The Jim Henson Company is set to adapt Terry Pratchett’s 2003 Discworld novel The Wee Free Men, with Pratchett’s daughter Rhianna set to pen the script for a big screen adaptation. Here’s the official description from the announcement: THE WEE FREE MEN, is the first in a series of Discworld novels starring the young witch […]
T.J. Miller to voice a character in The Emoji Movie
A recent video posted online by Sony Pictures Animation, the production company behind such kid-friendly animated mega-hits as The Smurfs and Hotel Transylvania, has revealed that T.J. Miller is the first to join the cast of Emojimovie: Express Yourself. In the video, Miller auditions for a role in the movie by testing out his best emoji […]
Neill Blomkamp not optimistic on Alien 5 chances
The world was pretty excited when Neill Blomkamp released his concept for an Alien sequel, and things seemed to be going pretty well, looking like it would be worked on alongside Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel. But this has all seemed to have fallen apart and now Blomkamp doesn’t see much chance of the sequel going […]
Christopher Lambert says Mortal Kombat reboot is actually a sequel and will feature time travel
A couple of weeks ago we brought you a rather dubious rumour / fan-casting for New Line Cinema’s long-gestating Mortal Kombat reboot, and now we’ve got another report which seems equally outlandish, although this one comes from the mouth of actor Christopher Lambert, who portrayed the thunder god Raiden in the 1995 original. According to […]
Don’t expect to see cameos from the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in the movie reboot
The Power Rangers are set to make their return to the big screen next year courtesy of Lionsgate and Saban, but any fans of the TV series hoping to see the original cast of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers popping up in cameos will be disappointed to hear that they weren’t approached about appearing in the […]
Matthew Vaughn talks Kingsman 2
Matthew Vaughn scored another hit earlier this year with his latest Mark Millar collaboration Kingsman: The Secret Service, and now the director has revealed during an interview with Yahoo Movies that he’s busy working on the script for the sequel. “The good news is that I’m writing it at the moment. If I think I can […]
Netflix announces new episodes of Making a Murderer
Some great news for fans of Netflix’s acclaimed documentary series Making a Murderer, as the streaming service has announced that directors and executive producers Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos are in production on new episodes of the Emmy Award-nominated show. The new instalments will take fans back inside the story of convicted murderer Steven Avery, […]
Elijah Wood and Nicolas Cage teaming up for cop thriller The Trust
Elijah Wood is teaming up with Nicolas Cage for The Trust, a cop thriller from first time feature director Alex Brewer, which has just began production in Las Vegas. According to Yahoo, the film centres on “two crooked cops who discover a hidden safe while working in the evidence unit of the police department. When […]
Samuel L. Jackson circling lead in adaptation of Stephen King’s Revival
According to Entertainment Weekly, Samuel L. Jackson is circling the lead role of Charles Jacobs in the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s 2014 novel Revival, which is to be written and directed by Josh Boone (The Fault in Our Stars). Revival centres on Jacobs, “a charismatic, small-town preacher who begins experimenting with the supernatural using […]
Samuel L. Jackson has two films left on his Marvel deal
Following his post-credits appearance in Iron Man in 2008, it was confirmed that Samuel L. Jackson had signed a whopping nine-film deal with Marvel Studios to star as Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and now the actor has spoken to IGN about the current status of contract during a promotional interview for Kingsman: […]
