After failing to get his Alien sequel off the ground, District 9 director Neill Blomkamp has since turned his attention to another sci-fi classic in RoboCop, with the filmmaker currently in development on the sequel RoboCop Returns. Back in August, Blomkamp suggested that he was looking to lure RoboCop and RoboCop II star Peter Weller […]
R.I.P. Nicolas Roeg (1928 – 2018)
British filmmaker Nicolas Roeg, director of the BAFTA-nominated horror classic Don’t Look Now, has passed away aged 90, his family has revealed. Born in London in 1928, Roeg began his career in the film industry as a clapper board operator before working in the camera department on a number of films, including Far From the […]
Daniel Radcliffe explains why he’ll never watch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
It’s fast closing in on a decade since Daniel Radcliffe last took on the role of the Boy Who Lived in 2011’s Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2, but J.K. Rowling’s Wizarding World is still going strong with Warner Bros.’ recently releasing the second instalment of the Fantastic Beasts spinoff series, and […]
Jay Chou and Zoe Zhang join Vin Diesel in xXx 4
Back in April it was announced that Chinese-based The H Collective and Vin Diesel’s One Race Films have acquired the rights to the xXx franchise and will reunite Diesel with xXx: Return of Xander Cage director D.J. Caruso for a fourth instalment in the action series. With filming slated to get underway in 2019, we […]
The Great Gatsby reimagining Gatz in development for TV
Former Warner Bros. chief Greg Silverman’s Stampede is teaming with YouTube Premium for Gatz, a TV reimagining of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Deadline reports that the series is a retelling of the novel, which is based on the academic theory that Fitzgerald wrote Jay Gatsby as a mixed race man. It will explore […]
Roald Dahl’s Tales of the Unexpected is getting a reboot
Having brought John le Carre’s The Night Manager and The Little Drummer Girl to the small screen, The Ink Factory is now turning its attention to Roald Dahl for an adaptation of Tales of the Unexpected. According to Deadline, The Ink Factory’s Simon and Stephen Cornwell are working closely with the Roald Dahl Story Company […]
Northern Exposure revival in the works with Rob Morrow returning
CBS is in development on a revival of the Emmy Award-winning 90s comedy-drama series Northern Exposure, with show creators Joshua Brand and John Falsey attached and Rob Morrow on board to reprise his role as Dr. Joel Fleischman. According to THR, the series would serve as a continuation of the original show, with Joel returning […]
Woody Woodpecker returns with new animated series, watch the trailer here
In 2017, Universal launched a number of YouTube channels dedicated to the beloved cartoon character Woody Woodpecker featuring content from the classic original cartoons and its 1999 revival The New Woody Woodpecker Show, and now comes word that a brand new series is set to arrive this December. The new cartoons – the first in […]
Keanu Reeves has a role in Toy Story 4, reveals Tim Allen
Disney-Pixar kicked off the promotion for next year’s Toy Story 4 this month with the release of two teaser trailers [watch them here and here] and a selection of character posters [see here and here], and now comes word of a new addition to the cast of the animated sequel. Appearing on The Tonight Show […]
Star Wars Battlefront II adding Obi-Wan Kenobi and Geonosis
The next DLC update for Star Wars Battlefront II is set to arrive this coming week and will introduce the venerable Jedi Master Obi-Wan Kenobi as he appears in Star Wars: Episode III – Revenge of the Sith (and voiced by Star Wars: The Clone Wars’ James Arnold Taylor), as well the Geonosis map, STAP […]
