The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that DreamWorks’s distribution deal with The Walt Disney Company is set to expire after the release of Steven Spielberg’s The BFG in July 2016, with Disney opting against a renewal. At this point, it’s unclear which studio DreamWorks will partner up with for future releases, although THR is reporting that […]
Spielberg’s DreamWorks could move from Disney when contract expires
Steven Spielberg may be about to up sticks and move DreamWorks Studios once again as its contract with Disney moves closer to its 2016 expiration, reports The Hollywood Reporter. DreamWorks currently resides at Disney, which in 2009 wanted new product to put into the markets, with Spielberg’s company securing a distribution deal for 30 films, […]
Rumour: Lucasfilm working on three live-action Star Wars series for Netflix
Take this one with a healthy pinch of salt, but Cinelinx is reporting that Lucasfilm is set to follow the Netflix model of fellow Disney subsidiary Marvel by launching a series of live-action Star Wars shows on the streaming service – three, in fact. Back in March, the same site claimed that development was underway […]
Michelle MacLaren has met with Lucasfilm over Star Wars Anthology movie
With Josh Trank vacating the director’s chair on the second Star Wars Anthology movie, Disney and Lucasfilm have a vacancy for a filmmaker in a galaxy far, far away, and now Jeff Sneider of The Wrap is reporting on Meet the Movie Press that Michelle MacLaren has met with the studio about the project. MacLaren, […]
Would Brad Bird be interested in directing a Star Wars movie?
Before J.J. Abrams secured the job of launcing Disney’s Star Wars sequel trilogy, one of the names linked to the director’s on Star Wars: The Force Awakens – then known simply as Episode VII – was that of Brad Bird, the man behind the likes of The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Ratatouille and Mission: Impossible […]
Josh Trank exits Star Wars Anthology spin-off movie
Having been absent from the ‘Gareth Edwards and Josh Trank’ panel at Star Wars Celebration last month due to “flu”, it has been announced tonight that Josh Trank (Chronicle, Fantastic Four) has vacated the director’s chair on Disney’s second Star Wars Anthology standalone movie. “After a year of having the incredible honor of developing with […]
Frozen 2 announced by Disney
Disney has announced at its shareholders meeting today that Frozen 2 is currently being developed by the studio. Directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee are both returning to work on the sequel and it has been confirmed that Josh Gad will reprise his role as Olaf the Snowman. As of yet no other cast members […]
Danny Trejo joins the cast of From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series
The El Rey Network and Miramax have announced that Danny Trejo is heading back to the world of From Dusk Till Dawn, having signed on to appear in the second season of the TV adaptation, where he’ll play The Regulator, “horrifying agent of evil who has been summoned to perform a deadly errand.” Trejo will […]
Enter the Marvel Universe for just $1 with True Believers, featuring 11 classic titles
Marvel has announced a new line of comic books set to debut exclusively in comic book stores this April entitled True Believers, which will print the first chapter of a host of popular series for the price of just $1! Check out the covers to the titles here… “True Believers are your perfect entry […]
Elizabeth Banks and Paul Giamatti set to play tennis stars Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs for HBO Films
Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect) and Paul Giamatti (Sideways) are set to star in a new project for HBO and Playtone about the Battle of the Sexes tennis match of 1973 which saw Billie Jean King beat former Wimbledon champion Bobby Riggs. Deadline reports that writer David Auburn (Proof) is set to pen the film, with […]
