Months ago there was word that a Battlestar Galactica film was starting development over at Universal and now Deadline is reporting that movement on the project is finally picking up again. Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and both parts of Mockingjay, is being courted to direct while Westworld’s Lisa Joy is […]
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba set for romantic drama The Mountain Between Us
Kate Winslet is in talks with Fox 2000 about joining Idris Elba in The Mountain Between Us, a romantic drama based upon the Charles Martin’s novel, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Directed by Hany Abu-Assad (Paradise Now) from a script by Chris Weitz (About a Boy), and “tells of a woman, engaged to be married, […]
Pierce Brosnan returning to the small screen for The Son
Having first rose to fame in the 80s as the star of Remington Steele, Pierce Brosnan is returning to the small screen after a thirty year absence, with Deadline reporting that the former 007 is set to star in AMC’s upcoming drama The Son, which is described as “a multi-generational epic tale of the story […]
Mark Millar teaming with Greg Capullo for Reborn
Deadline is reporting that Mark Millar is teaming up with Batman artist Greg Capullo for a new Millarworld series entitled Reborn, which will run for six issues and follows “Bonnie Black, an 80-year-old woman who is afraid to die, but then when she passes she’s shocked to find there is a world beyond our own.” […]
Apollo 13 creative team reuniting for sci-fi adaptation Seveneves
Deadline is reporting that Skydance Productions has tapped the Apollo 13 team of director Ron Howard, producer Brian Grazer and writer Bill Broyles for an adaptation of Neal Stephenson’s bestselling sci-fi novel Seveneves. Published in 2015, Seveneves “centers on a catastrophic event that renders Earth a ticking time bomb, and nations band together to devise […]
Deadpool is big in Japan, dethrones Zootopia at the box office
It may have hit cinemas months ago (and is already available on Blu-ray and DVD in several markets), but the Merc with a Mouth has just made his way over to Japan, with 20th Century Fox’s Deadpool dethroning Zootopia at the Japanese box office with a five-day opening haul of $6.5 million. Deadpool is currently […]
Sharon Stone’s Marvel character said to have heat powers
Last month, Sharon Stone revealed that she’s signed on for a mystery role in an upcoming Marvel project, and now in a profile of the actress over at AARP, Stone has reportedly revealing one tiny detail about her character: that she’ll possess heat powers. Initial speculation had suggested that Stone could portray Janet Van Dyne / […]
James Wan says he chose to direct Aquaman over The Flash
During a promotional interview with Uproxx for his new film The Conjuring 2 [read our review here], director James Wan has been talking about his upcoming entry to the DC Extended Universe with Aquaman, revealing that Warner Bros. gave him the choice between that project and The Flash. “They asked me which of the two characters […]
Comic Book Review – Invisible Republic #10
Zeb Larson reviews Invisible Republic #10… A betrayal from within has deadly consequences. This might be the weakest issue of this series, in the way that it frames the conflict between Maia and Nica as well as Croger’s “decision” between the various factions. For a while, I’ve been hoping that there would be twist to […]
Movie Review – Gridlocked (2016)
Gridlocked, 2016. Directed by Allan Ungar. Starring Dominic Purcell, Cody Hackman, Stephen Lang, Vinnie Jones, Trish Stratus, Danny Glover, Saul Rubinek and Richard Gunn. SYNOPSIS: Former SWAT leader David Hendrix and hard-partying movie star Brody Walker must cut their ride-along short when a police training facility is attacked by a team of mercenaries. They […]
