Last week it was revealed that Paramount TV is developing a series based upon Tom Clancy’s CIA analyst Jack Ryan, and now it has been announced that the streaming service Amazon has snapped up the project, giving it a full series order. Deadline is reporting that the series “is not a direct adaptation of the books […]
Live-action Fruit Ninja movie in development
The hugely popular mobile game Fruit Ninja is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Vinson Films is partnering up with developer Halfbrick Studios for a feature film adaptation. Although details are scarce, the movie will be a live-action family comedy, and is being penned by J.P. Lavin and Chad Damiani, who wrote […]
John Sayles to direct Franco Nero in Django Lives
Back in the summer of 2014 it was reported that Franco Nero would reprise the role of Django from the 1966 spaghetti western for Django Lives, and now the project has found itself a writer and director in Oscar-nominated filmmaker John Sayles (Passion Fish, Lone Star). Django Lives will mark Nero’s third outing as Django […]
R.I.P. Catherine E. Coulson (1943 – 2015)
Actress Catherine E. Coulson has passed away aged 71 after a battle with cancer. Coulson appeared in Lynch’s 1974 short The Amputee, and also served as an assistant on Eraserhead, during which the filmmaker envisioned the role of Log Lady, a character Coulson would portray in Twin Peaks and its film prequel Twin Peaks: Fire […]
Danny Boyle says Trainspotting 2 will shoot in the summer, won’t adapt Porno
It looks like the long-rumoured follow-up to Trainspotting is finally set to become a reality, with director Danny Boyle telling The Hollywood Reporter he plans to shoot Trainspotting 2 in the summer ahead of a release later in 2016. “[Jonny Lee Miller and Robert Carlyle] only get this little window off [from their TV commitments], […]
Secret Cinema audience for Star Wars: Episode V – The Empire Strikes Back tops 100,000
With Secret Cinema presents Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back drawing to a close yesterday, the event organiser has announced that over 100,000 people attended the landmark show, which spent an impressive eleven weeks in the UK box office top ten this summer. A ten-acre site, formerly an abandoned factory in Southwark, was transformed into […]
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar penning Mycroft Holmes comic for Titan
Titan Comics has announced that it is teaming up with NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar for a new comic book adventure entitled Mycroft Holmes and the Apocalypse Handbook, which follows the exploits of Sherlock Holmes’ older brother. An all-new adventure, The Apocalypse Handbook sees the diffident, brilliant Mycroft pulled into a globe-spanning adventure at the behest […]
Adult Swim announces new Rob Corddry comedy pilot The Hindenberg Explodes!
Adult Swim has announced that it is continuing its successful partnership with Rob Corddry, the creator behind the Emmy-winning series Childrens Hospital, with The Hindenburg Explodes!. On May 6, 1937, the infamous Hindenburg zeppelin made its final voyage from Nazi Germany to New Jersey, where it exploded over a landing field. The Hindenburg Explodes! follows […]
Sebastian Stan and Anthony Mackie on whether they’d like to take over as Captain America
Poor Steve Rogers. Ever since he joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there’s been speculation about when Captain America is going to shuffle of this mortal coil and pass on the shield to his successor. Naturally, this has intensified now that both The Winter Soldier and Falcon are part of the MCU and Chris Evans is […]
Garrett Hedlund thinks TRON 3 may not be “totally dead”
Back in May, it was revealed that Walt Disney Pictures has decided to pull the plug on the third TRON movie, despite the fact that director Joseph Kosinski and TRON: Legacy stars Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde were both on board to return. This left a lot of fans disappointed, but according to Hedlund, TRON […]
