As Game of Thrones gears up for its fifth season next month, HBO programming president Michael Lombardo has been speaking to Entertainment Weekly about the epic fantasy series, admitting that he’d love to extend the show beyond the seven season preference of showrunners David Benoiff and D.B. Weiss: “We started this journey with David and […]
Martin Scorsese to direct Jamie Foxx in Mike Tyson biopic
Last year it was revealed that Jamie Foxx is set to play Mike Tyson in an upcoming biopic of the former heavyweight boxing champ, and now Foxx has revealed on New York’s Power 105’s Breakfast Show that Martin Scorsese has been tapped to direct the film at Paramount Pictures. “I just went in to Paramount […]
Deathstroke to play a major role in Suicide Squad; Joe Manganiello in line for role; costume details revealed
It was rumoured a couple of days ago that Onslaught and Antiphon would be the main villains of David Ayer’s Suicide Squad, but some new rumours have surfaced that they will have some backup. Latino-Review are claiming that Joe Manganiello (True Blood) is in line to take on the role of Slade Wilson aka Deathstroke […]
Kevin Smith announces Clerks III will shoot in May, Mallrats 2 to follow
Kevin Smith has taken to Facebook to announce that production on Clerks III is set for this Spring, with cameras set to roll on the sequel to the 1994 cult classic and its 2006 follow-up in May. Smith also went on to outline his schedule for the next year, as well as hinting at a […]
Steven Spielberg’s DreamWorks to split from Disney next year
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DreamWorks’s distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company is set to expire after the release of Steven Spielberg’s The BFG in July 2016, with Disney opting against a renewal. At this point, it’s unclear which studio DreamWorks will partner up with for future releases, although THR is reporting that […]
Spielberg’s DreamWorks could move from Disney when contract expires
Steven Spielberg may be about to up sticks and move DreamWorks Studios once again as its contract with Disney moves closer to its 2016 expiration, reports The Hollywood Reporter. DreamWorks currently resides at Disney, which in 2009 wanted new product to put into the markets, with Spielberg’s company securing a distribution deal for 30 films, […]
It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense
Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]
Michelle MacLaren has met with Lucasfilm over Star Wars Anthology movie
With Josh Trank vacating the director’s chair on the second Star Wars Anthology movie, Disney and Lucasfilm have a vacancy for a filmmaker in a galaxy far, far away, and now Jeff Sneider of The Wrap is reporting on Meet the Movie Press that Michelle MacLaren has met with the studio about the project. MacLaren, […]
Would Brad Bird be interested in directing a Star Wars movie?
Before J.J. Abrams secured the job of launcing Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy, one of the names linked to the director’s on Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Episode VII – was that of Brad Bird, the man behind the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible […]
Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology spin-off movie
Having been absent from the ‘Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank’ panel at Star Wars Celebration last month due to “flu”, it has been announced tonight that Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s second Star Wars Anthology standalone movie. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with […]
