Back in April it was announced that the long-gestating adaptation of Stephen King’s epic fantasy series The Dark Tower from Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer had been resurrected by Sony and Media Rights Capital, and now it looks like a director may have been found. According to Deadline, Nikolaj Arcel is in talks […]
Sony picks up adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
It looks like Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s long-gestating and highly ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower may yet see the light of day, with Sony and MRC teaming up to co-finance and produce what they hope will be an epic franchise spanning both movies and television. “There are few […]
It Follows to get a sequel? Distributor Radius-TWC has “thought about it”
With its stellar release thus far on both sides of the pond ($9.45 million grossed already in the US alone), David Robert Mitchell’s It Follows is the indie-horror sensation of 2015 to date, and it seems the producers are already considering a sequel, with Tom Quinn, co-president of Radius-TWC, stating that: “I don’t want to […]
George Miller wanted Heath Ledger for Mad Max: Fury Road, reveals title of next sequel
The Mad Max franchise returned to the big screen after a thirty year absence this past weekend with the release of Mad Max: Fury Road, marking the end of a fifteen year plus journey for director George Miller, who originally started developing the film back in the late 90s. Having originally planned to shoot the […]
Dominic Cooper set to star in Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Preacher
After news broke last night that actress Lucy Griffiths was set to join the cast of AMC’s Preacher, it was quickly followed with more news that young Howard Stark himself Dominic Cooper is close to a deal to star as Jesse Custer in the Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg produced-pilot. Cooper, who has recently featured […]
Bill Paxton set to join Daniel Radcliffe for Grand Theft Auto film
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Aliens star Bill Paxton could be set to join Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in Grand Theft Auto, BBC Films’ true-life story of the creator of Grand Theft Auto and a Miami lawyer who wanted to get the game banned. Radcliffe is playing Sam Houser, the British co-founder and […]
Daniel Radcliffe to star as Grand Theft Auto creator
Last month it was announced that BBC Films is developing a TV drama entitled Grand Theft Auto, which will tell the true life story of the creation of the blockbuster franchise and the ensuing dispute between its creator and a Miami lawyer over video game violence. According to THR, Daniel Radcliffe is in negotiations to […]
Julianne Moore eyed for Can You Ever Forgive Me?
After many years of almosts and nearlys, February saw Julianne Moore finally win an Academy Award for her performance in Still Alice. Now, the actress is setting about picking her post-Oscar projects, with Variety reporting that the actress may have found one in the lead for the adaptation of Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Lee […]
Lucy Griffiths joins AMC’s Preacher pilot
The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Lucy Griffiths, who has featured in Constantine and True Blood recently, has join the cast of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Preacher pilot, and is set to play Emily Woodrow, a character that doesn’t feature in the original books. Preacher was first published in 1995, and told the story […]
Seth Grahame-Smith to direct The Flash
The Wrap is reporting that screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith will make his directorial debut with Warner Bros.’ big screen adaptation of The Flash, which will see Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being A Wallflower) star as the titular lightening-quick hero, known by day as scientist Barry Allen. Grahame-Smith is perhaps known as the writer behind such films as […]
