A few days ago we brought you some comments from Shane Black about 2013’s Iron Man 3, during which he stated that Marvel nixed the idea of a female villain, and now the filmmaker has been speaking to Uproxx about the backlash to the film’s big Mandarin twist, where – SPOILERS – Ben Kingsley’s villain […]
20th Century Fox bringing comic book series Lumberjanes to the big screen
20th Century Fox has snapped up the movie rights to Boom! Studios’ comic book series Lumberjanes, with The Wrap reporting that Will Widger (Wish, Munchkin) is set to pen the script for a live-action adaptation. Created by Shannon Watters, Grace Ellis, Noelle Stevenson and Brooke A. Allen, Lumberjanes tells the story of five female friends […]
Stephen King’s The Stand set for eight-part TV miniseries culminating with a movie
It looks like Warner Bros., CBS Films and director Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars) have seen sense over their plan to adapt Stephen King’s apocalyptic epic The Stand as a single three-hour movie, with The Wrap reporting that negotiations are underway with Showtime for an eight-part TV series that will then culminate with […]
Doug Jones, The Man of 1000 Faces: An Interview with Cochise from Falling Skies
Manny Camacho chats with Doug Jones about Falling Skies, Hellboy, Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer and more… Summer is here, for some it’s still coming, as they wait for a variety of summer series that begin this month. For me winter is still here, it came (and I hope it doesn’t leave) with […]
Kindergarten Cop set for a straight-to-VOD remake
According to Showbiz 411, the 1990 Ivan Reitman / Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy Kindergarten Cop is set for the remake treatment courtesy of Universal’s 1440 division, with the site reporting that a straight-to-VOD release is on the cards, with a view to spinning it off into a TV series. According to the site, the new film […]
Exclusive Interview: James Bobin, director of Alice Through The Looking Glass, on sequels, Sacha Baron Cohen and MIB 23
With the release of the anticipated Disney sequel Alice Through the Looking Glass only a few days away across both sides of the Atlantic, Flickering Myth’s Scott J. Davis got the chance to sit down with the film’s director James Bobin (The Muppets, Flight of the Conchords) to discuss the making of the sequel. SEE […]
Eli Roth to direct prehistoric shark thriller Meg
After close to twenty years in development hell, it looks like the adaptation of Steve Alten’s 1997 novel Meg: A Novel of Deep Terror is set to move ahead at Warner Bros., with Variety reporting that Eli Roth (Hostel) is in talks to direct. The book revolves around two men who attempt to track and […]
Civil War or The Winter Soldier? How Marvel Has Made Character King and Plot Irrelevant
Marc N. Kleinhenz how Marvel has made character king and plot irrelevant… The Marvel Cinematic Universe – which, as of right now, consists of 11 movies, three television series, and five short films – is a rather big place, with an extraordinary number of components that all have to align to one degree or another. […]
Emma Watson joins Tom Hanks in The Circle
Variety is reporting that former Harry Potter star Emma Watson has signed on to appear alongside Tom Hanks in The Circle, director James Ponsoldt’s (The Spectacular Now) upcoming adaptation of the Dave Eggers novel. “Emma Watson is one of my favorite actors, and her incredible talent, sensitivity and deep intelligence will bring an electric energy […]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt explains why a Sandman movie is a better idea than a TV series
Earlier this month Joseph Gordon-Levitt spoke about the challenges of adapting Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed comic book series The Sandman into a feature film format, which raised questions about whether its episodic nature and scope means it would be better suited to the medium of television. Well, during a Reddit AMA, Gordon-Levitt has addressed that very […]
