It’s fair to say that the 2010 remake of A Nightmare on Elm Street did not win over the vast majority of movie-goers of fans of the franchise – and as such a sequel was never greenlit. So what do you do when you can’t get a sequel off the ground? Do what Paul Feig did with […]
Tom Cruise keen to return as Maverick for Top Gun 2, as long as there’s no CGI on the jet sequences
Last month Skydance Productions CEO David Ellison confirmed that there’s a role for Maverick in the planned sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, and now speaking at the premiere of his latest film Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, Tom Cruise has revealed that he’s open to a return for Top Gun 2, on the condition that […]
New Spider-Man Tom Holland screen tested with Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans for Captain America: Civil War
Last night we got the official confirmation that Tom Holland (The Impossible) would be the latest actor to bring Spider-Man to the big screen, kicking off with Captain America: Civil War next year. Holland beat out over 1500 other actors to land the role, and apparently screen tested with both Robert Downey Jr. (Tony Stark/Iron […]
Titan Comics secures Heroes Reborn license
Titan Comics has announced that it has secured the rights to publish comics based upon NBC’s upcoming Heroes event series Heroes Reborn, which is set to premiere on the U.S. network this fall. “Our new Heroes series is being created in close collaboration with the team behind the NBC show.” said Chris Teather, Publishing Director, […]
Former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight joins Transformers writers room
Fresh from his exploits in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it has been announced that former Daredevil showrunner Steven DeKnight has become the latest name to join the Transformers writers room over at Paramount Pictures. Headed up by Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind), the studio’s writers room now includes Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead), Art Marcum […]
Is Silent Hills being resurrected as an Xbox One exclusive?
Silent Hills was reportedly canceled much to the disappointment of many gamers and critics around the world, but a resurrection might be brewing. YouTube channel The Know is claiming that Microsoft is looking to spend billions of dollars to revive the project from the dead and secure it as an Xbox One exclusive. At first […]
Disney to co-produce Steven Spielberg’s The BFG, full cast announced
With production underway in Vancouver, Walt Disney Studios has announced that it will co-produce and co-finance The BFG, Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic book. Three-time Tony Award winner Mark Rylance (The Gunmen) will play the title character, with newcomer Ruby Barnhill cast as Sophie, but today with the Disney deal comes news of […]
Netflix orders “sexy psychological thriller” Gypsy
Entertainment Weekly is reported that Netflix has ordered a 10-part drama series Gypsy from newcomer Lisa Rubin, which is described as a “sexy psychological thriller”. Gypsy will revolve around Jean Holloway, “a therapist who begins to develop dangerous and intimate relationships with the people in her patients’ lives.” The series is slated to arrive on […]
Netflix to launch in Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan in 2016
Video streaming giant Netflix is to continue its global domination of the market by expanding into new international markets in early 2016. News today states that the company is to launch its service in some of the richest parts of Southeast Asia, including Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan and continues with its plans […]
Lionsgate pushes Power Rangers reboot back to 2017
Fans looking forward to seeing the Power Rangers back on the big screen will have to wait a little longer, with Lionsgate and Saban Brands pushing the feature film reboot back six months from its original date of July 22nd 2016 to January 2017. The reboot of the long-running TV series was originally being developed […]
