UPDATE: Official tracking numbers are now in, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix said to be looking at a domestic opening weekend of $50 million – a series low for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Original story follows… 20th Century Fox pulls the curtain down on its near-20 year long X-Men franchise this June with the release […]
Emma Thompson in talks to join Emma Stone in Disney’s Cruella
THR is reporting that Oscar-winner Emma Thompson is in talks with Disney to join Cruella, the studio’s Maleficent-style live-action origin story for 101 Dalmatians villain Cruella de Vil. Cruella is being directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) from a script by Tony McNamara (The Favourite) and will see Emma Stone (La La Land) starring in […]
Stanley Kubrick’s God Fearing Man unused script in development as TV miniseries
Newly established European production company Media Musketeers has announced that it is teaming with UK producer ForLanFilms to produce a TV miniseries based upon the unused screenplay God Fearing Man from legendary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick. Variety reports that the project is based upon Herbert Emerson Wilson’s book and tells “the true story of a Canadian […]
Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie to be directed by Lonely Island’s Akiva Schaffer
Lonely Island member and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping co-director Akiva Schaffer has signed on to helm Disney’s Chip ‘n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers movie, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The live-action/CG-animated hybrid film will reimagine the classic 1989 animated series Chip ‘n Dale Rescue Rangers, which saw the long-running Disney characters starting their own detective […]
DC announces Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul miniseries from Neal Adams
As part of its Year of the Villain celebrations, DC Comics has announced the six issue miniseries Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul, which will be written and drawn by legendary artist and Ra’s al Ghul co-creator Neal Adams. Batman vs. Ra’s al Ghul shows a Gotham City under siege by terrorists, with Batman determined to […]
James Wan and Lindsey Beer to adapt Mark Millar’s The Magic Order for Netflix
Aquaman director James Wan and screenwriter Lindsey Beer (Sierra Burgess Is a Loser) are teaming for an adaptation of the Mark Millar comic book series The Magic Order. The comic, which Millar’s first publication following Netflix’s acquisition of his Millarworld company, is described as a “multigenerational story follows five families of magicians who are sworn […]
Avengers: Endgame’s opening scene was originally part of Avengers: Infinity War
Jeremy Renner fans were left a little disappointed last year when Clint Barton rather surprisingly sat out the events of Avengers: Infinity War, the Russo brothers opting to keep Hawkeye back for this year’s follow-up Avengers: Endgame rather than trying to force him in to an already stacked cast. As it happens however, Hawkeye did almost […]
Mel Gibson wants Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx and Peter Dinklage for The Wild Bunch
Last year it was announced that Mel Gibson set to get back behind the camera to direct a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s classic 1969 western The Wild Bunch, and now it seems we may have our first casting news. As reported by Deadline, Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix), Jamie Foxx (Robin Hood) and Peter Dinklage […]
Sharon Stone and Marilyn Manson join Jude Law and John Malkovich in The New Pope
HBO has announced that Sharon Stone and Marilyn Manson have joined fellow new addition John Malkovich and returning star Jude Law in The New Pope, director Paolo Sorrentino’s upcoming follow-up to his acclaimed miniseries The Young Pope. Here’s the official first-look images courtesy of the cable network… As with the plot of The New Pope, […]
Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez join female-fronted spy thriller 355
The upcoming female-led ensemble spy thriller 355 has added a couple of male cast members, with Variety reporting that Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Endgame) and Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) have been cast in the film. Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is directing 355 from a script by Theresa Rebeck (Smash), […]
