Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. has snapped up the rights to the Cannonball Run franchise, tapping Tropic Thunder and Men in Black 3 screenwriter Etan Cohen to pen a new film, which is being described as a “relaunch” rather than a “remake”. Revolving around a cross-country race, the first film was released by Fox in 1981 and […]
Blu-ray Review – Death Warrant (1990)
Death Warrant, 1990. Directed by Deran Serafian. Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme, Cynthia Gibb, Art LaFleur, Patrick Kilpatrick, Robert Guillaume, Joshua John Miller, George Dickerson, Conrad Dunn and Abdul Salaam El Razzac. SYNOPSIS: A French Canadian cop goes undercover in a violent prison to investigate the deaths of several inmates but soon uncovers a plan to […]
Disney returning to The Black Cauldron for The Chronicles of Prydain
Walt Disney Pictures are returning to the world of The Black Cauldron, with Variety reporting that the studio has picked up the rights to Lloyd Alexander’s five-book fantasy series The Chronicles of Prydain – the first two of which were adapted in the 1985 movie. Released between 1964 and 1968, the five books – The […]
Michael Jackson’s chimp Bubbles to get stop motion animated biopic
Deadline is reporting that Michael Jackson’s chimpanzee companion Bubbles is set to receive a stop motion animated biopic, which is being produced by Dan Harmon (Community) from Isaac Adamson’s Black List script. Bubbles will tell “the story of Michael Jackson’s life and history from the perspective of the pet Chimp which got a close-up view […]
Greg Kinnear drama Same Kind of Different As Me pushed back to 2017
The feature directorial debut of Michael Carney, starring Greg Kinnear, Djimon Hounsou and Renée Zellweger was set for an April 29th release date but has now been pushed back to 2017. According to Variety, Same Kind of Different As Me – which is based on the 2006 book of the same name – has been […]
Octavia Spencer joins Guillermo del Toro Cold War movie
Guillermo del Toro has been linked with a bunch of movies in the last year or so. So much so that it’s sometimes difficult to keep track of which projects are happening and which are not. However one movie that’s definitely in his foreseeable future is the Cold War drama that he’s making with Fox […]
Emma Stone and Jonah Hill to re-team for TV series Maniac
Deadline is reporting that Emma Stone (Birdman) and Jonah Hill (The Wolf of Wall Street) are set to star in a new series called Maniac, in production at Paramount TV. The show, which will see the Superbad co-stars reuniting, is based on a 2014 Norwegian series about “a guy who lives a fantasy life in […]
Movie Review – Miracles from Heaven (2016)
Miracles from Heaven, 2016. Directed by Patricia Riggen. Starring Jennifer Garner, Kylie Rogers, Eugenio Derbez, Martin Henderson, John Carroll Lynch, Brighton Sharbino, Courtney Fansler, and Queen Latifah. SYNOPSIS: A young girl suffering from a rare digestive disorder finds herself miraculously cured after surviving a terrible accident. As Easter sneaks up on us, studios begin dropping […]
Movie Review – The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
The Divergent Series: Allegiant, 2016. Directed by Robert Schwentke. Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Naomi Watts, Jeff Daniels, Miles Teller, Ansel Elgort, Zoe Kravitz, Jonny Weston, Keiynan Lonsdale, Maggie Q, Daniel Dae Kim, Octavia Spencer, Bill Skarsgard, Nadia Hilker, Mekhi Phifer, Ray Stevenson, and Ashley Judd. SYNOPSIS: After the earth-shattering revelations of Insurgent, Tris must […]
Amber Heard confirms Mera role in Justice League
Back in January it was rumoured that Amber Heard was in talks to star as Mera, Aquaman’s wife in the DC comics and now she has confirmed the role. In an interview with ET during promotional work for her latest flick The Adderall Diaries, Heard confirmed that the rumours were true and she also gave […]
