Deadline is reporting that The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to write and direct an adaptation of Jim Thompson’s crime novel Pop. 1280 for Imperative Entertainment. The 1964 novel follows “a corrupt sheriff of a small town who manipulates the people in his orbit in order to win the next election.” Lanthimos – whose other […]
If Beale Street Could Talk leads winners of 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards were presented last night, with If Beale Street Could Talk taking home the top prize, the Best Feature Award. Beale Street also collected Best Director (Barry Jenkins) and Best Supporting Female Actor (Regina King), while other winners included Sorry to Bother You (Best First […]
Road to the Oscars 2019 – Can Vice win Best Picture?
In the week before the 91st Academy Awards are handed out, Tom Beasley takes a look at each Best Picture nominee and its chances of Oscars victory. Finally, it’s Christian Bale’s transformative take on Dick Cheney in Vice… Adam McKay made the pivot to serious filmmaking a few years ago when he looked under the […]
Rick Famuyiwa to direct Children of Blood and Bone adaptation
Dope director Rick Famuyiwa has found his next project. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Famuyiwa is set to direct an adaptation of the young adult fantasy novel Children of Blood and Bone. The film comes from Fox 2000 with Temple Hill and Sunswept Entertainment. Children of Blood and Bone is set in a magic-infused kingdom named Orisha, where […]
Haley Bennett, Riley Keough and Jason Clarke join The Devil All the Time
Antonio Campos (Simon Killer, The Sinner) continues to fill out the cast of his upcoming adaptation Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel The Devil All the Time, with Variety reporting that Haley Bennett (Thank You for Your Service), Riley Keough (Under the Silver Lake) and Jason Clarke (The Aftermath) have boarded the film. Set to feature […]
Movie Review – Abduction 101 (2018)
Abduction 101, 2018. Directed by Robin Entreinger. Starring Brianna Shewbert Rouse, Nixi Oblivion, Adrienne Stone, Luna Labelle and Kayla Kilby. SYNOPSIS: We all know the story: three women find a strange house within the woods. But what the women discover inside is only the beginning of a heinous nightmare. “Show, don’t tell.” That’s the first phrase that […]
Captain Marvel gets three new clips and an ‘Intergalactic War’ featurette
With the release of Captain Marvel less than two weeks away, Marvel Studios has unveiled three new clips from the Brie Larson-headlined superhero movie along with a new featurette entitled ‘Intergalactic War’ which takes us behind the scenes of the film and includes interviews with stars Larson, Gemma Chan, Jude Law, Ben Mendelsohn, executive producer […]
Will Ferrell to play Chuck Blazer in FIFA scandal film American Huckster
Will Ferrell is set to take on the role of corrupt FIFA executive and whistleblower Chuck Blazer in HBO Film’s adaptation of Mary Papenfuss and Teri Thompson’s book How Chuck Blazer Got Rich From – and Sold Out – the Most Powerful Cabal in World Sports. Born in Queens, Blazer climbed through the ranks of […]
Doug Jones turned down a cameo in the Hellboy reboot
Doug Jones, who portrayed the character of Abe Sapien in Guillermo del Toro’s Hellboy and Hellboy II: The Golden Army, has revealed to THR that he was offered a cameo appearance in Lionsgate’s upcoming reboot, but had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. “There was a chance that a cameo might have happened, […]
The Greatest Showman sequel in early development
It may not have impressed critics, but the 2017 musical The Greatest Showman certainly resonated with audiences, with the Hugh Jackman-headlined film grossing $435 million worldwide, and its soundtrack album spending a total of 28 weeks at the top of the UK chart – tying with The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Given […]
