Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel The Feral Detective looks to be heading to the big screen, with Sue Kroll’s Kroll & Co. Entertainment optioning the rights to the book and setting a movie adaptation at Warner Bros. Pictures. The Amazon description for The Feral Detective reads: Phoebe Siegler first meets Charles Heist in a shabby trailer […]
Colin Trevorrow producing sci-fi adaptation Space Opera
Universal Pictures has enlisted Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow and Marc Platt of Marc Platt Productions to produce a music-themed adaptation of Catherynne M. Valente’s science fiction novel Space Opera. The Amazon description for the novel, which has been compared to Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, reads: A century ago, the Sentience […]
Creepy Crawlers toy line heading to the big screen for movie adaptation
The classic toy brand Creepy Crawlers is heading to the big screen courtesy of Paramount Players and producer Neal H. Moritz (Fast & Furious, Goosebumps). Originally developed by Mattel and launching in 1964, Creepy Crawlers is a series of moulds which allow kids to create a variety of bug-like creatures. It was revived by ToyMax […]
Danny Glover joins Harlem drama Strive
Veteran actor Danny Glover has joined the cast of Strive, a new film from director-producer Robert Rippberger of Aletheia Films. Written by Harlem native Sha-Risse R. Smith, Strive is a story about an underprivileged girl with a dream of a great education, and a better life. Kalani (Joi Campbell), is a teenager living in Harlem with […]
Alien: Covenant’s Amy Seimetz cast in the Pet Sematary remake
Deadline is reporting that Amy Seimetz (Alien: Covenant) has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures’ Stephen King remake Pet Sematary, joining the previously announced Jason Clarke (Winchester) and John Lithgow (The Crown). Seimetz will portray the female lead, Rachel Creed, the wife of Clarke’s Louis Creed, and mother to young Gage, […]
Zack Snyder sets The Fountainhead as his next film, still producing Wonder Woman 2
It seems that Zack Snyder is gearing up to get back behind the camera, with the Watchmen and Justice League director revealing on the social media site Vero that his next project will be an adaptation of Ayn Rand’s 1943 novel The Fountainhead. The Fountainhead is officially Zack's next project instead of The Last Photograph. […]
Chris Pratt defends Star-Lord’s actions in Avengers: Infinity War
Warning. Avengers: Infinity War spoilers follow… Earth’s Mightiest Heroes suffered a devastating defeat at the hands of Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War, as the Mad Titan succeeded in his goal of assembling the six Infinity Stones and using them to eliminate half of all life in the universe. Things could have been so much different […]
The Most Disappointing: Deadpool 2
Anghus Houvouras on Deadpool 2… Sequels are often a disappointing proposition. They come from a creatively suspect place. Hit movies demand replication, but replicating their success means a lot of copying and pasting. None of it feels as fresh as the original, and often we’re left with something unoriginal—and even more sinful, unnecessary. Unoriginal movies […]
Sony pulls Silver & Black from release slate, but work on the script continues
This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given that it was reported back in February that the project was on “indefinite” hold, but Sony has now officially announced that it has pulled the planned Spider-Man spinoff Silver & Black from its release schedule. The film, which has Gina Prince-Bythewood (The Secret Life […]
Hasbro planning new Power Rangers movies
While Lionsgate’s Power Rangers movie was intended as the first instalment of a series of films, things didn’t quite work out as planned for the big screen reboot of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers franchise. The movie – directed by Dean Israelite and starring Dacre Montgomery, Naomi Scott, RJ Cyler, Becky G and Ludi Lin […]
