After collaborating on last year’s Gone Girl, David Fincher and Ben Affleck are again teaming up to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic Strangers on a Train, according to Deadline. The remake will be a contemporary version and will switch the pivotal meeting from a train to a plane. The film will reportedly be titled Strangers, […]
Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling to team for The Big Short
Variety reports that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, Knight of Cups), Brad Pitt (Fury, Se7en) and Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Place Beyond The Pines) are to add their A-list status (and charm) to new drama The Big Short, an adaptation of Moneyball writer Michael Lewis’ bestseller. Here’s the book synopsis: The real story of the […]
Ansel Elgort joins Edgar Wright’s next movie Baby Driver
Edgar Wright’s next movie is gaining momentum after securing financial backing and receiving the green light from Sony and now it has cast its leading man in The Fault In Our Stars‘ Ansel Elgort. Baby Driver – which is also being co-written by Wright – will be his first directing job since controversially leaving Marvel’s […]
Jason Bateman to star in Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo
Jason Bateman has signed on to star alongside Rebecca Hall in Joel Edgerton’s upcoming directorial debut film. The film, based off a script written by Edgerton, does not yet have an official title but it is going by the name of Weirdo. According to Deadline, Bateman and Hall will play a married couple who attempt […]
Disney sets dates for Ghost In The Shell, The Jungle Book and Pete’s Dragon
Disney is set for a monumental couple of years at the box office through 2015, 2016 and beyond. This year sees both Avengers: Age Of Ultron and Star Wars: The Force Awakens debut, but that hasn’t stopped then from lining up some other big box-office treats for post-2015. With news over the last week that […]
Rumour: Possible new concept art description of Max Von Sydow’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens character
Since the Star Wars: The Force Awakens cast was officially announced last April the internet has been flooded with potential rumours and ramblings concerning who is playing who (or what). While most of these rumours haven’t been confirmed some concept art that was leaked in recent months can help add some depth to the early […]
Wes Anderson, Clint Eastwood, Alejandro González Iñárritu, Richard Linklater and Morten Tyldum nominated for the DGA Award
The Director’s Guild of America has announced the nominees for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film, with Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel), Clint Eastwood (American Sniper), Alejandro González Iñárritu (Birdman), Richard Linklater (Boyhood) and Morten Tyldum (The Imitation Game) set to contest the award. “In a year full of excellent […]
Kevin Smith goes beardless again for Yoga Hosers prosthetics
Having wrapped principal photography on Yoga Hosers, Kevin Smith is currently shooting some visual effects for the second chapter of his True North Trilogy. With Smith himself portraying one of the film’s monsters, he’s had to shave his trademark beard in order for the necessary prosthetics to be applied, and the filmmaker has taken to […]
D.J. Caruso in talks to direct G.I. Joe 3
Paramount Pictures may have found a replacement for Jon M. Chu on G.I. Joe 3, with The Hollywood Reporter. revealing that D.J. Caruso is in talks to direct the film. Caruso is best know for directing Eagle Eye and I am Number Four, and has done his fair share of action so he would seem to […]
Gareth Edwards’ standalone Star Wars movie gets an Oscar nominated screenwriter
It looks like Disney and Lucasfilm have found a replacement screenwriter for Gary Whitta on Gareth Edwards’ upcoming standalone Star Wars movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Chris Weitz has signed on to the mystery project. Weitz’s credits include his Oscar-nominated script for About a Boy, in addition to the likes of Antz, Nutty […]
