France’s Atlantique Productions and Italy’s Cattleya have announced that they have signed a co-development and co-production deal to bring two cult Italian movies to the small screen in Sergio Cobucci’s spaghetti western Django and Dario Argento’s horror Suspiria. First up will be a retelling of Django, “with the grit and edginess of modern television dramas”, […]
Ian McKellen is Cogsworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
According to Variety, Disney has found a thespian to play butler-turned-clock Cogsworth in their live-action Beauty and the Beast adaptation: Sir Ian McKellen. Directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), the film will star Harry Potter alum Emma Watson as Belle, The Guest‘s Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Frozen‘s Josh Gad as Le Fou, Emma […]
Jennifer Garner and Robbie Amell join Nine Lives
The Wrap is reporting the casting of Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club) and Robbie Amell (The Duff) in Barry Sonnefeld’s latest comedy, Nine Lives. Sonnenfeld returns after a three year hiatus following 2012’s Men in Black 3, while Garner and Amell join Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Christopher Walken (Jersey Boys) and Malina Weissman (Teenage […]
Creature from the Black Lagoon gets a rewrite from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 screenwriter
The Tracking Board is reporting that Universal Pictures has tapped Jeff Pinker to pen a rewrite on Creature from the Black Lagoon, the studio’s planned remake of the 1954 horror classic. SEE ALSO: Scarlett Johansson linked to Creature from the Black Lagoon remake In addition to The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Pinker’s previous credits include Alias, […]
Scarlett Johansson linked to Creature from the Black Lagoon remake
According to The Tracking Board, Universal Pictures is eyeing Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) for a role in its Universal Monster shared universe, with the site reporting that she has been offered the female lead in a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon. Directed by Jack Arnold and released in 1954, Creature from […]
Fox developing a Rocky Horror Picture Show remake with High School Musical director
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the movie adaptation, Fox has announced that it is remaking the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a two-hour taped event special, which is being developed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It). Deadline reports that the tentatively titled The Rocky Horror Picture […]
Four more join Fox’s The Rocky Horror Picture Show TV remake
Fox is filling out the cast of its upcoming TV remake of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Victoria Justice (Zoey 101), Ryan McCartan (Liv and Maddie), Reeve Carney (Penny Dreadful) and model Staz Nair all signing on to appear. Justice and McCartan are set to portray Janet and Brad, played by Susan Sarandon and […]
Nikolaj Arcel in talks to direct The Dark Tower
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 […]
