THR is reporting that Thomas Jane (The Mist) and Molly Parker (House of Cards) have signed on to lead the cast of the Stephen King adaptation 1922, which is being written and directed by Zak Hilditch (These Final Hours) for Netflix. Published as part of King’s 2010 collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 follows an […]
Production underway on Sofia Coppola’s The Beguiled, full cast announced
Focus Features has announced that production is now underway on Sofia Coppola’s new film The Beguiled, which is based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name. The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has […]
Movie Review – Light Years (2015)
Light Years, 2015. Directed by Esther May Campbell. Starring Beth Orton, Muhammet Uzuner, Sophie Burton, James Stuckey, Zamira Fuller, Mike Wright, Mickey Morris, Ewan Cooke, Graeme Hogg and Fouad Cilmi. SYNOPSIS: Rose longs to see mum, but nobody will take her. Ever. Dad disappears to work. Sister waits for a boy on a damp golf […]
October Horrors Day 31 – Pieces (1982)
Pieces, 1982. Directed by J. P. Simon. Starring Christopher George, Edmund Purdom, Paul L. Smith and Linda Day. SYNOPSIS: Ten-year-old Timmy is scolded by his mother for playing with a rather saucy jigsaw, whereupon Timmy violently and suddenly kills his mother with an axe. Forty years later, a serial killer is stalking a university campus, […]
Studio 8 developing comic book adaptation Scout
Deadline is reporting that Stuiod 8 has snapped up the film rights to Eclipse Comics’ Scout from creator Timothy Truman, and has set Chris MacBride (The Conspiracy) to direct a big screen adaptation. Published between 1985 and 1987, Scout follows Emanuel Santana, a Native American Apache and ex-Army Ranger in a dystopian, Third World United […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows producer reflects on box office disappointment, doesn’t think there’ll be a third movie
Despite facing a backlash of near-Ghostbusters proportions when it was first announced, the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot proved to be a solid hit around the globe, earning close to $500 million worldwide back in 2014. With those kinds of numbers, a sequel was inevitable and sure enough it arrived this year, although […]
Exclusive Interviews: Gavin O’Connor and Cynthia Addai-Robinson discuss The Accountant
With The Accountant opening in UK cinemas this coming Friday, Flickering Myth’s Amon Warmann caught up with director Gavin O’Connor and actress Cynthia Addai-Robinson at the UK press junket to discuss the film; take a look at the interviews here, or head on over to our YouTube channel… SEE ALSO: Read our review of The […]
Production underway on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning
Production is now underway on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning, a prequel to the cult crime thriller Rise of the Footsoldier and the third instalment of the hit franchise. Directed by Zackary Alder (The Rise of the Krays, The Fall of the Krays), the film will see the return of cast members Craig Fairbrass, […]
Peter Jackson announces next project Mortal Engines
Peter Jackson has been out of action since his last foray to Middle-earth with The Hobbit trilogy, but it seems he’s now ready for a return, with the filmmaker announcing on Facebook that he’s set to write and produce an adaptation of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines, which is being directed by his protege Christian Rivers. Here’s […]
October Horrors Day 23 – Return of the Living Dead (1985)
Return of the Living Dead, 1985. Directed by Dan O’Bannon. Starring Clu Gulager, James Karen, Don Calfa and Thom Mathews. SYNOPSIS: A mismatched group of chemical plant workers, punks and a mortuary worker find the living dead knocking at their doors in ever increasing numbers following the accidental release of a mysterious toxin that has […]
