It was just announced that Matthew McConaughey will star in a screen adaptation of Christopher McDougall’s book Born To Run: A Hidden Tribe, Super Athletes, And The Greatest Race The World Has Never Seen. Matthew Michael Carnahan (World War Z) penned the screenplay for the upcoming film, which will be produced by Mickey Liddell, Deb […]
CBS places pilot order for Rush Hour TV series, along with Joe Time and Super Clyde
Back in October, it was revealed that Bill Lawrence (Scrubs, Cougar Town) was developing a pilot for a TV series based upon the action buddy comedy franchise Rush Hour, and now it has been announced that CBS has placed a pilot order. The series will follow a similar plot to the first movie – albeit […]
Dan Aykroyd calls the Ghostbusters remake cast “magnificent”
Yesterday we heard the slightly negative words from Ernie Hudson about the cast for Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake, and today we have some thoughts from fellow original Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd, who also co-wrote the original movie. “The Aykroyd family is delighted by this inheritance of the Ghostbusters torch by these most magnificent women in comedy,” […]
Jupiter Ascending debuts at Sundance to negative response
In a somewhat strange decision by Warner Bros., last night saw the first public screening of the upcoming blockbuster Jupiter Ascending at the Sundance Film Festival, which was met with a muted reaction, reports Variety. In a “surprise screening” at the indie film festival, the Wachowski sibling’s film was not billed as a premiere but […]
David Oyelowo calls the reaction to Benedict Cumberbatch’s ‘coloured’ slip “ridiculous”
Benedict Cumberbatch came under fire this week after accidentally referring to black actors as “coloured” during a radio interview. The actor has since apologised for this gaffe. However Selma actor David Oyelowo has spoken out about this apology and called the negative reaction Cumberbacth received, “ridiculous”. “When you look at what he was actually saying […]
Sundance 2015: Grandma starring Lily Tomlin picked up by Sony Pictures Classics
ComingSoon.net has reported more activity over at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The latest film to be picked up for distribution is Grandma, the new offering from writer-director Paul Weitz (About a Boy). In the comedy-drama, Lily Tomlin (All of Me, 9 to 5) stars as the titular character who having gotten over a bad […]
Production underway on Seth MacFarlane’s Blunt Talk starring Patrick Stewart
STARZ has announced that production is underway on Blunt Talk, a new half-hour scripted comedy series which is executive produced by Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy, Ted) and stars Patrick Stewart as a British newsman trying to make his mark in the States. Here’s the first official image, followed by the official synopsis… Set in Los […]
Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs biopic begins production, full cast announced
After some turbulent developments in the last few months with studios dropping out and cast members moving aside, it now seems that Danny Boyle’s new Steve Jobs biopic is ready for production, with the main cast finalised yesterday. The film is written by Aaron Sorkin (The Newsroom, The Social Network) based on the biography of […]
Bill Murray to play the villain in Ghostbusters remake?
It was revealed yesterday that the cast of Paul Feig’s all-female Ghostbusters remake would be Kristen Wiig (Bridesmaids), Melissa McCarthy (The Heat), Leslie Jones (Saturday Night Live) and Kate McKinnon (Saturday Night Live) and now we bring some more possible casting news. According to Hitflix, Sony are looking for original Ghostbuster Bill Murray to play […]
Friday the 13th pushed back (again) to 2016
The return to the big screen of Jason Voorhees has been a tough one so far. Since returning to Paramount last year in a deal between Warner Bros. over distribution rights to Interstellar, Friday the 13th has moved dates a few times. It was originally set for the first quarter of 2015, before being pushed back to […]
