After years of speculation about the future of Indiana Jones, Disney has today officially announced a fifth adventure for the iconic hero, with both Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford returning. Many rumours have circulated in the year’s since 2008’s Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, with Harrison Ford saying he “would love […]
Three more join Alexander Payne’s Downsizing
After delivering another knockout film last year with the sincere Nebraska, director Alexander Payne is busy at work gearing up to shoot his latest film, Downsizing, a science-fiction dramedy about a man and his wife who try to reinvigorate their lives and voluntarily have themselves shrunk down. Unfortunately for the man, his wife backs out at […]
Steven Spielberg says he’ll “probably” do Indiana Jones 5 with Harrison Ford
Since Disney’s acquisition of Lucasfilm, there’s been a lot of speculation about the future of of the production company’s other big franchise, with talk of a fifth Indiana Jones movie, which may or may not be a reboot of the series. Speaking to Yahoo! Movies about his upcoming movie Bridge of Spies, director Steven Spielberg has […]
Saw 8 is actually happening; new writers hired
Well, despite 2010’s Saw 3D marking the ‘end’ of the franchise, it didn’t stay dead for long. Like Friday the 13th finishing with Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter in 1984 and then another eight movies got made, Saw 8 has been officially announced by Lionsgate. Saw 8 – which will be titled Saw: Legacy – will be […]
Rumour: Sony developing PlayStation 4.5
During the week, Sony announced details of its PlayStation VR, which is set to launch in October, and now comes a rumour that development is also underway on a mid-generation ‘PlayStation 4.5’ hardware update. According to Kotaku, Sony is working on a new version of the PS4 console, which will feature an upgraded GPU to […]
Script complete for Guillermo del Toro’s Justice League Dark movie
Having been absent from Warner Bros.’ big announcement about its DC slate through to 2020, it was starting to look like Guillermo del Toro’s long-planned adaptation of the Justice League Dark comic book had gone the way of many of the filmmaker’s other previous projects. However, it seems that the tentatively-titled Dark Universe is still […]
Roberto Orci not writing Star Trek 3, reminds fans why he makes movies and we don’t
With Justin Lin (Fast & Furious 6) now signed on to direct Star Trek 3 as Roberto Orci’s replacement, it had been reported that Orci would remain involved in the project in a writing and producing capacity. However, Orci has now taken to the message boards on TrekMovie to clarify that he is not involved […]
Sony’s Amy Pascal says Idris Elba should be the next James Bond
He’s already the bookmakers’ favourite, and now it has been revealed that Sony co-chairmain Amy Pascal wants Idris Elba (Luther, Thor: The Dark World) to succeed Daniel Craig as 007. According to The Daily Beast, Pascal sent an email to Elizabeth Cantillon, former executive vice president of production for Columbia Pictures, back in January, which […]
Hugh Jackman to star in Apostle Paul
According to Deadline, Hugh Jackman has signed on star in Apostle Paul, a new faith-based project which he will produce alongside Matt Damon and Ben Affleck. Matt Cook (Triple 9) is currently penning the script. The movie will tell the story of Paul the Apostle, a Jewish man of God who preached the word of […]
Disney developing live-action Peter Pan movie
Walt Disney Pictures has set another of its animated classics for the live-action treatment, with David Lowery set to direct a new Peter Pan movie from a script that he’ll write with Toby Halbrooks. The duo have previously teamed on Disney’s Pete’s Dragon remake, which is set to open in cinemas this August. Peter Pan […]
