Last week it was reported that Paramount Pictures had pulled the plug on its planned Terminator Genisys sequels, allowing the options on Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke to expire, and effectively ending Arnie’s involvement in the sci-fi action franchise. Well, according to Arnold himself, he’s still on board and expects to reprise his signature role […]
Joe Johnston says The Chronicles of Narnia: The Silver Chair will be his last film
Back in April of this year it was announced that Captain America: The First Avenger director Joe Johnston is set to revive the Chronicles of Narnia franchise with an adaptation of C.S. Lewis’ The Silver Chair. The filmmaker has been giving an update on the project at a convention in Paris, where he also revealed that it […]
TNT pulls the plug on M. Night Shyamalan’s Tales from the Crypt revival
Bad news for anyone who was looking forward to the return of Tales from the Crypt, as TNT president Kevin Reilly has announced that the network has abandoned its plans for a revival of the horror anthology series. “That one got really caught up in a complete legal mess unfortunately with a very complicated underlying rights structure,” […]
Kevin Smith begins production on horror anthology KillRoy Was Here
Way back in January 2014, Kevin Smith announced a Christmas-themed horror anthology entitled Comes the Krampus, which was subsequently retitled Anti-Claus before being shelved due to Michael Dougherty’s own Krampus movie. Well, it seems Smith has decided to dust the project off, announcing that – after overhauling the script and changing the title once again KillRoy Was […]
George Lucas still offers Kathleen Kennedy Star Wars suggestions about the Jedi
Disney may have rejected his ideas for the Sequel Trilogy, but it seems that George Lucas still offers Lucasfilm’s Kathleen Kennedy the occasional piece of advice relating to the Star Wars saga. “Not really,” Kennedy told EW when asked whether Lucas still offers input into the films and the stories for upcoming films. “But he’ll […]
Smallville’s Tom Welling “willing” to guest star on The CW’s The Flash
Although Tom Welling is gearing up to make his return to the DC universe (kind of) with a guest role in the Vertigo adaptation Lucifer, the actor has kept his distance from superhero roles following his stint as Clark Kent in the Superman prequel series Smallville. Back in August, Welling suggested that he’d been approached […]
Netflix fires Kevin Spacey from House of Cards, will not release Gore
Having suspended production on the sixth and final season of House of Cards earlier this week in the wake of the sexual assault allegations aimed at Kevin Spacey, Netflix has now announced that it has fired the Oscar-winning actor from the acclaimed drama series, and has also shelved his Gore Vidal biopic Gore. “Netflix will […]
The Autopsy of Jane Doe director replaces Guillermo del Toro on Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Last January it was announced that Guillermo del Toro had signed on to develop and potentially direct an adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s book trilogy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark for CBS Films. Well, as is often the case with del Toro, the filmmaker has passed on directing, with Andre Ovredal (Trollhunters, The Autopsy […]
Disney’s The Jungle Book 2 will feature unused ideas from the original animated movie
Following the box office success of The Jungle Book, director Jon Favreau is currently hard at work on bringing another of Disney’s animated classics back to the big screen with a “live-action” remake of The Lion King, after which he’ll be returning to the world of Rudyard Kipling for The Jungle Book 2. Speaking to […]
Tom Hanks to play Captain Sully in Clint Eastwood’s Miracle on the Hudson movie
He’s played Captain Phillips, and now it looks like he’s going to play Captain Sully… According to Deadline, Tom Hanks has entered negotiations to star as Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood’s upcoming biopic of the veteran pilot who became an American hero in 2009 thanks to the ‘Miracle on the Hudson’, where he […]
