After last month’s on-off-on-again negotiations with star Channing Tatum (Magic Mike XXL), 20th Century Fox’s Marvel comic-book adaptation Gambit is now on the look out for its leading lady, Deadline reports. Bella Donna Boudreaux is reportedly the role that those on the shortlist are vying for, a character who first appeared in X-Men Vol.2 #8 […]
Fatal Attraction heading to the small screen for event series
Bunnies beware! Paramount has announced that it is rebooting its 1987 thriller Fatal Attraction with a one-hour event series, which is being written and executive produced by Maria and Andre Jacquemetton (Mad Men). Directed by Adrian Lyne, Fatal Attraction starred Michael Douglas as a married attorney who embarks on an affair with publishing executive Glenn […]
Another Monopoly movie in development
Despite the failings of Battleship, the idea of developing a board game into a feature length movie is still doing the rounds in Hollywood, but this new movie based on popular family game Monopoly is looking at the games inception rather than creating a story from it. Tracking Board are reporting that Big Beach Films are developing […]
Andrew Niccol penning Monopoly movie for Lionsgate and Hasbro
Hasbro is moving forward with its long-planned feature film based upon the classic board game Monopoly, with Variety reporting that the toy manufacturer has partnered up with Lionsgate for the project, which will be scripted by Andrew Niccol (The Truman Show). The film will revolved around “a boy from the game’s modest Baltic Avenge on […]
SDCC: Boom! Studios announces new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers series
It’s morphin’ time! Or rather, it will be at the San Diego Comic-Con International later this month, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Boom! Studios is set to unleash a brand new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book line in San Diego with six exclusive one-page comics ahead of a new ongoing series. Check out […]
Robert Downey Jr. and Ron Howard team up for a live-action Pinocchio
Following the recent financial successes of Cinderella, Maleficent, and Alice in Wonderland, The Tracking Board are reporting that Warner Bros. is now interested in furthering development on Robert Downey Jr.’s Pinocchio, which he is producing alongside starring in as Geppetto. Ron Howard is also now confirmed to direct the film after Ben Stiller, Tim Burton, and […]
Paul Thomas Anderson to write Robert Downey Jr.’s Pinocchio movie
Well, here’s some surprising news… Warner Bros. and Robert Downey Jr. have enlisted a new screenwriter for their planned live-action Pinocchio movie, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will Be Blood, Inherent Vice) has signed on to pen the script with a view to directing. The project – which will see […]
Michael Fassbender says Christian Bale would have been “perfect” for Steve Jobs
Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) has said that Christian Bale (The Big Short) would have been a great fit for the title role in Steve Jobs, had he not dropped out of the project. SEE ALSO: Danny Boyle’s Steve Jobs will close the 59th BFI London Film Festival Bale parted ways with Steve Jobs in November, allowing […]
Rumour: Female director wanted for Tomb Raider reboot
Lara Croft fans have been clamouring for another big screen instalment of the Tomb Raider franchise for over a decade now, and according to rumours, MGM and Warner Bros. are looking to enlist a female director for the proposed reboot. According to Heroic Hollywood, a script by Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman, Teenage […]
Director Alan Taylor discusses Terminator Genisys’ spoilery marketing campaign, says experience on Thor: The Dark World was “wrenching”
If you’ve been paying close attention to the marketing campaign for Terminator Genisys, then you’ll know that Paramount Pictures and Skydance Productions have given away a major plot point regarding Jason Clarke’s John Connor, both in the promotional trailers, and the character poster you can see to your left (apologies if you’d managed to avoid […]
