Last summer it was announced that Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures are teaming up to revive the classic cartoon series Rugrats with a brand new animated TV show, along with a live-action/CG-hybrid movie, the latter of which has now found its director. As revealed by THR, director David Bowers – whose credits include the Diary of […]
Luke Evans, Mia Kirshner and more join Dreamland
Deadline is reporting that Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), Mia Kirshner (The L Word), Michael Aronov (The Americans) and Martin Donovan (Big Little Lies) have joined the cast of writer-director Nicholas Jarecki’s (Arbitage) thriller Dreamland. The film will feature three colliding stories taking place in the world of opioids – “a drug trafficker arranges […]
John David Washington, Alicia Vikander, Boyd Holbrook and Vicky Krieps are Born to Be Murdered
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), Boyd Holbrook (The Predator) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) have been cast in the thriller Born to Be Murdered. The film is being produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria), with his frequent second unit director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino helming from a script by […]
Mick Foley joins David Arquette in horror comedy 12 Hour Shift
WWE Hall of Famer and Hardcore Legend Mick Foley has joined his fellow pro-wrestler David Arquette in the cast of the horror comedy 12 Hour Shift, The Wrap has revealed. The film is being written and directed by Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) and is said to follow a group of nurses who are stealing […]
Peter Farrelly to direct The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Following on from the Oscar-winning Green Book, director Peter Farrelly appears to have found his next project, with Variety reporting that he is set to helm an adaptation of the acclaimed book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War by Joanna Molloy and John ‘Chickie’ Donohue. The Greatest Beer […]
Hasbro celebrates Avengers: Endgame with awesome action figures and accessories
Marvel-mania is sweeping the globe this weekend as Disney and Marvel Studios brought the curtain down on ‘The Infinity Saga’ with Avengers: Endgame. The superhero epic has taken the world by storm, opening to a record-decimating $1.2 billion at the worldwide box office, and Hasbro is celebrating the event with a fantastic line-up of action […]
Legendary Pictures confirms Denis Villeneuve’s Dune will span two movies
When it was first announced that Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 helmer Denis Villeneuve was turning his attention to Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi epic Dune, it was said that the big screen adaptation would span two movies. However, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced just one release date, and there was no mention of a […]
Avengers: Endgame decimates box office records with $1.2 billion opening weekend
So, everyone knew that Avengers: Endgame was going to be huge, and with tracking estimates ranging as high as $1 billion for its opening weekend, it seemed all but assured that the Marvel superhero blockbuster would dethrone its predecessor Avengers: Infinity War to claim the record for the biggest box office debut of all time. […]
Chaos Walking was reportedly deemed “unreleasable” by Lionsgate
Back in August of 2017, director Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) kicked off production on Chaos Walking, an adaptation of Patrick Ness’ dystopian novel of the same name starring Tom Holland (Avengers: Infinity War) and Daisy Ridley (Star Wars: The Last Jedi). The project was originally intended to arrive in March of this year, only […]
The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien does not endorse Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult
This coming Friday sees the release of Tolkien, a biopic exploring the early years of legendary fantasy J.R.R. Tolkien and starring Nicholas Hoult in the title role as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings creator. Ahead of the movie’s arrival, the Tolkien Estate has released a statement to make it clear that the […]
