Variety has revealed that Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex) is in talks to join Sony’s big-budget sci-fi drama Passengers. The Brit actor will join Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) and Jennifer Lawrence (American Hustle) in the film, which is being directed by Morten Tyldem (The Imitation Game) from a script by Jon Spaihts (Prometheus). Here’s the […]
Ant-Man director Peyton Reed on his aborted Fantastic Four movie
Before he succeeded Edgar Wright on Marvel Studios’ latest offering Ant-Man, director Peyton Reed had a brush with the superhero genre when he was attached to 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four back before Tim Story brought Marvel’s First Family to the big screen for the first time. Speaking to Yahoo!, Reed has offered up a […]
District 9 screenwriter to adapt Apocalypse Now Now
Variety is reporting that the acclaimed urban-fantasy novel Apocalypse Now Now is in development over at LA-based XYZ Films. Oscar nominee Terri Tatchell (District 9) has been set to pen the script for the film, which will see Canada-based production company Redlab Digital collaborate with XYZ Films on the production. The novel, written by Charlie […]
2015 San Diego Comic-Con Coverage: Justice League: Gods and Monsters Interviews
As part of our 2015 San Diego Comic-Con International coverage, david j. moore chats with Justice League: Gods and Monsters director Sam Liu, writer Alan Burnett and voice actors Paget Brewster and Tamara Taylor… The DC Universe original movie Justice League: Gods and Monsters (out on DVD and Blu Ray July 28th From Warner Bros.) […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce YA adaptation The Sandcastle Empire
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Paramount Pictures has snapped up the rights to Kayla Olson’s as-yet-unpublished YA novel The Sandcastle Empire, with Leonardo DiCaprio on board to produce through his Appian Way production company. The Sandcastle Empire “is set in 2049 when the Earth is at a breaking point due to climate change, coastal […]
Chloe Grace Moretz joins Bad Neighbours 2
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Chloe Grace Moretz (Carrie, The Equalizer) has signed on to star in the upcoming comedy sequel Bad Neighbours 2 (a.k.a. Neighbors 2, to our American friends). Moretz will join the returning Seth Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne in the follow-up to last year’s hit comedy, which is once […]
Alien vs. Predator writer responds to Sigourney Weaver’s criticism
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 […]
