Last week it was announced that Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) and David Oyelowo (A United Kingdom) have been cast in the upcoming Blumhouse Productions thriller Only You, and now we have word of three more additions to the film. According to THR, Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us), Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and […]
Movie Review – Hounds of Love (2016)
Hounds Of Love, 2016. Directed by Ben Young. Starring Emma Booth, Ashleigh Cummings, Stephen Curry and Susie Porter. SYNOPSIS: In a quiet suburb of Perth in Australia, a teenage girl has gone missing and posters are pinned to every tree. Vicki Maloney (Ashleigh Cummings) has yet another row with her mother, defies her about going […]
Zoey Deutch joins Johnny Depp in Richard Says Goodbye
According to THR, Zoey Deutch (Before I Fall) has signed on to star alongside Johnny Depp in the upcoming dramedy Richard Says Goodbye, which is being written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye). Richard Says Goodbye sees Depp as the titular Richard, “a world-weary college professor who is given a life-changing diagnosis and […]
Sandra Bullock to star in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box
THR has revealed that Netflix has tapped Sandra Bullock to star in Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (In a Better World) and screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival). The project is based upon Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel and takes place in the near future, with Bullock portraying a mother who along with her […]
Short Film Reviews – Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus
Tom Jolliffe reviews Shane Ryan’s Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus… Independent American film-maker Shane Ryan, has tended to court a degree of controversy throughout his career. He’s directed a number of features, and shorts. A common strand running through them is a recurring theme of isolation, of being an outsider, and the dark corners […]
David O. Russell is in talks for adaptation of Boy21
Director David O. Russell is in talks to produce an adaptation of Basketball drama Boy21. The man behind American Hustle and The Fighter, is currently in talks to produce Boy21, a film version of Matthew Quick’s basketball novel. Swift has already seen one of his novels adapted by O. Russell, he directed The Silver Linings […]
Katherine Waterston and Sunny Suljic to star in Jonah Hill’s Mid-90s
The Tracking Board has revealed that Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant) and Sunny Suljic (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) have signed on to star in Mid-90s, the upcoming directorial debut of Jonah Hill. As you may have guessed from the title, the film takes place in the mid-1990s and is a coming of age drama […]
The Dark Tower helmer to direct Matt Damon in Robert F. Kennedy biopic RFK
It looks like Danish filmmaker Nikolaj Arcel has found his next project after the upcoming Stephen King adaptation The Dark Tower, with The Tracking Board reporting that he has signed on to direct the Robert F. Kennedy biopic RFK, which has Matt Damon attached to the title role. The younger brother of President John F. […]
Sony adapting Princeless comic book for the big screen
Deadline has revealed that Sony Pictures has snapped up the rights to Action Lab Comics’ Princeless comic book series, and has set Michael Sugar (Spotlight) to produce a movie adaptation, with Stefani Robinson (Atlanta) penning the script. The Eisner-nominated comic book series from Jeremy Whitley and Emily Martin “follows a young black princess who, instead […]
Godzilla vs. Kong director discusses size difference between the two monsters
Director Adam Wingard was at Comic-Con this past weekend to promote the release of his new movie Death Note, and IGN managed to get a brief update from the filmmaker as to his next project – the MonsterVerse crossover Godzilla vs. Kong. “It’s been a pleasure already in the first stages of it, having an […]
