According to Deadline, Avengers: Infinity War directors Joe and Anthony Russo have snapped up the rights to Moshin Hamid’s acclaimed novel Exit West, and have set Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game, Passengers) to direct a feature adaptation for 20th Century Fox.Exit West tackles the global refugee crisis and follows a young couple who flee their […]
Phillip Noyce to direct World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade
Foresight Unlimited has tapped Australian filmmaker Phillip Noyce (Salt, The Bone Collector) to direct the World War II thriller The Devil’s Brigade, which is slated to go into production later this year and is currently in the casting stage.According to Coming Soon, The Devil’s Brigade “tells the true story of how Davie Berman, the only […]
Aquaman set photo features an armored Atlantean soldier
A few days ago we got a set photo from Aquaman showing Amber Heard’s Mera being pursued across some rooftops by some Atlantean soldiers, presumably under the command of the villainous Ocean Master, and now thanks to The Aquaman Shrine we’ve got another spy photo, this time giving us a close up look at one […]
Netflix cancels Naomi Watts drama Gypsy after one season
The Naomi Watts-headlined psychological thriller series Gypsy has been cancelled by Netflix, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service has opted against a second season.The cancellation comes as somewhat of a surprise given that Netflix has been in talks with the producers about a second run of episodes for some time, and a writers room […]
The new season of The X-Files will be mainly standalone episodes
Back in May it was announced that The X-Files creator Chris Carter will once again be reuniting with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson for an eleventh season of the paranormal series, set to premiere in 2018.During the Television Critics Association press tour this past week, Fox entertainment president David Madden revealed a little nugget of […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to star in Leonardo da Vinci biopic
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has beaten off competition from Universal for the rights to Walter Isaacson’s book Leonardo da Vinci, with plans to develop it as a star vehicle for for Oscar winner Leonardo DiCaprio.DiCaprio – who was reportedly named after the legendary artist and scientist – will also produce the movie through […]
Akiva Goldsman no longer involved with Transformers franchise
Back in 2015, Paramount Pictures set up a writer’s room spearheaded by Akiva Goldsman, with a view to working out the future direction of the Transformers franchise.Since then, we’ve had Transformers: The Last Knight, which was mauled by critics, and failed to match the box office performance of its predecessors, while production on the first […]
20 Years Back: Celebrating the Cinematic Delights of 1997
Tom Jolliffe celebrates the cinematic delights of 1997…1997. It doesn’t feel that distant but we’re now talking 20 years. This was the year I left school. That officially makes me old as fuck I believe. Lady Di passed, Tony Blair became PM, Hong Kong returned to Chinese rule, Mike Tyson had a Holyfield Ear pie […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson and Daisy Ridley on the importance of Rey’s parentage
It’s already been confirmed that this December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi will “absolutely address” the question of Rey’s parents, providing an answer to one of the biggest mysteries from 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. But just how important will this reveal prove to be to the story? In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers 4 begins production, Justice League “unwatchable”, Deadpool 2 images and video, The Amazing Spider-Man 3 details and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Avengers 4, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Captain Marvel, Inhumans, The Defenders, Daredevil, Venom, Silver & Black, The Amazing Spider-Man 3, The Sinister Six, Deapdool 2, […]
