Having been given the green light back in December, Danny Boyle has now announced that filming is underway on Trainspotting 2, the long-awaited follow-up to the 1996 cult classic. “We’re up in Scotland filming Trainspotting 2 just now,” writes Boyle on Facebook. “I think what I love most about what I do is the variety, […]
Movie Review – The Brothers Grimsby (2016)
The Brothers Grimsby (aka Grimsby), 2016. Directed by Louis Leterrier. Starring Sacha Baron Cohen, Mark Strong, Rebel Wilson, Penélope Cruz, Isla Fisher, Gabourey Sidibe, Scott Adkins, Barkhad Abdi, Annabelle Wallis, and Ian McShane. SYNOPSIS: A football hooligan tracks down his long-lost brother, a spy for MI6, and they end up on the run from a […]
Harry Styles and Fionn Whitehead join Christopher Nolan’s Dunkirk
Variety is reporting that One Direction singer Harry Styles has signed on for a role in Christopher Nolan’s World War II action adventure Dunkirk, having impressed Nolan and his wife and producing partner Emma Thomas during an extensive casting search. Dunkirk will mark Styles’ first feature film role, having passed on the opportunity to appear […]
Sylvester Stallone’s role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 possibly revealed
Just a few days ago, Rocky and Rambo actor Sylvester Stallone was photographed on his way to the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 set with a copy of the film’s script in his hand, which started rumours that he may have a role in the upcoming superhero blockbuster. While Marvel Studios still hasn’t confirmed whether or not Stallone is an official cast […]
Movie Review – Emelie (2016)
Emelie, 2016. Directed by Michael Thelin. Starring Sarah Bolger, Joshua Rush, Carly Adams, Thomas Bair, Chris Beetem, and Susan Pourfar. SYNOPSIS: A couple’s replacement babysitter turns out to be more than they bargained for when she subjects their kids to a series of twisted activities. Early on, Anna/Emelie (all you really need to know is […]
Ernie Hudson to headline The Family Business
Deadline is reporting that Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson has signed on to headline The Family Business, an adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Carl Weber’s novel. Also featuring in the cast are Armand Assante (American Gangster), Nick Turturro (The Longest Yard, NYPD Blue), Emilio Rivera (Sons of Anarchy), Miguel Nunez (Scooby-Doo), Clifton Powell (Ray) […]
Netflix and Scott Free to adapt J. G. Ballard’s Hello America
Netflix has snapped up the film rights to author J. G. Ballard’s (High-Rise) 1981 post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel Hello America, with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free set to produce. Hello America “takes place a century after America’s financial collapse and abandonment by its people, when a group of pioneers return to the ruins of the “New World” […]
Sandra Bullock set for action thriller Cash Truck
In more news coming out of Cannes, Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has signed on to star in Cash Truck, which is being directed by Jose Wladyka (Manos Sucias, Narcos) from a script by Ethan Erwin, Albert Hughes, and John Hodge. Inspired by the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur, Cash Truck will see Bullock […]
The Craft remake getting a rewrite from 10 Cloverfield Lane scribe
Back in May 2015, it was announced that director Leigh Janiak would be directing a remake of the cult 1996 supernatural thriller The Craft, which was later revealed to be a “quasi-sequel” picking up some 20 years after the original. It’s been all quiet on the project since then, but now The Tracking Board is […]
Shawn Levy to direct sci-fi action film The Fall
Variety is reporting that Shawn Levy has signed on to direct The Fall, a sci-fi action movie from Amblin Entertainment, which is based on a script by Pete Bridges. Levy will also produce through his 21 Laps banner, as well as rewriting the screenplay. The Fall follows a newly divorcedcouple during an alien invasion making […]
