First he changed the title to Alien: Paradise Lost, and now Ridley Scott has announced that his upcoming follow-up to Prometheus has undergone another change of name, and will now be called Alien: Covenant. Speaking about how The Martian came about, Scott said that: “I was going to be doing what will be called Alien: […]
John Logan rewriting Alien: Paradise Lost with Ridley Scott
With production on the Prometheus sequel Alien: Paradise Lost set to get underway early in 2016, Variety is reporting that Ridley Scott is currently reworking the script with John Logan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter behind Gladiator. SEE ALSO: Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5 now on indefinite hold due to Ridley Scott’s Alien: Paradise Lost Logan – whose […]
Ridley Scott talks Alien: Paradise Lost and Blade Runner 2
Since revealing that the follow-up to Prometheus is going by the title of Alien: Paradise Lost, Ridley Scott’s press tour for The Martian has been dominated by talk of his impending return to the Alien universe, and speaking to Yahoo! Movies the director has revealed more details about the sequel, as well as discussing Denis […]
Ridley Scott talks Alien: Paradise Lost and Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5
Since revealing that Prometheus 2 is now going by the title of Alien: Paradise Lost, director Ridley Scott can’t seem to stop talking about his latest foray into the world he created back in 1978. Having stated that he plans to direct three Prometheus sequels, he’s not been speaking to Empire about Paradise Lost and […]
History announces premiere date and cast for Barbarians Rising
History has announced that its eight-part docudrama Barbarians Rising – which charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire – is set to premiere in the States on June 6th, before making its way to the UK in June. Deadline reports that “the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those […]
Duracell’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens commercial features a Battle for Christmas Morning
No need for the Duracell bunny in your batteries this Christmas, as all of the world’s toys will be powered by The Force thanks to a new TV advert for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the advert, a young boy changes his batteries to Duracell and soon enough his lightsaber is ready for action […]
Jonathan Rhys Meyers set for WWII drama The 12th Man
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) has signed on to star in the World War II drama The 12th Man, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The 12th Man tells “the story of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian resistance fighter, one of a dozen saboteurs trained by British intelligence to carry out a raid on an air traffic control […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson could take lead in Doug Liman’s The Wall
Variety is reporting that Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is being lined up to take the lead role in upcoming Amazon thriller The Wall. The Wall, which will be the first original film created by Amazon Studios, is being directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) from a script by Dwain Worell […]
Andrew Garfield teaming with It Follows director David Robert Mitchell for Under the Silver Lake
Variety is reporting that Andrew Garfield has signed on to star in Under the Silver Lake, a “modern-day crime thriller set in Los Angeles”, which will be directed by David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind the critically-acclaimed horror It Follows. “David Robert Mitchell is one of the great new voices in cinema and I am […]
Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon to play Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Killing Reagan
Having enjoyed huge success with their adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the National Geographic Channel is now set to adapt Bill O’Reilly’s book Killing Reagan, with Tim Matheson (The West Wing) signing on to portray President Ronald Reagan alongside Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) as First Lady Nancy Reagan. “We […]
