Back in July, rumours began circulating that NBC was developing a “modern reboot” of Xena: Warrior Princess, with the network subsequently confirming the news the following month, as well as bringing on Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Lost) as writer-producer in December. Now Grillo-Marxuach has now been speaking to io9 about the plans for the new series, why they’ve […]
Captain America: Civil War “twice as aggressive in tone and execution” as The Winter Soldier
During a question and answer session yesterday, Captain America: Civil War co-director Joe Russo briefly discussed the tone of the upcoming Phase Three-launching threequel compared to the Russos’ first Marvel outing, Captain America: The Winter Soldier. “We really did a radical reinterpretation of Captain America in Winter Soldier,” states Russo (via Cleveland.com). “We were twice as […]
J.J. Abrams talks 10 Cloverfield Lane, has an idea for a third movie
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot dropped a huge surprise back in January when it released a trailer for 10 Cloverfield Lane, a follow-up to the 2009 found footage monster movie. Speaking to Fandango, Abrams has been discussing the new film, where he stresses that it’s not a direct sequel to Cloverfield. “This movie is very purposefully […]
Alex Proyas thinks The Crow reboot is “kind of unnecessary”
Hollywood has been trying to get a remake of the 1994 cult classic The Crow off the ground for close to a decade now, with the project passing through the hands of directors Stephen Norrington (Blade), Juan Carlos Fresnadillo (28 Weeks Later) and F. Javier Gutierrez (Before the Fall) before falling to Corin Hardy (The Hallow). Production […]
Fox sets release dates for two new Marvel movies and Predator sequel, moves Gambit and Alien: Covenant
Following the success of Deadpool, 20th Century Fox looks to be laying out its plans for its future Marvel slate, with BoxOffice reporting that the studio has set dates for two as-yet-untitled superhero movies on October 6th 2017 and January 12th 2018. Furthermore, the X-Men spinoff movie Gambit has been removed from its original October […]
Razzie Awards: ‘Winners’ of the 2016 Golden Raspberry Awards announced
As is customary on the eve of the Oscars, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation “celebrated” the very worst in cinematic achievement over the past twelve months with the 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards. Worst Picture was a tie between Fantastic Four and Fifty Shades of Grey, with both films sharing the majority of the remaining […]
Full list of winners for the 31st Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, Film Independent hosted the 31st annual Spirit Awards yesterday in Los Angeles, with Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight the big winner, collecting Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Editing, along with the Robert Altman Award, which recognises a film’s director, casting director and ensemble cast. On the acting front, there […]
James Mangold to direct Disney’s Captain Nemo
Deadline is reporting that James Mangold (The Wolverine) has joined Disney’s long-gestating Captain Nemo, an origin story based upon Jules Verne’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Mangold replaces David Fincher, who was originally attached prior to directing Gone Girl. Mangold, who is busy prepping Wolverine 3 with Hugh Jackman, is not the only director circling […]
Disney hires screenwriters for It’s a Small World movie
It looks like The Walt Disney Company is planning on turning another of its theme park attractions into a movie, with Deadline reporting that Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio (License to Wed, Marmaduke) to pen a script for director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, Last Vegas). Disney has had mixed success with its previous attraction-to-movie […]
Ava DuVernay to direct A Wrinkle in Time for Disney
Having passed on the opportunity to direct Marvel’s Black Panther, Selma director Ava DuVernay has now found her next project. Entertainment Weekly revealing that the filmmaker is set to adapt Madeleine L’Engle’s 1963 time travel novel A Wrinkle in Time, working from a script by Jennifer Lee (Frozen). A Wrinkle in Time “follows the Murry […]