Fresh from the hit romantic comedy The Big Sick, Variety is reporting that Kumail Nanjiani is set to co-write and star in a small screen adaptation of Stephen Frears’ 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette. The project will reunite Nanjiani with Alec Berg, executive producer on Silicon Valley, who will executive produce alongside Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) […]
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins to helm Expatriate starring Chadwick Boseman
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins has signed on to direct Expatriate, which Deadline describes as “an international thriller set around a 1970s plane hijacking”. Black Panther star Chadwick Boseman is attached to star, having co-written the script with Logan Coles, and the film is being produced by Marc Platt Productions and Gran Via Productions for Universal […]
Lucasfilm breaks down Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Easter eggs in new video
A video has arrived online for Star Wars: The Last Jedi which sees the Lucasfilm Story Group’s Leland Chee, Pablo Hidalgo, Matt Martin, and Rayne Roberts revealing and discussing the Easter eggs hidden within the blockbuster sequel; check it out here… SEE ALSO: Rian Johnson explains why Luke’s lightsaber was blue and not green in Star Wars: […]
It’s Impossible to Please Each Faction of Star Wars Fan, So Was Rian Johnson Right Not to Even Try?
Samuel Brace on Star Wars: The Last Jedi… Given the longevity of the Star Wars series and the various factions amongst the franchise’s fans that have emerged over the decades, it seems to me that it’s nigh impossible to please each one of them, and perhaps, if you believe this hypothesis carries any water, that […]
Warner Bros. confirms April 2019 release for Shazam, vacates July 2018 DC date
This was to be expected, given that production is slated to get underway in the next couple of months, but Warner Bros. has now officially announced that the DC Extended Universe solo movie Shazam is set for release on April 5th 2019. Directed by David F. Sandberg, Shazam sees Zachary Levi as the titular superhero, […]
Leonardo DiCaprio confirmed for Quentin Tarantino’s next movie
Deadline is reporting that Leonardo DiCaprio has become the first addition to Quentin Tarantino’s next film, which will take place in Los Angeles in 1969 and is set to the backdrop of the Manson Family murders. The film will mark DiCaprio’s first on-screen role since his Oscar-winning turn in The Revenant. The star – who previously […]
Black Panther featurette focusses on the Dora Milaje
With a little over a month to go until the release of Black Panther, a new featurette has arrived online for the upcoming Marvel superhero solo movie which focuses on Wakanda’s warriors the Dora Milaje and includes interviews with stars Chadwick Boseman, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Michael B. Jordan; check it out here… SEE […]
Trailer and images for the live-action Tokyo Ghoul movie
Ahead of its limited UK release later this month, Anime Ltd has unveiled a trailer for the live-action adaptation of Sui Ishida’s bestselling manga series Tokyo Ghoul; check it out here along with a selection of images… Quiet and bookish, Ken Kaneki (Masataka Kubota) was all but dead to a world living in fear of […]
New trailer for Xavier Gens’ sci-fi horror Cold Skin
A new trailer arrived online for the upcoming sci-fi horror Cold Skin. Based on Albert Sanchez Pino’s novel of the same name, the film is directed by Xavier Gens (Hitman, The Divide) and stars David Oakes, Ray Stevenson, and Aura Garrido; watch it here… “On the edge of the Antarctic Circle, in the years after World War I, […]
Stranger Things meets Serial Killers in trailer for Turbo Kid directors’ Summer of ’84
Ahead of its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this month, the first trailer has debut for the nostalgia-fuelled serial killer thriller Summer of ’84. The film marks the second feature from Turbo Kid directors Anouk Whissell, François Simard, and Yoann-Karl Whissell (a.k.a. filmmaking collective RKSS), and stars Graham Verchere, Judah Lewis, Caleb Emery, Cory […]
