One of the best rides at Disney World in Orlando is the Twilight Zone Tower of Terror over at MGM Studios. The ride, opened in 1994, sees you go through a hotel (with lots of Twilight Zone knick-knacks) before going into an elevator that plummets and shoots up and high speeds. Well, it looks like […]
The Legend of Conan could launch Robert E. Howard cinematic universe
Marvel is doing it, DC is doing it, Transformers is doing it, Ghostbusters is doing it, so why not Conan the Barbarian and the various characters created by Robert E. Howard? According to Deadline (via Comic Book), Fredrick Malmberg has aquired the rights to Howard’s various creations, including Conan, Kull the Conqueror and Solomon Kane, […]
Chris Morgan talks The Legend of Conan: “Think Unforgiven… with a sword-wielding barbarian”
Back in February, we heard that Will Beall (Gangster Squad) had taken over scriptwriting duties on The Legend of Conan, and now producer Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious) has revealed to The Arnold Fans that the screenplay is complete, and that the film will be a direct sequel to John Milius’ Conan the Barbarian which […]
James Gunn talks Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Peter Quill’s father
As James Gunn continues development on the sequel to last year’s smash hit space opera Guardians of the Galaxy, the filmmaker has been speaking to Alison Rosen on her podcast Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend, during which he touched upon his plans Guardians of the Galaxy 2. “It’s not really based on anything. […]
Kenneth Branagh wants Marvel return
In 2011 Kenneth Branagh took the grounded world established by Iron Man into the Nine Realms as he brought the God of Thunder to the big screen with Thor, and while he didn’t return for the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World – reportedly due to his commitments to Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – the […]
Birdman: Let Down By a Terrible Ending
Anthony Stokes on Birdman and its ending (major spoilers follow)… When I first heard about Birdman, I was cautious; I tend to get annoyed with any movie that does the “one long take” gimmick because it seems to serve little purpose besides drawing attention to itself, and add in the idiosyncratic score, and it seemed […]
William Friedkin to direct The Winter of Frankie Machine
Deadline is reporting that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin is set to direct an adaptation of best-selling novel The Winter of Frankie Machine. Both Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese had previously been linked to the project, as was Robert de Niro, but now it looks like Friedkin is finally getting it off the ground. The adaptation […]
G.I. Joe 3 to feature a character from M.A.S.K.?
Details about G.I. Joe 3 are up in the air at the moment. It was announced back in April last year that Jon M. Chu had left the director’s chair of the movie and the studio have since been in talks with D.J. Caruso (I Am Number Four) and Martin Campbell (GoldenEye) to take over. […]
Astro Boy is heading to the big screen for live-action movie
The iconic Japanese character Astro Boy is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions are developing a live-action feature based upon the robot boy who uses his powers to fight evil. Created as a manga in the 1950s by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy has been […]
Stargate reboot gets Independence Day 2 screenwriters
Last May it was announced that director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin are set to reboot their 1994 sci-fi Stargate with a potential new trilogy, and now the duo have found their screenwriters for the new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are in final negotiations to pen […]