Max Barbakow’s Palm Springs was one of the outstanding films of 2020, and he’s set to follow it up with a body-swap comedy starring the blockbuster pairing of Jennifer Aniston and Julia Roberts. According to Deadline Amazon Studios won a four-way battle for the rights to Barbakow’s untitled pitch, which will be produced by LuckyChap […]
Avatar 2 sails to seventh week at the top, while Infinity Pool drowns with $2.7m
Unopposed, Avatar: The Way of Water cruised passed $620 million at the domestic box office this weekend, and in the process became the fourth-highest grossing movie of all time with $2.117 billion globally. On Friday James Cameron’s behemoth overtook Star Wars: The Force Awakens ($2.071 billion) to sit behind only it’s predecessor Avatar ($2.92 billion), […]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge to write Tomb Raider series for Amazon
Phoebe Waller-Bridge must have really enjoyed searching for the Dial of Destiny, because she’s set to remain firmly in the world of treasure-hunting by scripting a Tomb Raider series for Amazon Prime Video. According to The Hollywood Reporter the Fleabag actor will write a TV series based on the popular video game. It is part […]
Blake Lively to headline adaptation of the bestselling novel It Ends With Us
Blake Lively has been tapped to star in the big-screen adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s bestselling novel It Ends With Us. According to Deadline the A Simple Favor actor will be directed by and star alongside Jane the Virgin‘s Justin Baldoni, with his Wayfarer Studios and Sony Pictures producing. Christy Hall, writer and co-creator of Netflix’s […]
Willem Dafoe to reunite with Robert Eggers on Nosferatu
Willem Dafoe is set to return to the world of Nosferatu by joining his The Lighthouse and The Northman director Robert Eggers in the director’s reimagining of the gothic tale. Deadline reports that Dafoe will collaborate with Eggers once again in an as yet unspecified role alongside Nicholas Hoult, Lily-Rose Depp, and Bill Skarsgard, who’s […]
Journey into the Quantum Realm with behind-the-scenes look at Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel Studios has released a behind-the-scenes look at Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. Introduced with Marvel head-honcho Kevin Feige excitedly setting the scene by saying “Lets use this film to kick off Phase Five”, the preview features contributions from Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Michelle Pfeiffer, and the MCU’s latest big-bad Jonathan Majors, as well as […]
Barbarian’s Zach Cregger to direct multi-story horror epic Weapons
Barbarian was one of the biggest surprises of last year (read our ★★★★ review here), grossing $40 million at the domestic box-office, and heralding the arrival of director Zach Cregger. So it’s little wonder that there’s plenty of excitement surrounding his next project, which has just been announced as Weapons, a multi-story horror epic in […]
Bob Odenkirk reunites with AMC in trailer for Lucky Hank
AMC has released the teaser trailer for Lucky Hank, its series adaptation of Richard Russo’s 1997 novel Straight Man, which reunites the Network with Breaking Bad and Better Caul Saul alum Bob Odenkirk. The multi-award nominated actor plays William Henry Devereaux Jr., the unlikely interim chairman of the English department of the extremely underfunded Railton […]
Julia Garner headlined Madonna biopic is scrapped at Universal
Bad news for fans of the Material Girl and Ozark star Julia Garner, because Madonna’s self-directed biopic, that was set to star the Emmy Award winning actress, has been scrapped at Universal. The Madonna movie was one of a number of musical biopics heading our way, and having Garner embody one of pop’s greatest icons […]
Cocaine Bear teaser celebrates “The Greatest Movie of All Time”
With a month to go until Cocaine Bear begins his coked-up rampage through cinemas, Universal Pictures has released a TV spot that perfectly captures the tongue in cheek tone of Elizabeth Banks’ dark comedy. Telling the true story of an oddball collective of people who find themselves at the mercy of a 500-pound black bear […]