The Birth of a Nation, 2016. Directed by Nate Parker. Starring Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Aja Naomi King, Penelope Ann Miller and Jackie Earle Haley. SYNOPSIS: Set against the antebellum South, The Birth of a Nation follows Nat Turner (Nate Parker), a literate slave and preacher, whose financially strained owner, Samuel Turner (Armie Hammer), accepts an […]
Michelle Williams in talks to play Janis Joplin in big screen biopic
Variety is reporting that Michelle Williams is in talks to portray the rock ‘n’ roll icon Janis Joplin in the biopic Joplin, which is being directed by Martha Marcy May Marlene helmer Sean Durkin.The film is being produced by Peter Newman, who holds the rights to much of Joplin’s music catalogue and written materials. The project […]
STX turning Bad Moms into a franchise, Bad Dads spinoff announced
STX Entertainment has announced that it is set to capitalise on the success of the hit comedy Bad Moms by launching a franchise of feature film spinoffs, digital shorts, and a reality series, beginning with a Bad Dads movie, which has been set for a July 14th 2017 release.“Where other studios have automatically green lit […]
MTV renews Scream for shortened third season
MTV has announced that it has renewed Scream: The TV Series for a third season, although it will run for just six episodes, as opposed to ten episodes for the first and thirteen for the second. The network has not revealed whether the third season will be its last, although the show has struggled in […]
The Expendables screenwriter to pen The Wolf Man
As Universal Pictures gears up to launch its Classic Monsters universe with next year’s The Mummy, THR is reporting that the studio has brought on board a new screenwriter for its remake of The Wolf Man.According to the site, Dave Callaham (The Expendables) has signed on to rewrite the original draft from Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners). As […]
R-rated Wizard of Oz prequel How the Wizard Came to Oz in development
If Sam Raimi’s Oz the Great and Powerful didn’t quite satisfy your thirst for a prequel to The Wizard of Oz, then you’re in luck as RAMstar Studios has announced that it is developing an adaptation of Donald Abbot’s 1991 novel How the Wizard Came to Oz.According to FlickSided, Abbot himself is penning the script […]
Video Game Review – Ride 2 (Video Review)
Lewy Buck Reviews Ride 2…As someone who has always been interested in motorcycles, motorcycle games have never quite cut it with me. The games that were currently available to us for example the MotoGP series all seemed to…professional. The thought of riding nothing but racing grade motorcycles around an official track seemed linear, tedious and […]
Jeff Nathanson to pen Disney’s The Lion King remake
Last month it was announced that The Jungle Book helmer Jon Favreau has signed on to direct a live-action (well, CG) remake of The Lion King, and now Disney has found itself a screenwriter for the project.According to Variety, Jeff Nathanson will write the remake of the 1994 animated classic, having recently penned the script […]
Stranger Things adds two new cast members for season 2
Netflix’s hit supernatural series Stranger Things has added two new cast members for its second season, with EW reporting that Dacre Montgomery (Power Rangers) and Sadie Sink (American Odyssey) have signed on for major roles.Sink is set to play Max, “a tough and confident girl whose appearance, behavior and pursuits seem more typical of boys than […]
A 2016 Zombie Movie Demonstrates How to Deal with Superhero Saturation
Samuel Brace on dealing with oversaturation… Less is always more. But quality will keep the naysayers quiet. The answer to the over saturation of any genre, be it superhero, zombies or the western, has two obvious answers, neither of which are nebulous. The first is to stop making so many damn movies or shows in […]
