Based on a true story of survival, USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage stars Academy Award winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, The Rock), Tom Sizemore (Saving Private Ryan) and Thomas Jane (Deep Blue Sea) in this gripping, wartime action drama directed by Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City). After delivering one of the atomic bombs […]
Jon Favreau discusses The Lion King and The Jungle Book 2
Having successfully adapted The Jungle Book to live-action earlier this year, Jon Favreau was subsequently announced as helming an adaptation of another animated Disney classic The Lion King, adding a second project to his slate after the planned sequel to The Jungle Book. Speaking to Collider, Favreau has revealed that he intends on shooting both […]
Original Trilogy Characters We Could See In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story
Gary Collinson looks at some Original Trilogy characters we could see in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story… In a week’s time, director Gareth Edwards will take us back to the galaxy far, far away with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the hotly-anticipated first Anthology movie from Disney and Lucasfilm. And […]
Iron Fist’s Scott Buck to serve as showrunner on Marvel’s The Inhumans
Marvel has announced that Scott Buck (Dexter) will follow up his duties on Iron Fist by serving as showrunner and executive producer on the upcoming ABC series The Inhumans. The show is set to premiere its first two episodes in IMAX theaters in September 2017, before shifting to ABC where it will air weekly. The show […]
Cult German comedy Der Bunker hits VOD today
Following its successful festival run, Artsploitation Films has announced that the cult German comedy Der Bunker is now available on various VOD platforms, including Amazon, iTunes, PlayStation, Xbox, Vudu and YouTube. Check out the poster and trailer below… It all begins when a student (Pit Bukowski, Der Samurai) rents a room in a bunker home […]
R.I.P. Peter Vaughan (1923 – 2016)
British actor Peter Vaughan has passed away aged 93, his agent has revealed today. Vaughan, who was most recently seen as Maester Aemon Targaryen in HBO’s epic fantasy series Game of Thrones, enjoyed a career dating back to the late 1950s, with memorable roles including Harry Grout in Porridge, Charlie Johnson in Citizen Smith, and Felix […]
Syfy developing TV adaptation of Boom! Studios’ The Woods
Deadline is reporting that Syfy is developing an hourlong drama based upon James Tynion IV and Michael Dialynas’ Boom! Studios comic book series The Woods, which has Brad Peyton (San Andreas) set to produce and direct from a script by Michael Armbruster (Beautiful Boy). “We’ve always seen this title as having the potential to be […]
A Trip Through Movie History: Classic Horror Films
Everyone loves a good horror film. It’s the perfect way to top off a stormy night, snuggled up on the couch with a bowl of popcorn… for those who can handle the gore, anyway. Over the years, there have been a series of scary films to hit the silver screen, some of them worthy of […]
Sean Stone to adapt his father Oliver Stone’s novel A Child’s Night Dream
Deadline is reporting that Sean Stone, son of filmmaker Oliver Stone, is set to adapt his father’s novel A Child’s Night Dream, with Emmett/Furla/Oasis giving the green light to a feature film, which will begin production in April. Stone penned the novel back when he was 19 as he returned from a spell in Vietnam […]
Sega’s Altered Beast and Streets of Rage being adapted for the screen
Stories International has announced that it has partnered with Circle of Confusion, executive producers of The Walking Dead, Powers, Outcast and Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, to develop filmed adaptations of the hit Sega franchises Altered Beast and Streets of Rage, and will explore opportunities for both titles in film and television. Stories is already […]
