Almost a year ago to the day it was reported that Sony Pictures was looking to relaunch its Millennium franchise with an adaptation of the fourth book in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, and now it looks like the studio may have found its director. Variety is […]
Rumour: Rogue One will open in a way “different than the classic Star Wars films”, won’t have opening crawl
This December, Disney and Lucasfilm launch their first standalone Star Wars movie with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As we’ve heard on several occasions, this first ‘Anthology’ movie – and the subsequent spinoffs, such as the young Han Solo film – will be markedly different from the main Saga entries, and it seems that […]
Spider-Man joins Doctor Strange in The Current War
We’ll likely be seeing them sharing the screen in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, but first we’ll see a team-up between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange (well, sort of) in The Current War, with Tom Holland signing on to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. Holland is set to play Samuel Insull, the right hand man of Cumberbatch’s Thomas […]
Second Opinion – Passengers (2016)
Passengers, 2016. Directed by Morten Tyldum. Starring Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Pratt, Michael Sheen, Laurence Fishburne and Andy Garcia Synopsis: A spacecraft traveling to a distant colony planet and transporting thousands of people has a malfunction in its sleep chambers. As a result, two passengers are awakened 90 years early. It takes a staggeringly awful script […]
George A. Romero says Brad Pitt and The Walking Dead have killed the zombie genre
George A. Romero ushered in the modern zombie movie with his 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead, following it up with five sequels of varying quality, the last of which – Survival of the Dead – was released back in 2009. Given the enormous popularity of The Walking Dead, zombies are big business […]
Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in Viy-2
Action legends Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger have signed on to appear in the Russian-Chinese fantasy adventure Viy-2, Variety is reporting. Viy-2 is the sequel to the 2014 adaptation of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol’s horror novella, and sees Chan and Schwarzenegger appearing alongside Jason Flemyng, Charles Dance, Martin Klebba, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Fairbank. SEE […]
Joe Carnahan discusses the Uncharted movie and adapting the source material for the big screen
The long-gestating Uncharted movie took a huge step towards finally becoming a reality last week when it was announced that Shawn Levy (Real Steel) is set to direct the project, from a script by Joe Carnahan (The Grey). Carnahan – who was unable to take on directing duties himself due to his commitment to the […]
Matt Dillon to play a serial killer in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
Deadline is reporting that Matt Dillon is set to play the lead role of a serial killer in The House That Jack Built, the new film from director Lars von Trier (Melancholia, Nymphomaniac), which also has Bruno Ganz (Downfall) attached to star. “It’s with great pleasure that we have succeeded in being able to present Matt […]
Movie Review – The Shelter (2015)
The Shelter, 2015. Directed by John Fallon. Starring Michael Paré, Lauren Alexandra and Rachel G. Whittle SYNOPSIS: A homeless man named Thomas (Michael Pare) finds shelter for the night within a lavish abandoned two-story house. He eventually discovers that he is not alone and the premises won’t let him leave. When you have a body […]
Casey Affleck set for vigilante thriller Villain
Variety is reporting that Casey Affleck (Triple 9) is set to star in Villain, a vigilante thriller which he’s scripted himself, and has Mikael Marcimain (Wallander, Call Girl) attached to direct. According to the site, the film takes place in a city overrun with crime, and “Affleck’s character loses everything of meaning in his life […]
