Deadline is reporting that Millennium Films has signed an exclusive deal with the estate of Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey, authors of the children’s book series Curious George, and has set a project in development which will explore the origin of the beloved character and tell the true story of its creators. “We are […]
Universal taps Shrek director for live-action Curious George movie
Deadline is reporting that Andrew Adamson, director of the first two instalments of the Shrek and The Chronicles of Narnia franchises, has signed on helm a live-action adaptation of Hans Augusto Rey and Margret Rey’s beloved children’s book series Curious George. The film is being developed by Imagine Entertainment and Universal Pictures, who were responsible […]
Justice League reveal coming on Tuesday, new villain rumours emerge
Last week, several outlets were invited to the London set of Justice League, and it seems that Warner Bros. is set to pull back the curtain on its big DC ensemble on Tuesday morning, with various reports surfacing on Twitter to suggest a big reveal is incoming. So, what could this reveal be? Well, the […]
DVD Review – The Firm (1988)
The Firm, 1988. Directed by Alan Clarke. Starring Gary Oldman, Lesley Manville, Phil Davies and Steve McFadden. SYNOPSIS: Rival football fans organise a fight before a big match… Euro 2016 is kicking off across France and news bulletins tell us about violence between British fans and other supporters. This is the perfect moment to reevaluate […]
Christopher McQuarrie to direct con man thriller The Chameleon for Netflix
It looks like Christopher McQuarrie may have found his next directorial project after the upcoming spy sequel Mission: Impossible 6, with Deadline reporting that he is attached to an adaptation of David Grann’s 2008 New Yorker feature The Chameleon, which is being scripted by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Carl Capotorto. Described as a psychological […]
DVD Review – A Midsummer Night’s Dream (2014)
A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2014. Directed by Julie Taymor. Starring Kathryn Hunter, David Harewood, Tina Benko, Lilly Englert, Mandi Masden, Jake Horowitz, Max Casella, and Zach Appelman. SYNOPSIS: Julie Taymor’s filming of her stage production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s comedies, but under Julie Taymor’s direction, that dream becomes […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson joins Chris Pine in Outlaw King
Deadline is reporting that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to join Chris Pine in Outlaw King, the new film from Starred Up and Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie. The Netflix film will see Pine as Robert the Bruce, the Scottish king and national hero who led his country during the First War of Scottish […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have cast its young(er) Jean Grey
It would appear that director Simon Kinberg and the folks over at 20th Century Fox have zeroed in on an actress to portray a young(er) Jean Grey in 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. According to IMDb (via Screen Rant), Summer Fontana will take on the role that actresses Famke Janssen, Haley Ramm and Sophie Turner all filled before her. […]
Ariel Vromen to direct spy thriller The Angel for Netflix
Variety is reporting that Netflix has picked up The Angel, an upcoming spy thriller from director Ariel Vromen (The Iceman), which has been scripted by Vromen and David Arata (Children of Men) and is based upon Uri Bar-Joseph’s bestselling novel The Angel: The Egyptian Spy Who Saved Israel. The $12 million-budgeted film depicts “he true […]
Chiller Films to release remake of Dementia 13
Chiller Films have announced that they are set to release a remake of the 1963 low-budget horror Dementia 13, which was directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by B-movie legend Roger Corman. Per Coming Soon, the new Dementia 13 is directed by Richard LeMay (The Dark Rite, Naked As We Come) and features a […]
