THR is reporting that Kurt Russell (The Hateful Eight), Beau Knapp (Seven Seconds), Luke Hemsworth (Westworld), Alexis Bledel (The Handmaid’s Tale), Jeremie Harris (Legion) and Vincent Kartheiser (Mad Men) have been cast in the money-laundering thriller Crypto. The film follows “a young anti-money laundering agent (Knapp) tasked with investigating a tangled web of corruption and […]
UPDATE: Incredibles 2 set for superhero-sized $182 million domestic opening weekend
UPDATE: Weekend estimates are now putting the Incredibles at a three-day domestic haul of $182 million. Original story follows… It’s celebration time at Disney HQ once again, as Pixar’s long-awaited sequel Incredibles 2 is tearing up the North American box office this weekend on its way to a whopping $175 million domestic opening. The film, […]
Benedict Cumberbatch, Peter Dinklage and Tiffany Haddish reportedly wanted for Spamalot
Last month it was announced that Eric Idle is writing a script for a feature film adaptation of Spamalot, itself a stage adaptation / loving ripoff of the classic 1975 comedy Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and now we have the first casting rumours for the movie. According to That Hashtag Show, Avengers: Infinity […]
Francis Lawrence to direct Hulk Hogan vs Gawker movie Conspiracy
Variety is reporting that The Hunger Games and Red Sparrow director Francis Lawrence has signed on to direct an adaptation of Ryan Holiday’s book Conspiracy: Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue. The film will tell the story of the downfall of gossip blog Gawker following a $140 million judgement against the […]
Boyd Holbrook reteaming with Netflix for In the Shadow of the Moon
Narcos star Boyd Holbrook is set to reunite with Netflix, as Variety is reporting that the actor is set to headline the “genre-bending thriller” In the Shadow of the Moon, which is being directed by Jim Mickle (Hap and Leonard) from a script by Gregory Weidman and Geoff Tock. “Gregory and Geoff’s script is such […]
Rumour: Marvel reportedly considering a Hawkeye movie, but with a “different incarnation” of the character
Fans of Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye have long called for a solo movie for the Avengers’ expert archer, and if a new rumour is to be believed, it seems that Marvel Studios may well be planning a Hawkeye film – although it won’t necessarily be Renner’s Clint Barton in the spotlight. Appearing at the 10th annual Produced […]
Ranking the Pixar Movies from Worst to Best
George Chrysostomou ranks the Pixar movies from worst to best… Coinciding with the release of Incredibles 2, we at Flickering Myth thought it was about time to do a full ranking of every Pixar film. To create this list, not only is this a culmination of my own opinions and other Flickering Myth writers, but also […]
Jordan Peele has reportedly pitched a Gargoyles movie to Disney
After scoring a huge critical and commercial success (and an Oscar) for last year’s hit horror-thriller Get Out, one would assume that studios would be chomping at the bit to work with actor-turned-filmmaker Jordan Peele. However, it seems that Disney are reluctant to move ahead with one project that Peele has pitched to them – […]
Pinar Toprak to score Captain Marvel, becomes the MCU’s first female composer
Next year will see Marvel unleashes its first female-fronted superhero movie Captain Marvel, which also happens to have the studio’s first female director (Anna Boden, who is co-directing with Ryan Fleck), and now we have word that it will also mark the first Marvel movie to be scored by a female composer. Pinar Toprak, whose […]
Aquaman gets a new logo as trailer confirmed for July’s San Diego Comic-Con
Earlier in the week it was reported that the first trailer for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ next superhero offering Aquaman would be with us this week, but unfortunately we’ve still got a while to wait as director James Wan has now revealed via Twitter that it will be released during the DC panel at […]
