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 […]
Katherine Waterston and Sunny Suljic to star in Jonah Hill’s Mid-90s
The Tracking Board has revealed that Katherine Waterston (Alien: Covenant) and Sunny Suljic (The Killing of a Sacred Deer) have signed on to star in Mid-90s, the upcoming directorial debut of Jonah Hill. As you may have guessed from the title, the film takes place in the mid-1990s and is a coming of age drama […]
Preacher Season 2 Episode 5 Review – ‘Dallas’
Martin Carr reviews the fifth episode of Preacher season 2… There is nothing like the sight of a sweat baked torture room for setting the tone of an episode. Retribution hangs in the air from a harness, suspending our man of the moment Viktor as an undecided Preacher selects his implement of impalement. Words of […]
Kylo Ren’s TIE Silencer from Star Wars: The Last Jedi officially unveiled
Back in May we got a look at a model of Kylo Ren’s new TIE Fighter from Star Wars: The Last Jedi, and now Lucasfilm has officially unveiled the TIE Silencer that the Master of the Knights of Ren will be utilising in December’s hotly-anticipated sequel; check it out here… Watch the latest episode of […]
The Strain Season 4 Episode 1 Review – ‘The Worm Turns’
Martin Carr reviews the season 4 premiere of The Strain… With a rosy nuclear winter turning daylight to permanent dusk, munchers walking the streets and Eldritch Palmer possessed things could be better. Manhattan is cloaked in a doom and gloom which extends beyond a lack of food, adequate sanitation and makeshift rationing centre. Humanity is […]
The Week in Spandex – The Pre-San Diego Comic-Con Edition
Welcome to an abridged, pre-San Diego Comic-Con edition of The Week in Spandex… Well, it’s almost that time of year again. In just a few short hours the San Diego Comic-Con International 2017 will get underway, and as usual it promises to be a huge weekend for fans of superhero movies and television. Warner Bros. […]
