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”, […]
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 Mutant […]
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 the […]
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 […]
Alan Arkin joins Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in Zach Braff’s Going in Style
Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) is set to join the cast of Going in Style, the New Line Cinema remake of the 1979 caper comedy starring George Burns. Fellow Oscar winners Sir Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who team for the sixth time after The Dark Knight Trilogy and Now You See […]
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 […]
Kingsman: The Secret Service’s Sofia Boutella joins Star Trek 3
Deadline is reporting that Kingsman: The Secret Service star Sofia Boutella has signed on for a lead role in Paramount Pictures Star Trek 3, although character details are being kept firmly under wraps.SEE ALSO: Simon Pegg says Star Trek 3 will have “the spirit of the TV show”The third entry in the revamped series is […]
Fast & Furious 7 director James Wan eyed for Aquaman movie
After the big news that The LEGO Movie duo Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to write Warner Bros.’ The Flash, word from The Hollywood Reporter this evening has Fast & Furious 7 director James Wan being lined up to direct another DC Universe film, Aquaman.Fresh off the mega-hit that is Furious 7, which […]
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 […]
IDW adapting James Sallis’ Drive as a four-part miniseries
IDW Publishing has announced that it is set to hit the sun-bleached streets of L.A. this summer with a comic book adaption of James Sallis’ modern noir classic Drive, which served as the inspiration for director Nicholas Winding Refn’s acclaimed film starring Ryan Gosling. The four part comic book series will be adapted by writer […]
