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 […]
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 […]