It’s fair to say that the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street did not win over the vast majority of movie-goers of fans of the franchise – and as such a sequel was never greenlit. So what do you do when you can’t get a sequel off the ground? Do what Paul Feig did with […]
Tom Cruise keen to return as Maverick for Top Gun 2, as long as there’s no CGI on the jet sequences
Last month Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison confirmed that there’s a role for Maverick in the planned sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, and now speaking at the premiere of his latest film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Tom Cruise has revealed that he’s open to a return for Top Gun 2, on the condition that […]
New Spider-Man Tom Holland screen tested with Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans for Captain America: Civil War
Last night we got the official confirmation that Tom Holland (The Impossible) would be the latest actor to bring Spider-Man to the big screen, kicking off with Captain America: Civil War next year. Holland beat out over 1500 other actors to land the role, and apparently screen tested with both Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron […]
Former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight joins Transformers writers room
Fresh from his exploits in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it has been announced that former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight has become the latest name to join the Transformers writers room over at Paramount Pictures. Headed up by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), the studio’s writers room now includes Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum […]
Disney to co-produce Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, full cast announced
With production underway in Vancouver, Walt Disney Studios has announced that it will co-produce and co-finance The BFG, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book. Three-time Tony Award winner Mark Rylance (The Gunmen) will play the title character, with newcomer Ruby Barnhill cast as Sophie, but today with the Disney deal comes news of […]
Netflix to launch in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan in 2016
Video streaming giant Netflix is to continue its global domination of the market by expanding into new international markets in early 2016. News today states that the company is to launch its service in some of the richest parts of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan and continues with its plans […]
Lionsgate pushes Power Rangers reboot back to 2017
Fans looking forward to seeing the Power Rangers back on the big screen will have to wait a little longer, with Lionsgate and Saban Brands pushing the feature film reboot back six months from its original date of July 22nd 2016 to January 2017. The reboot of the long-running TV series was originally being developed […]
Zach Galligan says the new Gremlins movie “will not be a remake in any way, shape or form”
We’ve been hearing talk of a new Gremlins movie for years now, with conflicting reports as to whether the third film would be a continuation of the franchise, or a full reboot. Well, according to Zach Gilligan, star of the original two movies, it is firmly the former. “It’s not going to be a reboot,” […]
Oscar Isaac calls X-Men: Apocalypse, “scary shit”
It’s going to be a big couple of years for Oscar Isaac. Ahead of him having a major part in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, the actor is also set to feature as the titular Apocalypse in Bryan Singer’s X-Men: Apocalypse. The actor has been quite open when it comes to talking about the role […]
Metal Gear Solid movie finds a new writer
It’s been nearly a year since we last heard anything about the big screen adaptation of popular video game franchise Metal Gear Solid when it was reported that Jordan Vogt-Roberts (The Kings of Summer) had been attached to the project. Well, now we have some more news. According to Deadline, in-demand British writer Jay Basu (Monsters: […]
