Universal Pictures beaten out 20th Century Fox to snap up the rights to author Joe Hill’s upcoming horror novella Snapshot 1988, and has tapped Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard (Ouija 2: Origin of Evil) to pen the script for a movie adaptation from Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions. The novella, which […]
Sam Neill reuniting with Taika Waititi (and Jeff Goldblum) on Thor: Ragnarok
Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Sam Neill has revealed in an interview with Shortlist that he’s reuniting with director Taika Waititi on next year’s Marvel threequel Thor: Ragnarok. “Oddly enough, I’m not really allowed to say this, and I can’t tell you what it is [but] I did a couple of days on Thor, just […]
Filming wraps on big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s It
Director Andy Muschietti (Mama) has announced that filming has wrapped on the big screen adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, with the filmmaker taking to Instagram to share a photo of himself alongside the young stars who make up the Losers Club… Meanwhile, producer Barbara Muschietti also marked the occasion with her own image, opting […]
Doctor Who spinoff Class gets premiere date, guest appearance from Peter Capaldi
The BBC has announced that its upcoming Doctor Who spinoff Class will premiere on BBC Three online next month, with the first two episodes arriving on October 22nd. And that’s not all, as it’s also been announced that Peter Capaldi will make an appearance as the Twelfth Doctor in the opening episode, titled ‘For Tonight […]
Rob Liefeld releases his Youngblood screenplay online
Rob Liefeld has released his screenplay for Youngblood, a planned adaptation of his creator-owned superhero comic book series, which is available as a free download via his website. “A short while back I penned this Youngblood screenplay, it was a story that I wanted to tell, it was a tale I’d been sitting on for […]
Jumanji plot details revealed with new cast additions
With production on Jumanji now underway, Sony has announced a number of additions to the cast of the film, which also reveals the plot for the Jake Kasdan-directed sequel. Alex Wolff (The Sitter), Madison Iseman (Still the King), Morgan Turner (Remember Me) and Ser’Darius Blain (Star Trek Into Darkness) have all joined the film, and are playing the […]
Scoot McNairy cast in Fargo season 3
Casting continues on the upcoming third season of FX’s Fargo, with showrunner Noah Hawley revealing that Scott McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Halt and Catch Fire) is set to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Details on the third season of Fargo are being kept under wraps, but the cast is coming together, with […]
Marvel’s Star Wars comic to explore Yoda’s past
The official Star Wars site has revealed that Marvel’s ongoing comic book series is set to give us a peek into one of the unexplored aspects of the galaxy far, far away as it delves into a pre-Phantom Menace adventure for Jedi Master Yoda. The new arc will get underway in Star Wars #26 from writer Jason Aaron […]
R.I.P. John Hurt (1940 – 2017)
British actor and icon John Hurt sadly passed away yesterday. The news comes from The Hollywood Reporter and while they do not list an exact cause of death, Hurt had been battling pancreatic cancer since June 2015. He was 77. Hurt has had a prolific career in film, both in the U.K. and Hollywood. Throughout […]
Knightmare Flash and Cyborg costume designs from Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Hollywood costume design company Ironhead Studio has shared an image of two maquettes it created for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, featuring The Flash’s prototype suit glimpsed ever-so-briefly during the Knightmare dream sequence, along with an unused design for Cyborg; check them out here… What do you make of the costumes? How does Cyborg’s […]
