Before Tom Holland was announced as the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Spider-Man for Captain America: Civil War and the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming, fellow Brit Asa Butterfield was frequently mentioned as one of the front-runners for the role, with certain rumour sites even going as far as to claim on several occasions that he’d been cast [see […]
Warner Bros. and Toho teaming up for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure movie from Takashi Miike
Cult filmmaker Takashi Miike (Audition, Ichi the Killer) is set to bring Hirohiko Araki’s bestselling manga series Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure to the big screen, with Variety reporting that Warner Bros. and Toho are teaming up to produce the live-action adaptation.The site reports that the movie will be based on the fourth part of the manga […]
Rumour: Nightwatch could appear in Spider-Man: Homecoming
You may want to have your pinch of salt at the ready for this one, but according to Bleeding Cool, the Marvel superhero Nightwatch could be set for an appearance in next year’s Spider-Man: Homecoming.The site reports that Sony employees have been out and about picking up as many Nightwatch comics as they can in […]
Jon Favreau developing live-action The Lion King for Disney
After bringing The Jungle Book to the big screen earlier this year, Jon Favreau is set to team up with Disney once again for another live-action adaptation of the 1994 animated classic The Lion King.The official Walt Disney Company website states that the reimagining of the film is being put on the fast track to […]
The Strain renewed for a fourth and final season
FX has announced that it has renewed Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse’s The Strain for a fourth and final season, which will air next year.“It is a true joy to work at FX where creative intentions always comes first,” said showrunner Carlton Cuse. “Our original plan was for the series to last three years. […]
Takara Tomy teases new Zoids project
Japanese company Takara Tomy has teased the return of Zoids, launching a website which features the following teaser image, along with the caption, “A new Zoids project has started! Coming Soon”. Here’s the teaser image featuring a Shield Liger and a human soldier… The website itself no indication as to what’s being teased, be it a new […]
Will Forte and Jorma Taccone penning script for MacGruber sequel
It looks like the long-teased sequel to the 2010 action comedy MacGruber is taking a step closer to becoming a reality, with director Jorma Taccone taking to Twitter to reveal that he and star Will Forte have started working on the screenplay to the follow-up. https://twitter.com/jormataccone/status/780445877643214848 https://twitter.com/jormataccone/status/780449615854329856 MacGruber started its life as a Saturday Night Live […]
Video game Firewatch heading to the big screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Good Universe is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo to develop both feature film and video game content, beginning with a big screen adaptation of Campo Santo’s critically acclaimed first-person mystery Firewatch.“When we met Good Universe we were floored by how they recognize, cultivate and produce incredible […]
Viola Davis to star in Steve McQueen’s new film Widows
Viola Davis has signed on to appear in Widows, the next project from director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), which has been scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and is based upon the British TV series created by Lynda La Plante. Widows follows four women who team up to complete a robbery after […]
The Hunger Games’ Amandla Stenberg to headline YA adaptation Darkest Minds
The Hunger Games star Amandla Stenberg is set to headline the YA adaptation Darkest Minds, which is based upon Alexandra Bracken’s book trilogy and is being directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 3).Darkest Minds takes place in a post-apocalyptic world where a pandemic has killed most of American’s children, with some of the […]
