Deadline is reporting that Millennium Films has tapped Adrien Brody, John Malkovich and Antonio Banderas to star in Unchained, the new film from writer-director Paul Solet (Grace). Described as “a Reservoir Dogs-style thriller”, the film will see the trio as “career criminals who trap themselves in a warehouse with the law closing in, and run into the attack […]
Frank Miller on where he would take the Batman movie franchise
Having penned a number of seminal Batman tales including The Dark Knight Returns and Year One, influential comic book creator Frank Miller almost got to make his mark on the Batman movie franchise back in the early 2000s, teaming up with Darren Aronfosky to write a version of Year One, although it was ultimately scrapped […]
Rosario Dawson set for A Little Piece of Light
Rosario Dawson has signed on to play activist Donna Hylton in A Little Piece of Light, an adaptation of Hylton’s autobiography of the same name. The film will tell the story of Jamaican native Hylton, who was sold by her mother to an American couple in New York aged 7, and was subsequently abused by her […]
Warner Bros. announces start of production on Ocean’s 8
Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced the start of production on Ocean’s 8, the female-led spinoff to Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York. Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) is directing the film, while stars Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway alongside Mindy Kaling, […]
The Witch director confirms that Nosferatu remake is his next film
Back in July of last year it was revealed that The Witch director Robert Eggers had signed on to direct a studio remake of F.W. Murnau’s silent horror masterpiece Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror, and now the filmmaker has confirmed to IndieWire that it will be his next project. “[It’s shocking] to me,” said Eggers. […]
Universal and DreamWorks Animation pull the plug on The Croods 2
After three-and-a-half years in development, Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation have pulled the plug on The Croods 2. According to Variety, there had been doubts about proceeding with the project prior to Comcast’s purchase of DreamWorks Animation earlier this year, with the decision made on Thursday to halt production on the sequel to the 2013 CG-animated […]
Kevin Smith would like to see Superman Lives as an animated movie
In the mid-90s, Warner Bros. and Batman producer Jon Peters enlisted Tim Burton for a reboot of the Superman franchise, hoping Burton could do for the Man of Steel what he did for the Dark Knight back in 1989. After several years in development, the studio opted to pull the plug on what ultimately became […]
Masters of Sex cancelled by Showtime
Those hoping for another season of Masters of Sex can stop as Deadline reports that Showtime has opted not to renew the series for a fifth season. The show recently ended its fourth and now final season on November 10th. Masters of Sex starred Lizzy Caplan and Michael Sheen as real-life pioneers Virginia Johnson and William Masters as […]
Twenty films in contention for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
With awards season heating up, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced that twenty films remain in contention for a nomination for the Oscar for Best Visual Effects. Alice Through the Looking Glass Arrival The BFG Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Captain America: Civil War Deadpool Deepwater Horizon Doctor Strange Fantastic […]
15 finalists for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature announced
Earlier in the week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the list of twenty films in contention for the nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards in February, and now we have word on the fifteen films vying for a nod in the Best Documentary Feature category. Cameraperson Command […]
