Variety has revealed that Liam Neeson has signed on to follow in the footsteps of the likes of Humphrey Bogart, James Garner, Elliott Gould and Robert Mitchum by taking on the role of Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye Philip Marlowe. Neeson is set to play the lead in Marlowe, a spec script from Oscar-winner William Monahan […]
Stephen King and Joe Hill’s Throttle heading to the big screen
Production company A Bigger Boat has optioned the rights to Throttle, a novella from Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, with THR reporting that producer Emile Gladstone has tapped John Scott III (Maggie) to pen the script for a big screen adaptation. Originally published in 2009 as part of a Richard Matheson tribute and inspired […]
Beyonce frontrunner to voice Nala in Disney’s The Lion King
According to Variety, Beyonce has emerged as the frontrunner to voice the character of Nala in Disney’s upcoming remake of The Lion King. Apparently the Grammy-winner is yet to make a decision about whether to join the project due to her pregnancy, although the studio and director Jon Favreau are reportedly very keen for her […]
Aquaman screenwriter to pen Universal’s Creature from the Black Lagoon
Universal Pictures’ Classic Monsters shared universe is set to get underway this June with the release of The Mummy, and now it looks like the studio is stepping up development on another instalment, tapping Aquaman screenwriter Will Beall to pen Creature from the Black Lagoon. The remake of the 1954 classic has been in development […]
Videogame We Happy Few is getting a movie adaptation
Compulsion Games is partnering with dj2 Entertainment and Gold Circle entertainment for an adaptation of the indie survival horror videogame We Happy Few, Variety has revealed. “[Dmitri M. Johnson, Dan Jevons and Stephan Bugaj of dj2 Entertainment] approached us enthusiastically with really solid ideas about how to adapt our game to film while retaining its […]
Free Fire: The 70’s Crime Pictures It Takes a Bullet From
Tony Black on Free Fire… Let’s be honest, if you’ve seen Free Fire, you’ll know it’s not particularly like a lot of the 1970’s crime films that, on the face of it, Ben Wheatley’s movie would sit alongside. This pulpy, lean slice of comic violence owes more to the early 90’s stylistics of down’n’dirty Tarantino […]
Greg Rucka to adapt his comic book The Old Guard for Skydance
THR is reporting that Skydance Productions has picked up the rights to Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernandez’s new Image Comics series The Old Guard, tapping Rucka to pen a script for the movie adaptation. The Old Guard follows “a small group of soldiers, led by a woman named Andy, who are inexplicably immortal and have […]
Paramount sets Mission: Impossible 6 cast
As Paramount Pictures gears up for production on Mission: Impossible 6 this summer, the studio has announced the cast for the sixth instalment of the blockbuster spy series. As previously announced, Tom Cruise will be joined by returning stars Rebecca Ferguson (Ilsa Faust) and Simon Pegg (Benji Dunn), along with new additions Henry Cavill (Batman […]
Wesley Snipes sci-fi The Recall to receive panoramic Barco Escape release
Minds Eye Entertainment has announced that the upcoming Wesley Snipes-headlined sci-fi thriller The Recall is set to premiere this June in Barco Escape’s panoramic, multi-screen format, becoming the first theatrically released movie shot natively in the immersive format. “Barco Escape is an incredible new way to watch movies and feel like you are completely inside the heart-stopping […]
IDW teams with George Takei to tell the true story of Japanese American internment camps
IDW Publishing has announced that it is teaming with George Takei, best known for his beloved role as Hikaru Sulu in Star Trek, to produce a graphic novel re-examining the Japanese American internment camps during WWII through his family’s firsthand experience. “I have spoken publicly on numerous occasions during my life on the unjust internment of […]
