Suicide Squad star Margot Robbie looks set to become the latest addition to the cast of Sony’s live-action/CG-hybrid Peter Rabbit movie, with Variety reporting that the Australian actress is in final talks to join the project. Peter Rabbit is being directed by Will Gluck (Easy A), and sees James Corden (Into the Woods) lending his voice […]
Denis Villeneuve on the pressure of directing the Blade Runner sequel
Appearing at the Venice Film Festival where his latest film Arrival premiered in competition, Canadian director Denis Villeneuve has been speaking about his next sci-fi project, the as-yet-untitled sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner, and the pressure he feels as he attempts to follow one of the greatest sci-fi movies of all time. “First of all, […]
Daisy Ridley comments on Rey being called a Mary Sue in Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Last year when Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released, one character many fans new and old alike identified with was newcomer Rey, a young woman trapped on a desert planet who discovers she is Force sensitive. Rey could not only use the Force, but had an affinity for mechanics and was a talented pilot, much like Anakin […]
Daisy Ridley suggests we’ll learn the identity of Rey’s parents in Star Wars: Episode VIII
It’s the burning question coming out of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and one that’s spawned many theories since the release of the first chapter of Disney’s Sequel Trilogy last December: just who are the parents of Daisy Ridley’s Rey? One such theory is that Felicity Jones’ Jyn Erso – the protagonist of the upcoming […]
Zach Braff returns to the small screen for comedy pilot Start Up
Former Scrubs star Zach Braff looks set for a return to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that ABC has placed a put pilot order for the single-camera comedy Start Up, which will see Braff starring and directing. Written by Scrubs co-executive producer Matt Tarses and based upon the Start Up by Alex Blumberg podcast, […]
Zach Braff’s Start Up gets a pilot order from ABC
It looks like Scrubs star Zach Braff is heading back to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that ABC has placed a pilot order for the single-camera comedy Start Up. Start Up will explore “all the things that happen — the good, the bad and the ugly — when a guy (Braff) in his mid-30s with […]
Guardians of the Galaxy screenwriter and Gravity Falls creator to pen live-action Pokemon movie
Last month it was announced that Legendary Pictures had secured the big screen rights to Pokemon following a heated bidding war, announcing a live-action adaptation of the hit Japanese video game Detective Pikachu. Well, it looks like Legendary has now found its screenwriters, with Nicole Perlman (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Alex Hirsch (Gravity Falls) in […]
Kyle MacLachlan and original cast members set for Twin Peaks audiobook
With Twin Peaks set to return to TV screens next year, co-creator Mark Frost is set to give fans a look at what’s been happening to the characters between the end of the original series and the upcoming revival with The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a new book set for release in October. Entertainment […]
Rogue One’s Gary Whitta interested in writing for Star Trek
Fresh off the back of mammoth blockbuster Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, writer Gary Whitta has cast his gaze on another beloved sci-fi franchise, Star Trek. With Rogue One – on which Whitta was credited for the story – doing so well, now would be the time to go after any other dream projects. And […]
Ivan Reitman: “There’s going to be many other Ghostbusters movies”
The future of the Ghostbusters franchise seems a little up in the air at the moment. Originally, Sony intended on launching an entire Ghostbusters cinematic universe, although the poor box office performance of Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters: Answer the Call seems to have but the brakes on a possible sequel with cast members Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, […]
