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 […]
Rob Cohen adapting comic book series Razor for the big screen
Rob Cohen (The Fast and the Furious, xXx) is set to write and direct an adaptation of Everette Hartsoe’s comic book series Razor for Number 11 Films and Lotus Entertainment. Take a look at the teaser poster here. “I have loved Razor since its first publication,” said Cohen. “It has operatic themes, female empowerment, revenge, action, […]
Chewbacca to appear in young Han Solo Star Wars spinoff movie
Well, this won’t come as a surprise at all, but Disney’s CEO Bob Iger has confirmed that Chewbacca is set to appear in 2018’s young Han Solo Star Wars Anthology movie. “We have other [Star Wars films] in the works, including one, which is an origin story about Han Solo and Chewie,” said Iger during […]
