He was absent during Star Wars: The Force Awakens, and according to actor Billy Dee Williams, the smooth-talking scoundrel Lando Calrissian won’t be appearing in December’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi either, with the actor confirming the news during yesterday’s 40th Anniversary panel at Star Wars Celebration. SEE ALSO: Watch the Star Wars Celebration tribute […]
Lionsgate acquires sci-fi novel The Punch Escrow
According to Deadline, Lionsgate has picked up the rights to Tal M. Klein’s debut novel, the sci-fi tale The Punch Escrow, which has been attracting much interest in Hollywood. Published by Inkshares, the official description for the novel reads: “It’s the year 2147: a time of enduring peace on Earth. The Last War ended half […]
Train to Busan director stars shooting new film Psychokinesis
Screen Daily is reporting that Yeon Sang-ho, director of the acclaimed zombie thriller Train to Busan, will commence principal photography on his next film Psychokinesis this coming Monday, April 17th. The new film is described as a black comedy and will star Ryu Seung-ryong and Shim Eun-kung, who both supplied voice work for Yeon’s Train […]
Triple Frontier loses Tom Hardy, Channing Tatum, and Paramount
It’s not been a good day for J.C. Chandor’s Triple Frontier which was supposed to start production next month. Deadline Hollywood has confirmed that the film is no longer with Paramount, and that stars Tom Hardy and Channing Tatum are out as well. The film – which at one time was meant to star Johnny Depp, […]
Paramount developing Coming to America 2 with original screenwriters
Nearly thirty years after the release of the original film, Paramount Pictures is finally moving forward on a sequel to the hit Eddie Murphy-led comedy, Coming to America. The 1988 film saw Murphy playing an African prince who decides he wants no part in an arranged marriage and travels to Queens in search of a […]
Fox’s X-Men series Gifted looks likely for a series order, as does The CW’s Black Lightning
After the success of FX’s Legion – the visually dynamic show from Fargo showrunner Noah Hawley, revolving around the son of Professor X – it seems likely that Fox will give a green light to another X-Men themed project. Gifted is about two ordinary parents that are forced to go on the run when they discover […]
Chris Evans believes a Black Widow movie will happen
Captain America himself, Chris Evans, has come out as saying that he believes the long mooted Black Widow solo film will actually get made. With 2017 looking to be a big year for MCU movies — with Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Spider-Man: Homecoming and Thor: Ragnarok on the way, all building up to next […]
Shameik Moore and Liev Schreiber join animated Spider-Man film
We’ve been so pre-occupied with Tom Holland’s portrayal of the Peter Parker Spider-Man in the Marvel Cinematic Universe that its easy to forget there’s a separate, animated Spider-Man film set to come out from Sony. Rather than focusing on the original Spider-Man, the animated film will centre its follow the Miles Morales incarnation of the web-slinger, and now The Hollywood […]
Sylvester Stallone set for Escape Plan 3
Following his exit from The Expendables series, it looks like Sylvester Stallone has set his sights on another franchise, with Deadline reporting that he has officially signed on to star in Escape Plan 3. Stallone has just reprised his role as Ray Breslin for the first sequel to the 2013 action thriller – titled Escape Plan […]
Warner Bros. Animation keen on revisiting Flashpoint for Batman story
Despite having adapted the story arc with the 2013 movie Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox, Warner Bros. Animation supervising producer James Tucker has revealed that he’s keen on revisiting Flashpoint, albeit from the perspective of Thomas Wayne, as opposed to Barry Allen. “The thing we never got to do with Flashpoint was the Flashpoint Batman story,” Tucker […]
