Deadline is reporting that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. writer and producer Rafe Judkins has signed on to work on the script for the long-gestating big screen adaptation of the Uncharted video game series. “We’ve come up with a wonderful origin story but it’s still based on the Uncharted video game,” producer Charles Roven tells Deadline. “It […]
26 films in the running for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at the Academy Awards
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that 26 films are in contention for the Best Animated Feature Oscar at next year’s 90th Academy Awards. Here’s the full list… The Big Bad Fox & Other Tales Birdboy: The Forgotten Children The Boss Baby The Breadwinner Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie Cars […]
Hulu developing Four Weddings and a Funeral anthology series from Mindy Kaling
Mindy Kaling is developing a Four Weddings and a Funeral anthology series at Hulu. We learned a couple of weeks ago that Kaling and much of her team from Mindy Project were developing a number of new series with NBC, but now news has broken about a new take on the film Four Weddings and […]
Mindy Kaling is producing and developing two new shows for NBC from the Mindy Project crew
Mindy Kaling is spinning a couple of new plates for NBC, producing two new comedies from the Mindy Project team. Starting in 2012, The Mindy Project has accrued five seasons with its sixth and final outing debuting back in September. Kaling, however, isn’t standing still, and Variety has news of two new shows that she […]
Len Wiseman moving forward with Underworld TV series
If you cast your mind back to 2014, you may recall that Underworld director Len Wiseman revealed that development was underway on a TV series based around the action horror franchise, and now Deadline is reporting that the project is finally moving forward. “The series will be a pretty big departure from the films,” said […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan wants a Negan origin episode on The Walking Dead
The actor behind the infamous The Walking Dead villain Negan, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, would like to be involved with a Negan origin episode. There was a lot of anticipation for Negan’s debut on the show, being well known to fans of the comics and therefore the internet. His landing certainly didn’t disappoint and the character […]
X-Men producer would welcome a crossover with the Marvel Cinematic Universe
One of the many questions raised by The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 20th Century Fox’s film and TV assets is how Disney and its subsidiary Marvel Studios will handle Fox’s X-Men and Fantastic Four properties. The main assumption is that Marvel will simply reboot the properties as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. However, […]
Disney completes Fox acquisition, X-Men and Fantastic Four now available to the MCU
After weeks of rumours and speculation, The Walt Disney Company has announced that it has officially reached a deal with 21st Century Fox to purchase its entertainment assets in a deal which is officially valued at $66.1 billion, and includes $52.4 billion in stock, which leaves Fox investors owning a 25% stake in Disney. The […]
Naomie Harris cast alongside Dwayne Johnson in Rampage
Recently nominated Oscar actress Naomie Harris has just been cast in the adaptation of the 1980s arcade game Rampage according to The Hollywood Reporter. She will be starring alongside Dwayne Johnson, who is also reuniting with his Journey 2 and San Andreas director Brad Peyton. The film will see the three monsters from the original game – a giant ape, lizard […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie
It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]