The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Bruce Willis has signed on to appear in the Chinese-language World War II epic The Bombing, which is based upon Japan’s bombardment of the Chinese city of Chongqing. The site reports that Willis has already started filming on the $56 million project, which is being directed by Xiao Feng (Hushed […]
Disney adapting Fantasia sequence Night on Bald Mountain into live-action movie
The Walt Disney Company is delving deeper into its animated back catalogue for another live-action movie, this time based upon the ‘Night of the Bald Mountain’ segment from the studio’s 1940 animated classic Fantasia. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Matt Sazama and Burk Sharpless (Dracula Untold) will script and executive produce the project, which revolves […]
Final Destination producer Warren Zide Takes on Shrader House as a feature film
Producer Warren Zide (Final Destination) has confirmed he will produce Shrader House, as a drama genre feature film with famed Columbia/Sony hip hop recording artist, writer-producer Gerald ‘BAM’ Whaley. The team, who are currently in pre-production, have attached Andre Royo from HBO’s The Wire to play the films role of Councilman Reginald Scott. Originally the […]
Clint Eastwood to direct Miracle on the Hudson movie
Fresh from the biggest box office success of his career with American Sniper, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Clint Eastwood has lined up another real-life tale for his next feature, with the director set to tackle the story of Captain Chesley ‘Sully’ Sullenberger. A veteran pilot, Sullenberger became a hero in 2009 after landing […]
The Empire Strikes Back companion film Black Angel getting a feature adaptation
Back in 1980 during its original theatrical run, The Empire Strikes Back was accompanied by a short film from Oscar-winning art director Roger Christian (Star Wars) entitled Black Angel, which was thought lost until it was discovered gathering dust in Universal’s archive in 2013. Well, Christian has now announced that the short is set for […]
Zoe Kravitz to play gunslinger in Black Belle
According to Deadline, Mad Max: Fury Road and Insurgent actress Zoe Kravitz has found her next project: a gun-slinging western titled Black Belle. Directed by Shana Betz (Free Ride) from a blacklist script by Tasha Huo, Black Belle is described as a “gritty project” set in the Old West just after the American Civil War. Production will begin this September, and follow Kravitz’ […]
Marvel’s Star Wars #6 introduces a huge change to the Star Wars canon
Warning. Spoilers follow… Back in April 2014, Disney announced that it was introducing a new canon for Star Wars, which would consist of the original six movies, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and all subsequent Lucasfilm releases going forward. Not just movies and animated series, but books, comics, video games and so on. With that […]
Christina Hodson and Lindsey Beer join Transformers writer’s room
It looks like Paramount and Hasbro is moving full steam ahead with its plans to extend its Transformers universe. Last week it was revealed that Ant-Man scribes Andrew Barrer and Gabriel Ferrari had signed on to develop what is believed to be a Cybertron-set prequel, and now comes word that Christina Hodson (The Eden Project) […]
Disney remaking Sister Act
Walt Disney Pictures has announced that its set to remake the hit 1992 comedy Sister Act, with Kirsten Smith and Karen McCullah (10 Things I Hate About You, Legally Blonde) set to pen the script and Allison Shearmur (Cinderella) producing. Sister Act was a huge hit upon release, grossing $232 million around the world; the […]
Cameron Crowe apologises for casting Emma Stone as an Asian American in Aloha
Cameron Crowe’s latest film Aloha has been at the centre of a “whitewashing” controversy due to Emma Stone’s casting as Allison Ng, a mixed race character who is the daughter of a half-Chinese, half-Hawaiin father and a white mother. In the wake of the criticism, Crowe has taken to his personal blog to offer an […]
