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Meryl Streep teaming with J.J. Abrams for TV adaptation of The Nix

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According to Deadline, Hollywood heavyweights Meryl Streep and J.J. Abrams are teaming for a TV adaptation of Nathan Hill’s bestselling debut novel The Nix. The limited series is being produced by Bad Robot, with Abrams said to be in line to direct at least some of the episodes. Described as a sprawling generational tale, The […]

J.A. Bayona confirms Jurassic World trilogy

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With Jurassic World proving to be a mega-hit at the box office, grossing a whopping $1.67 billion worldwide, Universal Pictures wasted little time in announcing a sequel, set for release in 2018. However, with director Colin Trevorrow signing on for Star Wars: Episode XI, J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) is taking over the reins for the […]

Marvel bringing Iron Fist, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D, Legion and more to New York Comic-Con

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With New York Comic-Con set to take place between October 6th and October 9th, Marvel Television has announced its plans for the annual event, and will host several panels, including Iron Fist, Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Legion, and the animated shows Ultimate Spider-Man vs. The Sinister Six, Avengers: Ultron Revolution and Guardians of the Galaxy, […]

Gabriel Luna on portraying Ghost Rider in Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

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As he gears up to bring Ghost Rider into the Marvel Cinematic Universe this coming Tuesday with the premiere episode of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season four, Gabriel Luna has been chatting to CBR about taking on the role of the Spirit of Vengeance. “You know, the moment I found out, all they had to […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. showrunners on tying in with Doctor Strange

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With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. set to return to TV screens this coming week, showrunners Jed Whedon and Maurissa Tancharoen have been chatting to EW about the show’s upcoming tie-in with Marvel Studios’ next big screen release Doctor Strange. “Our ties are at times very direct and at times are more thematic,” said Whedon. “The tie this […]

R.I.P. Curtis Hanson (1945 – 2016)

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Osac-winning filmmaker Curtis Hanson has passed away aged 71, with the Los Angeles Police Department announcing that the L.A. Confidential director was found dead in his home on Tuesday. He had been battling Alzheimer’s, and died of natural causes. Hanson began his career in 1970, co-writing an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror, and […]

Mark Wahlberg working with David O. Russell and LeBron James on new projects

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Having collaborated on I Heart Huckabees, Three Kings and The Fighter, actor Mark Wahlberg and director David O. Russell are set to team up for a fourth time, with Wahlberg revealing on Facebook that they are currently working on a script for a biopic about Father Stuart Long, a boxer who found God and became […]

Warner Bros. and Toho teaming up for Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure movie from Takashi Miike

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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 […]

J.J. Abrams hopes to make a Portal movie announcement soon

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Back in 2013, J.J. Abrams’s Bad Robot Productions announced a partnership with video game developers Valve, revealing that they would be working on big screen adaptation of the hit games Half-Life and Portal. There was little news on either project until earlier this year when Abrams confirmed that both were still in development, and now […]

Read Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar prequel comic Absolute Zero

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Thanks to Wired, a seven-page prequel comic to Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar has arrived online for our reading pleasure. Entitled ‘Absolute Zero’, the the “lost chapter” has been written by Nolan with art from Sean Gordon Murphy and explore’s Dr. Mann’s earlier Lazarus mission to find a hospitable planet for humanity… Read the full comic […]