Buffalo Film Company has announced that Jack Black (The D Train) and his Nacho Libre director Jared Hess are to re-team for the upcoming comedy Micronations. The new film will see Black play a “loveable oddball” who ends up living in the strange world of “do-it-yourself countries” whose inhabitants have claimed their backyards as sovereign […]
Chris Pratt’s Star-Lord to cameo in other MCU movies
Chris Pratt is fast becoming one of the most sought after actors in Hollywood and for good reason. He’s recently been linked with a Ghostbusters reboot – which he has since debunked as bulls**t – and he’s also being rumoured to take over from Harrison Ford in the next Indiana Jones movie. Not to mention […]
Nicolas Cage and Paul Schrader re-teaming for Dog Eat Dog
Deadline is reporting that director Paul Schrader and his Dying of the Light star Nicolas Cage are re-teaming for gritty crime thriller Dog Eat Dog.Based on the acclaimed book by Eddie Bunker, Schrader will co-write and direct the film with Cage starring.The synopsis for the novel reads: “Dog Eat Dog follows Troy Cameron, a reformatory […]
Tom Ford’s Nocturnal Animals bought by Focus Features for huge $20 million
More news on the distribution wheeling and dealing over at the Cannes Film Festival, with Focus Features paying a staggering $20 million for the worldwide rights for Nocturnal Animals, the sophomore film from director Tom Ford, reports Deadline.The deal is the biggest of the festival so far, and is reportedly the biggest the festival has […]
Brad Peyton explains why DC’s Lobo hasn’t happened yet
Much like Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man, it seems as though the launch of the DC Cinematic Universe is the reason behind the production of Lobo finding its way into Development Hell. In an interview with ComingSoon, director Brad Peyton (San Andreas) has explained the full reason behind the movie falling off the Warner Bros. radar.“I think […]
Robert Davi to play Leonid Brezhnev in Ronald Reagan biopic
Robert Davi (The Expendables 3) has been cast in the new Ronald Reagan biopic as former Soviet Union leader Leonid Brezhnev, according to The Hollywood Reporter.The new film, simply titled Reagan, tells the story of Reagan as a youngster, through his acting years and into his presidency, according to the outlet. Young Disney Channel star […]
Matt Bomer joins The Magnificent Seven
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Magic Mike XXL star Matt Bomer has joined the ensemble cast of Antoine Fuqua’s remake of The Magnificent Seven.Fuqua directs Denzel Washington (Training Day), Chris Pratt (Jurassic World), Ethan Hawke (Boyhood), Wagner Moura (Elite Squad), Haley Bennett (The Equalizer), Byung-hun Lee (G.I. Joe: Retaliation), Luke Grimes (Fifty Shades of […]
Annette Bening, Elle Fanning and Greta Gerwig to star in 20th Century Women
Annapurna Pictures have announced the cast for the new drama 20th Century Women, to be written and directed by Mike Mills (Beginners). Elle Fanning (Maleficent), Greta Gerwig (Frances Ha) and Oscar winner Annette Bening (American Beauty) will headline the film, which is set to begin filming later this year in Southern California. Set in 1979, 20th […]
Alice Eve joins Please Stand By
Fresh from his success in with the underrated gem The Sessions, writer/director Ben Lewin is busy casting his new film, Please Stand By, which has reportedly added Alice Eve to the cast.According to the The Hollywood Reporter Eve, who starred in Star Trek Into Darkness, joins the already cast Dakota Fanning (Night Moves) and Sessions star Helen […]
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson set to reteam for Shanghai Dawn
Website Tracking Board is tonight reporting news that MGM is readying a “threequel” to Shanghai Noon, which starred Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan.The third film, set to be called Shanghai Dawn, will see Wilson and Chan return to the roles of Roy O’Bannon and Chon Wang, which the duo played in 2000’s Shanghai Noon and […]
