Penchant Entertainment has snapped up the rights to Father Malachi Martin’s bestselling book Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans, with a view to adapting the source material across various feature and TV projects. “Since its publication, Hostage to the Devil has been the canonical book on possession and exorcism […]
Gal Gadot discusses Wonder Woman role in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
The flood of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice news continues, with Gal Gadot speaking to CinePremiere about Wonder Woman’s role in the film, and her dynamic with Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight and Henry Cavill’s Man of Steel. “I appear in this film just as she is trying to escape her days of being Wonder Woman,” […]
Carey Mulligan is set to star in war correspondent movie On the Other Side
Carey Mulligan is attached to star in a war correspondent film titled On the Other Side. The newly rebranded studio First Look Media is co-producing the project, with the movie telling the true story of Kate Webb, a war correspondent held captive during the Vietnam War. Mulligan is also on board as a producer for the […]
Movie Review – Zootopia (2016)
Zootopia, 2016. Directed by Byron Howard, Rich Moore and Jared Bush. Featuring the voice talents of Ginnifer Goodwin, Jason Bateman, Idris Elba, Nate Torrence, Jenny Slate, Bonnie Hunt, Don Lake, Octavia Spencer, Tommy Chong, Alan Tudyk, Maurice LaMarche, J.K. Simmons, and Shakira. SYNOPSIS: In a city of anthropomorphic animals, a fugitive con artist fox and […]
Movie Review – Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, 2016. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. Starring Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Christopher Abbott, Nicholas Braun, Stephen Peacocke, Billy Bob Thornton, and Alfred Molina. SYNOPSIS: A journalist recounts her wartime coverage in Afghanistan. Maybe this is relevant, and maybe it isn’t, but as I’m writing this review, television is […]
Movie Review – Triple 9 (2016)
Triple 9, 2016. Directed by John Hillcoat. Starring Casey Affleck, Wood Harrelson, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Anthony Mackie, Aaron Paul, Norman Reedus, Clifton Collins Jr., Kate Winslet, Gal Gadot and Michael K. Williams. SYNOPSIS: A gang of criminals and corrupt cops plan the murder of a police officer in order to pull off their biggest heist yet across […]
Sophie Turner and Asa Butterfield to star in Time Freak
Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Asa Butterfield (The Space Between Us) have signed on to star in the romantic comedy Time Freak, which marks the feature directorial debut of Andrew Bowler and is based upon his Oscar-nominated short of the same name. According to Deadline, the film follows “Stillman (Butterfield), a heartbroken physics student […]
Christopher Lloyd to have a Senior Moment alongside William Shatner
Variety is reporting that Christopher Lloyd has signed on to star alongside William Shatner is director Giorgio Serafini’s upcoming comedy Senior Moment, which will start production in the spring. The film sees Shatner as “a retired Top Gun Navy pilot who used to test aircraft for NASA. After speeding around town in his vintage convertible […]
Netflix and Mike Flanagan bringing The Haunting of Hill House to the small screen
Streaming giants Netflix has tapped filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) to write, direct and produce a ten episode of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, Deadline is reporting. The project – titled Haunting – is being produced by Paramount TV and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and has received […]
Don Cheadle is the Prince of Darkness
Don Cheadle is in talks to produce and star in an adaptation of Shane White’s biography Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire, which will reunite him with screenwriter Steven Baigelman, who co-wrote Cheadle’s directorial debut Miles Ahead. The official Amazon description for Prince of Darkness reads: […]
