Back in May 2015, it was announced that director Leigh Janiak would be directing a remake of the cult 1996 supernatural thriller The Craft, which was later revealed to be a “quasi-sequel” picking up some 20 years after the original. It’s been all quiet on the project since then, but now The Tracking Board is […]
Shawn Levy to direct sci-fi action film The Fall
Variety is reporting that Shawn Levy has signed on to direct The Fall, a sci-fi action movie from Amblin Entertainment, which is based on a script by Pete Bridges. Levy will also produce through his 21 Laps banner, as well as rewriting the screenplay. The Fall follows a newly divorcedcouple during an alien invasion making […]
Event Report – PLAY Expo Glasgow 2017
Calum Petrie reports from PLAY Expo Glasgow 2017… This past weekend was the fantastic and extremely enjoyable PLAY Expo at Braehead Arena, taking place on the 17th and 18th of June. Home to a mass of great gaming classics, the consoles and computers that hosted the historical gaming collection was something that would bring a warming sensation […]
Julianne Moore to star in Gloria remake
THR is reporting that Julianne Moore has signed on to headline a reimagining of director Sebastian Lelio’s critically acclaimed 2013 Chilean-Spanish drama Gloria, although will not be a straight-up remake, but rather inspired by the story and characters. The new film, which is being produced by Pablo Larrain and Juan de Dios Larrain, will see […]
Ursula K. Le Guin’s sci-fi The Left Hand of Darkness set for limited series
Critical Content has snapped up the rights to Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1969 sci-fi novel The Left Hand of Darkness to develop as a limited series for the small screen, Variety has revealed. The Hugo and Nebula-winning novel “revolves around a human male’s mission to an alien planet known as Winter where the inhabitants have […]
Kelly McGillis to headline crime thriller Annie Cook
Top Gun star Kelly McGillis is set to portray the title role in Annie Cook, a new crime thriller from director Robert Manciero and screenwriters Cameron Keys and Tinker Lindsay (Hector and the Search for Happiness). Variety reports that the film will be based on Nellie Snyder Yost’s biography Evil Obsession and explores the life […]
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito join comedy Shriver
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito have joined Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in Shriver, a new comedy from writer-director Michael Maren, which is based on Chris Beldon’s book of the same name. The film will mark a reunion for Goldberg, Esposito and Church, who previously all appeared in 2001’s Monkeybone. Deadline reports that the […]
Report from the Paris premiere of Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil Season 2, with Charlie Cox, Jon Bernthal and Elodie Yung
Scott J. Davis reports from the premiere of Daredevil Season 2 in Paris…. After its stunning debut at the start of last year as part of Marvel’s Netflix original series deal, The Man Without Fear returns to the small screen (although it always feels much larger) with a second season, bringing with him a few […]
Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney set for Storm Boy
Ambience Entertainment has announced that Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) will lead the cast of Storm Boy, a contemporary retelling of the 1976 Australian family film, which is described as a “heartwarming tale about unusual friendship and unconditional love.” Based on Australian author Colin Thiele’s 1964 novel, the film […]
Tom Hanks to star in News of the World
According to Deadline, Fox 2000 has tapped Lion screenwriter Luke Davies to adapt Paulette Jiles’ novel News of the World as a star vehicle for Tom Hanks, who is producing alongside Gary Goetzman and Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl). News of the World takes place in 1870 and revolves “around a road trip through the […]
