In the wake of Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four, Matthew Lee looks at ten filmmakers who went from Indie Darling to Big Budget Blunder… Josh Trank’s debut, Chronicle, was a surprise hit of 2012. The film fused the found-footage genre with superhero tropes to create a coming-of-age story that was both fresh and exciting. Trank’s ability […]
Training Day TV series in development
It looks like Training Day could be the latest film to make the jump to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that director Antoine Fuqua and producer Jerry Bruckheimer are working on a TV version of the 2001 crime thriller. According to the site, former LAPD detective Will Beall (Gangster Squad) is penning the drama, […]
Tom Hardy set for DC/Vertigo adaptation 100 Bullets for New Line Cinema
After being linked to a few different comic book adaptations over the last couple of years, including backing out of the role of Rick Flagg in next year’s Suicide Squad due to scheduling conflicts, it looks like Tom Hardy has found a way back into the world of comic book movies. The Hollywood Reporter has […]
Winona Ryder talks Beetlejuice 2, says “I think I can confirm it”
Since the film was first released back in 1988, we have heard countless rumours about a proposed sequel to Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice, and now we may be closer than ever before to the return of the bio-exorcist. Winona Ryder was asked about the status on the sequel on last night’s Late Night with Seth Meyers, […]
Three more DC characters coming to Supergirl
During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, Supergirl executive producers Greg Berlanti and Geoff Johns and showrunner Ali Adler have been speaking about the upcoming superhero series, revealing three more DC characters who are set to join the roster of the show. According to THR, Lois Lane’s (and Lucy Lane’s) father General Sam Lane […]
Fantastic Four tops the UK box office chart
UK box office top ten and analysis for the weekend of Friday 7th August to Sunday 9th August 2015… It may have failed to dethrone Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation in the States, but 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Four has had a modicum of good new here in the UK, with the reboot shaking off […]
See Groot’s origins in new Guardians of the Galaxy animated short
Last week we saw a short for Marvel’s upcoming animated series Guardians of the Galaxy [watch it here], and now its the turn of everyone’s favorite anthropomorphic tree Groot! Check out the Groot Origins short here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLdzjwpJep8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcuwJyyal9g We also have the following series of shorts to look forward to throughout August… – August 15: […]
Zac Efron to don the red shorts for Dwayne Johnson’s Baywatch movie
After news last month that director Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) had signed on to direct the big-screen adaptation of hit TV show Baywatch, word has arrived from The Hollywood Reporter that Bad Neighbours star Zac Efron is in talks to join the cast. Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious 7) is headlining the big-screen version of […]
Leonardo DiCaprio reuniting with Martin Scorsese for The Devil in the White City
Deadline is reporting that Paramount Pictures has closed a deal for Erik Larson’s book The Devil In The White City: Murder, Magic And Madness At The Fair That Changed America, with the film adaptation set to reunite Leonardo DiCaprio with director Martin Scorsese. The film will see DiCaprio starring as Dr. HH Holmes, a nineteenth […]
The Mummy reboot script is “a horror to read”
Since the announcement of Universal’s shared Monsters Universe – which is set to kick off with The Mummy in 2017 – things have been a bit quiet. We’ve heard that new two writers have been hired to re-draft the script for Creature from the Black Lagoon, which could also have Scarlet Johannson attached to it, but […]
