Spider-Man: Homecoming star Tom Holland is set to reunite with producer Amy Pascal on an adaptation of Mark Sullivan’s novel Beneath a Scarlet Sky, which has been acquired by Pascal Pictures. The bestselling book is described as “triumphant, epic tale of one young man’s incredible courage and resilience during one of history’s darkest hours.” Here’s […]
Geena Davis has spoken to Patty Jenkins about a role in Wonder Woman 2
With Patty Jenkins close to signing her bumper deal to return to the director’s chair for Wonder Woman 2, actress Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise, The Exorcist) has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she’s already been lobbying the filmmaker to cast her in the DC sequel. “I met Patty Jenkins and I told her, ‘I’m […]
Official synopsis for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass
M. Night Shyamalan is gearing up to go into production on his Unbreakable and Split follow-up Glass next month, and to whet our appetites, Universal Pictures has released a brief official synopsis for the film: Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating […]
Alan Arkin joins Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo
Oscar-winner Alan Arkin is set to reunite with his Edward Scissorhands director, having signed on to appear in the cast of Disney’s Tim Burton-directed Dumbo remake. Arkin will portray J Griffin Remington, a Wall Street tycoon. Arkin joins a cast that includes Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice), Danny DeVito (Batman Returns), Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s […]
Exclusive: Watch the trailer for Western drama Justice
Chasing Butterflies Pictures and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment are set to release the Western drama Justice this coming September, and we’ve got an exclusive look at the trailer which you can watch below or over on our YouTube channel… It’s 1870 and the Civil War has been over for three years. An old, abandoned mine […]
Star Wars: Phasma gets an official synopsis
Force Friday is almost upon us, and along with a host of merchandise, we’ll also be receiving numerous novels and books as part of the Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi publishing initiative. One of these is Star Wars: Phasma by Delilah S. Dawson, and we’ve got the official synopsis from Del Rey for […]
Frances O’Connor joins Hulu’s Locke & Key
Frances O’Connor (The Conjuring 2) has signed on for the lead role in Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key comic book from IDW Publishing. Locke & Key “revolves around three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Maine with their […]
Fox orders pilot script for animated comedy from Amy Poehler and Mike Scully
Fox has ordered a script and pilot presentation for an as-yet-untitled animated comedy series from Amy Poehler’s Paper Kite Productions and The Simpsons veterans Mike Scully and Julie Scully. Deadline reports that the comedy series would follow “he family and friends of 15-year-old Duncan Harris, an average kid with dreams of being a UFC fighter, […]
Jennifer Yuh Nelson to direct Michael B. Jordan in A Bittersweet Life remake
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2, The Darkest Minds) is set to direct Michael B. Jordan in a remake of the 2005 Korean film A Bittersweet Life. The action-thriller will see Jordan playing a mobster whose longtime loyalties to his crime family are challenged when his boss orders him to […]
We can add a Jabba the Hutt movie to Lucasfilm’s Star Wars spinoff plans
A couple of days ago it was announced that Stephen Daldry (Billy Elliot, The Hours) is in talks with Lucasfilm about directing a Star Wars Anthology movie based upon the untold adventures of Obi-Wan Kenobi, which was followed up by reports suggesting that Boba Fett and Yoda spinoffs are also in active development. Well, it looks […]