With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War breaks ticket pre-sales record in just six hours
Following the release of yesterday’s second trailer [which you can watch here], Disney and Marvel are celebrating a new record today, with Avengers: Infinity War shattering Fandango’s pre-sales record in just six hours. Variety reports that tickets for the hugely-anticipated blockbuster went on sale at 6am PDT yesterday, and by noon it had already surpassed […]
Ridley Scott in talks for comic book adaptation Queen and Country
According to The Wrap, Ridley Scott may have found a new project, with the filmmaker in talks to direct the comic book adaptation Queen and Country for 20th Century Fox. Based on Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning series from Oni Press, Queen and Country follows British Secret Intelligence service operative Tara Chace, who is used as bait […]
Melissa Joan Hart will Explain It All again in Clarissa revival
According to THR, Nickelodeon is in early development on a revival of the 90s teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, which will reunite actress Melissa Joan Hart with series creator Mitchell Kriegman. The potential show would see Hart back as Clarissa Darling, now the mother of the family, as well as executive producing the series […]
The Lord of the Rings may dethrone The Crown as the most expensive TV show ever
Last year it was announced that Amazon will be developing a fantasy series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, and now comes a report that the streaming service will be investing around half a billion dollars to bring Middle-earth to the small screen. Amazon reportedly spent $250 million to secure the […]
Trailer for werewolf thriller Wildling starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif
Following its world premiere at SXSW, IFC Films has released a trailer for director Fritz Böhm’s feature directorial debut Wildling. The werewolf horror is set for a theatrical and VOD release and stars Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, and Brad Dourif; check it out here… A teenage girl’s coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in […]
First trailer for sci-fi thriller Higher Power
The first trailer has been revealed for the upcoming sci-fi thriller Higher Power. Directed by Matthew Santoro, the film features a cast that includes Ron Eldard, Jade Tailor, Austin Stowell, Jordan Hinson, Colm Feore, Tom Wright, and Laura Margolis; watch it here… When the Universe decides what it wants, it’s pointless to resist. With his […]
Ben Kingsley is a war criminal in hiding in trailer for thriller An Ordinary Man
With a little under a month to go until its release, a new poster and trailer have arrived online for writer-director Brad Silberling’s upcoming thriller An Ordinary Man which stars Ben Kingsley, Hera Hilmar and Peter Serafinowicz; take a look below… A war criminal in hiding forms a relationship with his only connection to the outside world […]
Demian Bichir and John Cho join Andrea Riseborough in The Grudge
Earlier this month it was reported that Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion) was joining Ghost House Pictures’ horror remake The Grudge, and now comes word from Variety that the actress is being joined by Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and John Cho (Star Trek Beyond). The film, a new take on the 2004 movie (which was itself […]
Peyton List cast as female lead in Gone Baby Gone TV series
Deadline is reporting that Frequency actress Peyton List is set for the female lead in Fox’s as-yet-untitled TV adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Gone Baby Gone. List – who is currently portraying Poison Ivy in another Fox series, Gotham – will take on the role of Angela Gennaro, played by Michelle Monaghan in Ben […]