Live! with Kelly’s Kelly Ripa and her husband Mark Consuelos have been tapped by ABC Studios to develop a scripted drama series based upon journalists Heather Cabot and Samantha Walravens’ upcoming book Geek Girl Rising: Inside the Sisterhood Shaking Up Tech. The book, which is being released by St. Martin’s Press this May, “introduces readers […]
Ron Howard options The Last Days of Jack Sparks
Screen Daily is reporting that Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment has optioned the movie rights to British author Jason Arnopp’s supernatural novel The Last Days of Jack Sparks, enlisting Arnopp to pen the script. The 2016 novel “follows titular pop culture journalist Jack Sparks who is researching a book on the occult. After sparking a Twitter […]
Sony picks up sci-fi spec script Fragment from The Mist writers
According to Deadline, Sony Pictures has snapped up the sci-fi spec script Fragment from screenwriters Noah Griffith and Daniel Stewart, who are part of the writing team on Spike TV’s upcoming TV adaptation of Stephen King’s The Mist. Described as “a contained sci-fi thriller in the vein of Predator meets Lost,” Fragment originated as a […]
Wreck-It Ralph 2 titled Ralph Breaks the Internet
During a presentation at CinemaCon, Disney has revealed that next year’s sequel to Wreck-It Ralph is going by the title Ralph Breaks the Internet, and as rumoured it will see John C. Reilly’s Ralph venturing out into the world wide web. “To take these characters we love and have them enter the enormous world of […]
Indiana Jones 5 confirmed for 2019; Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg to return
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 […]
