Anghus Houvouras on Ready Player One… Ready Player One. Ernest Cline’s huge hit of a novel came out in 2011 and was embraced by the geek community like few other novels in the 21st century. It was a highly coveted book even before it’s release when publishers engaged in a bidding war for the rights. […]
Willem Dafoe joins Edward Norton in Motherless Brooklyn
Fresh from his Oscar-nominated turn in The Florida Project, Willem Dafoe has signed on to star alongside Edward Norton in Motherless Brooklyn, Deadline is reporting. Based on Jonathan Lethem’s novel, the film takes place in 1950s New Tork and follows “a Tourette Syndrome affected private eye Lionel Essrog (Norton) witnesses the murder of his only […]
Alex Garland’s Annihilation gets a new TV spot
With less than three weeks to go until the release of Annihilation, a new TV spot has arrived online for writer-director Alex Garland’s upcoming adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s award-winning novel; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Annihilation featurette explores The Shimmer The book’s official synopsis read: Area X has been cut off from the rest of the […]
Sharon Stone comedy All I Wish gets a trailer
Ahead of its release next month, Universal Pictures has released a trailer for writer-director Susan Walter’s feature debut All I Wish. The romantic comedy features a cast that includes Sharon Stone, Tony Goldwyn, Famke Janssen, Ellen Burstyn, and Gilles Marini; watch it here… An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love until unexpectedly meeting her […]
This Is Us’ Chrissy Metz to star in The Impossible
This Is Us star Chrissy Metz has signed on to appear in The Impossible, a new film from director Roxann Dawson (House of Cards) and producer DeVon Franklin (Miracles from Heaven), which is based upon the Joyce Smith novel The Impossible: The Miraculous Story of a Mother’s Faith and Her Child’s Resurrection. The Amazon description […]
Steven Soderbergh teams with Studio 8 for Planet Kill
Deadline is reporting that Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 has snapped up a pitch from Steven Soderbergh for an action thriller entitled Planet Kill, which Soderbergh will produce and potentially direct. Details on the project are being kept tightly under wraps, but the story has been created by Scott Z. Burns (Contagion) and James Greer, the […]
Children’s book Wed Wabbit to receive a movie adaptation
Lissa Evans’ acclaimed children’s book Wed Wabbit has been optioned by Locksmith Animation for a feature film adaptation, which is being eyed as a live-action/CG hybrid for 20th century Fox. The official Amazon description for Wed Wabbit reads: “Your name is Fidge and you’re nearly eleven. You’ve been hurled into a strange world. You have […]
New image of Tye Sheridan in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One
IGN has shared a new image from Steven Spielberg’s upcoming adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult sci-fi fantasy novel Ready Player One featuring Tye Sheridan’s Wade Watts; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Enter the OASIS with new TV spot for Ready Player One Ready Player One is set in 2045, with the world on the brink of […]
First look at Hasbro’s Avengers: Infinity War action figures
Toy Collector articulated.legends has took to Instagram to share a first look at Hasbro’s line of action figures for the upcoming superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War which includes Captain America, The Winter Soldier, Black Widow, Falcon, Okoye, Black Panther, Proxima Midnight, Thanos, Spider-Man, and Iron Man; check them out here… SEE ALSO: Avengers: Infinity War director […]
Black Panther producer discusses the film’s connections with the wider Marvel Cinematic Universe
In less than two weeks, Marvel Studios is set to pull back the curtain on Wakanda with the release of its latest superhero blockbuster Black Panther. Given that the movie is the final stop before May’s Avengers: Infinity War, and we’re still one Infinity Stone down, it would seem to make sense that the Ryan […]
