Variety has reported that Stanley Tucci (The Hunger Games) will be joining Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades Freed) and Tom Hollander (The Night Manager) in the independent journalism biopic A Private War. The film is being directed by Matthew Heineman (Cartel Land, City of Ghosts) and stars Pike as American-born British war reporter Marie Colvin, exploring […]
Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was originally very different
The original vision for Tim Burton’s Batman Returns was much different in plot and tone to the final film. After the success of Burton’s first Batman film where Michael Keaton’s Caped Crusader did battle with Jack Nicholson’s Joker, Burton was tempted into returning for a sequel. And, as explained in the video below, the 1992 […]
Scoot McNairy joins True Detective season 3
The third season of True Detective continues to build up its cast as Godless actor Scoot McNairy has signed on to appear in HBO’s anthology series, reports Deadline. He’ll star opposite Mahershala Ali (Moonlight), Carmen Ejogo (Selma) and Stephen Dorff (Blade). McNairy will portray Tom, a father who suffers a terrible loss that ties his fate to that of […]
Scoot McNairy reunites with Halt and Catch Fire showrunner for The Parts You Lose
The H Collective has announced that Scoot McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice) has signed on to reunite with his Halt and Catch Fire showrunner Christopher Cantwell on the upcoming dramatic thriller The Parts You Lose. Written by Darren Lemke, The Parts You Lose “follows the unlikely friendship that unfolds between a young deaf […]
CBS developing Magnum P.I. reboot
Deadline is reporting that CBS has given a pilot production commitment to Magnum P.I., a reboot of the classic U.S. television series starring Tom Selleck. Peter Lenkov is overseeing the project, having successfully revived both Hawaii Five-O and MacGyver., and is penning ths cript with Hawaii Five-O co-showrunner Eric Guggenheim. The site reports that the […]
Exclusive: Kevin Conroy on the Batman stories he’d like to see adapted as animated movies
Kevin Conroy has been lending his voice to the Dark Knight for 25 years now, appearing in everything from Batman: The Animated Series to the acclaimed Arkham video games and a host of animated features, including last year’s Batman: The Killing Joke and this month’s Batman and Harley Quinn, which reunites him with Batman: TAS […]
John Lithgow regrets turning down The Joker in Tim Burton’s Batman
Along with Robin Williams, Tim Curry, David Bowie and Brad Dourif, notable character actor John Lithgow was in the running to play The Joker in Tim Burton’s 1989 Batman, which of course went to Jack Nicholson. Speaking to Vulture, Lithgow has admitted that he regrets passing on the role. “My worst audition was for Tim Burton for […]
John Wick screenwriter returning for Chapter 3
Although John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch are currently preoccupied with their work on Highlander and Deadpool 2 respectively, the duo are pressing ahead with their plans for John Wick: Chapter 3, with THR reporting that screenwriter Derek Kolstad has now signed on to pen the script. Kolstad wrote the original John Wick on spec, […]
Chad Stahelski talks John Wick: Chapter 3, could shoot this year
It looks like we may not have long to wait for the return of Keanu Reeves’ John Wick, as director Chad Stahelski has told Collider that the third instalment in the action franchise could go into production by the end of the year. “We’re currently in the middle of writing it right now,” said Stahelski. […]
DC Super Hero Girls TV series coming to Cartoon Network
It looks like DC Super Hero Girls is about to become a full fledged cartoon series. Cartoon Network will bring the animated action-comedy from Warner Bros. Animation and DC Entertainment to air in 2018 with My Little Pony’s Lauren Faust and Justice League Action’s Sam Register acting as producers. The series will expand the direct-to-DVD movies and webisodes that […]
