Netflix is teaming with Oscar-winning filmmaker Damien Chazelle (La La Land) for a musical drama series entitled The Eddy, which will revolve around the owner and house band of a club in contemporary Paris. The eight episode series has been penned by Jack Thorne (This Is England) and will be executive produced by Chazelle, who […]
Justified producers option Elmore Leonard’s Detroit novels for TV
Deadline is reporting that Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman, executive producers of Justified, have optioned three of Elmore Leonard’s Detroit novels – Unknown Man #89, Pagan Babies and Mr. Paradise – with plans to develop them as a TV series for cable and streaming networks. According to the site, the series is being written by […]
Marvel’s Inhumans opens to $2.6 million worldwide
Marvel Television unleashed its latest offering in IMAX theaters this weekend, with the first two episodes of Inhumans grossing $2.6 million around the globe. According to Box Office Mojo, Inhumans earned $1.5 million from around 400 locations in North America, along with a further $1.1 million from 65 international markets. While this is a fraction […]
Guillermo del Toro still seeking financing for his stop-motion animated Pinocchio movie
Like many of his projects, Guillermo del Toro’s planned stop-motion animated adaptation of Pinocchio seems to have found itself stuck in limbo, with very little in the way of movement. In January, del Toro announced that he was still working on the film, and had enlisted Emmy winner Patrick McHale to help pen the screenplay. And […]
Transformers: The Last Knight Premier Edition Leader Class Megatron Review
Gary Collinson reviews the Megatron Premier Edition Leader Class figure from Transformers: The Last Knight… Confession time. It’s been a while since I’ve bought a Transformers toy, and it’s been even longer since I actually unboxed and transformed one (pushing 30 years, most likely). So, when I get the opportunity to get my hands on […]
Courtney Ford joins DC’s Legends of Tomorrow as Damien Darhk’s daughter
EW is reporting that Courtney Ford (Supernatural) has been cast as Eleanor Darhk, the daughter of Neal McDonough’s Damien Darhk, in the upcoming third season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. She will make her debut in the fifth episode, and recur throughout the season. Eleanor is described as “smart and cunning with a charming dose […]
Lily Collins joins Nicholas Hoult in J.R.R. Tolkien biopic
According to Variety, Lily Collins (To the Bone) has signed on to star opposite Nicholas Hoult in Tolkien, a biopic of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author J.R.R. Tolkien. Tolkien is being directed by Dome Karukoski from a script by David Gleeson and Stephen Beresford, and explores Tolkien’s early life s he […]
Sam Rockwell to play George W. Bush in Adam McKay’s Dick Cheney biopic
Sam Rockwell is in final talks to take on the role of President George W. Bush in Backseat, writer-director Adam McKay’s upcoming biopic of former Vice President Dick Cheney. The film will see Christian Bale leading the cast a Cheney, as it chronicles his life from avoiding the draft for the Vietnam War through his […]
Thor: Ragnarok’s Tessa Thompson slams “dumb” male screenwriters for their handling of female action heroes
Creed star Tessa Thompson joins the Marvel Cinematic Universe this November as she takes on the role of the Asgardian warrior Valkyrie in the Marvel Studios threequel Thor: Ragnarok, but whatever you do, don’t describe her character as a “badass”! During an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Thompson has criticised male screenwriters for the […]
Bad Boys 3 still alive, new screenwriter on board
A few years back, it looked highly likely that Martin Lawrence and Will Smith would be reuniting for a third instalment in the Bad Boys franchise. The threequel had a title (Bad Boys for Life), a writer and potential director in Joe Carnahan, and a planned release date of July 2017, which was pushed back […]
