Flickering Myth

Geek Culture | Movies, TV, Comic Books & Video Games

Bill Paxton set to join Daniel Radcliffe for Grand Theft Auto film

by

The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Aliens star Bill Paxton could be set to join Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe in Grand Theft Auto, BBC Films’ true-life story of the creator of Grand Theft Auto and a Miami lawyer who wanted to get the game banned. Radcliffe is playing Sam Houser, the British co-founder and […]

Julianne Moore eyed for Can You Ever Forgive Me?

by

After many years of almosts and nearlys, February saw Julianne Moore finally win an Academy Award for her performance in Still Alice. Now, the actress is setting about picking her post-Oscar projects, with Variety reporting that the actress may have found one in the lead for the adaptation of Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Lee […]

Seth Grahame-Smith to direct The Flash

by

The Wrap is reporting that screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith will make his directorial debut with Warner Bros.’ big screen adaptation of The Flash, which will see Ezra Miller (The Perks of Being A Wallflower) star as the titular lightening-quick hero, known by day as scientist Barry Allen. Grahame-Smith is perhaps known as the writer behind such films as […]

Phil Lord and Chris Miller to write The Flash movie for Warner Bros.

by

Deadline is reporting some big news coming from Warner Bros. and its DC Universe, with The Lego Movie and 21/22 Jump Street writer/directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are set to write WB’s The Flash movie, which will star The Perks of Being a Wallflower’s Ezra Miller as the superhero speedster. Whether the duo will […]

DVD Review – Predestination (2014)

by

Predestination, 2014. Directed by The Spierig Brothers. Starring Ethan Hawke, Sarah Snook, Madeleine West, Christopher Kirby, Christopher Sommers and Noah Taylor. SYNOPSIS: The life of a time-travelling Temporal Agent. On his final assignment, he must pursue the one criminal that has eluded him throughout time. Time is linear and moves forward, so says the “science”. […]

Kristen Stewart and Ben Platt join Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk

by

Deadline and The Wrap are reporting that Kristen Stewart (Camp X-Ray, Clouds of Sils Maria) and Ben Platt (Pitch Perfect, The Book of Mormon) have joined the ever-growing cast of director Ang Lee’s latest project Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk. Billy Lynn is based on the acclaimed novel by Ben Fountain from 2012, about “a […]

UPDATE: Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig scrap plans to star in Lifetime “homage” A Deadly Adoption

by

While it may sound like a late April Fool’s joke, it seems that the news of Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig starring together in a Lifetime film is really happening, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A “wink” at the genre of the famous US channel, the comedy duo will team for A Deadly Adoption which […]

G.I. Joe 3 gets a new writer

by

Paramount Pictures and producer Lorenzo DiBonaventura are pressing forward with the third entry into the G.I. Joe franchise, and have announced a writer for the project, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Aaron Berg (Section 6) is set to take on the screenplay for the new entry, which has D.J. Caruso (Eagle Eye) set to take […]

Anna Kendrick joins Zac Efron’s new comedy Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

by

Anna Kendrick (Pitch Perfect 2, Into the Woods) is to join Zac Efron in the new comedy project Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, which also stars Adam DeVine, Kendrick’s Pitch Perfect co-star. 20th Century Fox are making the film, alongside Chernin Entertainment. Jake Szymanski (Funny or Die) is set to direct from a screenplay […]