Following on from this week’s first look image, Netflix has now announced that the 13-episode second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones is set to land on the streaming service on March 8th 2018. Check out the first trailer here… Try not to get in the way. pic.twitter.com/ABVluVN7El — Jessica Jones (@JessicaJones) December 9, 2017The second […]
Master the art of attraction with live-action video game Super Seducer
Independent game developer Fair Play Labs has teamed up with best-selling author, dating coach and renowned pick-up artist Richard La Ruina for the world’s first live-action dating sim Super Seducer, where you can learn the artistry of sexual attraction and put your skills to the test.Super Seducer is a mature, non-nudity FMV game that focuses on […]
Netflix options sci-fi book series Old Man’s War
According to Deadline, Netflix has acquired the film rights to John Scalzi’s Hugo Award-nominated sci-fi book series Old Man’s War, and is looking to develop the first novel as a feature film with Jon Shestack Productions and Madhouse Entertainment.The books take place centuries into the future where older citizens are given a choice between ageing […]
The New Mutants, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and Gambit set for IMAX releases
2018 is going to be a big year for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise, with the studio set to release the spinoffs The New Mutants and Deadpool 2, along with the latest chapter in the main series, X-Men: Dark Phoenix, as well as finally kicking off production on the long-gestating Gambit solo movie.Fox and IMAX […]
Matt Shakman direct The Phantom Tollbooth
Last August it was announced that TriStar Pictures was developing an adaptation of the classic children’s book The Phantom Tollbooth, and now Deadline is reporting that the studio has enlisted Matt Shakman (Game of Thrones, Fargo) to direct the project. Based on the 1961 book by writer Norton Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer, The Phantom […]
Rod Lurie to direct Westboro Baptist Church film Hate (A Love Story)
According to Variety, Branded Pictures Entertainment has tapped Rod Lurie (The Contender, The Last Castle, Straw Dogs) to direct Hate (A Love Story), which will tell the true story of Al Snyder, a man who sued the Westboro Baptist Church after members of the hate group protested the funeral of his son, a marine killed […]
The Square leads the winners at the 2017 European Film Awards
The 2017 European Film Awards were presented in Berlin last night, with the satirical Swedish comedy-drama The Square following up its Palme d’Or success at Cannes by taking home six awards in Best European Film, Best Director (Ruben Ostlund), Best Actor (Claes Bang), Best Screenwriter (Ostlund), Best Comedy and Best Production Designer (Josefin Asberg).Other big […]
Mel Brooks, Christopher Lloyd and Jacob Tremblay join untitled animated project
Lani Pixels has announced that Mel Brooks (The Producers), Christopher Lloyd (Back to the Future), Jacob Tremblay (Wonder) and Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live) have signed on to lend their voices to an as-yet-untitled animated feature, which marks the directorial debut of Kim Pagel.Variety reports that the project “follows a brother and sister as they […]
The Autopsy of Jane Doe director replaces Guillermo del Toro on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Last January it was announced that Guillermo del Toro had signed on to develop and potentially direct an adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s book trilogy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for CBS Films.Well, as is often the case with del Toro, the filmmaker has passed on directing, with Andre Ovredal (Trollhunters, The Autopsy of […]
Lucasfilm to start production on Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars spinoff in January 2019
After years of rumours, it was finally confirmed back in August that Lucasfilm is planning a Star Wars Anthology movie based upon the venerable Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi, with the studio reportedly tapping Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) to develop the project with a view to directing.We’ve heard nothing about the project since – which is […]
