The US rights to the Matthew McConaughey comedy The Beach Bum have been picked up by Neon and Vice. Harmony Korine’s The Beach Bum is a comedy about the misadventures of a loveable rogue, which sounds like the perfect fit for McConaughey and a throwback to his earlier work. Production for the project begins in […]
Marvel announces Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu
Marvel Comics has announced that writer Matt Owens (Elektra) and artist Denys Cowan (Nighthawk) are set to bring us a brand new tale about of the Jedi’s greatest warriors with the five-issue miniseries Star Wars: Jedi of the Republic – Mace Windu, set to launch in August. Check out the cover for issue #1 by Jesus Saiz, […]
Kevin Feige wants the X-Men and Fantastic Four back at Marvel
Marvel Studios has made a great number of strides in reacquiring characters previously licensed to other studios, with the rights to the likes of Daredevil, Blade, The Punisher, Namor the Sub-Mariner and Ghost Rider all reverting back to Marvel’s ownership, and a deal struck with Sony to bring Spider-Man into the MCU fold. There are however two […]
Karl Urban could be involved with Judge Dredd: Mega-City One
Last week it was announced that IM Global and Rebellion are bringing Judge Dredd to the small screen with a new live-action series entitled Judge Dredd: Mega-City One. No sooner was the announcement made than the call began for Karl Urban to reprise his role from 2012’s cult feature Dredd, with the actor having previously […]
We Need To Talk About Ridley: The essential problem with the new Alien movie
Is it best when Ridley Scott is tethered to a well-constructed source? On the basis of his new Alien movie, Sean Wilson thinks this could well be the case… There’s a lot to admire about Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott’s gore-strewn return to the sci-fi horror franchise he kickstarted back in 1979. As a piece of […]
Netflix and Scott Free to adapt J. G. Ballard’s Hello America
Netflix has snapped up the film rights to author J. G. Ballard’s (High-Rise) 1981 post-apocalyptic sci-fi novel Hello America, with Ridley Scott’s Scott Free set to produce. Hello America “takes place a century after America’s financial collapse and abandonment by its people, when a group of pioneers return to the ruins of the “New World” […]
Sandra Bullock set for action thriller Cash Truck
In more news coming out of Cannes, Deadline is reporting that Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock has signed on to star in Cash Truck, which is being directed by Jose Wladyka (Manos Sucias, Narcos) from a script by Ethan Erwin, Albert Hughes, and John Hodge. Inspired by the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur, Cash Truck will see Bullock […]
The Purge TV series will explore non-Purge days
During NBC’s upfront presentation, Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum offered up a few details on the upcoming small screen continuation of The Purge franchise, which has been described as “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.” Blum revealed that the series, which is being written, directed and executive produced by franchise creator James DeMonaco, […]
J.J. Abrams’ supernatural WWII movie Overlord announces full cast
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have announced the full cast for director Julius Avery’s (Son of a Gun) supernatural World War II movie Overlord, which is rumoured to be part of the shared Cloverfield universe, or ‘Cloververse’. Joining the previously announced Jovan Adepo (Fences) and Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street) are Jacob Anderson (Game […]
70th Cannes Film Festival Review – Wonderstruck (2017)
Wonderstruck, 2017. Directed by Todd Haynes. Starring Oakes Fegley, Millicent Simmonds, Jaden Michael, Julianne Moore, and Michelle Williams. SYNOPSIS: Set in 1927 and 1977, Wonderstruck simultaneously tells the tales of two deaf children coping with their impairment and searching for familial love in their respective eras. Wonderstruck boasts beautiful craftsmanship and sweet performances by its […]
