Before she links up with the rest of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for what we expect to be a key role in Avengers 4, Marvel is set to introduce Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers through her very own, 90s-set solo film this coming March.And, speaking to Variety, Marvel Studios boss Kevin Feige promising that we can expect […]
Exclusive: Watch an explosive clip from WWII film Alone We Fight
Next week sees the release of writer-director Justin Lee’s World War II action film Alone We Fight, which tells the true story of Hürtgen Forest, the longest battle fought by American soldiers during WWII. Check out an exclusive clip from the film here…SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for Alone We Fighthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rG24JIIWj4wFacing mounting odds, a small, but determined, […]
Richard Linklater to write and direct Bill Hicks biopic
Acclaimed filmmaker Richard Linklater (Dazed and Confused, Boyhood) has signed on to write and direct an as-yet-untitled biopic about the controversial comedian Bill Hicks for Focus Features, Collider has revealed.Texan comedian Hicks is widely regarded as one of the best American stand-up comics of all time, despite his career being cut short when he passed […]
Roberto Benigni to star as Geppetto in live-action Pinocchio
Less than a week after the announcement that Guillermo del Toro’s stop-motion animated passion project Pinocchio is moving forward at Netflix, we now have word that another adaptation of the Carlo Collodi fairy tale is moving forward, this time in live-action.Deadline reports that writer-director Matteo Garrone (Gomorrah, Dogman) has cast Oscar-winner Roberto Benigni (Life Is […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle sequel to start production in January
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle enjoyed an enormously successful box office run across the last holiday season and into this year, going toe-to-toe with Star Wars: The Last Jedi on its way to $962 million in global box office receipts.With those figures making it Sony’s second-biggest release of all time behind Skyfall ($1.1 billion), it […]
The Purge franchise will end with a fifth movie
It looks like the end is in sight for The Purge franchise… until the inevitable reboot, anyway.Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, The Purge creator James DeMonaco has revealed that he has one more film in mind which will serve as a conclusion to the popular horror-thriller series.“I have it in my head,” said DeMonaco. “I think […]
Boom! and Cartoon Network announce Ben 10: For Science! graphic novel
Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max are set to return next summer with Boom! Studios and Cartoon Network announcing the upcoming release of the all-new original graphic novel Ben 10: For Science! from the creative team of writer CB Lee and artist Mattia Di Meo.Ben 10 tells the story of fun loving, 10-year-old, Ben Tennyson, his cousin […]
Short Term 12 director to adapt graphic novel The Sculptor
Short Term 12 and The Glass Castle director Destin Daniel Cretton is teaming up with Michael Mitnick (The Giver) and Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps to adapt Scott McCloud’s acclaimed graphic novel The Sculptor.THR reports that the story follows David Smith, a struggling New York artist “who makes a deal with Death for the supernatural abilities […]
Thora Birch to star in Lucky McKee’s Kindred Spirits
Deadline is reporting that Thora Birch (Hocus Pocus, American Beauty) has signed on to star in Kindred Spirits, an independent thriller from genre filmmaker Lucky McKee (The Woman, All Cheerleaders Die).Kindred Spirits will see Birch portraying Chloe, “a single mother in a relationship with Alex (Macon Blair). Chloe’s life is turned upside down when her […]
Toni Servillo to play Geppetto in Matteo Garrone’s Pinocchio
Deadline is reporting that Italian actor Toni Servillo (The Great Beauty) is set to reunite with his Gomorrah director Matteo Garrone on a new live-action version of Pinocchio.Servillo is set to play Geppetto in the film, which is said to be taking an “artisanal approach, blending prosthetics, special makeup and CGI.”“Pinocchio is a dream of […]
