Having made her debut in 2011’s Captain America: The First Avenger, Hayley Atwell has gone on to reprise the role of Peggy Carter on numerous occasions, appearing in Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., the Agent Carter TV series, and even the Avengers: Secret Wars animated series. Despite […]
Rogue One screenwriter developing The Last Starfighter reboot
The Book of Eli and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story screenwriter Gary Whitta has taken to social media to reveal his next project, a reboot of the 80s cult sci-fi The Last Starfighter! Whitta is currently working on the script with co-writer Jonathan Betuel, and has shared some early concept art from illustrator Matt […]
New image from The Meg shows off the sheer size of the prehistoric shark
With a first trailer for The Meg set to arrive any time soon, Entertainment Weekly has unveiled a new image from the Jason Statham-headlined thriller, which features a group of swimmers blissfully unaware that beneath them is a giant, 75-foot prehistoric Megalodon shark! The Meg is based upon Steve Alten’s book Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror and […]
Steven Spielberg pipped James Cameron to the Jurassic Park movie rights
During an interview with The Huffington Post, James Cameron has revealed that he attempted to acquire the movie rights to Michael Crichton’s 1990 novel Jurassic Park, but ultimately lost out to Steven Spielberg by a matter of hours. Cameron went on to reveal that, in hindsight, Spielberg was a better fit for the material, and […]
Guillermo del Toro teams with Fox Searchlight for new sci-fi/fantasy/horror label
Fresh from their Oscar-winning success with The Shape of Water, filmmaker Guillermo del Toro has signed a deal with Fox Searchlight to launch a new genre label focussing on sci-fi, fantasy and horror movies. “Fox Searchlight is also creating a new, soon to be named, label which will serve as a home for projects in […]
Danny Trejo reprising Devil’s Rejects role in Rob Zombie’s 3 From Hell
Last month it was announced that Rob Zombie has kicked off production on 3 From Hell, the sequel to House of 1000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, and now we have word that Danny Trejo has joined the cast, reprising his Devil’s Rejects role as Rondo. https://instagram.com/p/BhG3D1HFhZa/?utm_source=ig_embed Details on 3 From Hell are being kept under wraps, but the […]
Hidden Figures TV series in development
Nat Geo is in development on a TV series inspired by 2016’s Hidden Figures, which told the story of the African-American women at NASA who were instrumental in the early days of the U.S. space program. The series is in the earliest stages of development, and has Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping of Chernin Entertainment […]
Dark Nights: Metal and The Walking Dead top bestselling comics and graphic novels of March 2018
Diamond Comic Distributors has released details of its sales figures for March 2018, with DC Comics’ Dark Nights: Metal finale topping the comic book chart and Image Comics’ The Walking Dead Vol. 29 leading the way in terms of graphic novels. Marvel was still the month’s top publisher however, with a 35.92% dollar share and […]
Modern TV retelling of Les Miserables is being pitched at Cannes
Variety is reporting that Paris-based Elephant is pitching a modernized TV series retelling of Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables at the Cannes Film Festival, where it is hoping to secure co-producers and potential broadcasters. The series, which has a bible completed with an episode-by-episode story arc, has been created and written by Marc Herpoux, […]
Watch an exclusive clip from documentary Use Your Delusion
Coinciding with its premiere at the American Documentary Film Festival, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Jamie Vega Wheeler and Justin Carlton’s documentary Use Your Delusion, which follows Ryan Kattner, the former front man from the experimental rock band “Man Man”, as he embarks on his first ever opening act tour under the new solo […]
