Faced with the critical and commercial success of Disney and director Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book, Warner Bros. has now enlisted some Oscar-winning assistance for its own take on the Rudyard Kipling classic. According to Deadline, the studio has brought in Gravity helmer Alfonso Cuaron to offer notes on the movie, and to see if […]
Rumour: X-23 could appear in Wolverine 3
According to SuperHeroHype, the character of X-23 could be set to make her big screen debut in next year’s as-yet-untitled Wolverine 3, which will reportedly mark Hugh Jackman’s final outing as Logan. The site claims that they have heard that X-23 will join Jackman’s Wolverine and Patrick Stewart’s Professor X for their journey in the […]
Crackle orders TV series based upon Guy Ritchie’s Snatch
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that streaming service Crackle has ordered a ten-episode TV series based upon Guy Ritchie’s 2000 crime caper Snatch. The site reports that the series will follow the blueprint laid out by FX’s Fargo series in that it will “carry the spirit” of the original movie, but following new characters. The series will […]
R.I.P. Guy Hamilton (1922 – 2016)
British filmmaker Guy Hamilton – best known for directing the Bond movies Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun, has passed away, aged 93. Beginning his career as an assistant director to Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol, The Third Man and Outcast of the Islands, Hamilton made […]
Nina Dobrev in talks for Flatliners remake
Deadline is reporting that Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) is in talks to join Sony’s upcoming reboot of the 1990 psychological thriller Flatliners. The film, which is being directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), has already cast Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Diego Luna (Rogue One: A […]
Crackle renews SuperMansion for second season
Streaming service Crackle has announced that it has renewed the stop motion superhero comedy series SuperMansion for a second season. Produced by Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, SuperMansion follows the adventures of Titanium Rex (voiced by Bryan Cranston) as he struggles to live with and fight alongside the Millennial-aged, often lackadaisical members of The League of Freedom. […]
Exclusive clip from British crime thriller Hard Tide
Thanks to Metrodome, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Nathanael Wiseman and Robert Osman’s Brit crime thriller Hard Tide, which you can watch right here… On the eve of a drugs war, a small time criminal is forced to go on the run with a neglected nine-year-old girl after a fatal accident. HARD TIDE tells […]
Domhnall Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer and Ed Harris join Jennifer Lawrence in Darren Aronofky’s new film
Variety is reporting that Darren Aronofsky is filling out the cast of his next film, adding Domhnall Gleeson (Ex Machina), Brian Gleeson (Snow White and the Huntsman), Michelle Pfeiffer (The Family) and Ed Harris (Run All Night) to the cast of the as-yet-untitled drama. The film, which Aronofsky will direct from his own script, already […]
Riddick director David Twohy to helm Ice Moon Rising
David Twohy, the man behind the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, has signed on to write and direct the sci-fi Ice Moon Rising, Variety is reporting. The joint US-Chinese production “is set in space when a Chinese and American task force venture to Jupiter’s moon Europa to awaken an astronaut from a cryogenic stasis, some 24 […]
Eric McCormack to star in Netflix series Travelers from Stargate SG-1 co-creator
TV Line has revealed that Netflix and Canadian broadcaster Showcase have placed a 12-episode order for Travelers, a new time-travel sci-fi drama from Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright, which is set to be headlined by Eric McCormack of Will & Grace and Perception fame. “My old friend Brad Wright has created a fantastic, complex story […]
