If Ridley Scott’s Exodus: Gods and Kings didn’t satisfy your appetite for seeing the story of Moses on the big screen, then you may be in luck as The Tracking Board is reporting that Paramount Pictures is developing a remake of 1956’s The Ten Commandments. The site reports that, unsurprisingly, the new film will “center […]
Warner Bros. TV adapting The Arcana Chronicles
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. TV has snapped up the rights to The Arcana Chronicles series of YA novels and has tapped writer Seamus Kevin Fahey (Battlestar Galactica, The Following) to adapt the first book, Poison Princess, for a TV series. Written by Kresley Cole, Poison Princess “is a dystopian tale about a young woman […]
Rebecca Ferguson in talks to join Michael Fassbender in The Snowman
Variety is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to join Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) in Working Title’s upcoming adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel The Snowman. The Snowman is being directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), with Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) attached as executive producer alongside […]
Powers Boothe joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
It looks like Powers Boothe is set to return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the official Marvel site announcing that the actor is set for a recurring role in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Gideon Malick, “a notorious man whose loyalties remain a mystery.” SEE ALSO: Meet Werner Von Strucker in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. featurette […]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens background characters to be explored in new ebooks
As Disney and Lucasfilm continue on the Journey to Star Wars: The Force Awakens, it looks like we’ll be getting some insight into some of the minor characters from December’s hotly-anticipated film. Per Entertainment Weekly, the female character to the right of the above image, Bazine, will be explored in Delilah S. Dawson’s eShort Star Wars: […]
DC announces The Legend of Wonder Woman digital series
Ahead of her big screen debut in next year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, DC Entertainment is set to revisit the origins of the Amazon Princess with a new nine-issue digital comic book series The Legend of Wonder Woman. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the new series from Renae De Liz (Womanthology) “will focus […]
Movie Review – The Program (2015)
The Program, 2015. Directed by Stephen Frears. Starring Ben Foster, Chris O’Dowd, Guillaume Canet, Jesse Plemons, Lee Pace, Denis Menochet and Dustin Hoffman. SYNOPSIS: An Irish sports journalist becomes convinced that Lance Armstrong’s performances during the Tour de France victories are fueled by banned substances. With this conviction, he starts hunting for evidence that will […]
Fox denies rumour that Fantastic Four rights are back at Marvel, still planning sequel
Earlier today it was reported by Den of Geek that the rights to Fantastic Four had reverted to Marvel Studios, following yesterday’s news that Marvel has granted Fox permission to bring the X-Men to the small screen with two new TV series. Well, it looks like Den of Geek’s source was playing the guessing game, […]
FX bringing Y: The Last Man to the small screen
It looks like Brian K. Vaughan’s Y: The Last Man is finally heading to the screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that FX is teaming with Vaughan for a TV adaptation. Published by DC imprint Vertigo and launching in 2002, the ongoing series ran for 60 issues through to 2008 and “revolves around Yorick Brown […]
Kathleen Kennedy says we’ll see a female Star Wars director at some point
When it comes to choosing directors for their new Star Wars movies, Disney and Lucasfilm have been pretty consistent, with J.J. Abrams (Star Wars: The Force Awakens), Rian Johnson (Star Wars: Episode VIII), Colin Trevorrow (Star Wars: Episode IX), Gareth Edwards (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Phil Lord and Chris Miller (Han Solo: A […]
