Deadline is reporting that Bradley Cooper and Todd Phillips are set to bring Joby Warrick’s Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction book Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS to the small screen, with The Hangover duo executive producing a limited series for HBO alongside writer Gregg Hurwitz (Orphan X) and director Tim Van Patten (Game of Thrones). Black […]
Joel Edgerton to join Jennifer Lawrence in spy thriller Red Sparrow
Joel Edgerton has entered talks with 20th Century Fox to join Jennifer Lawrence in the upcoming spy thriller Red Sparrow, which is being directed by Lawrence’s Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence. Red Sparrow will take place in modern-day Russia, with Lawrence playing Dominika Egorova, a state intelligence officer coerced into becoming a ‘Sparrow’, a trained […]
Rebel Wilson to star in remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
MGM is developing a remake of the 1988 Steve Martin / Michael Caine comedy Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, with Variety reporting that Rebel Wilson (Pitch Perfect, Grimsby) is attached to star. The site reports that the remake will present a modern day take on the material and follows “two female scam artists, one low rent and […]
Saw executive producer rebooting Pumpkinhead franchise
Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Saw executive producer Peter Block has snapped up the rights to the cult horror franchise Pumpkinhead with a view to relaunching the series with a 2017 reboot. Released in 1988, Pumpkinhead marked the directorial debut of special effects guru Stan Winston and starred Lance Henriksen as a man who summons […]
Kiefer Sutherland reveals that the Flatliners remake is actually a sequel
Earlier this month it was revealed that Keifer Sutherland has signed on to appear in the upcoming Flatliners remake, where he’d be playing a “seasoned doctor”. Well, it turns out the movie isn’t a remake after all, but rather a sequel, as Sutherland has revealed to Metro that he’s actually reprising his role from the […]
Chris Evans wanted for big screen adaptation of BBC series Jekyll
According to Deadline, Lionsgate is looking to cast Chris Evans in the lead role of Tom Jackman in a big screen adaptation of the BBC One series Jekyll, which is being produced by Ellen DeGeneres and Jeff Kleeman. The six-part Jekyll was written by Steven Moffat and aired on BBC One in 2007; described as […]
Hobo with a Shotgun director Jason Eisener set for comic book adaptation New York City Outlaws
According to Entertainment Weekly, Jason Eisener – director of 2011’s Hobo with a Shotgun – has signed on to helm an adaptation of Robert Huszar and Ken Landgraf’s underground comic book series New York City Outlaws. The film is being scripted by Bryan Conolly and Zack Carlson and follows “a group of vigilantes who join […]
Nick Jonas in talks to join Jumanji remake
Deadline is reporting that Nick Jonas (Scream Queens, Goat) is in final negotiations to join the cast of Sony Pictures’ Jumanji reboot, and is expected to close a deal should he be able to fit the schedule around his music commitments. The “reimagining” of the 1995 Robin Williams vehicle is being directed by Jake Kasdan […]
Jeph Loeb on why we haven’t seen any of Marvel’s TV superheroes on the big screen
Despite being three seasons into Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and the third of Netflix’s Defenders shows set to premiere in a couple of months, we’re yet to see any of Marvel’s TV characters making the jump to the big screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and it’s looking unlikely that Daredevil and company will be […]
Flash Gordon to get a rewrite from Thor scribe
Back in April it was announced that Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class, Kingsman: The Secret Service) had entered talks with 20th Century Fox to direct the studio’s reboot of Flash Gordon, and now screenwriter Mark Protosevich (Thor) has announced on his Facebook page that he’s set to rewrite the script. “I can’t wait to get started […]
