According to Deadline, Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions has acquired the rights to the New York Magazine article Worst Roommate Ever, and is developing simultaneous film and TV adaptations. Worst Roommate Ever details the story of Alex Miller, a woman who let out a room in her apartment to Jed Creek, who was actually Jamison Bachman, […]
The Angry Birds Movie 2 sets its voice cast
Having set a 2019 release date to coincide with the tenth anniversary of the hugely popular mobile game series, Sony Pictures and Rovio Entertainment have now unveiled the voice cast for The Angry Birds Movie 2, the sequel to the hit 2016 animated comedy. Reprising their roles from the first movie are Jason Sudeikis (Red), […]
Amazon and Skybound developing East of West and Transhuman TV adaptations
Deadline is reporting that Amazon Studios has added two comic book adaptations to its upcoming TV slate, teaming up with Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment to develop Jonathan Hickman’s East of West and Transhuman as hourlong drama series. East of West takes place in a reimagined Western landscape where America is divided into seven nation, and […]
Lorne Balfe to compose the score for Mission: Impossible – Fallout
Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie has revealed on Twitter that the Emmy-nominated Lorne Balfe will be composing the score for this summer’s sixth instalment in the blockbuster spy series. Balfe’s credits include Terminator: Genisys, 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, The LEGO Batman Movie, Ghost in the Shell, Geostorm, The Florida Project and […]
How to Train Your Dragon 3 gets an official title, will end the series
Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation are set to unleash the third movie in the How to Train Your Dragon series next March, and the studios have announced that the threequel is going by the title How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and will serve as the end of the film series. Dean DeBlois […]
Taika Waititi offers a few words on his plans for Akira
Although he’s currently in pre-production on his next film Jojo Rabbit – where he’ll portray an imaginary Hitler – director Taika Waititi also remains in development on the long-gestating live-action Akira movie. Waititi has previously said that he’s keen to adapt the original manga rather than the iconic anime film, and the Thor: Ragnarok helmer has […]
Steven Spielberg becomes first director to gross $10 billion at the worldwide box office
With his latest film Ready Player One hitting $500 million worldwide, Steven Spielberg has become the first director in history whose movies have crossed the $10 billion mark at the global box office. Spielberg has reached the total with 32 movies across his career, giving him a solid lead over the nearest competition, Peter Jackson, […]
Regina Hall joins the Shaft sequel
Variety is reporting that Regina Hall (Girls Trip) has become the latest addition to the cast of the upcoming Shaft sequel / reboot, which is being directed by Tim Story (Ride Along). The new film will see both Richard Roundtree and Samuel L. Jackson reprising their roles as John Shaft and his nephew John Shaft […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Domhnall Gleeson on General Hux’s rivalry with Kylo Ren
Having released images of Andy Serkis’ Supreme Leader Snoke and Benicio Del Toro’s DJ over the past few days, Empire has now turned its attention to Domnhall Gleeson’s returning General Hux with its latest exclusive character image from this month’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Check it out here, along with comments from Gleeson on Hux’s […]
The Big Sick helmer to direct Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer in Christmas-themed comedy
Back in January it was announced that The Help co-stars Jessica Chastain and Octavia Spencer are to reunite on a new Christmas-themed comedy, and now comes word from Variety that Michael Showalter (The Big Sick) has signed on to direct the project as his next movie. Based on a treatment from Chastain and Kelly Carmichael, […]
