The streaming mega service Netflix has fallen short of its subscriber expectations for the first three months of 2017. While the company just keeps on going from strength to strength in terms of its original content, already releasing 13 Reasons Why and Santa Clarita Diet this year (and with a host of top returning shows […]
Five studios reportedly vying for Bond 25 distribution rights
Given the popularity of the franchise and the box office success of recent instalments, it will come as no surprise to hear that there’s an intense amount of interest in Hollywood with regards to the distribution rights for the James Bond series, following the conclusion of Sony’s four-picture deal with the release of Spectre in […]
Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines adds more to the cast
The cast of the Peter Jackson-produced Mortal Engines is starting to fill out after additional recruits come onboard. When Guillermo del Toro dropped out of directing The Hobbit in what feels like forever ago, the status of Mortal Engines seemed dubious as Peter Jackson had to take up The Hobbit reins, putting the sci-fi adaptation […]
Netflix picks up revenge thriller Apostle from The Raid director
Netflix has managed to acquire the rights to the Gareth Evans revenge thriller Apostle. Evans, who is the writer and director of the film, and is mostly known for his work on the The Raid movies, is set to start filming on his new project, Apostle, this April. According to Deadline, the movie, which follows a man […]
Netflix is reportedly developing a Choose Your Own Adventure show
Streaming giants Netflix are reportedly working on and developing a ‘choose your own adventure’ show to add to their 2017 slate. Netflix have certainly been forward thinking with their approach to TV content, leading the way in online streaming of high profile shows while developing their own original content. This entrepreneurship doesn’t seem to be […]
Netflix to co-produce BBC thriller Requiem
Streaming giants Netflix are jumping on board with the BBC to co-produce their new psychological thriller TV series Requiem. The team up, confirmed by Variety, will see them producing a six part television series written created by Kris Mrksa of The Slap and Underbelly fame. The show will be produced by New Pictures whose credits […]
Yoda and Boba Fett Star Wars spinoffs still in development at Lucasfilm
Following on from reports of an Obi-Wan Kenobi prequel in development at Disney and Lucasfilm, it is now being reported by THR that the previously rumoured Boba Fett film is still under consideration, alongside a Yoda prequel spin-off. Of course, while this nothing but rumour for now, it is interesting that Lucasfilm wishes to continue its […]
The first Iron Man movie almost had a different main villain
There was almost a different main villain for the first Iron Man movie. The first venture for Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man back in 2008 seems like a lifetime ago. So much has happened since in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the character himself becoming a household name. But Tony Stark very nearly had […]
Shrek 5 will reinvent the franchise
Following Universal’s purchase of DreamWorks Animation, the studio announced that it would be revisiting the Shrek franchise for a fifth instalment in the series, and now during an interview for his new film The Boss Baby, screenwriter Michael McCullers has given a brief update, describing it as “a reinvention”. “Shrek 5 is being developed,” McCullers […]
Daniel Craig “just about persuaded” to do Bond 25, Tom Hiddleston “too smug and not tough enough” for 007
The million-dollar question of whether Daniel Craig will or won’t return as James Bond for the 25th entry in the long-running spy franchise continues to roll on, with Page Six reporting that producer Barbara Broccoli has “just about persuaded Daniel Craig to do one more Bond movie.” This comes after Daniel Craig reportedly turned down a […]
