With Bond 25 now back on track following the sudden departure of Danny Boyle due to creative differences, new director Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) has been chatting to Inquirer about Daniel Craig’s final outing as 007, during which he confirmed that it will continue the Bond arc which began with 2006’s Casino Royale.“In [Daniel Craig’s] first […]
Dwayne Johnson and Vanessa Kirby featured in new Hobbs and Shaw image
Dwayne Johnson has taken to Instagram to share another photo from the set of the Fast & Furious spinoff movie Hobbs and Shaw which sees himself and co-star Vanessa Kirby filming an action sequence in the streets of London; take a look here…https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq1v-IGhYVc/ David Leitch (John Wick, Deadpool 2) is directing Hobbs and Shaw, which will see the […]
The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep has wrapped filming
Director Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House) has taken to Facebook to announced that Doctor Sleep – the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining – has now wrapped production ahead of its release in a little over a year from now.So that’s a wrap on Doctor Sleep! It’s been […]
Michelle Yeoh reuniting with Crazy Rich Asians co-star Henry Golding on Last Christmas
THR is reporting that Michelle Yeoh has signed on to appear alongside her Crazy Rich Asians co-star Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) in Last Christmas, an upcoming rom-com from director Paul Feig (Ghostbusters, A Simple Favor).Written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings and set to feature the music of the late George […]
Colin Farrell joins Guy Ritchie’s Toff Guys as Kate Beckinsale drops out
Colin Farrell has become the latest addition to the cast of Toff Guys, director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming return to Lock, Stock and Two Smokin’ Barrels and Snatch territory, while Michelle Dockery (Downtown Abbey) has been cast as a replacement for the previously announced Kate Beckinsale (Underworld: Blood Wars).Scripted by Ritchie, Marn Davies and Ivan Atkinson, […]
Tom Hanks in talks to play Geppetto in Disney’s Pinocchio
Having secured a director in Paddington’s Paul King earlier this year, it looks like Disney may be about to make its first casting on the live-action remake of its animated classic Pinocchio, with Variety reporting that Tom Hanks is in talks to portray Geppetto, the puppeteer who creates Pinocchio and becomes his father figure.Pinocchio is […]
Fantastic Beasts producer explains why we’re getting five movies
Given the enormous success of the Harry Potter franchise, it came as little surprise when Warner Bros. announced it would be expanding the Wizarding World saga with a spinoff based upon J.K. Rowling’s 2001 faux textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.What did come as a surprise however was that WB and Rowling were looking […]
Paddington team reunite for magical love story Time’s Fool
Having collaborated on Paddington and Paddington 2, director Paul King, producer David Heyman and co-writer Jon Croker are set to reunite for an adaptation of Glyn Maxwell’s novel-length poem Time’s Fool: A Tale in Verse for Fox Searchlight.Time’s Fool is described as a “magical love story” and follows “a young man who is cursed to […]
Aquaman tracking $100 million Christmas opening ahead of Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee
Aquaman director James Wan may have said that he feels “worried” about facing Mary Poppins Returns over the Christmas box office, but if tracking is any indication the DC superhero blockbuster is set to score a comfortable victory over the Disney sequel and the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee during the stacked festive period.According to Deadline, Aquaman […]
Black Panther screenwriter to script Call of Duty movie sequel
We still don’t really have a firm idea of when we can expect the first film to arrive, but Activision Blizzard Studios is already turning its attention to a second Call of Duty movie, with Variety reporting that Black Panther screenwriter Joe Robert Cole has been tapped to pen a sequel.A big screen adaptation of […]
