20th Century Fox Animation is bringing Jennifer Weiner’s recently-published children’s book The Littlest Bigfoot to the screen, with Variety revealing that an animated feature is in the works under producers Chris Bender and Jake Weiner. The Littlest Bigfoot follows “a pair of 12-year-old girls — one human, one Bigfoot — both desperately out of place […]
Jeff Nichols to direct Alien Nation remake
Back in March it was revealed that 20th Century Fox is developing a remake of the 1988 sci-fi buddy cop movie Alien Nation, and now comes word that the project has secured a director in Jeff Nichols, the filmmaker behind the likes of Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special and Loving. Nichols will also write the […]
Super Troopers 2 recruits Rob Lowe and Emmanuelle Chriqui
With production officially underway in Boston on the crowdfunded sequel to 2001’s cult comedy Super Troopers, it seems as though the film’s full cast is finally starting to be revealed. According to Deadline (source links here and here), Rob Lowe, who is fresh off of his Comedy Central Roast, and Emmanuelle Chriqui, whose Hulu drama Shut […]
Hulu adapting fantasy series Throne of Glass
Hulu is looking to get in on the fantasy genre, with Deadline reporting that the streaming service is adapting Sarah J. Maas’ bestselling book series Throne of Glass, with Kira Snyder (The 100) penning a script for the fantasy adventure series Queen of Shadows. The Mark Gordon Company is producing, with Anna Foerster (Underworld: Blood […]
DC to explore Kara Zor-El’s origin with Supergirl: Being Super
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DC Comics is set to launch a new four-issue out-of-continuity Supergirl limited series this December, which will retell the origins of Kara Zor-El. Titled Supergirl: Being Super, the series will be written by Eisner Award-winner Mariko Tamaki (This One Summer), with art from Joelle Jones (Lady Killer), and will “offer […]
Tom Hanks returning to World War II for Greyhound
It looks like Tom Hanks could be heading back to World War II, with Deadline reporting that the Saving Private Ryan star has written the script for Greyhound, which is being directed by Aaron Schneider (Get Low). Greyhound will see Hanks as a career naval officer given the command of a destroyer, who along with […]
Directors Who Damaged Their Careers Part 1 – The One Who Can Still Make A Comeback
Graeme Robertson kicks off a new series looking at directors who damaged their careers; first up is Richard Kelly… Richard Kelly is very much a case of a bright talent burning out before it really gets a chance to flourish. Kelly hit the high mark right out of the gate with his mind-bending debut Donnie […]
Movie Review – Morgan (2016)
Morgan, 2016. Directed by Luke Scott. Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Rose Leslie, Toby Jones, Paul Giamatti, Boyd Holbrook and Jennifer Jason Leigh. SYNOPSIS: A corporate risk-management consultant must decide whether or not to terminate an artificially created humanoid being. Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent […]
Movie Review – Things To Come (2016)
Things to Come, 2016. Directed by Mia Hansen-Love. Starring Isabelle Huppert, Roman Kalinka, Andre Marcon and Edith Scob. SYNOPSIS: A philosophy teacher soldiers through the death of her mother, getting fired from her job, and dealing with a husband who is cheating on her. In Things To Come, French national treasure Isabelle Huppert stars as […]
Horror Channel FrightFest 2016 Review – Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies (2016)
Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies, 2016. Directed by Dominik Hartl. Starring Laurie Calvert, Gabriela Marcinkova, Margarete Tiesel, Oscar Dyekjaer Giese and Karl Fischer. SYNOPSIS: A team of snowboarders find themselves trapped on the top of a mountain in rural Germany for the night, just as a mysterious zombie plague unleashes itself upon the local population. […]