Earlier this month it was reported that Amazon is looking to spend around $500 million on two seasons of its Lord of the Rings TV adaptation, and now we have a report from the Financial Times which states that the streaming giant is looking to double that price tag for an adaptation of Liu Cixin’s […]
Amazon developing A League of Their Own TV series
1992’s baseball comedy-drama A League of Their Own looks set to become the latest movie to receive a small screen adaptation, with THR reporting that Will Graham (Mozart in the Jungle) and Abbi Jacobson (Broad City) are writing and executive producing a TV series for Amazon. Intended as a half-hour comedy series, the project is […]
True Detective season 3 changes up directors due to scheduling conflicts
Deadline is reporting that the third season of HBO and Nic Pizzolatto’s True Detective has undergone a change of directors, with Daniel Sackheim coming in to replace Blue Ruin and Green Room’s Jeremy Saulnier. “Director and executive producer Jeremy Saulnier has completed the first two episodes of True Detective Season 3 and will be departing […]
Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia gets a trailer, poster and images
With just two weeks to go until its VOD release, a trailer, poster and batch of images have arrived online for the acclaimed comedy drama Fear, Love, and Agoraphobia. Written and directed by Alex D’Lerma, the film stars Lori Petty (Orange Is the New Black), Dustin Coffey (2 Broke Girls) and Linda Burzynski (Animal Kingdom); take […]
Ron Howard reassures fans that Solo: A Star Wars Story is “right on schedule”
Given that original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller were fired with just a couple of weeks of principal photography remaining, with Ron Howard subsequently coming on board to reshoot up to 80% of the movie, it’s a little surprising that Disney and Lucasfilm decided to hold firm with its May 2018 release date for […]
Black Panther composer to score Sony’s Venom movie
Fresh from scoring Marvel’s blockbuster superhero movie Black Panther, Deadline is reporting that composer Ludwig Goransson has signed on for another comic book related project in Sony’s Tom Hardy-headlined Venom movie. In addition to Black Panther, Goransson has scored director Ryan Coogler’s two previous movies Fruitvale Station and Creed, as well as Venom director Ruben […]
First look at Pixar’s new short film Bao
Disney-Pixar’s Incredibles 2 set to hit cinemas this summer, which means we also have a brand new Pixar short to look forward to, and thanks to Entertainment Weekly we now have our very first look at Bao, which the site describes as “a culinary fable about a Chinese-Canadian woman suffering from the depression of an […]
David Mazouz announces that Gotham season 4 has wrapped filming
Bruce Wayne actor David Mazouz has taken to Instagram to announce that filming has officially wrapped on the fourth season of Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham. Sharing a picture of himself and Robin Lord Taylor (The Penguin), Mazouz paid tribute to the show, stating that: “I am so crazy proud of what we have done […]
Frank Oz doesn’t understand the backlash against Star Wars: The Last Jedi
At this point, it seems fair to say that Star Wars: The Last Jedi has become the most divisive instalment of the Star Wars saga. While the film certainly has its fans, Episode VIII has also come in for some very heavy criticism from some Star Wars fans. However, that’s not a viewpoint shared by […]
Ben Mendelsohn explains why Brie Larson is perfect for the role of Captain Marvel
Now that he has officially been announced as part of the cast, actor Ben Mendelsohn is free to start talking about his upcoming Marvel Studios role in next year’s Captain Marvel – although as you’d expect given the secrecy about the MCU, he’s keeping things rather vague. During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, the Rogue […]
