According to The Hollywood Reporter, Luther star Idris Elba is in talks to lead the sci-fi thriller Deeper, which is set to be directed by Baltasar Kormakur (Everest, Adrift). Described as similar in tone to Gravity and The Martin, Deeper will see Elba playing a disgraced astronaut who finds himself confronted by a sinister force […]
Sundance Film Festival 2019 Review – The Farewell
The Farewell, 2019. Directed by Lulu Wang. Starring Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin, Zhao Shuzhen, Lu Hong, Jiang Yongbo, Chen Han, Aoi Mizuhara, Chen Hanwei, and Li Xiang. SYNOPSIS: A Chinese family discover their grandmother has only a short while left to live and decide to keep her in the dark, scheduling a wedding to […]
DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World tracking $45 million domestic opening weekend
Although it’s already playing in a number of international markets including the UK, DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World doesn’t arrive in North America until the back end of the month, but when it does it looks set to enjoy a solid opening weekend. According to tracking figures from Deadline, the […]
Sofia Vergara to produce and star in female ensemble action comedy
According to Deadline, Modern Family’s Sofia Vergara has signed on to produce and star in an as-yet-untitled action comedy for producer Neal Moritz’s Original Film. The project has been scripted by Kyle Pennekamp and Scott Turpel (Baywatch), and while plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is said to be a female ensemble […]
Captain Marvel tracking a $160 million opening weekend at the domestic box office
We’re less than five weeks away from the release of Marvel’s first superhero blockbuster of 2019, and – as has become standard for the studio – it looks like Captain Marvel is set to enjoy a heroic opening at the North American box office. According to early tracking estimates from Box Office Pro, the Brie […]
Dwayne Johnson wanted Jason Momoa to play his brother in Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw
Prior to the release of yesterday’s trailer for Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw, Dwayne Johnson revealed that his cousin, WWE Superstar Roman Reigns, is set to make his big screen debut in the upcoming action spinoff, portraying the brother of The Rock’s Luke Hobbs. Well, it turns out that Roman wasn’t actually Johnson’s […]
Mel Gibson and Tye Sheridan to star in thriller Black Flies
A Prayer Before Dawn director Jean-Stephane Sauvaire has enlisted Mel Gibson (Blood Father) and Tye Sheridan (Ready Player One) to star in his next project Black Flies, a thriller set up at Mad River Pictures. According to Variety, Black Flies follows “a young paramedic, Ollie Cross (Sheridan), navigating his first year on the job. He’s […]
Ron Burgundy asks the hard questions in trailer for The Ron Burgundy Podcast
Last month it was announced that Will Ferrell is set to reprise his Anchorman character Ron Burgundy for a new podcast from iHeartRadio and Funny or Die – the creatively-titled The Ron Burgundy Podcast – and now we have a trailer which sees the legendary local TV news anchorman asking the hard questions; check it […]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark gets a first teaser poster
CBS Films has released the first teaser poster for director Andre Ovredal and producer Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming adaptation of Alvin Schwartz’s book trilogy Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; check it out here… Inspired by one of the most terrifying children’s book series of all time, SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK […]
Movie Review – Serenity (2019)
Serenity, 2019. Directed by Steven Knight. Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Diane Lane, Jason Clarke, and Djimon Hounsou. SYNOPSIS: A down-on-his-luck war veteran is offered a tempting offer to solve his money troubles by his ex-wife to kill her husband but not everything is at it appears in this slick mystery film. Serenity for the […]
