The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johnasson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by a panther and a pack of wolves, is forced to travel to a man village when Shere Khan, a […]
Gary Oldman to play Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour
According to Deadline, Gary Oldman is in talks to play British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, an epic drama from Working Title and director Joe Wright (Pan). The project, which has been scripted by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), takes place in 1940 as Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the midst of […]
Sony wants Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart for Jumanji reboot
Having brought forward the release date of its planned Jumanji reboot from December 2017 to July 2017, it looks like Sony and director Jake Kasdan (Bad Teacher) may have identified its leading men for the new adaptation of Chris Van Allsburg’s 1981 adventure book. According to Variety, the studio is looking to bring in Dwayne […]
Jason Statham to battle a giant prehistoric shark in Meg
It looks like British action star Jason Statham is set to go up against his biggest challenge yet, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the actor has signed on to battle a giant prehistoric shark in Meg. The project, which is based upon Steve Alten’s book MEG: A Novel of Deep Terror, has been in development for […]
Bidding war underway over live-action Pokemon movie rights
As the franchise celebrates its 20th anniversary, it looks like a live-action Pokemon movie might be about to become a reality, with THR revealing that a bidding war is underway over the rights. The site reports The Pokemon Co. has been courting Hollywood studios and a top secret auction is taking place for the rights to the franchise, with […]
James Cameron critiques Star Wars: The Force Awakens, felt it lacked “visual imagination”
He may have shifted Avatar 2 to avoid Star Wars: Episode VIII, but it seems that James Cameron wasn’t overly impressed by Disney’s take on Star Wars, with the filmmaker suggesting that Star Wars: The Force Awakens lacked “visual imagination” and that “the jury’s out” on the Sequel Trilogy. “I don’t want to say too much about the […]
Alan Silvestri to score Avengers: Infinity War
Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers composer Alan Silvestri is set for a return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe, announcing on his official website that he’ll be scoring both parts of Avengers: Infinity War. Avengers: Infinity War Part I and Part II are being directed by Joe and Anthony Russo (Captain America: Civil […]
It’s Okay To Prefer A Remake, Really
Edward Gardiner on why it’s okay to prefer remakes… If it’s not a sequel, it’s a remake. Always a hot topic in film discussion, the phenomenon of film remakes is something many of us still can’t entirely wrap our heads around. It’s been going on for decades, to varying degrees of quality, but only in recent […]
Twitter Reacts to James Cameron’s “Four More Avatar Movies” Announcement
It was the announcement nobody expected and nobody asked for: on Thursday James Cameron turned up in a surprise appearance at CinemaCon during the 20th Century Fox presentation and announced that a whopping four more Avatar movies were in the pipeline, with the first one, or Avatar 2, due out in 2018. This isn’t the first time Cameron […]
Mr. Robot’s Rami Malek to play Freddie Mercury in biopic of the Queen frontman, Bryan Singer in talks to direct
It looks like the long-gestating Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody is back on track, with Deadline reporting that Mr. Robot star Rami Malek is set to play the Queen frontman in the film, and Bryan Singer (X-Men: Apocalypse) is in talks to direct. 20th Century Fox and New Regency are now steering the project, which […]
