Over the weekend Sigourney Weaver was in the UK for the London Film & Comic Con, during which she had some pretty negative words about 2004’s franchise mash-up Alien vs. Predator, stating that the movie “really depressed me”, and also caused Ridley Scott to scrap his plans for a potential Alien sequel. Well, it seems […]
Vacation directors to write the Spider-Man reboot
They may have missed out on directing to Cop Car’s Jon Watts, but it seems that Sony and Marvel were impressed enough with John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein to snap them up as screenwriters for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. The duo, whose writing credits include Horrible Bosses, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Cloudy […]
H.P. Lovecraft / Nikola Tesla comic book series Herald optioned
Action Lab has announced that Romark Entertainment and Markerstone Pictures have secured the screen rights to the comic book series Herald from writer John Reilly, and artists Tom Rogers and Dexter Weeks. Herald tells the story of Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with time travel thrust him ahead in time to the early 1900s, where he […]
Syfy confirms Sharknado 4, viewers to determine what happens next
Following the premiere of Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! in the States last night, Syfy confirmed that it’s set to go into production on a fourth movie in the cult monster series, while viewers have also been invited to help decide what happens next (Warning – spoiler for Sharknado 3 follows)… The third movie cultiminated […]
Logan’s Run remake back on at Warner Bros.
It looks like Warner Bros. is taking another stab at its long-planned Logan’s Run remake, with the studio enlisting writer-producer Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Days of Future Past, Star Wars Rebels) to write a story and treatment, according to THR. The remake of the classic 1976 sci-fi movie has passed through the hands of a number […]
Ant-Man tops U.S. box office with second-lowest opening for a Marvel Studios movie, earns $114 million worldwide
Marvel’s latest superhero adventure Ant-Man opened in cinemas worldwide this past Friday, dethroning Minions in the States and continuing Marvel’s perfect streak of number one domestic debuts with $58 million. Internationally, it added a further $56 million from 37 markets, for a global opening weekend of $114 million. Ant-Man’s domestic debut is the second-lowest for […]
Fox adapting sci-fi ebook The Dark Side with Enemy screenwriter
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 20th Century Fox is set to adapt Anthony O’Neill’s sci-fi ebook The Dark Side, with Javier Gullon (Enemy) penning the script. According to the site, The Dark Side “is set in a future where the moon is used as a penal colony. When an android goes on a murderous […]
Five Star Wars Movies Disney Should Make (But Probably Won’t)
Neil Calloway looks at what Star Wars films Disney could make (but probably won’t)… With Rogue One apparently well into production and The Force Awakens juggernaut rumbling on, it might seem like we’ve reached “Peak Star Wars”. Yesterday I saw a grown man wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the phrase “Chewie, we’re home”. When people […]
Disney to adapt young adult novel Dumplin
Variety is reporting that Walt Disney Pictures has snapped up the rights to Julie Murphy’s upcoming young adult novel Dumplin, with the studio in talks with Michael Costigan (Prometheus, Brokeback Mountain) to produce. According to the site, Dumplin “centers on a confident teen girl — named Dumplin’ by her former beauty queen mom — taking […]
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation soars past $500 million worldwide, Terminator Genisys continues international success
Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation has passed $500 million at the worldwide box office this weekend, becoming the fourth highest grossing film of Tom Cruise’s career and the third biggest of the franchise to date. Paramount and Skydance are behind Rogue Nation, and have seen it climb to a total of $511.2 million. It stands […]
