Back in January it was announced that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) was adapting Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes as a TV series, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that AT&T’s Audience Network has placed a 10-episode straight to series order, with Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) […]
Maze Runner: The Death Cure pushed back a year as Fox reshuffles its slate
This won’t come as much of a surprise given that production was shut down indefinitely last month following Dylan O’Brien’s on-set accident in March, but 20th Century Fox has announced that it has pushed back the release of The Maze Runner: The Death Cure from its original date of February 17th 2017 to January 12th, 2018. […]
Lionsgate could make up to seven Power Rangers movies
It took a while to get off the ground, but it seems that Lionsgate is confident that it has a hit on its hands with the upcoming big screen reboot of Power Rangers. Speaking on a conference call (via Variety), Lionsgate CEO Jon Feltheimer has stated that: “We are really, really excited about the Power Rangers movie. […]
Filming underway on Transformers: The Last Knight, viral teaser released
Following this month’s title reveal, director Michael Bay has taken to Instagram to announce that filming is underway on Transformers: The Last Knight, while Paramount Pictures has released a viral teaser for the latest instalment in the blockbuster franchise… Something wicked this way comes. #transformers pic.twitter.com/biCufISsGE — Transformers (@transformers) May 27, 2016 According to ScreenRant, […]
Disney developing a live-action Delilah Dirk movie
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Disney has snapped up the rights to Delilah Dirk, a graphic novel series from Tony Cliff, and is developing a live-action movie for the swashbuckling heroine who has been described as “a female Indiana Jones”. Described as the “international mistress of swordsmanship”, Delilah made her debut in 2013’s New York […]
The Week in Spandex – X-Men: Apocalypse box office, Wolverine 3 villains, Chris Evans keen on Spider-Man cameo, Joss Whedon open to female Avengers movie, Wesley Snipes on Blade return, Suicide Squad promo artwork, Stephen Amell wants Arrow to go back-to-basics and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Force, Wolverine 3, Captain America: Civil War, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Animated Spider-Man, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Blade, Luke Cage, Jessica Jones, Daredevil, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Batman, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and more… Having opened in […]
Colin Firth to star in submarine disaster drama Kursk
Variety is reporting that Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in talks to join the submarine disaster drama Kursk, which also has Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl) attached to star. Kursk is being directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Far from the Madding Crowd) from a script by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), and “tells the […]
Jake Gyllenhaal and Denis Villeneuve reuniting for Jo Nesbo’s The Son
Having collaborated on both Prisoners and Enemy, director Denis Villeneueve and star Jake Gyllenhaal are set to reunite for an adaptation of Norwegian crime writer Jo Nesbo’s The Son. Variety reports that the project follows “a once-gifted 15-year-old and promising wrestler, whose life spirals out of control when his cop father commits suicide. He winds […]
Chris O’Dowd and Zhang Ziyi join the J.J. Abrams-produced God Particle
Casting continues on Bad Robot Productions’ sci-fi thriller God Particle, with Chris O’Dowd (Bridesmaids) and Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) signing on to appear in the J.J. Abrams-produced project. The duo join the already announced David Oyelowo (Selma), Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Concussion), John Krasinski (13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi), Elizabeth Debicki (The Night […]
Rumour: Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie to focus on Miles Morales
Before Tom Holland was cast as Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, there was a tonne of speculation suggesting that Marvel would cast a non-white actor in the role, and perhaps even go down the Miles Morales route as opposed to Peter Parker. Well, of course that never came to pass, but if Heroic Hollywood […]
