IN LIKE HEFF Less than a week since his passing and Brett Ratner’s Hugh Hefner biopic is picking up steam, announcing yesterday the casting of Jared Leto as the Playboy creator. “Jared is an old friend,” Ratner told The Hollywood Reporter. “When he heard I got the rights to Hef’s story, he told me, ‘I want […]
Sonic the Hedgehog movie moving forward, Bob’s Burgers movie announced, Heroes For Hire heading to Netflix and more – Daily News Roundup
HE’S THE FASTEST THING ALIVE The live-action Sonic the Hedgehog movie has been in development over at Sony for a few years now, but it was announced recently that the project has now moved to Paramount, with Deadpool‘s Tim Miller in the producer’s seat. It isn’t the first attempt to bring the fastest thing alive […]
Jared Leto to star as Hugh Hefner in biopic
Though Playboy founder Hugh Hefner only passed away a few days ago, a biopic is already in the works and an actor has been found. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Blade Runner 2049 and Suicide Squad’s Jared Leto will portray Hefner in a film directed by Brett Ratner. Ratner, who has been eyeing this film for a decade […]
October Horrors 2017 Day 3 – The Hitcher (1986)
The Hitcher, 1986. Directed by Robert Harmon. Starring Rutger Hauer, C Thomas Howell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, and Jeffrey DeMunn. SYNOPSIS: Jim is delivering a car from Chicago to San Diego when he stops to pick up a hitchhiker named John Ryder who quickly reveals himself as a serial killer who kills anyone foolish enough to […]
Movie Review – The Glass Castle (2017)
The Glass Castle, 2017. Directed by Destin Daniel Crettin. Starring Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson, Naomi Watts, Max Greenfield, Sarah Snook, Robin Bartlett, Ella Anderson, Sadie Sink, and Chandler Head. SYNOPSIS: A successful New York gossip columnist believes she has left her impoverished and difficult childhood behind her – until one night she encounters her now […]
Alexandra Daddario to star in thriller I Am Not a Bird
Baywatch star Alexandra Daddario is set to star in director William Olsson’s (Reliance) upcoming thriller I Am Not a Bird, which is based upon Catherine Hanrahan’s debut novel Lost Girls and Love Hotels, with Hanrahan also penning the script. Vairety reports that I Am Not a Bird follows “a young western woman in the midst […]
Filming gets underway on M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass
Universal Pictures has announced that filming is now underway on Glass, writer-director M. Night Shyamalan’s follow-up to 2000’s Unbreakable and last year’s Split. Shyamalan marked the occasion by sharing the following image to Twitter, complete with the caption “Day 1: Seventeen years in the making”… Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s […]
Meet Joi, Luv and Joshi in new Blade Runner 2049 character featurettes
With Blade Runner 2049 set to arrive in cinemas this Friday, Sony Pictures has released three new featurettes for the hotly-anticipated sci-fi sequel focussing on Robin Wright’s Joshi, Sylvia Hoeks’ Luv, and Ana De Armas’ Joi; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Read our ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ review of Blade Runner 2049 here Thirty years after […]
Bradley Cooper reportedly in talks to play WWE’s Vince McMahon in biopic
Back in April of this year it was announced that Glenn Ficarra and John Requa (Crazy, Stupid, Love) had signed on to direct a biopic of Vince McMahon, and now comes word that Bradley Cooper is in talks to portray the WWE Chairman and sports entertainment mogul. According to PW Insider, WWE Studios and TriStar Pictures […]
New images and banner for Justice League arrive online
Empire Magazine has revealed a batch of new Justice League images as part of their latest issue featuring Wonder Woman, Aquaman, Batman, The Flash and Cyborg; check them out below along with a new banner and the ‘Art of the Film’ book cover… SEE ALSO: Justice League gets five new character posters Fueled by his […]
