According to Deadline, Netflix is looking to reunite David Mackenzie, director of the Best Picture-nominated Hell or High Water, with his two stars Chris Pine and Ben Foster for Outlaw King, an epic period drama based around the Scottish king Robert the Bruce. The project has been written by Bash Doran (The Looming Tower) and […]
Luther creator penning supernatural thriller Inside
Neil Cross, creator of the BBC crime drama Luther, has signed on to pen the supernatural thriller Inside for 20th Century Fox, Variety has revealed.The site reports that Inside is described as “The Shawshank Redemption with a supernatural element” and is “set within a modern-day secure facility that’s home to mythological creatures along with a […]
Cars 3 writers set for A Tale of Momentum and Inertia
Fresh from Disney-Pixar’s Cars 3, screenwriters Eyal Podell and Jonathon E. Stewart are set to pen the script for A Tale of Momentum and Inertia, a feature adaptation of the House Special (formerly LAIKA/house) animated short, which is in development at Fox Animation Studios.A Tale of Momentum and Inertia follows “a rock giant who accidentally unleashes […]
Eliza Dushku to star in fantasy series The Black Company
Deadline is reporting that Eliza Dushku has signed on to star in The Black Company, an adaptation of Glen Cook’s epic action fantasy book series, which is being developed by IM Global. Dushku’s Boston Diva Productions will also produce alongside David S. Goyer’s Phantom Four. The ten book series “follows the exploits of the Black […]
Michael Mann developing Hue 1968 as a TV series
Filmmaker Michael Mann and producer Michael De Luca are teaming up to adapt Mark Bowden’s upcoming book Hue 1968 – which details the Tet Offensive, a turning point of American involvement in the Vietnam War – as an eight-to-ten hour miniseries. Hue was the centerpiece of Hanoi’s 1968 Tet Offensive in which Hanoi sought to […]
Taissa Farmiga set for lead role in The Conjuring 2 spinoff The Nun
It looks like New Line Cinema is keeping it in the family with regards to its Conjuring 2 spinoff The Nun, with Deadline revealing that Taissa Farmiga – younger sister of The Conjuring’s Vera Farmiga – has been cast in the lead role. Corin Hardy (The Hallow) is directing the film, which will see Farmiga […]
Christian Bale has no interest in working with Marvel or playing another superhero
After hanging up the cape and cowl back in 2012 following the release of The Dark Knight Rises, there were rumours that Warner Bros. was trying to tempt Christian Bale back for another outing as Batman in Justice League. As we now know, that turned out to be false, and if you were holding out […]
Dave Filoni discusses Rogue One’s influence on Star Wars Rebels season 4
As the fourth and final season of Star Wars Rebels brings the timeline closer to that of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and the original Star Wars, creator Dave Filoni has been chatting to IGN about how December’s blockbuster Anthology movie will influence the fourth and final season of the Disney XD animated series.“Now that Rogue […]
Matt Reeves and Andy Serkis on Caesar’s journey in War for the Planet of the Apes
As part of its summer blockbuster preview, Entertainment Weekly caught up with War for the Planet of the Apes director Matt Reeves and star Andy Serkis to discuss the film, which picks up two years after Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and sees Caesar leading his apes into a brutal conflict with the […]
Three more join the cast of Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines
THR is reporting that Colin Salmon (Limitless), Patrick Malahide (Game of Thrones) and Rege-Jean Page (Roots) have joined the cast of the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines adaptation. The adaptation of Philip Reeve’s award-winning book series is being directed by frequent Jackson collaborator Christian Rivers and is set thousands of years in the future in a […]
