After stepping away from the director’s chair on Warner Bros.’ The Flash, Dope helmer Rick Famuyiwa looks set to turn his attention to another comic book movie, with Deadline reporting that he is in negotiations to direct an adaptation of the Image graphic novel Son of Shaolin. The contemporary kung fu story was created by […]
Fede Alvarez, Jason Eisener and Simon Barrett developing techno thriller
THR is reporting that Fede Alvarez’s (Evil Dead, Don’t Breathe) new genre production company Bad Hombre has announced its first project, an as-yet-untitled techno thriller. Plot details on the film are being kept under wraps, but we do know that it has been scripted by Simon Barrett (The Guest, Blair Witch) and will be directed […]
Three more join new Blumhouse thriller Only You
Last week it was announced that Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) and David Oyelowo (A United Kingdom) have been cast in the upcoming Blumhouse Productions thriller Only You, and now we have word of three more additions to the film. According to THR, Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us), Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and […]
Tom Felton exiting The Flash as series regular
Any Tom Felton fans out there may be disappointed to hear that the actor won’t be returning as a series regular in the upcoming fourth season of The CW’s DC superhero show The Flash. The former Draco Malfoy debuted in the third season of The Flash, where he plays Julian Albert, a CSI colleague of […]
James Gunn explains Groot’s appearance in Avengers: Infinity War
Following on from Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War reveal, Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn has taken to Twitter to discuss Groot’s appearance in the superhero ensemble, explaining why he looks the same as he did as ‘Adolescent Groot’ in the post-credits scene of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, despite an in-universe time gap […]
John Powell to compose the score for Han Solo Star Wars spinoff
The official Star Wars site has announced that British composer John Powell (Bourne, Shrek) is heading to the galaxy far, far away to compose the score for next year’s untitled Han Solo Anthology movie. Powell is just the third person to have the honour of scoring a Star Wars movie after John Williams and Michael […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters viral image teases Mothra
As production continues on the MonsterVerse sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the official Monarch Twitter account has shared a new viral image teasing the appearance of the classic Godzilla villain Mothra with a stone carving featuring the Temple of the Moth; check it out here… Mothra will be joined in the sequel by two […]
Ric Roman Waugh to direct Gerard Butler in Angel Has Fallen
It looks like the Millennium Films action threequel Angel Has Fallen has found its director, with Variety reporting that Ric Roman Waugh (Snitch, Shot Caller) has signed on to helm the film. Angel Has Fallen is the follow-up to 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen and 2016’s London Has Fallen, and will see the return of Gerard […]
Netflix orders new adult animated comedy series Disenchantment from Matt Groening
Netflix has announced that it has placed a twenty-episode order for Disenchantment, a new adult animated comedy fantasy series from The Simpsons and Futurama creator Matt Groening. In Disenchantment, viewers will be whisked away to the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, where they will follow the misadventures of hard-drinking young princess Bean, her feisty elf companion […]
Three directors reportedly on the shortlist for Bond 25
Yesterday it was announced that Bond 25 has been set for the release in November 2019, and now Deadline is reporting that Eon Productions has identified three potential directors for the next instalment of the long-running spy series. According to the site, press speculation about Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk) and Edgar Wright (Baby Driver) are wide of […]