage, scorched and deserted world where resources are […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming 2 to shoot in June, casting reportedly underway for Gwen Stacy
Following on from official confirmation at Brazil’s Comic-Con Experience from Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige that Jon Watts will return to the director’s chair, we now have a report from Omega Underground about the production dates for the Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel. According to the report, filming on the Marvel and Sony co-production will get underway […]
Patrick Stewart keen on Jean-Luc Picard return for Quentin Tarantino’s Star Trek
Earlier in the week came the rather surprising news that Quentin Tarantino had pitched an idea for a Star Trek movie to J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures, with the studio now said to be moving ahead at warp speed on the project. As yet, we have no idea what Tarantino has in store for the […]
Justice League passes $600 million worldwide but still the lowest-grossing superhero movie of the year (for now)
It may not have been the box office smash that Warner Bros. would have been hoping for (which, reportedly, has led to a major shakeup at DC Films), but Justice League has ticked off another milestone this weekend with the DC blockbuster passing the $600 million mark worldwide. By close of play this weekend, Justice […]
Richard Donner confirms Lethal Weapon 5 plans, Mel Gibson and Danny Glover on board
Back in October it was reported that director Richard Donner and stars Mel Gibson and Danny Glover were keen to reunite for a fifth instalment in the Lethal Weapon franchise, and now Donner has confirmed that during an interview with the Spocklight Podcast (via Dark Horizons). “It’s a story I came up with with Channing […]
God’s Own Country takes top prize at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards
God’s Own Country, Lady Macbeth and The Death of Stalin were the big winners of the 2017 British Independent Film Awards tonight. God’s Own Country won four BIFAs – Best British Independent Film, Best Actor (Josh O’Connor), Best Debut Screenwriter (Francis Lee) and the previously announced Best Sound award – while Lady Macbeth won Best Screenplay (Alice Birch), Best […]
