When it was first announced that Arrival and Blade Runner 2049 helmer Denis Villeneuve was turning his attention to Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi epic Dune, it was said that the big screen adaptation would span two movies. However, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures announced just one release date, and there was no mention of a […]
Peter Farrelly to direct The Greatest Beer Run Ever
Following on from the Oscar-winning Green Book, director Peter Farrelly appears to have found his next project, with Variety reporting that he is set to helm an adaptation of the acclaimed book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A True Story of Friendship Stronger Than War by Joanna Molloy and John ‘Chickie’ Donohue. The Greatest Beer […]
Diary of a Wimpy Kid helmer to direct Rugrats movie
Last summer it was announced that Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures are teaming up to revive the classic cartoon series Rugrats with a brand new animated TV show, along with a live-action/CG-hybrid movie, the latter of which has now found its director. As revealed by THR, director David Bowers – whose credits include the Diary of […]
Luke Evans, Mia Kirshner and more join Dreamland
Deadline is reporting that Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), Mia Kirshner (The L Word), Michael Aronov (The Americans) and Martin Donovan (Big Little Lies) have joined the cast of writer-director Nicholas Jarecki’s (Arbitage) thriller Dreamland. The film will feature three colliding stories taking place in the world of opioids – “a drug trafficker arranges […]
John David Washington, Alicia Vikander, Boyd Holbrook and Vicky Krieps are Born to Be Murdered
John David Washington (BlacKkKlansman), Alicia Vikander (Tomb Raider), Boyd Holbrook (The Predator) and Vicky Krieps (Phantom Thread) have been cast in the thriller Born to Be Murdered. The film is being produced by Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, Suspiria), with his frequent second unit director Ferdinando Cito Filomarino helming from a script by […]
Mick Foley joins David Arquette in horror comedy 12 Hour Shift
WWE Hall of Famer and Hardcore Legend Mick Foley has joined his fellow pro-wrestler David Arquette in the cast of the horror comedy 12 Hour Shift, The Wrap has revealed. The film is being written and directed by Brea Grant (Best Friends Forever) and is said to follow a group of nurses who are stealing […]
Ken Watanabe to star in Japanese remake of The Fugitive
Variety is reporting that Ken Watanabe (Inception, Godzilla) has signed on for the lead role in a Japanese TV remake of The Fugitive, which is being produced by Warner Bros. International Television and TV Asahi. The TV special will see Watanabe taking on the Richard Kimble role as Kazuki Kakurai, a surgeon in Tokyo who […]
Netflix releases extended version of Quentin Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight as miniseries
If you’re a fan of Quentin Tarantino’s last film The Hateful Eight, and happen to be a Netflix subscriber, then we’ve some exciting news for you as the streaming service has released an extended version of the western as a four-episode miniseries. In total, the episodes run for a total of 210 minutes (including opening […]
HBO has scrapped one of its planned Game of Thrones spinoffs
With Game of Thrones coming to an end this year with its current eighth and final season, HBO announced back in 2017 that it was working on five potential spinoffs set in the world created by George R.R. Martin in A Song of Ice and Fire. One of those – going by the working title […]
Promo for Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 12 – ‘Cyborg Patrol’
DC Universe has released a promo for Friday’s twelfth episode of Doom Patrol season 1, entitled ‘Cyborg Patrol’; watch it here… DOOM PATROL is a re-imagining of one of DC’s most beloved groups of outcast Super Heroes: Robotman, Negative Man, Elasti-Girl and Crazy Jane, led by modern-day mad scientist Dr. Niles Caulder (The Chief). The […]
