Legendary director Terrence Malick has commented about returning to his old style of filmmaking, and a move back to a definite script for his upcoming movies. The mercurial director, who would once take great leaps of time between his movies, was known for his thematically compelling and visually beautiful films such as Days of Heaven, […]
Everything Rides On That Trailer!
George Chrysostomou on movie trailers… Long gone are the days when our first glimpse at the latest offerings from movie studios came in the cinema. The preview trailers used to be the best part of heading to your local big screen, because you’d never seen them before; they were a teasing snapshot of what could […]
UPDATE: Dan Aykroyd blames Paul Feig for Ghostbusters reboot troubles
Although there was an incredible amount of hate thrown at Sony’s Ghostbusters reboot from the moment it was first announced, the resulting film did receive a fairly decent reception when it hit cinemas last year. However, a box office gross of just $229 million from a $144 million budget derailed the studio’s plans for a sequel, and […]
Ivan Reitman on the future of the Ghostbusters franchise
Although the poor box office performance of Ghostbusters: Answer the Call seems to have put the brakes on a sequel to the all-female relaunch, co-creator Ivan Reitman believes there’s plenty of life left in the Ghostbusters franchise, as he revealed during a recent interview with io9. “We certainly would’ve loved to have a larger hit,” […]
Brie Larson to play first female Presidential candidate in Victoria Woodhull
Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) has signed on to produce and star as the lead in Victoria Woodhull, which tells the story of the first female candidate for the President of the United States. The film is being written by Ben Kopit (Libertine) for Amazon Studios. The logline from Deadline reads: “Woodhull was a suffragist who […]
Warner Bros. wants The Legend of Tarzan writer for Suicide Squad 2
As Warner Bros. searches for a director for the sequel to Suicide Squad – even going so far as to offer Mel Gibson the job – it seems the studio is now close to hiring a writer for the script. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Adam Cozad has entered negotiations with the studio to pen the […]
The Get Down star cast in Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
For all its faults, the now defunct Netflix series The Get Down gave us a stunning ensemble cast, and according to Variety, one of the breakouts, Justice Smith, has been given the lead in the first live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu. Goosebumps and Monsters vs. Aliens director Rob Letterman will work from a script written […]
Jamie Bell would like to see Andy Serkis directing a Tintin movie
When a Tintin movie series was first officially announced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson back in 2007, the original plan was for Spielberg to direct the first – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – with Peter Jackson then helming a second movie after he completed work on The Hobbit. The […]
Operation Finale grows with additional casting
MGM’s Nazi-hunt drama Operation Finale, starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, has gained several more actors for its cast according to Deadline. Chris Weitz (A Better Life) is directing from a script by Matthew Orton. It is currently filming in Argentina. Joining Isaac and Kingsley in the film are Ohad Knoller (Munich), Greg Hill (The Wolfman’s […]
Daisy Ridley to shoot Daddio before Star Wars: Episode IX
Variety is reporting that Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in Daddio, a drama from screenwriter Christy Hall (Yours, Isabel, To Quiet the Quiet), which is looking to shoot prior to Ridley’s commitments to Star Wars: Episode IX next summer. The site reports that Daddio “follows a woman who is picked up by a […]
