Variety is reporting that Universal Pictures’ Monster universe has taken another step forward, with David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible, Spider-Man) signing on to pen the script for the studio’s planned Bride of Frankenstein remake. While plot details on the film are being kept under wraps, the site states that Bride of Frankenstein will be […]
Universal wants Angelina Jolie for Bride of Frankenstein
With Universal Pictures moving full steam ahead with its shared Monster universe, it seems the studio is hoping to lure Angelina Jolie for the lead role in Bride of Frankenstein. According to a report in THR, Universal financed Jolie’s latest directorial offering By the Sea, which sees her starring alongside husband Brad Pitt – and is […]
George R.R. Martin releases an excerpt from The Winds of Winter
A Song of Ice & Fire author George R.R. Martin has given fans a taste of what’s in store in his long-awaited novel The Winds of Winter by releasing a chapter via his website (which you can read it here). The chapter is being touted as a dig at the television show – which has deviated somewhat […]
George R.R. Martin thinks The Winds of Winter will be out this year
For the past few years, author George R.R. Martin has refused to offer any predictions as to when we’ll see the release of The Winds of Winter, the sixth instalment of his A Song of Ice and Fire saga. However, he’s now given fans hope that we’ll see the book in our lifetimes, posting on […]
Jack Black eyed for Jumanji remake opposite Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart
After starring in another fantasy book adaptation last year in Goosebumps, The Wrap is reporting that Jack Black may soon be playing a game of Jumanji in Sony’s remake of the 1995 film. Jake Kasdan, who directed Black in comedy Orange County, is helming the new version of the film which has Dwayne Johnson locked in as the lead. […]
Tobey Maguire says Tom Holland was “great” as Spider-Man
Tom Holland made his long-awaited debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe as The Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-Man in Captain America: Civil War, and a previous Wall Crawler has officially passed the torch. Someone posted a video online of Tobey Maguire’s Peter Parker watching Captain America: Civil War, which the actor found so funny he reposted it […]
Megan Fox would like to play Indiana Jones
Soon to be reprising her role as April O’Neill in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Megan Fox has been talking about other roles she’d like to play. A few years back, Fox was in the mix to play the role of Lara Croft in the reboot of Tomb Raider along with Kristen […]
The Week in Disappointment – Batman v Superman, Terminator, Watchmen TV Series, Nicolas Cage and The Lord of the Rings and more
Anghus Houvouras with this week’s disappointments from the entertainment world… “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice rated PG-13 for ‘sensuality’” Makes perfect sense. You could feel the pulsing sexual tension emanating from the screen when he ripped the top off of the Batmobile. Matt Damon knows what I’m taking about. “Matt Damon says ‘it must […]
59th BFI London Film Festival announces 2015 award winners
Yesterday evening, the BFI London Film Festival in partnership with American Express announced the 2015 award winners at a high profile ceremony in London’s Banqueting House in Whitehall. OFFICIAL COMPETITION WINNER – BEST FILM: CHEVALIER – Athina Rachel Tsangari Pawel Pawlikowski said “Chevalier is a study of male antagonism seen though the eyes of a […]
Sony working on a live-action/animation hybrid Peter Rabbit movie
The Tracking Board is reporting that Will Gluck (Easy A, Annie) has signed on to write and produce an adaptation of Beatrix Potter’s Peter Rabbit, which has been set up at Sony as a live-action/animation hybrid film and is said to combine elements of several of the classic children’s stories. Gluck is set to rewrite […]
