Oscar-nominated British actor Dev Patel (Slumdog Millionaire, Lion) is set to make his directorial debut on the action revenge thriller Monkey Man, THR has revealed. Co-written by Patel, Paul Angunawela (Keith Lemon: The Film) and John Collee (Hotel Mumbai), the Munai-set film is said to be “steeped in mythology” and will see Patel portraying the […]
Christopher Plummer in talks for Rian Johnson’s Knives Out
Rian Johnson’s Knives Out has already attracted a number of stellar actors and actresses, but the film is not quite done with its casting just yet. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christopher Plummer (All The Money In The World) has begun talks to join Johnson’s murder mystery ensemble. Plot details on Knives Out are being kept tightly under wraps, […]
Exclusive Interview – Composer Danny Mulhern talks What They Had
Red Stewart chats with Danny Mulhern about What They Had… Danny Mulhern is an English composer who has been working in the film and television industries since the early-2000s. He is best known for his compositions for projects like Silent Witness, The Natural World, and What They Had. Flickering Myth had the privilege to interview him, and […]
McG producing “John Hughes classic” teen comedy Tall Girl for Netflix
Deadline is reporting that filmmaker McG is teaming with Netflix to produce Tall Girl, a teen comedy described as “a John Hughes classic” (modest!), which is set to be directed by Nzingha Stewart (Grey’s Anatomy) from a script by Sam Wolfson (Andi Mack). The film will follow a 16-year-old girl called Jodi “who, at more […]
Voltage Pictures sets Sharks vs Killer Whale thriller Alphas
Voltage Pictures has tapped Aliens of the Deep director Steven Quale to direct Alphas, an aquatic thriller scripted by Frank Hannah (The Cooler), reports Variety. The film will see a small coastal town terrorised by a school of great white sharks, and the residents’ only hope is a damaged killer whale which has been kept […]
Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand joins sci-fi adventure Persephone
Evolutionary Film has announced that Deadpool star Brianna Hildebrand has been cast in writer-director Jeffrey Morris’ sci-fi adventure Persephone, where she will star alongside Mary-Louise Parker (Red), Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild), Lance Reddick (Bosch) and Malcolm McDowell (A Clockwork Orange). Here’s the official synopsis for the film: Persephone is the story of three astronauts […]
The titles for James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels may have leaked
Despite being in production for over a year, we’ve seen and heard very little about James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels, with not so much as a single spy photo emerging from the New Zealand set of the sci-fi blockbusters. Avatar 2 (which is being shot back-to-back with Avatar 3) isn’t slated to arrive until December […]
Director Cathy Yan explains how she landed DC’s Birds of Prey
Back in April it was announced that Warner Bros. and DC Films had enlisted Dead Pigs helmer Cathy Yan to direct its DC girl gang movie Birds of Prey, and during a panel at the U.S.-China Entertainment Summit in Los Angeles this week, the filmmaker has been discussing how she secured the gig. “I did […]
Disney and Lucasfilm viewing Star Wars: Episode IX as a “course correction” for the franchise
Although Disney has enjoyed enormous financial success with the Star Wars saga since its acquisition of Lucasfilm, things haven’t been going too smoothly as of late. In December, the Mouse House released Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which – despite being a critical and commercial hit – proved to be hugely divisive amongst the fanbase, […]
Filming wraps on It: Chapter Two
Coming hot on the heels of the release of the first teaser poster this Halloween, director Andy Muschietti has now taken to Instagram to announce that filming has wrapped on It: Chapter Two, the second instalment of Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s hugely successful Stephen King adaptation. “It: Chapter Two was an 86-day roller […]
