THR is reporting that director Steven C. Miller (The Aggression Scale) has enlisted Aaron Eckhart (Olympus Has Fallen) and Courtney Eaton (Mad Max: Fury Road) to star in the real time thriller Live!. Penned by Jeremy Drysdale, Live! sees Eckhart portraying a disgraced cop “who is racing against time to find the police commissioner’s kidnapped […]
Trailer and poster for A Kid Like Jake starring Claire Danes and Jim Parsons
IFC Films has debuted the first poster and trailer for director Silas Howard’s upcoming family drama A Kid Like Jake which stars Claire Danes, Jim Parsons, Leo James Davis, Octavia Spencer, Priyanka Chopra, Amy Landecker, and Ann Dowd; check them out here… Brooklyn parents Alex (Claire Danes) and Greg (Jim Parsons) are lucky to have […]
Paramount officially confirms A Quiet Place sequel
This won’t come as much of a surprise given the critical and commercial success of the film, but Paramount Pictures has officially announced that development is underway on a sequel to the box office horror sensation A Quiet Place. “We’re already working with these guys on a sequel,” revealed Paramount Chairman and CEO Jim Gianopulos […]
New images from Lars Von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
Ahead of its world premiere next month at the Cannes Film Festival, a teaser trailer and three first look images have been revealed from writer-director Lars Von Trier’s upcoming thriller The House That Jack Built featuring Matt Dillon and Uma Thurman; take a look here… The House That Jack Built tells the story of “the highly intelligent Jack […]
James Wan and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II discuss Aquaman villains Ocean Master and Black Manta
After showing off some footage from Aquaman at CinemaCon in Las Vegas this past week [read a description here], director James Wan has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about the film, and in particular its two villains Orm/Ocean Master and Black Manta. “The main antagonist in this movie is Orm, played by Patrick Wilson,” said Wan. “And […]
It director recommends you “bring your adult diapers” for It: Chapter Two
As part of Warner Bros.’ presentation at CinemaCon this past week, It director Andy Muschietti sent a videotaped message to those in attendance, promising that the second chapter to the hit Stephen King adaptation will be “darker and even scarier” than last year’s first movie, and that fans may want to “bring your adult diapers”. […]
Naomi Watts and Sophie Lillis to star in Burning Season
Variety is reporting that director Claire McCarthy has enlisted Naomi Watts (Gypsy) and Sophia Lillis (It) to lead the cast of Burning Season, an adaptation of Laura Van Den Berg’s short story What the World Will Look Like When All The Water Leaves Us. Burning Season will see Watts playing June Engle, a primatologist “who […]
Exclusive interview with the VFX studio behind Hulu’s The Looming Tower
Tai Freligh interviews Phosphene FX… Phosphene FX is the visual effects team behind The Looming Tower, Hulu’s 10-episode adaptation of Lawrence Wright’s 2006 book that tells the controversial story of the rivalry between the CIA and FBI during the rising threat of Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda that inadvertently might have set the stage for […]
Doom reboot will go direct-to-video, director and lead actress revealed
Last week it was revealed on social media that Universal Pictures is planning a second attempt at adapting the iconic video game series Doom, and now thanks to Dread Central we have some new information on the proposed reboot. Firstly, the site reports that the new film is being developed by Universal 1440 Entertainment, Universal’s […]
Henry Cavill “having conversations” about Man of Steel 2 but doesn’t know when he’ll next play Superman
For the past couple of years, there’s been whispers and rumours that Warner Bros. has been quietly developing a sequel to Man of Steel, with the likes of George Miller (Mad Max: Fury Road) and Matthew Vaughn (X-Men: First Class) both having been linked to the director’s chair. Nevertheless, there’s been no official word from […]
