The Wrap is reporting that filmmaker Ramin Bahrani (99 Homes) has signed on to write and direct a new adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s classic 1953 dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451. Fahrenheit 451 takes place in a future American society where firemen are employed to destroy the most illegal of all commodities, the printed book. However, when […]
Second Opinion – Midnight Special (2016)
Midnight Special, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi thriller exploring the government’s interest in the power a kidnapped boy possesses, and his journey that reconnects him with his father. Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special, delves into territory unfamiliar to the director, […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 3 Episode 16 Review – ‘Paradise Lost’
Danny Hale reviews the sixteenth episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 3… Going into Paradise Lost this week after the post-credits scene in Spacetime I felt Powers Boothe’s performance as Malick coming to an end. We had his daughter Stephanie introduced a few weeks ago, ripe to take his place and another ominous vision this […]
TNT places series order for Tales from the Crypt reboot from M. Night Shyamalan
Back in January it was announced that M. Night Shyamalan was developing a relaunch of Tales from the Crypt to spearhead a new horror and suspense program block for TNT. Well, the network has now made it official, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that it has been granted a ten episode series order for the cult […]
James Cameron says there will be four Avatar sequels
James Cameron made a surprise appearance at CinemaCon today during the 20th Century Fox presentation, with the filmmaker announcing that we’ll be getting FOUR sequels to his 2009 box office behemoth Avatar. The filmmaker revealed that the plan is for each sequel to work as an individual story, but forming “a complete saga” together. Prior to […]
Star Trek on TV: The Undiscovered Future
Tony Black on the possibilities for Bryan Fuller’s new Star Trek TV series… Quietly stealing the thunder of Justin Lin’s upcoming Star Trek Beyond, it’s the freshly announced rebirth of Star Trek on the small screen which has triggered a wave of excitement inside and outside of Star Trek fandom since the news dropped in November […]
Tim Miller returning to direct Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool 2
Variety is reporting news that will please many chimichanga lovers – Deadpool director Tim Miller is officially returning for Deadpool 2. Fox co-chairman Stacey Snider announced at CinemaCon, which is taking place in the US this week, that director Miller and star Ryan Reynolds will both be returning for the anticipated sequel. Writers Rhett Reese and Paul […]
Paul Thomas Anderson has supposedly directed a Radiohead video
Film auteur Paul Thomas Anderson has been taking, making and then sometimes even dropping from a host of atypical projects since his last feature Inherent Vice. He shot two music videos, Sapokanikan and Divers, for Joanna Newsom, he filmed a highly-secretive music documentary Junun and he was even attached to direct the live-action Pinocchio remake […]
Filming underway on Nosferatu remake, Doug Jones to star as Count Orlok
Variety is reporting that production is underway on a new remake of the F.W. Murnau silent horror classic Nosferatu, which stars Doug Jones (Pan’s Labyrinth, Hellboy) as the infamous Count Orlok. The Kickstarter-funded project is being directed by David Lee Fisher (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and is described as a “remix” of the 1922 […]
Rumour: New Star Trek TV series will take place in original continuity between The Original Series and The Next Generation
Since the announcement of a new Star Trek series from CBS, we’ve heard a few details on the creative team behind the next chapter of the long-running sci-fi franchise – which includes former Deep Space Nine and Voyager writer Bryan Fuller as showrunner, along with Nicholas Meyer (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan) on […]
