Deadline is reporting that casting is underway on Hotel Mumbai, director Anthony Maras’ upcoming dramatisation of the terror attacks on the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, India in 2008. Dev Patel (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and Armie Hammer (The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) are in talks about joining the cast of the film, with Patel […]
Daniel Radcliffe heading to the Jungle with Wolf Creek director
Daniel Radcliffe has signed for the lead role in Jungle, a new thriller from director Greg McLean (Wolf Creek), which is based upon Yossi Ghinsberg 2005 memoir Jungle: A Harrowing True Story of Survival, which details his 1982 journey into the Amazon, where he became lost and spent three weeks battling for survival. “I’m incredibly […]
USA Network gives series pickup to Shooter starring Ryan Phillippe
The USA Network has given a series pickup to Shooter, a small screen adaptation of Stephen Hunter’s novel Point of Impact and the subsequent 2007 action thriller, which sees Ryan Phillippe taking over the role of marksman Bob Lee Swagger, played by Mark Wahlberg in the movie. Wahlberg remains involved as executive producer alongside John […]
Pierce Brosnan and Martin Campbell reuniting for Across the River and Into the Trees
GoldenEye star Pierce Brosnan and director Martin Campbell are set to reunite on an adaptation of Ernest Hemingway’s 1950 novel Across the River and Into the Trees, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The project has been written by Peter Flannery (Inspector George Gently) and Michael Radford (Il Postino), and follows “an American officer serving in […]
Josh Gad to star in comedy Heavy Duty
Josh Gad (Frozen, Pixels) has signed on to star in Heavy Duty, a new comedy from Paramount Pictures, which is scripted by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit (1600 Penn, Super Fun Night) from an original idea by Gad. The film will see Gad as “an ordinary guy who believes losing weight will help him live a […]
Movie Review – Synchronicity (2016)
Synchronicity, 2016. Written and Directed by Jacob Gentry. Starring Chad McKnight, Brianne Davis, AJ Bowen, Scott Poythress, and Michael Ironside. SYNOPSIS: A physicist who invents a time machine must travel back to the past to uncover the truth about his creation and the woman who is trying to steal it. Synchronicity is a complex piece […]
Countdown to Batman v Superman – Superman/Batman: Public Enemies
Ricky Church continues his countdown to Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice with Superman/Batman: Public Enemies… What could be worse than your mortal enemy running a billion dollar company, having infinite resources to work on your doom? How about that same mortal enemy being President of the United States. In the early 00s, Lex Luthor […]
Battlestar Galactica film in development
All this has happened before and all this will happen again thanks to a deal Universal has made to develop the long-gestating Battlestar Galactica film. Per The Hollywood Reporter, producer Michael De Luca is teaming up with producers Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films to bring Battlestar Galactica to the big screen. Ever […]
Lupita Nyong’o joins sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 12 Years a Slave and Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to star in the sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. The film will follow “a U.N. worker in a department that was created to represent humankind in the event of […]
Amy Schumer to tackle serious role alongside Miles Teller in Thank You for Your Service
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer has just signed on to join the cast of the upcoming drama Thank You for Your Service in what will be her first serious role. The DreamWorks film, which is based on the book of the same title by journalist David Finkel, stars Miles Teller (Fantastic Four) as Adam Schumann, a […]
