Ben Affleck appeared as a guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night, bringing with him a clip from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice featuring a rooftop fight between The Dark Knight and the Man of Steel; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice video offers close-up shots of Wonder […]
Full list of winners from the 88th Academy Awards
After losing out on four previous occasions, Leonardo DiCapario finally bagged himself an Oscar at the Academy Awards last night, winning Best Actor for his role in The Revenant, which was also honoured with Best Director (Alejandro G. Iñárritu) and Best Cinematography, but lost out on Best Picture to Tom McCarthy’s Spotlight. DiCaprio was joined […]
J.K. Simmons joins Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day
Variety is reporting that Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) has signed on to appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day, a drama based upon the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Patriot’s Day reunites Wahlberg with Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg, and sees Wahlberg as ” a composite Boston Police Department officer who is central […]
The Witch helmer Robert Eggers to write and direct Rasputin miniseries
Robert Eggers, the filmmaker behind the acclaimed horror film The Witch, is set to bring the story of Rasputin to the small screen, signing on to write and direct a miniseries based upon the life of the Russian mystic. Deadline is reporting that the series will consist of six to eight episodes and “will cover […]
Sam Raimi to wage World War 3
Sam Raimi has signed on to direct World War 3, an adaptation of George Friedman’s 2009 non-fiction novel The Next 100 Years, which is being produced by Bill Block Media and Warner Bros. Pictures. Here’s the official synopsis for the book, via Coming Soon… In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR — […]
The Soska Sisters to remake David Cronenberg’s Rabid
Soska sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary, Dead Hooker in a Trunk) have signed on to direct a remake of David Lynch’s classic 1977 horror film Rabid, Variety has revealed. The original film starred Marilyn Chambers as a woman who undergoes a surgical operation after a motorcycle accident and develops a phallic stinger used […]
Jesse Eisenberg says Zombieland 2 “would be wonderful to do”
A few days ago it was reported that Zombieland 2 is still in development at Sony, although it would likely only go into production if director Ruben Fleischer and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick feel like they’ve got it “exactly right”. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly to promote the release of his new films Batman v […]
Xena reboot producer on recasting and updating the costumes
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 […]
