A reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 cult sci-fi Starship Troopers is in development at Columbia Pictures, with THR reporting that the studio has tapped Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (Baywatch) to pen the script for a new adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s novel. According to the site, the new film – which is being produced […]
Fede Alvarez in talks to direct The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Almost a year ago to the day it was reported that Sony Pictures was looking to relaunch its Millennium franchise with an adaptation of the fourth book in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, and now it looks like the studio may have found its director. Variety is […]
Rumour: Rogue One will open in a way “different than the classic Star Wars films”, won’t have opening crawl
This December, Disney and Lucasfilm launch their first standalone Star Wars movie with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As we’ve heard on several occasions, this first ‘Anthology’ movie – and the subsequent spinoffs, such as the young Han Solo film – will be markedly different from the main Saga entries, and it seems that […]
Spider-Man joins Doctor Strange in The Current War
We’ll likely be seeing them sharing the screen in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, but first we’ll see a team-up between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange (well, sort of) in The Current War, with Tom Holland signing on to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. Holland is set to play Samuel Insull, the right hand man of Cumberbatch’s Thomas […]
George A. Romero says Brad Pitt and The Walking Dead have killed the zombie genre
George A. Romero ushered in the modern zombie movie with his 1968 horror classic Night of the Living Dead, following it up with five sequels of varying quality, the last of which – Survival of the Dead – was released back in 2009. Given the enormous popularity of The Walking Dead, zombies are big business […]
Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger to star in Viy-2
Action legends Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger have signed on to appear in the Russian-Chinese fantasy adventure Viy-2, Variety is reporting. Viy-2 is the sequel to the 2014 adaptation of Russian writer Nikolai Gogol’s horror novella, and sees Chan and Schwarzenegger appearing alongside Jason Flemyng, Charles Dance, Martin Klebba, Rutger Hauer and Christopher Fairbank. SEE […]
Lexa Doig to play Talia al Ghul in Arrow
Stargate SG-1 star Lexa Doig is set to take on the recurring role of Talia al Ghul, the Daughter of the Demon, in the fifth season of Arrow, with THR revealing that the actress set to make her debut in the tenth episode. Although we’ve seen Talia’s father Ra’s al Ghul (Matt Nable) and half-sister Nyssa (Katrina […]
Joe Carnahan discusses the Uncharted movie and adapting the source material for the big screen
The long-gestating Uncharted movie took a huge step towards finally becoming a reality last week when it was announced that Shawn Levy (Real Steel) is set to direct the project, from a script by Joe Carnahan (The Grey). Carnahan – who was unable to take on directing duties himself due to his commitment to the […]
Matt Dillon to play a serial killer in Lars von Trier’s The House That Jack Built
Deadline is reporting that Matt Dillon is set to play the lead role of a serial killer in The House That Jack Built, the new film from director Lars von Trier (Melancholia, Nymphomaniac), which also has Bruno Ganz (Downfall) attached to star. “It’s with great pleasure that we have succeeded in being able to present Matt […]
Holliday Grainger cast as female lead in BBC’s J.K. Rowling series Cormoran Strike
Holliday Grainger (Cinderella, The Finest Hours) has secured the female lead in the BBC’s upcoming Comoran Strike series, which is based upon J.K. Rowling’s bestselling crime novels, written under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. The series, which will adapt The Cuckoo’s Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil across seven hour-long episodes, will star Tom Burke […]
