Deadline is reporting that Wesley Snipes (Blade), Anne Heche (Dig), Dave Annable (Brothers and Sisters) and WWE star Seth Rollins have signed on to star in the upcoming thriller Temple. Temple “follows a team of trained operatives who find themselves trapped inside an isolated military compound after its artificial intelligence is suddenly shut down. There, […]
Jared Leto to star in action thriller The Outsider
Deadline is reporting that Jared Leto is lining up his first post-Suicide Squad role, with the Oscar-winning signing on to star in the action thriller The Outsider. Directed by Martin Zandevliet (Land of Mine) and written by Andrew Baldwin (Bastille Day), the film “tells the story of an imprisoned American soldier (Leto) who is released […]
Charlize Theron to reteam with Jason Reitman and Diablo Cody
Deadline is reporting that Charlize Theron is in early talks about a reunion with Young Adult director Jason Reitman and screenwriter Diablo Cody. Details are scarce, but according to the site the as-yet-untitled project deals with motherhood. Charlize Theron can currently be seen in The Huntsman: Winter’s War, which opened in the UK this week. […]
Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn says he “enjoyed” Man of Steel
It’s a movie that didn’t get a great reception when it was first released, and is looked back upon even less kindly with hindsight, but Man of Steel does have its fans – and Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is one of them. During a conversation on Twitter last night, someone asked how […]
Domhnall Gleeson to play National Lampoon co-founder in Netflix movie A Futile and Stupid Gesture
Domhnall Gleeson is in talks to star in Netflix’s A Futile and Stupid Gesture, a feature film exploring the origins of National Lampoon, the groundbreaking U.S. satirical magazine. Gleeson will portray Henry Beard, one of the three co-founders of the National Lampoon alongside Robert Hoffman and Doug Kenney. Will Forte (The Last Man on Earth) […]
Warner Bros. moving ahead with animated Speedy Gonzales film
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is set to bring one of its most beloved Looney Tunes characters to the big screen. The studio is moving ahead with its plans for a Speedy Gonzales animated feature, with Mexican filmmaker and actor Eugenio Derbez set to voice the title character. “In Mexico we grew up watching Speedy Gonzales,” states Derbez. […]
Batman v Superman vs. The Dark Knight Rises: The importance of humanity in our superheroes
Anghus Houvouras on Batman v Superman vs. The Dark Knight Rises and the importance of humanity in our superheroes (spoilers follow)… My favorite sequence from any comic book movie is the final forty minutes of The Dark Knight Rises. This always strikes me as odd because overall the movie is kind of a mess. The same […]
Blu-ray Review – Firewalker (1986)
Firewalker, 1986. Directed by J. Lee Thompson. Starring Chuck Norris, Louis Gossett Jr., Melody Anderson, Sonny Landham, Will Sampson, John Rhys-Davies, Ian Abercrombie. SYNOPSIS: A pair of hapless adventurers take on a job to find priceless Aztec gold but are pursued by a vengeful spirit who will stop at nothing to protect it. Back in […]
Alex Gibney to make narrative feature film debut with The Action
Alex Gibney, the director behind such documentaries as Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief, We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks, The Armstrong Lie and the Oscar-winning Taxi to the Dark Side, is set to make his narrative feature film debut with The Action, a 1970s-set political thriller which is being produced by […]
Disney snaps up the big screen rights to The Paper Magician trilogy
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Disney has snapped up the movie rights to Charlie N. Holmberg’s YA fantasy trilogy The Paper Magician, and has tapped Allison Shearmur (The Hunger Games, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) to produce the big screen adaptation. The story “centers on Ceony Twill, a young girl who is a […]
