FX has announced that Oscar-winner Hilary Swank has signed on to portray Gail Getty in Trust, the new anthology series from director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy. The first season revolves around the real life kidnapping of Gail’s son John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil baron J. Paul Getty (played by Donald Sutherland). […]
Sony and Shawn Levy adapting The Day The Crayons Quit
Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has snapped up the rights to the bestselling children’s book The Day the Crayons Quit by Drew Daywalt, and has tapped Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen of 21 Laps to produce a live-action/animated hybrid feature adaptation. The Day the Crayons Quit follows a box of crayons whose inhabitants go […]
All Eyez on Me director to helm police thriller The Shave
Fresh from the Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me, Variety is reporting that director Benny Boom has signed on to helm the Rogue One Entertainment’s police thriller The Shave, which is based on a Black List script by Thomas White and Miles Hubley. The film revolves around “an LAPD officer, recently exonerated in the […]
Movie Review – The Promise (2016)
The Promise, 2016. Directed by Terry George Starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale, Charlotte Le Bon, Tom Hollander and James Cromwell. SYNOPSIS: In the days just before World War I, Michael (Oscar Isaac) has become engaged to a girl in his home village and is studying to be a doctor in Constantinople. He falls in love […]
Dakota Johnson and Bruce Dern join Shia LaBeouf in The Peanut Butter Falcon
Back in May it was announced that Shia LaBeouf is set to star in the indie adventure drama The Peanut Butter Falcon for writer-directors Tyler Nilson and Mike Schwartz, and now THR is reporting that he will be joined in the cast by Dakota Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Bruce Dern (The Hateful Eight). […]
Guardians of the Galaxy and Its Exploitation Influences
Ben Robins on Guardians of the Galaxy and its exploitation influences… Exploitation is a bit of a nasty word no matter the context, and in the movie world, it usually means something cheap and in many cases, derivative. It’s never properly been defined, and doing so here without page after page of background would prove […]
Isla Fisher joins ensemble comedy Tag
Now You See Me and Nocturnal Animals star Isla Fisher has become the latest addition to the ensemble cast of the New Line comedy Tag, THR has revealed. Directed by Jeff Tomsic (Idiotsitter), the film is based on a true story from the Wall Street Journal and follows a group of friends who have been playing a […]
Doctor Who director has a “strong vision” for a She-Hulk movie
Before the appointment of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck as directors on Captain Marvel, one name who appeared on the shortlist to helm Marvel’s first female-led superhero movie was Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl, Doctor Who). However, Talalay has confirmed to Vice that she was never in talks with the studio for that project, but would […]
Tom McCarthy in talks to direct Timmy Failure for Disney
Variety is reporting that Tom McCarthy may have lined up his next feature, with the Spotlight writer-director said to be in talks with Disney to adapt Stephen Pastis’ book series Timmy Failure. McCarthy would direct the project, as well as co-writing the screenplay with author Pastis. Timmy Failure “centers on an 11-year-old boy who believes […]
Gemini Man could finally be coming to the screen, with Ang Lee directing
It’s been stuck in development hell for twenty years, but it looks like the action thriller Gemini Man may finally be about to make its way to the big screen, with THR reporting that Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Life of Pi) is in talks to direct for Skydance Productions. Gemini Man follows an […]
