Just three episodes into its current season, BBC America has announced that it has renewed the award-winning series Orphan Black for a 10-episode fourth season, which is slated to air in 2016. “We’re thrilled to be moving forward with season four of the Orphan Black saga,” said co-creatores John Fawcett and Graeme Manson. “Huge thanks […]
Cube director adapting Stephen King and Joe Hill novella In the Tall Grass
Director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) has signed on to direct an adaptation of In the Tall Grass, a 2012 novella from Stephen King and his son Joe Hill, which centres on a brother and sister on a cross country road trip who find themselves fighting for their lives after reponding to a young boy’s cries […]
Brad Bird says The Incredibles 2 will be his next film
Last month Brad Bird revealed that he’d started working on the script for The Incredibles 2, and now during a promotional interview with Collider for his new film Tomorrowland, the director has revealed that the Pixar sequel is likely to be his next film. “I have a bunch of pages [for the script]. I had […]
Arrow’s Stephen Amell had discussions about Constantine appearance, talks DC TV crossovers
On Friday night, it was revealed that NBC has opted against renewing Constantine for a second season, effectively cancelling the show unless Warner Bros. can find another home for the DC adaptation. Following the news, Arrow star Stephen Amell took to Twitter to lend his support to the show, offering to make a guest appearance […]
Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso returning as The Three Stooges for action comedy
Sean Hayes, Chris Diamantopoulos and Will Sasso – stars of the Farrelly Brothers’ 2012 comedy The Three Stooges – are set to reprise the roles of Larry, Moe and Curly for an upcoming action comedy from independent producers C3 Entertainment, Grand Peaks Entertainment and The Exchange. “With Sean, Chris and Will back as our Stooges […]
Paul Greengrass to direct Jimi Hendrix biopic
Legendary Pictures and director Paul Greengrass have had ambitions of bringing the life of legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix to the big screen for several years, and now Deadline is reporting that they’ve secured the approval of Hendrix’s estate and are set to move forward with the project. Four years ago, Experience Hendrix turned down the […]
The Callow Way – How Films Predicted The UK General Election Result
This week Neil Calloway looks at a movie based way of predicting election outcomes… If you hadn’t noticed, there was a General Election in the UK this week. The result was probably best summed up by the American gentleman I overhead outside the Houses of Parliament on Friday, who said “The Prime Minister who was […]
Malcolm McDowell set to play the Abominable Dr. Phibes
Malcolm McDowell is set to step into the shoes of Vincent Price by taking on the role of Dr. Anton Phibes in a remake of the classic 1971 British horror The Abominable Dr. Phibes entitled Forever Phibes, which is being developed by William Goldstein, co-writer of the original, and his son Damon. Here’s the official […]
Christoph Waltz to make directorial debut with Worst Marriage in Georgetown
Two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz (Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained) is set to make his directorial debut with Worst Marriage in Georgetown. Deadline reports that the film is based upon a New York Times Magazine article by Franklin Foer and ” tells the true story of Albrect Muth, an eccentric social climber who seduced and married […]
Kate Hudson joining Mark Wahlberg for Deepwater Horizon
Variety is reporting that Kate Hudson (Almost Famous) is set to join the cast of Deepwater Horizon, opposite Mark Wahlberg (The Departed). Hudson is to play the wife of Wahlberg’s character, and tells the story of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon explosion which killed 11 men and injured others who worked on the rig. Peter Berg […]
