The popular 1990s anime series Cowboy Bebop is getting the live-action treatment for television. Thor: The Dark World and Thor: Ragnarok scribe Christopher Yost is currently working on the development with Tomorrow Studios and ITV Studios. Yost has also worked on animated TV shows Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Wolverine and the X-Men and The Avengers: […]
Michelle Rodriguez to star in gender-reassignment thriller Tomboy, a Revenger’s Tale
Variety is reporting that Michelle Rodriguez has signed on to appear in Tomboy, a Revenger’s Tale, the upcoming gender-reassignment thriller from writer-director Walter Hill. The film will see the Fast & Furious star as a male assassin who falls into the hands of rogue surgeon (played by Sigourney Weaver), who turns him into a woman. […]
Hugh Jackman “open to the idea” of playing Wolverine in Deadpool
Fox has three X-Men movies set for release next year in Deadpool, X-Men: Apocalypse and Gambit, and so far – surprisingly – Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine is yet to be confirmed as featuring in any. It’s expected that he’ll return for Apocalypse, and given Fox’s past form with the franchise, there’s surely a good chance he’ll […]
BBC America renews Orphan Black for a fourth season
Just three episodes into its current season, BBC America has announced that it has renewed the award-winning series Orphan Black for a 10-episode fourth season, which is slated to air in 2016. “We’re thrilled to be moving forward with season four of the Orphan Black saga,” said co-creatores John Fawcett and Graeme Manson. “Huge thanks […]
Robert Rodriguez kicks off production on From Dusk Till Dawn season 2
The El Rey Network and Miramax have announced that production is underway on the second season of Robert Rodriguez’s From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series, which will see the return of cast members Wilmer Valderrama, D.J. Cotrona, Zane Holtz, Eiza González, Brandon Soo Hoo, Madison Davenport and Jesse Garcia. “It’s great to be back for […]
Michael Biehn talks Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5
Back at the start of the year, it was announced that Neill Blomkamp (Chappie) would be directing a fifth instalment of the Alien franchise, which would see the return of Sigourney Weaver’s Ripley, along with Corporal Hicks, who was played by Michael Biehn in 1986’s Aliens. However, last month it was revealed that Fox has […]
Hate Crime director speaks on BBFC ban
Last week it was announced that the British Board of Film Classification has refused a certificate for Hate Crime, a home invasion horror about a Jewish family tormented by a group of cyrstal meth crazed neo-Nazi lunatics during a birthday celebration. Now director James Cullen Bressack has responded to the ban, and an article from […]
Hate Crime banned in the UK by the BBFC
The British Board of Film Classification has refused classification for the VOD release of Hate Crime, a low-budget thriller about a Jewish family whose home is invaded by a bunch of crystal meth-crazed neo-Nazis during their youngest son’s birthday celebrations. It is only the fourth horror to be banned by the BBFC since 2009, the […]
Jeremy Renner’s Hawkeye confirmed for Captain America: Civil War
Back in August, Jeremy Renner sparked speculation that he could be set to reprise the role of Hawkeye for 2016’s Captain America: Civil War by stating that he’d heard rumblings that the character would be included in the threequel, and now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed his involvement in the film. SEE ALSO: Robert Downey […]
Stark Sands and Meagan Good join Minority Report TV series
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Stark Sands (Inside Llewyn Davis) has secured the lead role in FOX’s upcoming TV sequel to the 2002 sci-fi Minority Report, with Meagan Good (Think Like a Man) has also signed on to the cast. The site reports that the series “takes place 10 years after the end of Precrime in […]
