THR is reporting that Kung Fu Panda and The Little Prince director Mark Osborne is set to helm an adaptation of Jeff Smith’s Eisner Award-winning comic book series Bone for Warner Bros., and will also co-write the script with Adam Kline (Artemis Fowl). “Bone is very special and unconventional because it blends elements together that […]
Fox options Divergent author Veronica Roth’s short story Inertia for feature adaptation
Deadline is reporting that Fox 2000 has optioned the rights to Inertia, a short story from Divergent author Veronica Roth, which is being adapted as a feature film by Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill, the production company behind YA adaptations The Twilight Saga, The Maze Runner and The Fault in Our Stars. […]
DVD Review – Bloodsucking Bosses (2015)
Bloodsucking Bosses, 2015. Directed by Brian James O’Connell. Starring Fran Kranz, Pedro Pascal, Joey Kern, Joel Murray, Emma Fitzpatrick, Yvette Yates and Marshall Givens. SYNOPSIS: Evan is a dedicated office worker who is passed over for promotion in favour of newcomer Max, but once Max settles in to his new job the bodies start piling […]
Blu-ray Review – The Driller Killer (1979)
The Driller Killer, 1979. Directed by Abel Ferrara. Starring Abel Ferrara, Carolyn Marz, Baybi Day, Harry Schultz, Alan Wynroth. SYNOPSIS: A struggling artist goes insane and takes to the streets of New York armed with a drill and the desire to kill. One of the more notorious movies to have ruffled the feathers of Mary […]
Ben Wheatley and Tom Hiddleston may reunite for Hard Boiled comic book adaptation
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is looking to reunite High-Rise director Ben Wheatley and star Tom Hiddleston on an adaptation of Frank Miller and Geof Darrow’s Dark Horse comic book series Hard Boiled. The three-issue miniseries was published between 1990 and 1992 and follows Carl Seltz, an insurance investigator who discovers he is acually a […]
Movie Review – Magnus (2016)
Magnus, 2016. Directed By Benjamin Ree SYNOPSIS: The life and times of Magnus Carlsen. How the “Mozart of chess” became World Champion at the age of 22. Magnus Carlsen is seated in front of ten Harvard Lawyers. He is facing the opposite direction from his opponents, and just for good measure, also blindfolded. The outcome […]
Why Are The Best Film Editors Female?
This week, Neil Calloway looks at why so many great films were cut by women… You may not have noticed in among all news reports about Jackie Chan being awarded one, but last week Anne V. Coates was given an Honorary Oscar. You might not know her name, but you certainly know her work. Coates […]
The Mortal Kombat movie reboot finds a director
It looks like the long-gestating movie reboot of the hit video game series Mortal Kombat could finally be moving forward, with Variety reporting that commercials director Simon McQuoid is in talks with New Line Cinema to helm the film. Mortal Kombat is being produced by James Wan (The Conjuring), who took over the project following […]
Hayao Miyazaki coming out of retirement for Boro the Caterpillar
It looks like Studio Ghibli co-founder Hayao Miyazaki may be coming out of retirement once again, as Anime News Network is reporting that the legendary animator is working on a feature length film entitled Kemushi no Boro (Boro the Caterpillar). The man behind such classic anime features as My Neighbor Totoro, Spirited Away and Princess […]
Movie Review – The Anatomy of Monsters (2014)
The Anatomy of Monsters, 2014. Directed by Byron C. Miller. Starring Tabitha Bastien, Jesse Lee Keeter, Conner Marx, Keiko Green and Asher Vast. SYNOPSIS: Aspiring murderer Andrew lures a seemingly innocent woman back to a room in a seedy motel intending to make her his latest victim. However, much to his surprise, his intended victim […]
