During production of The Hateful Eight, Quentin Tarantino indicated on several occasions that he plans to call time on his filmmaking career after directing ten movies. With The Hateful Eight being his eighth offering, it would seem his illustrious career is drawing to a close, and speaking at the Jerusalem Film Festival Tarantino has once […]
Julian Lewis Jones joins Justice League cast in mystery role
During a recent interview with WalesOnline, Welsh actor Julian Lewis Jones confirmed that he will appear in Zack Snyder’s 2017 superhero team-up film Justice League. Jones did not go on to say what role he’ll be taking on, which makes him one of the few actors attached to the film whose character’s identity is unknown. The […]
Disney promise their live-action Mulan remake will not be white-washed
When they made the announcement of a live-action Mulan, Disney revealed they were conducting a world-wide search for an Asian actor to play the lead role. However a post on Angry Asian Male yesterday sparked some controversy that the studio were looking to white-wash the role of Shang. The claim comes from the original spec-script which […]
Zombieland 2 script is now complete
When Zombieland initially landed back in 2009, it almost felt like a guarantee that there would be a sequel on the way. And while the follow up has been in play for what feels like forever, nothing has yet come to pass. Well now, the screenwriters for the original film, Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick, who […]
Kathleen Kennedy on whether the Skywalker story will continue past Star Wars: Episode IX
A few weeks ago Disney’s Bob Iger revealed that Lucasfilm was beginning to map out the next 15 years of Star Wars movies, and now during an interview with Fandango at Star Wars Celebration, Kathleen Kennedy has been discussing whether the Skywalker saga will extend beyond 2019’s Star Wars: Episode IX, or if the focus […]
Kevin Hart and Tim Story enrol for Night School
Kevin Hart is set to produce and star in the action-comedy Night School, with Universal Pictures setting his Ride Along and Think Like a Man helmer Tim Story to direct, Variety has revealed. The project is based on a story by Hart and follows a group of misfits forced to attend adult classes to prepare […]
Jeremy Renner to play legendary gunslinger Doc Holliday
Many a top actor has brought the role of legendary Wild West gunslinger Doc Holliday to life, from Val Kilmer, Kirk Douglas, and Dennis Quaid. And now Marvel star Jeremy Renner will get his chance. PalmStar Media has optioned the rights to the novels Doc and Epitaph: A Novel of the O.K. Corral by Mary […]
Warner Bros. developing Joker origin movie from Todd Phillips and Martin Scorsese
DC fans are in for some rather surprising news. According to Deadline, DC and Warner Bros. are apparently in the early stages of development of an origin film for The Joker, one of the most well-known and fearsome villains in all of comics. The film is to be directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover) from a […]
Jared Leto dismisses speculation over his future as The Joker in the DCEU
While there’s been a tonne of speculation surrounding Ben Affleck’s continued involvement with the DC Extended Universe, it’s also been rumoured on several occasions that we may have seen the last of Jared Leto as The Dark Knight’s nemesis The Joker. Well, following the news of a Joker and Harley Quinn spinoff movie, Leto has […]
Joel Edgerton to direct and star in Boy Erased alongside Lucas Hedges
A distributor bidding war is currently underway for Boy Erased, the second directorial effort from Joel Edgerton, which will see him starring alongside Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea). Based upon Garrard Conley’s 2016 memoir, Boy Erased tells of his time attending Love in Action, a brutal Twelve-Step conversion therapy porgamme designed to ‘deprogram’ LGBT people. However, rather […]
