They may have missed out on directing to Cop Car’s Jon Watts, but it seems that Sony and Marvel were impressed enough with John Francis Daley and Jonathan M. Goldstein to snap them up as screenwriters for the upcoming Spider-Man reboot. The duo, whose writing credits include Horrible Bosses, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone and Cloudy […]
H.P. Lovecraft / Nikola Tesla comic book series Herald optioned
Action Lab has announced that Romark Entertainment and Markerstone Pictures have secured the screen rights to the comic book series Herald from writer John Reilly, and artists Tom Rogers and Dexter Weeks. Herald tells the story of Nikola Tesla, whose experiments with time travel thrust him ahead in time to the early 1900s, where he […]
Andy Muschietti replaces Cary Fukunaga as director on Stephen King’s It
It looks like the job left open when Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) decided to leave the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s It has just been filled by director Andy Muschietti. Muschietti, who is in talks to helm the film for New Line Cinema, is best known for 2013’s Mama, a horror film starring Jessica Chastain and […]
Steven Moffat on a Doctor Who movie: “I think there’s problems with it”
Following this past weekend’s Doctor Who panel at Comic-Con – where the first trailer for the upcoming series nine was premiered [watch it here] – IGN caught up with showrunner Steven Moffat, and asked him about the possibility of seeing the Doctor making the jump to the big screen for a theatrical movie. “If it’s […]
Michael Cera to voice Robin in The LEGO Batman Movie, passes on Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
Holy Superbad Batman! The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Michael Cera (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) has joined the cast of the upcoming The LEGO Batman Movie as the Boy Wonder, Robin! Will Arnett reprises his role as The Dark Knight for the film, which is set for release in 2017 and will be directed […]
Producers and director of 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles suing for owed profits
Deadline is this reporting a quite remarkable story concerning 1990’s Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, with news that the producers, writers and director are suing Fortune Star Media Ltd, the rights holders of the original three Turtles films, as well as Warner Bros. Producers Kim Dawson, Gary Propper and the heir to Graham Cottle, as well […]
Yvonne Strahovski to voice Batwoman in Batman: Bad Blood
During the San Diego Comic Con, Warner Bros. announced a new animated Batman movie entitled Batman: Bad Blood (along with Batman: The Killing Joke and Justice League vs. Titans), and now we have some casting news for the feature, with Yvonne Strahovski (Dexter) set to lend her voice to Katherine Kane, a.k.a. Batwoman. Joining Strahovski […]
Emma Stone speaks out on Aloha “whitewashing” controversy
Whilst on the promotional global tour for her second Woody Allen collaboration Irrational Man, Emma Stone has been speaking to an News.com about the controversy surrounding her other big 2015 release, Cameron Crowe’s Aloha. In the comedy, which was a critical and commercial flop in the US earlier this summer ($23 million domestic gross from […]
Full list of nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards
The nominations for the 67th Primetime Emmy Awards were announced today by Uzo Aduba (Orange is the New Black) and Cat Deeley (So You Think You Can Dance). Brooklyn Nine-Nine actor Andy Samberg will host the awards ceremony, which will air on September 20, 2015 on Fox. Game of Thrones led the pack with 24 […]
Hugh Jackman departs Collateral Beauty, Johnny Depp eyed to replace him
Deadline is reporting that Hugh Jackman has dropped out of the upcoming drama Collateral Beauty, just a few weeks after the film was announced. Producers of the film have been left with the task of recasting Jackman’s role, with the Aussie actor departing the film due to his commitments and scheduling conflicts with the third […]
