Back in October it was announced that CBS was developing a remake of the 80s TV series MacGyver, with James Wan (Fast & Furious 7) and original EP Henry Winkler serving as executive producers, and now comes word from TV Line that the network has officially placed a pilot order, with Wan set to direct […]
The Walking Dead producer bringing Pendergast to Spike TV
Gale Anne Hurd, producer of the ratings juggernaut The Walking Dead, is teaming up with Spike TV to bring Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child’s Relic and Cabinet of Curiosities book series to the small screen, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The series will be titled Pendergast after its protagonist, the FBI special agent Aloysius Xingu […]
Syfy orders Incorporated TV series from Matt Damon and Ben Affleck
Syfy has order a new drama series entitled Incorporated, which is being produced by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck and is set to debut this fall. Entertainment Weekly reports that the thriller series “will follow a young exec who goes undercover in a dangerous corporate world to save the woman he loves — and he […]
Blood Stain Vol.1 arriving in print for the first time from Top Cow
Arriving in mid-March from Top Cow Comics is Linda Sejic’s creator-owned project Blood Stain Vol. 1; yes, this long running web comic is finally coming to print for the very first time! In the same “universe” as Sunstone, Blood Stain comes to print in a series of quarterly original graphic novels! Mad science at […]
David Tennant starring in R. D. Laing biopic Mad to Be Normal
Fresh from his role as the villainous Kilgrave in Marvel’s Jessica Jones, David Tennant is now in production on Mad to Be Normal, a biopic of world-renowned Scottish psychiatrist R. D. Laing, which sees him starring alongside Elisabeth Moss (Mad Men), Michael Gambon (Gosford Park) and Gabriel Byrne (The Usual Suspects). “I have long been […]
Martin Freeman and George Mackay to star in Ghost Stories
Screen Daily is reporting that Martin Freeman (The Hobbit) and George MacKay (Pride) have joined the cast of Ghost Stories, an adaptation of the supernatural stage production from Andy Nyman (Death At a Funeral) and co-writer and director Jeremy Dyson (The League of Gentlemen). Nyman will also reprise his role as Professor Phillip Goodman. In […]
Movie Review – Goosebumps (2015)
Goosebumps, 2015. Directed by Rob Letterman. Starring Jack Black, Dylan Minnette, Odeya Rush, Amy Ryan, Jillian Bell and Ryan Lee SYNOPSIS: A teenager teams up with the daughter of young adult horror author R.L. Stine after the writer’s imaginary demons are set free on the town of Greendale, Maryland. 2015/2016 seems like such an odd […]
Cast announced for Kevin James’ Netflix spy comedy True Memoirs of an International Assassin
With production coming to an end this month, Netflix has officially announced the supporting cast for its upcoming spy comedy True Memoirs of an International Assassin, which is headlined by Kevin James (Paul Blart: Mall Cop). The film, which is being directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kiss-Ass 2), will see James joined in the cast by […]
Jessica Chastain in talks for Sitting Bull drama Woman Walks Ahead
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Jessica Chastain is in talks to star in Woman Walks Ahead, which is being directed by Susanna White (Generation Kill) from a script by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Locke). The film will see Chastain as Caroline Weldon, “a 19th-century Brooklyn artist and activist who moved to the Standing Rock […]
Is Star Trek Beyond the worst teaser trailer ever?
Anghus Houvouras on the trailer for Star Trek Beyond… First impressions. They’re so important, especially in the world of blockbuster cinema where the marketplace is saturated with high budgeted fare looking to snap its fingers and gain your attention for a fleeting moment. It’s been awhile since the wretched Star Trek Beyond trailer first hit […]
