Seeing as he doesn’t have any more commitments to Sony’s wall-crawler following the disappointing The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Deadline is reporting that director Marc Webb is filling out his upcoming slate. First for the filmmaker will be Gifted, which is set to start shooting this autumn with Chris Evans (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) set […]
Movie Review – The Eyes of My Mother (2016)
The Eyes of My Mother, 2016. Written and Directed by Nicolas Pesce. Starring Kika Magalhães, Olivia Bond, Diana Agostini, and Paul Nazak. SYNOPSIS: A young, lonely woman is consumed by her deepest and darkest desires after tragedy strikes her quiet country life. You can’t but applaud director Nicolas Pesce for lack of vision. His streamlined feature […]
Kristen Wiig signs on alongside Cate Blanchette in Richard Linklater’s Where’d You Go, Bernadette?
Way back in November of 2015 it was announced that Cate Blanchett would be taking on the lead in Richard Linklater’s adaptation of Maria Semple’s 2012 bestseller Where’d You Go, Bernadette?, and now THR is reporting that she will be joined in the cast by Kristen Wiig. The project has been adapted by Scott Neustadter […]
Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman cast in She Came to Me
Writer-director Rachel Miller (The Many Lives of Pippa Lee, Maggie’s Plan) has enlisted Steve Carell, Amy Schumer and Nicole Kidman to star in her new film She Came to Me, THR has revealed. Although plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is described as “a sweeping comedic drama, a multigenerational story about family […]
Mission: Impossible 6 enlists Sherlock actress Sian Brooke
With production gearing up to get underway this spring, Variety is reporting that Sian Brooke (Sherlock) has become the latest addition to the cast of Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions’ Mission: Impossible 6. Brooke’s casting follows hot on the heels of the additions of Henry Cavill (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) and Vanessa Kirby […]
Netflix developing Motley Crue biopic Dirt
Deadline is reporting that Netflix is in development on a biopic of the American heavy metal band Motley Crue, which is based upon the bestselling autobiography The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most Notorious Rock Band, penned by band members Vince Neil, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Nikki Sixx and author Neil Strauss. The biopic, […]
Mark Millar teaming with Lorenzo di Bonaventura for Jupiter’s Legacy movie
Comic book writer Mark Millar is set to team with producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura for an adaptation of his and artist Frank Quitely’s superhero tale Jupiter’s Legacy, with meetings currently underway with potential writers for the movie version. Here’s the synopsis for the first volume of the book, published by Image Comics: 1932: Sheldon Sampson’s […]
Is it time for a new Iron Man?
Anghus Houvouras on whether it’s time for a new Iron Man… Sometimes an actor is so perfectly suited for a role you can’t even imagine anyone else in the part. That was certainly the case when we first saw Robert Downey Jr. playing Tony Stark in Marvel’s Iron Man. He had the suave, debonair, devil-may-care […]
Jeff Nichols to direct Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga in Loving
Deadline has revealed details the latest project from Mud and Take Shelter director Jeff Nichols, which is set for release in 2016. The acclaimed director is to direct Loving, a new drama that Nichols has written himself, and is set to start filming in September. Joel Edgerton (Exodus: Gods and Kings) and Ruth Negga (World […]
Studios pushing for earlier home entertainment releases
The world of movies and movie going is changing. The cinema doesn’t play the role in our culture that it once did. Fans are just as keen to stay home and watch Netflix or some other VOD service as they are making the trip to their local theatre. Many have speculated that a day […]
