Image Comics has announced that writer and artist Daniel Warren Johnson (Space Mullet) is joining forces with colorist Mike Spice and letterer Rus Wooton for Extremity, a post-apocalyptic tale of revenge, family and true strength. “EXTREMITY is a comic that I’ve been working out for over three years,” said Johnson. “It’s had many different variations […]
Fox gives pilot order to post-apocalyptic vampire drama The Passage
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Fox has given a pilot order for a TV adaptation of Justin Cronin’s post-apocalyptic vampire novel The Passage, which has Ridley Scott (Prometheus) and Matt Reeves (Cloverfield) executive producing and Elizabeth Heldens (Deception) penning the script. The official logline reads: “The Passage begins as a character-driven government conspiracy thriller and […]
Robert Downey Jr. says Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year
It’s been five years since the second outing, but out and about on the press tour for Captain America: Civil War, Robert Downey Jr. has revealed that Sherlock Holmes 3 could shoot this year. “I know Guy Ritchie loves me as much as I love him – and he damn well should,” Downey tells Shortlist. “When […]
Marvel updates titles for Avengers: Infinity War
Back in May the Russo brothers revealed that they planned to change the titles of Avengers: Infinity War – Part I and Part II, stating that it’s “misleading” as “the two movies are two very different movies”. Well, that’s been made official now, as Marvel has announced that the first film will be using the […]
Avengers: Infinity War screenwriters talk Thanos and character count
Having tackled the Captain America trilogy, screenwriters Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely are now turning their attention to Earth’s Mightiest Heroes for Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War, and the duo have been speaking about the two-part superhero epic during an interview with The Huffington Post whilst out on the press tour for Captain America: Civil War. […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger: “I would love to do another Predator”
With the Terminator franchise terminated and Triplets and The Legend of Conan / Conan the Conqueror seemingly stuck in development hell, it looks like Arnold Schwarzenegger is becoming increasingly keen to return to another of his former glories. Back in March, Arnold suggested that he’d be meeting with Shane Black about a role in The […]
Warner Bros. enlists Alfonso Cuaron to help with Andy Serkis’ Jungle Book movie
Faced with the critical and commercial success of Disney and director Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book, Warner Bros. has now enlisted some Oscar-winning assistance for its own take on the Rudyard Kipling classic. According to Deadline, the studio has brought in Gravity helmer Alfonso Cuaron to offer notes on the movie, and to see if […]
Jóhann Jóhannsson to score Blade Runner sequel
Iceland Monitor is reporting that Academy Award-winning composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (The Theory of Everything) is set to score the upcoming Blade Runner sequel, having previously collaborated with director Denis Villeneuve on Prisoners, Sicario and the upcoming Arrival. The as-yet-untitled follow-up to Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic is based upon a script by original scribe Hampton Fancher […]
R.I.P. Guy Hamilton (1922 – 2016)
British filmmaker Guy Hamilton – best known for directing the Bond movies Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, Live and Let Die and The Man with the Golden Gun, has passed away, aged 93. Beginning his career as an assistant director to Carol Reed on The Fallen Idol, The Third Man and Outcast of the Islands, Hamilton made […]
Nina Dobrev in talks for Flatliners remake
Deadline is reporting that Nina Dobrev (The Vampire Diaries) is in talks to join Sony’s upcoming reboot of the 1990 psychological thriller Flatliners. The film, which is being directed by Niels Arden Oplev (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), has already cast Ellen Page (X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Diego Luna (Rogue One: A […]
