Director Damien Chazelle has found another actor for his next film First Man. Per Deadline, Bloodline‘s Kyle Chandler will star as astronaut Deke Slayton, who was one of the original Mercury Seven astronauts and later became NASA’s Director of Flight Crew Operations. He joins Ryan Gosling, who will be playing the first man to step on the […]
Kyle Chandler to play Jason Bateman’s brother in Game Night
Emmy Award-winning Bloodline star Kyle Chandler has signed on to play the brother of Jason Bateman in Game Night, a new comedy from New Line Cinema and Warner Bros., which is being directed by John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Vacation). The film follows a group of couples who are caught up in a very […]
Godzilla: King of Monsters casts Kyle Chandler as Stranger Things star’s Dad
With the next in their MonsterVerse slate, Kong: Skull Island, nearly upon us, details about Legendary’s sequel to 2014’s Godzilla are starting to be revealed. Stranger Things star Millie Bobbie Brown has already been revealed to have a role in Godzilla: King of Monsters and now we know that Bloodline star Kyle Chandler will be teaming up […]
Richard Linklater and Robert Downey Jr. teaming for con man tale
THR is reporting that Richard Linklater and Robert Downey Jr. are teaming up for an as-yet-untitled con man tale based upon the ‘Man of the People’ episode of Gimlet Media’s Reply All podcast. The project will tell the story of two doctors, “Dr. John Brinkley, who scammed his way to fame and fortune using fake […]
HBO developing scripted behind-the-scenes Godfather movie
The Godfather is universally recognised as one of the greatest films of all time, and now HBO Films are developing a movie focusing on its production. Revealed by Variety, the film entitled Francis & The Godfather will be a scripted affair that documents the making of the seminal 1973 mafia adaptation of Mario Puzo’s novel. The movie will […]
Doctor Strange director Scott Derrickson wants to see Fantastic Four back with Marvel
While the X-Men may appear out of bounds given 20th Century Fox’s success with the franchise, there’s been a lot of speculation from fans as to whether Marvel’s First Family could find themselves back home at Marvel Studios at some point, particularly following 2015’s disastrous Fantastic Four reboot. Seeing Mister Fantastic and company alongside Earth’s […]
Ben Affleck discusses his hesitation over The Batman
It’s got to the point now where, quite literally, a day can’t go by without Ben Affleck being asked the same old questions about The Batman, with his comments often conflicting with reports from the previous day. And today is no exception! Let’s get up to speed: Warner Bros. is pushing for The Batman to start production […]
DVD Review – The Shallows (2016)
The Shallows, 2016. Directed by Jaume Collet-Serra. Starring Blake Lively, Oscar Jaenada, Angelo Josue Lozano Corzo, Bret Mullen, Chelsea Moody. SYNOPSIS: A surfer is attacked by a great white shark a couple of hundred yards from the shore and must battle to get back to dry land. “The best shark movie since Jaws” is a […]
Is TV Now More Effective Than Film?
Samuel Brace on whether TV is now more effective than film… Television is fun but it could never compete with the power of cinema. That is a statement that was once true and now isn’t. The landscape has changed and we have changed with it. Television for the longest time was a means to bring […]
60th BFI London Film Festival Review – Creepy (2016)
Creepy, 2016. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa Starring Hidetoshi Nishijima, Yuko Takeuchi, Masahiro Higaside and Teruyuki Kagawa. SYNOPSIS: Retired detective turned university professor Takakura is called upon by a former colleague to help in the investigation of a family that vanished six years prior, with the daughter of the family being the sole remaining member and […]
