Jurassic World co-writer Derek Connolly is swapping dinosaurs for giant apes as the screenwriter has been brought on to work on Kong: Skull Island, reports The Hollywood Reporter. Connolly, who also worked with Jurassic World director Colin Trevorrow on Safety Not Guaranteed, has been brought onto Kong to do some last minute tweaks on the […]
Jonathan Levine offered director’s chair for Amy Schumer’s latest
Deadline is reporting that 50/50 helmer Jonathan Levine is in talks to direct Amy Schumer in her next film after her summer comedy hit Trainwreck. Written by Kate Dippold, who has recently scripted Paul Feig’s Ghostbusters reboot, the new comedy is reportedly a “mother-daughter relationship story on a vacation gone wrong” would see Schumer team-up […]
Pixels tops the UK box office thanks to four extra days of previews
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 16th August to Sunday 18th August 2015… Adam Sandler’s sci-fi comedy Pixels topped the UK box office chart with £2,660,772 from its opening “weekend”, which happens to include four days of previews, which accounted for £1.33 million of that figure. If it wasn’t […]
Anne Hathaway heading to the small screen for limited series The Ambassador’s Wife
Variety is reporting that Oscar winner Anne Hathaway is making the move to the small screen and is set to star in limited series The Ambassador’s Wife for eOne. Based on the novel by Jennifer Steil, which has only recently been published, The Ambassador’s Wife tells the story of a “British woman who is kidnapped […]
R.I.P Yvonne Craig (1937 – 2015)
We are sad to report this morning the passing of Yvonne Craig, who has died at the age of 78. Her official website broke the news. Craig was perhaps best known for her role as Batgirl in the 1960’s Batman TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward. She also featured in the Star Trek […]
Original version of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four had Galactus, Mole Man, Herbie the Robot, the Fantasticar and Doctor Doom as a Latverian dictator
Like Tim Burton’s Superman Lives or James Cameron’s Spider-Man, we will never see the true version of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four. Among the many public problems the film has had in the last couple of weeks (see here, here, here, here, here and here), it was revealed by screenwriter Jeremy Slater that not much of his script was […]
Rebecca Ferguson to star in The Girl On the Train, out of the running for Gambit
After her stellar break-out performance in this summer’s Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation, actress Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to star in The Girl On the Train, reports Deadline. Tate Taylor (The Help) is directing the film based on the novel by Paula Hawkins, and Ferguson will take on one of three main female roles […]
Ving Rhames joins ensemble comedy Bastards
Deadline is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Ving Rhames is set to join the ever-expanding cast of new film Bastards. The comedy, which will see cinematographer Lawrence Sher (Garden State) make his directorial debut, has already secured the talents of Ed Helms (Vacation), Owen Wilson (Zoolander 2) and J.K. Simmons (Whiplash). The […]
Sharon Stone joins Running Wild
ESX Entertainment has announced that Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct, Casino) has signed on to appear in the drama Running Wild, which is to be directed by Alex Ranarivelo (The Wrong Side of Right). Running Wild tells the story of Stella Davis, a widow who saves her ranch by working with convicts to rehabilitate a herd […]
John Boyega to join Tom Hanks and Emma Watson in The Circle
John Boyega, star of the upcoming Star Wars: The Force Awakens, is set to join some illustrious company after signing on to appear in The Circle, Deadline reports. Oscar winner Tom Hanks (Bridge of Spies) and Emma Watson (Harry Potter) are already set to star in the film based on the book by Dave Eggers. […]
