With the Resident Evil series set to draw to a close with the upcoming release of Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, Deadline is reporting that director Paul W.S. Anderson and his producing partner Jeremy Bolt are now looking to set the fantasy RPG Monster Hunter as their next potential franchise. Anderson has already penned the […]
Ben Wheatley and Tom Hiddleston may reunite for Hard Boiled comic book adaptation
Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros. is looking to reunite High-Rise director Ben Wheatley and star Tom Hiddleston on an adaptation of Frank Miller and Geof Darrow’s Dark Horse comic book series Hard Boiled. The three-issue miniseries was published between 1990 and 1992 and follows Carl Seltz, an insurance investigator who discovers he is acually a […]
The Dark Crystal receiving comic book sequel The Power of the Dark Crystal
Boom! Studios imprint Archaia has announced that it is teaming up with The Jim Henson Company to celebrate the 35th anniversary of The Dark Crystal with the official sequel comic book series The Power of the Dark Crystal. Here’s a look at the cover to the first issue by Jae Lee and June Chung… Based […]
A Miracle of Hanukkah wins Best LGBTQ Film Award in Miami
Polish-born actor and director Adi Spektor has won the Best LGBTQ Film award, for his second directed film, A Miracle of Hanukkah, which was created on an iPhone 6 mobile device, at the 15th Annual Miami Film Festival last week. “Human beings are wonderfully complex and “type casting” in life, will prevent us from fully getting […]
Angela Bassett to play T’Challa’s mother in Marvel’s Black Panther
Marvel has announced that American Horror Story and What’s Love Got to Do With It star Angela Bassett has signed on to the cast of Black Panther, with the Oscar nominee set to play Ramonda, the mother of Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa. Black Panther is slated to go into production in January, with Ryan Coogler (Creed) […]
TNT orders pilot for Snowpiercer TV series
TNT has placed a pilot order for a TV adaptation of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Snowpiercer from writer-producers Josh Friedman (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Marty Adelstein (Prison Break), and Becky Clements (Last Man Standing). Also on board the project as producers are Bong Joon-Ho, Park Chan-wook, Lee Tae-hun, and Dooho Choi, the producers behind the 2013 feature […]
Legendary acquires film and TV rights to Frank Herbert’s Dune
Legendary Entertainment has reached a deal with the estate of Frank Herbert to acquire the film and television rights to his iconic 1965 sci-fi novel Dune. The studio is looking to launch the property as a franchise with potential film and TV projects aimed at a global audience. Dune has twice been adapted for the […]
Ezra Miller says his Flash will be an “amateur-hour speedster”
During an interview with IGN to promote his new film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, actor Ezra Miller offered up a few words about his role as The Flash in the DC Extended Universe, stating that Barry Allen will be an “amateur-hour Speedster” who is just beginning to get to grips with his […]
Ray Fisher on his preparation for the role of Cyborg in the DC Extended Universe
Having made his debut as Victor Stone with a brief appearance in this year’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Ray Fisher will return to the DC Extended Universe with a much larger role as Cyborg takes centre stage alongside the rest of the Justice League in Zack Snyder’s DC ensemble, ahead of his planned […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them earns the lowest box office opening of any Harry Potter movie
It’s already had another four movies announced with David Yates in the director’s chair, but the opening weekend for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has earned the lowest opening of any Harry Potter movie to date. The film opened to number one against Doctor Strange and Trolls in their third weeks, and earned […]
