Last month it was announced that Universal’s long-gestating Scarface remake looked to be getting back on track, with filmmaker Antoine Fuqua returning to the project almost a year after vacating the director’s chair in favour of The Equalizer 2. Now, according to Deadline, the studio has enlisted screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala, Contralepo) to pen a […]
Malik Vitthal to direct “Get Out meets End of Watch” supernatural thriller Body Cam
Variety is reporting that Malik Vitthal, director of the short films Leela, Watts and Volts, and Pastor Stuart, is set to make his directorial debut on Body Cam, a supernatural thriller for Paramount Players. The film is described as “Get Out meets End of Watch” and follows several LAPD officers who find themselves “haunted by […]
Taken director to helm Claes Bang in sci-fi thriller The New Mrs. Keller
Taken director Pierre Morel has signed on to direct Claes Bang (The Square) in the sci-fi thriller The New Mrs. Keller, Variety has revealed. Based on a spec script by Mark Hogan, The New Mrs. Keller takes place in the near future and “follows the smart, beautiful, and sophisticated titular Keller. She ensnares her husband, […]
Black Panther overtakes The Avengers to become highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the U.S.
It may lose top spot at the North American box office this weekend to Pacific Rim Uprising, but it’s celebration time for Disney and Marvel Studios as Black Panther has officially overtaken 2012’s The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the United States. By close of play on Saturday, the […]
McG to direct sci-fi adventure Rim of the World for Netflix
Director McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) is gearing up to shoot the Netflix sci-fi adventure movie Rim of the World, with principal photography set to get underway in May. The film follows “four misfit teenagers who become unlikely allies when their summer camp experience is cut short by an alien invasion. The teens must work […]
Constantin Film to adapt YA fantasy A Court of Thorns and Roses
Deadline is reporting that German production company Constantin Film has acquired the rights to Sarah J. Maas’ bestselling YA fantasy novel A Court of Thorns and Roses and is in development on a feature film adaptation. Described as a “Beauty and the Beast-esque fantasy drama”, A Court of Thorns and Roses revolves around Feyre, a […]
Birth of a Nation’s Nate Parker to direct Black & Blue
After disappearing from the spotlight after becoming embroiled in a scandal over rape allegations during his time at college, Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker has now resurfaced, with Deadline reporting that he has signed on to helm the feature film Black & Blue. Based on the life of highly-respected LAPD detective Ralph Waddy, […]
Movie Review – Pyewacket (2018)
Pyewacket, 2018. Directed by Adam MacDonald. Starring Nicole Muñoz, Laurie Holden, Chloe Rose and Eric Osborne. SYNOPSIS: A frustrated, angst-ridden teenage girl awakens something in the woods when she naively performs an occult ritual to evoke a witch to kill her mother. What if Lady Bird decided not to move to New York, but instead performed […]
Rian Johnson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi fan reception hasn’t altered plans for his new trilogy
Prior to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was announced that Lucasfilm had handed Rian Johnson the keys to his very own Star Wars trilogy. Johnson has recently revealed that he’s started work on said trilogy, which as you’d expect is completely shrouded in secrecy. We have no idea whether it will […]
Avengers: Infinity War TV spots see Spider-Man officially becoming an Avenger
With a little over a month to go until the hotly-anticipated release of Avengers: Infinity War, two new TV spots have arrived online for the Marvel epic which feature some previously unseen footage and sees Peter/Spider-Man (Tom Holland) officially gaining his place as an Avenger; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Marvel allowed Avengers: Infinity War […]
