It looks like the iconic video game franchise Mega Man is finally set to hit the big screen, with THR reporting that Catfish directors Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman are in final negotiations to write and direct a movie adaptation. Mega Man launched in 1987 and follows an android called Rock, who is created as […]
Fox and Marvel launch Sentinel Services viral site for The Gifted
Fox TV has continued its promotional campaign for the upcoming Marvel series The Gifted by launching a new viral site entitled Sentinel Services. The site – from the Sentinel Services Division of the Department of Mutant Affairs – offers details on the X-Gene, testimonials, and information and safety advice to protect you and your family. […]
Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to develop Confederate for HBO
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners behind Game of Thrones, have another series in development at HBO. Titled Confederate, the new show will explore an alternate history of America that depicts the Confederacy successfully seceded from the Union in the American Civil War. Written by Benioff and Weiss, who also will showrun, Confederate chronicles events leading to the […]
Lena Dunham cast in American Horror Story season 7
American Horror Story has just gained a new cast member. Ryan Murphy tweeted out that Lena Dunham, star and creator of HBO’s Girls, has been cast in the show’s seventh season. It is unknown in what capacity the role is, but Deadline is reporting it will be for just one episode. Dunham joins Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters, Billie […]
Darren Aronofsky could direct A.I. courtroom drama
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has bought an untitled screenplay from Joe Epstein as a potential directing vehicle for Darren Aronofsky. Plot details are scarce, but it is said that it will revolve around an artificial intelligence court case. Following the announcement, Aronofsky took to Twitter to reveal that he is yet to officially […]
Sandra Bullock to star in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box
THR has revealed that Netflix has tapped Sandra Bullock to star in Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (In a Better World) and screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival). The project is based upon Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel and takes place in the near future, with Bullock portraying a mother who along with her […]
Shane Black still open to Doc Savage movie with Dwayne Johnson
Back in 2013, director Shane Black signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of Doc Savage, based upon Henry W. Ralston, John L. Nanovic and Lester Dent’s pulp hero of the 1930s, with Dwayne Johnson subsequently revealing in 2016 that he was set to take on the role of the Man of Bronze. With […]
Felicity Jones to play Ruth Bader Ginsburg in On the Basis of Sex
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Felicity Jones has signed on to portray Supreme Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in the biopic On the Basis of Sex, which is being directed by Mimi Leder from Daniel Stiepleman’s Black List script. Variety reports that the film will tell the story of Ginsburg, who was appointed to […]
Short Film Reviews – Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus
Tom Jolliffe reviews Shane Ryan’s Guerrilla, Paper Kids and American Virus… Independent American film-maker Shane Ryan, has tended to court a degree of controversy throughout his career. He’s directed a number of features, and shorts. A common strand running through them is a recurring theme of isolation, of being an outsider, and the dark corners […]
David O. Russell is in talks for adaptation of Boy21
Director David O. Russell is in talks to produce an adaptation of Basketball drama Boy21. The man behind American Hustle and The Fighter, is currently in talks to produce Boy21, a film version of Matthew Quick’s basketball novel. Swift has already seen one of his novels adapted by O. Russell, he directed The Silver Linings […]
