Lionsgate has tapped up and coming screenwriters Neil Widener and Gavin James to pen the script for Now You See Me 3, Deadline is reporting. The duo have recently signed on to write another sequel, San Andreas 2, having sold Battle of Alcatraz to Paramount. The third instalment of the Now You See Me franchise will […]
Mission: Impossible 6 to go up against Aquaman with July 2018 release date
Paramount Pictures has announced that Mission: Impossible 6 is set to go head-to-head with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Aquaman, with the studio setting a July 28th 2017 release date for the latest instalment of the Tom Cruise spy series. Mission: Impossible 6 will see Cruise once again reprising the role of Ethan Hunt, while […]
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg producing superhero and Illuminati comedy pilots
After scoring a success with Preacher, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are continuing their expansion into TV, with Deadline reporting that the duo have set up two new single-camera comedy pilots through Sony Pictures TV. According to the site, Fox has snapped up a superhero sidekick project from writer Mike Rosolio (Lemmings), which “centers on […]
Cedric Nicolas-Troyan to direct graphic novel adaptation Naja
The Huntsman: Winter’s War director Cedric Nicolas-Troyan is set to helm an adaptation of Jean-David Morvan and Bengal’s acclaimed graphic novel Naja for Thunder Road Pictures, Entertainment 360 and Nickel City Productions. Scripted by J.P. Davis (The Neighbor), Naja “centers on a beautiful assassin, who is all the more deadly because she is unable to register […]
Ezra Miller on the relationship between Barry Allen and Bruce Wayne in Justice League, and the director situation on The Flash
Ezra Miller is currently out an about on the promotional campaign for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, but naturally a big topic of conversation has been the DC Extended Universe. Speaking to IGN, Miller has discussed the relationship between his character Barry Allen (a.k.a. The Flash) and Ben Affleck’s Batman in next year’s […]
Marvel announces Monsters Unleashed tie-ins for Doctor Strange, Champions, Uncanny Inhumans and All-New X-Men
Marvel has already announced Spider-Man/Deadpool and Avengers tie-ins for its upcoming event Monsters Unleashed, and now the publisher has unveiled four more titles in Doctor Strange #1.MU from Chip Zdarsky and Julian Lopez, Champions #1.MU from Jeremy Whitley, Ro Stein and Ted Brandt, Uncanny Inhumans #1.MU from Paul Allor and Brian Level and All-New X-Men […]
Toni Erdmann leads 2016 European Film Awards nominations
The European Film Academy has this week announced the nominations for the 2016 European Film Awards, with director Maren Ade’s Toni Erdmann leading the field with five nods for Best European Film, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Screenwriter. Ken Loach’s Palme d’Or winner I, Daniel Blake will also contest the top award, […]
James Strong to direct J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Middle Earth
Deadline is reporting that James Strong (Broadchurch, Downton Abbey) has signed on to direct the J.R.R. Tolkien biopic Middle Earth, which will explore the tumultuous events that inspired the classic fantasy novels The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Middle Earth has been scripted by Angus Fletcher and “follows Tolkien’s early life and love […]
Casting underway for the role of Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2
Despite it taking place some 70 years before the Harry Potter series, there’s been plenty of speculation as to whether Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling’s now five film franchise Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them could feature appearances from some familiar faces from the Wizarding World. Well, we now have official confirmation on that […]
Dan Stevens to play Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas
Fresh from signing on to Gareth Evans’ new film Apostle, Dan Stevens has added another project to his upcoming slate, with the British actor set to play Charles Dickens in The Man Who Invented Christmas. The project will explore how Dickens set out to write A Christmas Carol, and will see Stevens joined in the […]