While there’s plenty of excitement for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the release will be certainly bittersweet, given that it will mark the final time we get to see Carrie Fisher in the role of Leia Organa, the actress having sadly passed away this past December. During an interview with Entertainment Weekly, writer-director Rian Johnson […]
Lionsgate keen on more Twilight and The Hunger Games movies
Lionsgate scored a couple of big successes with its YA franchises Twilight and The Hunger Games, and although it completed its adaptations of both book series (even managing to get split the finales into two films apiece), it seems the studio is keen on resurrecting both properties. “There are a lot more stories to be […]
Amazon and Apple enter race for James Bond rights, keen on spinoffs and TV shows
Bond 25 may have found its 007, with Daniel Craig confirmed as reprising the role for his fifth and final outing, but the next instalment still needs to find a director, not to mention a new distributor after Eon and MGM’s deal with Sony expired with the release of Spectre. Over the past few months, […]
Daniel Craig rumoured to have signed on for two more Bond movies
Following the news that Bond 25 is set to hit cinemas in November 2019, there’s been a lot of speculation suggesting that Daniel Craig has already finalised his deal to return as 007, although for some reason Eon is keeping his involvement under wraps for the time being. Well, according to The Sun – so […]
Ericson Core to direct Damien Chazelle thriller The Claim
Ericson Core, director of the Point Break remake, has signed on to helm The Claim, a thriller scripted by Oscar winner Damien Chazelle, which is being produced by Scott Clayton of Oceanside Media and Russell Levine of Route One Entertainment. “Ericson has an inimitable level of skill behind the camera as a director and cinematographer. […]
First image of Mark Strong in Deep State, supporting cast revealed
Back in March it was announced that Mark Strong is set to lead the upcoming Fox spy series Deep State, and now we have the first official look at the actor as Max Easton, who Deadline describes as “an ex-spy brought back into the game to avenge the death of his son, only to find himself […]
The Dark Tower tops the U.S. box office with $19.5 million
Despite a wave of negative reviews, Columbia Pictures and MRC’s The Dark Tower has opened in first place at the North American box office this weekend, with the film grossing $19.5 million across the Friday to Sunday period. Internationally, the $60 million-budgeted fantasy grossed a further $8 million from 19 countries, meaning it has recouped […]
Adam West’s final Batman outing Batman vs. Two-Face gets a release date
Adam West may have passed away back in June, but we do still have out final outing of his Caped Crusader to look forward to in Warner Bros.’ animated feature Batman vs. Two-Face, and thanks to Best Buy we now know that the movie is set for release on Blu-ray on Tuesday, October 17th. Expect […]
Dev Patel and Ben Stiller set for Chippendales murder movie
It looks like the long-gestating Chippendales murder movie is finally moving forward, with Deadline reporting that Bold Films has agreed to finance the picture, which has Dev Patel and Ben Stiller in talks to star. Patel will play Steve Banerjee, a Bombay-born immigrant who turned an LA dive bar into a multimillion-dollar cultural zeitgeist sensation, while […]
Jon Watts in talks to direct Spider-Man: Homecoming sequel
This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given the critical and commercial success of Spider-Man: Homecoming, but THR is reporting that Jon Watts is now officially in talks with Marvel and Sony to return to the director’s chair for the as-yet-untitled sequel. The Homecoming sequel is already earmarked for release on July […]
