In less than two months, Marvel will kick off the 2019 superhero season with the release of Captain Marvel, the MCU’s first female-fronted superhero blockbuster, and according to early tracking estimates the studio looks set to have another huge box office hit on its hands. According to Box Office Pro, estimates are pointing towards a […]
Rainn Wilson, Mena Suvari, Fionn Whitehead and Jack Dylan Grazer cast in Don’t Tell a Soul
Rainn Wilson (The Meg), Mena Suvari (American Woman), Fionn Whitehead (Black Mirror: Bandersnatch) and Jack Dylan Grazer (It) have been cast in the indie thriller Don’t Tell a Soul. According to Deadline, the film will follow “two young thieving brothers (Whitehead, Grazer), with a cancer-stricken mother at home (Suvari), who match wits with a security […]
Aladdin is getting the mockbuster treatment from The Asylum
Indie studio The Asylum, the company behind mockbusters such as Transmorphers, Atlantic Rim, Independents’ Day, Tomb Invader and Snakes on a Train, is kicking off production on its own version of Aladdin. The movie, which will presumably be timed to coincide with the release of Disney’s live-action remake, will be based upon the original public […]
Supernatural horror Hunter gets a poster and trailer
Random Media has announced that it has acquired the rights to the supernatural horror Hunter, and has unveiled a poster and trailer for the film ahead of its release next month; check them out here… Directed by David Tarleton, and written by Jason Kellerman, ‘HUNTER’, is the story of Hunter (Jason Kellerman), who, after the deaths of his mother […]
Sam Raimi to produce feature adaptation of horror short Behind
Sam Raimi’s Ghosthouse Pictures is teaming with Lionsgate for Behind, a female-fronted horror which is based upon the award-winning short of the same name from filmmaker Angel Gomez. Behind follows “a woman going through a divorce who fears she may lose her baby daughter and, when a mysterious lady at a party tells her that […]
Exclusive Interview – Director Robin Hays talks Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
Martin Carr chats with Anthem of a Teenage Prophet director Robin Hays… In conversation director Robin Hays is considered, focused and passionate. Whether opening up about her reasons for taking on Anthem of a Teenage Prophet or the subsequent creative choices made, her connection to the ideas are undeniable. This film is gritty, deeply personal and […]
Exclusive Interview – Cameron Monaghan on Anthem of a Teenage Prophet
Martin Carr chats with Anthem of a Teenage Prophet and Gotham star Cameron Monaghan… Cameron Monaghan is familiar to American audiences for his recurring role as Ian Gallagher in Shameless, while others will consider Gotham’s Jerome Valeska his most memorable . In conversation he is thoughtful, grounded and above all genuinely passionate about all gamuts of his […]
John Green adaptation Turtles All the Way Down finds a director
Fox 2000 has enlisted actress and filmmaker Hannah Marks (After Everything) to direct Turtles All the Way Down, the latest feature film adaptation from YA author John Green (Paper Towns, The Fault in Our Stars). The film has been scripted by Elizabeth Berger and Isaac Aptaker and will follow Aza, “a 16-year-old girl with OCD […]
Rumour: Smallville’s John Glover will appear in DC’s Shazam!
The DC Extended Universe is riding high at the moment following the box office success of Aquaman, and in less than three months Warner Bros. and DC Films will release the next chapter of the shared superhero universe with the release of Shazam!. As we await the release of the new trailer – which, if […]
Caleb Landry Jones joins Tom Hanks in sci-fi drama Bios
Last year it was announced that Tom Hanks is set to star in Bios, a sci-fi drama set up at Amblin Entertainment, and now comes word from Variety that Caleb Landry Jones (Get Out, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri) has also joined the film. Directed by Miguel Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) from a script by […]
