Focus Features has announced that production is now underway on Sofia Coppola’s new film The Beguiled, which is based on Thomas Cullinan’s novel of the same name. The Beguiled unfolds in a girls’ school in the state of Virginia in 1864. As the Civil War rages, The Miss Martha Farnsworth Seminary for Young Ladies has […]
Justin Lin rebooting Knight Rider for Machinima
Online video channel Machinima is teaming up with NBC Universal and Fast & Furious and Star Trek helmer Justin Lin for a reboot of the 80s classic Knight Rider, which is being eyed to arrive online in 2017. “Knight Rider is an iconic franchise whose concepts of AI and autonomous vehicles were science-fiction in the […]
Studio 8 developing comic book adaptation Scout
Deadline is reporting that Stuiod 8 has snapped up the film rights to Eclipse Comics’ Scout from creator Timothy Truman, and has set Chris MacBride (The Conspiracy) to direct a big screen adaptation. Published between 1985 and 1987, Scout follows Emanuel Santana, a Native American Apache and ex-Army Ranger in a dystopian, Third World United […]
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows producer reflects on box office disappointment, doesn’t think there’ll be a third movie
Despite facing a backlash of near-Ghostbusters proportions when it was first announced, the Michael Bay-produced Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot proved to be a solid hit around the globe, earning close to $500 million worldwide back in 2014. With those kinds of numbers, a sequel was inevitable and sure enough it arrived this year, although […]
Production underway on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning
Production is now underway on Rise of the Footsoldier: The Beginning, a prequel to the cult crime thriller Rise of the Footsoldier and the third instalment of the hit franchise. Directed by Zackary Alder (The Rise of the Krays, The Fall of the Krays), the film will see the return of cast members Craig Fairbrass, […]
Peter Jackson announces next project Mortal Engines
Peter Jackson has been out of action since his last foray to Middle-earth with The Hobbit trilogy, but it seems he’s now ready for a return, with the filmmaker announcing on Facebook that he’s set to write and produce an adaptation of Philip Reeve’s Mortal Engines, which is being directed by his protege Christian Rivers. Here’s […]
IDW announces Star Trek: The Next Generation / Aliens crossover
IDW Publishing has announced that it is teaming up with Dark Horse Comics for a new crossover series which will bring Captain Picard, Data, Worf, and the rest of the iconic Starfleet crew will soon come face-to-face with facehuggers and xenomorphs in Star Trek: The Next Generation / Aliens. “We’re beyond excited to team up […]
Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd in talks for Juliet, Naked
According to Deadline, Ethan Hawke, Rose Byrne and Chris O’Dowd are to star in Juliet, Naked, an adaptation of British author Nick Hornby’s novel from director Jesse Peretz (My Idiot Brother) and screenwriters Tamara Jenkins (The Savages) and Jim Taylor (Sideways). Published in 2009, Juliet, Naked has been compared to Hornby’s second novel High Fidelity […]
Director interview and exclusive featurette for sci-fi thriller Arcadia
To celebrate the release of the sci-fi thriller Arcadia, we’ve got an exclusive featurette for the film, along with a video interview with its writer-director Tom Large; check them out here or over on our YouTube page… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odHywVdOhKk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fc4cKA9IZg In the near future a deadly disease has gripped the world. To combat the death toll […]
Game of Thrones’ Miguel Sapochnik to direct Sinbad movie
Sinbad the Sailor looks set for a return to the big screen, with THR reporting that Studio 8 has won a bidding war for a new live-action fantasy, which is being scripted by Kyle Killen (Lone Star) and has Game of Thrones helmer Miguel Sapochnik (Battle of the Bastards, The Winds of Winter) attached to […]