Variety has revealed that Kendare Blake’s four-volume fantasy book series Three Dark Crowns is heading to the big screen, with 20th Century Fox snapping up the movie rights and enlisting Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps to produce. Three Dark Crowns follows “triplets who are all equal heirs to the crown and have magical powers — one […]
Captain Fantastic director to adapt sci-fi novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Having been rumoured as a potential candidate to succeed Ben Affleck on The Batman (a role now filled by Matt Reeves), THR is reporting that Captain Fantastic helmer Matt Ross has lined up his next project with an adaptation of Tom Sweterlitsch’s 2014 sci-fi novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The story takes place in “a near […]
Exclusive Interview: Alexandra Rosario talks California Dreams
In an exclusive interview, Flickering Myth sat down with New York-based actress Alexandra Rosario to talk about acting and the release of her latest film California Dreams… Have you always wanted to be an actress? How did acting come about for you? Yes, I always wanted to be an actress, since I was 6 years […]
Stephen King’s It adaptation finds its Pennywise in Bill Skarsgard
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) is set to portray the fearsome Pennywise in New Line Cinema’s two-movie adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It. In addition to Skarsgard, director Andy Muschietti (Mama) is also said to be close to casting The Losers’ Club, with Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger […]
Brian and Mark Gunn to pen Jupiter’s Legacy movie adaptation
Last April it was announced that Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing a big screen adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s Jupiter’s Legacy comic book series, and now Comic Book is reporting that Journey 2: The Mysterious Island screenwriters Brian and Mark Gunn are set to pen the script. “We love that it’s a superhero […]
Fargo and Legion showrunner Noah Hawley sets up two feature film projects
After his small screen success with Fargo and Legion, Noah Hawley is certainly hot property at the moment, and Deadline is reporting that he has now set up two feature films at Fox Searchlight. First up is Pale Blue Dot, a sci-fi which has Reese Witherspoon attached to star as an astronaut who returns to […]
Movie Review – Love & Friendship (2016)
Love & Friendship, 2016. Directed by Whit Stillman. Starring Kate Beckinsale, Chloë Sevigny, Xavier Samuel and Stephen Fry. SYNOPSIS: Set in the 1790s, Love and Friendship centers on beautiful widow Lady Susan Vernon, who has come to the estate of her in-laws to wait out colorful rumors about her dalliances circulating through polite society. Whilst there, […]
Christopher McQuarrie on exploring Ethan Hunt’s character in Mission: Impossible 6
This spring sees Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie becoming the first filmmaker to return to the franchise as he reunites with Tom Cruise and Rogue Nation’s Rebecca Ferguson for M:I 6 Mission Impossible. During an interview with Empire, McQuarrie revealed that production is set to get underway in Paris on April 10th, while […]
Exclusive Interview – Johnathon Schaech on Southern Fury, working with Nic Cage, and finding the truth in his performances
Alex Moreland chats with actor Johnathon Schaech about his new film Southern Fury… What drew you to this role initially? I had just made a movie with Steven C. Miller, the director – Marauders – and it was such a great experience, man, we were like a very tight-knit family. The producers fill these roles very […]
Cary Fukunaga in talks for Atomic Bomb drama Shockwave
According to Deadline, director Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive) are in talks with Universal Pictures for an adaptation of Stephen Walker’s non-fiction book Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima. Here’s the official description of the book: On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb—dubbed Little Boy by its […]
