The BBC is teaming up with Harry Potter producer David Heyman’s Heyday Television for a new miniseries adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s 1952 novella The Birds, famously adapted for the big screen by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963. According to Digital Spy, the TV adaptation will remain true to du Maurier’s novel and is set in […]
Samuel L. Jackson and Jessie T. Usher set for Son of Shaft
It looks like director Tim Story’s Shaft reboot won’t be a reboot after all, as Variety is reporting that Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to reprise his role as John Shaft II (nephew of the original John Shaft) from the 2000 movie, with Jessie T. Usher (Survivor’s Remorse, Independence Day: Resurgence) set to play […]
St. Vincent to direct female-led The Picture of Dorian Gray
According to Variety, Grammy Award-winning musician St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) has signed on to direct a female-led adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s 1890 novel The Picture of Dorian Gray for Lionsgate. The new adaptation of the classic tale will see Dorian Gray – a hedonist who remains eternally young while their self-portrait ages and grows […]
Chris Columbus says Gremlins 3 script is “twisted and dark”
Over the past few years there’s been a lot of talk about Gremlins 3, and now it seems the project may finally be moving forward as original screenwriter Chris Columbus has revealed to SlashFilm that he’s completed a screenplay for a third instalment in the comedy-horror series. “I’m really proud of the script,” said Columbus. […]
Game of Thrones season 8 to begin production in October
We still don’t know exactly when the final season of Game of Thrones will air – with HBO hinting that we may have to wait until 2019 – but we do now know when filming on season eight is set to get underway thanks to Jaime Lannister himself. During an interview with Collider, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau […]
Hear what the Porgs from Star Wars: The Last Jedi sound like
Earlier this month we got our first look at the Porgs – small, puffin-like creatures who live with Luke Skywalker on the planet of Ahch-To in Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Reaction to the new creatures was somewhat mixed – “they’re the new Ewoks!” – and now we have a video of a Porg toy […]
Geena Davis has spoken to Patty Jenkins about a role in Wonder Woman 2
With Patty Jenkins close to signing her bumper deal to return to the director’s chair for Wonder Woman 2, actress Geena Davis (Thelma & Louise, The Exorcist) has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that she’s already been lobbying the filmmaker to cast her in the DC sequel. “I met Patty Jenkins and I told her, ‘I’m […]
Alan Arkin joins Tim Burton’s live-action Dumbo
Oscar-winner Alan Arkin is set to reunite with his Edward Scissorhands director, having signed on to appear in the cast of Disney’s Tim Burton-directed Dumbo remake. Arkin will portray J Griffin Remington, a Wall Street tycoon. Arkin joins a cast that includes Colin Farrell (The Lobster), Michael Keaton (Beetlejuice), Danny DeVito (Batman Returns), Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s […]
The Conjuring Universe becomes third biggest horror franchise of all time as it passes $1 billion worldwide
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s horror franchise / cinematic universe based around The Conjuring has now passed $1 billion at the worldwide box office, thanks to the takings for this month’s spinoff prequel Annabelle: Creation. Domestically, Annabelle: Creation has grossed $53.5 million going into its second weekend, and a further $53.6 from international markets, […]
Frances O’Connor joins Hulu’s Locke & Key
Frances O’Connor (The Conjuring 2) has signed on for the lead role in Hulu’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez’s Locke & Key comic book from IDW Publishing. Locke & Key “revolves around three siblings who, after the gruesome murder of their father, move to their ancestral home in Maine with their […]
