Warner Bros. Digital Networks’ Machinima has announced a development deal with Greg Russo, screenwriter of the upcoming video game adaptation reboots Mortal Kombat and Resident Evil, beginning with a live-action feature adaptation of the survival horror F.E.A.R.. Released in 2005, F.E.A.R. is a first person shooter which revolves around the special forces team First Encounter […]
The Edge of Seventeen spinoff TV series in development at YouTube Red
Following the success of The Karate Kid sequel Cobra Kai (which has just been renewed for a second season), YouTube Red is looking to add another movie adaptation to its subscription service with a TV series inspired by the 2016 film The Edge of Seventeen. THR reports that YouTube Red has given a pilot production […]
Nicolas Cage to star in Prisoners of the Ghostland
Deadline is reporting that Nicolas Cage has signed on to star in the post-apocalyptic action thriller Prisoners of the Ghostland, which will mark the English-language debut of Japanese filmmaker Sion Sono (Tag, Love Exposure). The film has been written by Sono and Aaron Hendry, and will see Cage playing Hero, a notorious criminal “who is […]
Chris Evans to star in Neill Blomkamp’s Greenland
In news coming out of Cannes, it has been reported that Avengers: Infinity War star Chris Evans has signed on to lead the disaster thriller Greenland, the new film from District 9 and Elysium director Neill Blomkamp. Deadline reports that plot details for Greenland are being kept tightly under wraps, but the film will revolve […]
Trolls 2 adds Sam Rockwell, Jamie Dornan, Chance the Rapper and more
DreamWorks Animation has announced the voice cast for Trolls 2, with Sam Rockwell (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Chance the Rapper (Slice) boarding the sequel to the 2016 animated family film. Reprising their roles from the first movie are Anna Kendrick (Poppy), Justin Timberlake (Branch), James Corden (Biggie), […]
Ron Howard to produce big screen adaptation of Tiger & Bunny anime
Fresh from his trip to the galaxy far, far away on Solo: A Star Wars Story, Ron Howard is set to produce a live-action feature adaptation of the hit Japanese anime series Tiger & Bunny, Deadline has revealed. Global Road Entertainment, Bandai Namco Pictures, Imagine Entertainment and Weed Road Pictures are taming up for the […]
Mark Wahlberg’s The Six Billion Dollar Man loses its director
Having set a May 2019 release date this past March, the long-gestating The Six Billion Dollar Man has hit another stumbling block with Deadline reporting that filmmaker Damian Szifron has left the project due to creative differences with Warner Bros. Originally set up at Dimension before moving to Warner Bros., the big screen adaptation of […]
Preview of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #27
‘Shattered Grid’ continues this Wednesday in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #27, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here courtesy of Boom! Studios… SEE ALSO: 20-disc Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: 25th Anniversary Edition Steelbook announced As Lord Drakkon’s power and influence grows, the Power Rangers work with new allies from across […]
Friday Night Lights is Great, But Let’s Not Have a New Movie
Neil Calloway isn’t convinced by plans for a new film about High School football… The news that there is going to be a new Friday Night Lights film should be greeted with trepidation. It’s not the big screen spin-off of the TV series that many hoped for (more on this later, but they’re wrong to […]
Chicago Critics Film Festival 2018 Review – Beast
Beast, 2018. Written and Directed by Michael Pearce. Starring Jessie Buckley, Johnny Flynn, Trystan Gravelle, Shannon Tarbet, Emily Taaffe, Hattie Gotobed, Tim Woodward, and Geraldine James. SYNOPSIS: A troubled woman living in an isolated community finds herself pulled between the control of her oppressive family and the allure of a secretive outsider suspected of a […]
