Flickering Myth

Film & TV News, Reviews and Features

Bryan Cranston wanted for Star Trek 3; more new female characters

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Star Trek 3 (really, Star Trek 13) is well into development now that Simon Pegg and Doug Jung are writing the script with Justin Lin (Fast and Furious) in the director’s chair. It’s believed that the story put forward by Roberto Orci has now been pushed aside, but that’s not 100% confirmed. According to our friends over […]

Michael Chabon to write new screenplay for Bob The Musical, Tom Cruise circling

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The Hollywood Reporter has revaled that the long-gestating Bob The Musical may finally be coming to the screen thanks to Wonder Boys scribe Michael Chabon and Oscar winner Brett McKenzie (The Muppets), with Tom Cruise said to be circling the film. Chabon, who worked on Spider-Man 2 with Sam Raimi and Disney’s John Carter, is […]

Simon Kinberg says Wolverine 3 “takes place in the future”

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With Hugh Jackman set to do the claws one final time for next year’s Wolverine 3, there’s been a lot of speculation – perhaps even bordering on expectation – that the film will adapt Mark Millar and Steve McNiven’s acclaimed Old Man Logan comic book storyline. As yet, there’s been no official word from anyone involved […]

Warner Bros. secures rights to The Forever War, set to star Channing Tatum

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Deadline has reported that the bidding war between Warner Bros. Pictures and Sony Pictures over the 41-year-old sci-fi novel The Forever War by Joe Haldeman has been won by Warner Bros. Richard Edlund had held the rights to the book for around 27 years, and the project had previously been set up at Fox for […]

Sleepaway Camp remake “up in the air”, new sequel teased

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Like many horror movies of the 1980s Sleepaway Camp has not escaped the possibility of a remake for today’s audiences. The movie has been in development and talked about for some time, but it looks like it may be on the backburner according to original director Robert Hiltzik. During a Q&A session at a screening […]

Book Review – Horns by Joe Hill

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Michelle Herbert reviews Horns by Joe Hill… Horns is the story of Ignatius Perrish and what may seem like his journey to hell, except he already lives there. It is almost a year since his girlfriend Merrin Williams was brutally raped and murdered with Ig being accused of this heinous crime. Horns begins with Ig […]

Special Features – Manipulation in Film: Nineteen Eighty-Four, The Village and Dogtooth

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Marta Abromaityte on manipulation in film… Being a brand of social influence, manipulation has played a large part in the history of cinema. While most propaganda films portray totalitarian governments using misinformation as a tool for indoctrinating the masses, films that portray the struggle against diabolical brainwashing methods have the potential to arm audiences against […]

R.I.P. Mickey Rooney (1920 – 2014)

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Legendary American actor and entertainer Mickey Rooney has passed away aged 93, it has been reported. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1920, the former child star began his career in the entertainment industry aged just one year old and went on to enjoy a career spanning ten decades, which saw him receive multiple awards […]

Key and Peele to reboot Police Academy

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According to Variety, New Line Cinema has taken a step forward with its plans to reboot the Police Academy franchise, tapping comedians Keegan Michael Key and Jordan Peele to oversee a new version of the once-popular comedy series alongside original creator Paul Maslansky. The original Police Academy – which featured the likes of Steve Guttenberg, […]