According to THR, New Line Cinema has tapped James Wan (The Conjuring) and Chris Bender (Final Destination) to produce a feature film adaptation of the Dutch horror short Sweet Tooth from writer-director Nico van den Brink. The short premiered at Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival in July and centres on “a woman who comes home […]
It actor Owen Teague joins Gary Oldman in supernatural thriller Mary
Bloodline and It star Owen Teague has joined the cast of the supernatural thriller Mary, where he will star alongside the previously announced Gary Oldman. The film will be directed by Michael Goi’s (American Horror Story, Salem) from a script by Anthony Jaswinski (The Shallows), and “centers on a struggling family that buys an old ship at auction with […]
Michael Stuhlbarg, Douglas Booth and more join Kevin Spacey in Gore Vidal biopic
Back in July it was announced that Kevin Spacey is set to take on the role of celebrated American writer Gore Vidal in a feature film biopic at Netflix, and now the streaming service has released details of the supporting cast for Gore. Joining Spacey in the Michael Hoffman (The Last Station) directed film are […]
Exclusive Interviews: Kingsman: The Golden Circle’s Matthew Vaughn and Colin Firth
This coming Wednesday sees the release of Kingsman: The Golden Circle, the follow-up to the hit 2014 spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, and Flickering Myth’s Thomas Harris was lucky enough to be invited to the UK press junket for the film this past week, where he spoke to director Matthew Vaughn and star Colin […]
Baby Driver costume designer to make directorial debut on female action thriller Ruthless
Back in February it was announced that Amblin Entertainment has snapped up the rights to the “female John Wick” script Ruthless, and now Deadline is reporting that costume designer Courtney Hoffman has been set to make her directorial debut on the film. Hoffman’s costume credits include Dark Shadows, Snow White and the Huntsman, Magic Mike, […]
Jessica Chastain’s Painkiller Jane movie finds a screenwriter
Back in November of 2016 it was announced that Jessica Chastain had signed on to produce and star in an adaptation of Jimmy Palmiotti and Joe Quesada’s Painkiller Jane comic book series, and now the project has found its screenwriter. Deadline is reporting that Christine Boylan (Castle, Once Upon a Time) has signed on to […]
Cowboy Bebop’s Shinichiro Watanabe directing a Blade Runner 2049 anime prequel
We’ve already seen a couple of live-action prequel shorts for the hotly-anticipated sci-fi sequel Blade Runner 2049 focussing on the characters played by Jared Leto and Dave Bautista, and now comes word that an anime prequel is incoming from Cowboy Bebop and Samurai Champloo director Shinichiro Watanabe. According to the official press release, the short […]
X-Men: The New Mutants director and cast celebrate the end of principal photography
Having unveiled the official logo earlier this week as production wound down, director Josh Boone has now taken to Instagram to announce that filming on 20th Century Fox’s X-Men: The New Mutants has now wrapped. Boone was joined in the celebration by stars Maisie Williams (Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane), Blu Hunt (Danielle Moonstar/Mirage), and Henry Zaga (Roberto da […]
Guardians of the Galaxy – Monsters After Dark concept art reveals Surtur’s dragon from Thor: Ragnarok
As we know from the promotional material from Thor: Ragnarok, the demon Surtur is set to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut with this November’s cosmic superhero threequel, and it seems he’ll be bringing some heavy firepower with him. As revealed by MCU Tweets, a new Halloween update to the Guardians of the Galaxy – […]
Zack Snyder shares poster and teaser trailer for his short film Snow Steam Iron
Earlier this year, Zack Snyder stepped down from Warner Bros.’ DC ensemble Justice League following the tragic death of his daughter, having over the reins on the superhero blockbuster to Joss Whedon, who is currently overseeing reshoots and completing the post-production phase ahead of its release this November. Snyder has been keeping himself busy however, […]
