Black Bear, 2020. Directed by Lawrence Michael Levine. Starring Christopher Abbott, Sarah Gadon, and Aubrey Plaza. SYNOPSIS: A filmmaker at a creative impasse seeks solace from her tumultuous past at a rural retreat, only to find that the woods summon her inner demons in intense and surprising ways. Sometimes a film can feel so deeply […]
Elisabeth Moss to play former Congresswoman Katie Hill for Blumhouse
Following on from the recent news that Elisabeth Moss is set to reteam with Blumhouse for the psychological thriller Mrs. March, we now have word that The Invisible Man star will be teaming with the studio once again, this time for an adaptation of former U.S. Congresswoman Katie Hill’s upcoming book She Will Rise: Becoming […]
Comic Book Preview – Batman and the Outsiders #17
Ahead of its release this Tuesday, we’ve got the official preview of Batman and the Outsiders #17 from DC Comics; check it out here… Series finale! The war with Ra’s al Ghul reaches its end, and none of the Outsiders will ever be the same. And none of them might ever be a team again! […]
Ewan McGregor says Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars TV series will start shooting in March
Having been delayed once to undergo a retooling under a new creative team, it seems that Disney and Lucasfilm are now firmly back on track with their Obi-Wan Kenobi Star Wars series, with star Ewan McGregor revealing on the UK’s The Graham Norton Show that filming is set to get underway in March. “We start […]
The Animamiacs are back in first clip ahead of November premiere
They’ve been gone a long time, but The Animaniacs are set to return next month on Hulu. The first clip of the rebooted series was shown at the New York Comic-Con with a riff on Jurassic Park‘s Alan Grant, Ellie Sattler and Ian Malcolm with Animaniacs producer Steven Spielberg filling in for John Hammond. Animaniacs first premiered in 1993 […]
Co-Writing a Screenplay 101 with Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis | The Writer Experience #118
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience… Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iaconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart and The Curse of La Llorona. They’re currently co-writing a new Dirty Dancing film from Lionsgate and a live action feature film Nightbooks for Netflix, which starts filming October 14th, and […]
2020 BFI London Film Festival Review – Wildfire
Wildfire, 2020. Written and directed by Cathy Brady. Starring Nora Jane Noone, Nika McGuigan, Kate Dickie, and Martin McCann. SYNOPSIS: The story of two sisters who grew up on the fractious Irish border. When one of them, who has been missing, finally returns home, the intense bond with her sister is re-ignited. Together they unearth their […]
Commando at 35: Revisiting the Arnold Schwarzenegger Action Classic
Tom Jolliffe revisits the Schwarzenegger classic Commando, which recently turned 35… It pains me to think a seminal film from my childhood has now turned 35. I probably first saw Commando some 30(ish) years ago. That would make me? Urgh, like the old Knight Harrison Ford stumbles on in The Last Crusade probably. Or at […]
Gal Gadot to reunite with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins for Cleopatra
Gal Gadot and her Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins are set to swap Themyscira for Ancient Egypt, with Deadline reporting that the star and filmmaker are set to reunite for Cleopatra, a new biographical drama of the legendary Egyptian ruler. As revealed by the trade, Paramount Pictures has won an auction for the package, fending […]
Comic Book Preview – Superman #26
Thanks to DC Comics, we’ve got a sneak peek at this week’s Superman #26, which you can check out right here… As Superman deals with the continuing fallout from the world knowing his truth as Clark Kent, he finds himself faced with a physical threat beyond anything he has ever faced before. Synmar traveled across […]
