According to The Wrap, former Mouseketeer Ryan Gosling is in talks with Disney about joining its upcoming supernatural family adventure Haunted Mansion, which has Guillermo del Toro attached. The project is based on Disney’s theme-park ride of the same name and has been in development for some time now, with del Toro officially announcing it […]
Project Almanac director in talks for Power Rangers reboot
Apart from the ultra-violent Power/Rangers short film that debuted earlier this year, we haven’t heard much about the Power Rangers, who are set to get another shot at the big screen next summer. That’s about to change, however, as word has hit that the film may have just found a director. According to TheWrap, Lionsgate and Saban are […]
Eddie Redmayne the frontrunner for Harry Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
According to Variety, Academy Award winner Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, Les Miserables) is currently the frontrunner to headline Warner Bros.’ upcoming Harry Potter spin-off trilogy Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. The film will focus on Newt Scamander, a magizoologist and the author of the wizarding world textbook that gives the film its name. David […]
Ian McKellen is Cogsworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
According to Variety, Disney has found a thespian to play butler-turned-clock Cogsworth in their live-action Beauty and the Beast adaptation: Sir Ian McKellen. Directed by Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn), the film will star Harry Potter alum Emma Watson as Belle, The Guest‘s Dan Stevens as the Beast, Luke Evans as Gaston, Frozen‘s Josh Gad as Le Fou, Emma […]
Django and Suspiria heading to the small screen
France’s Atlantique Productions and Italy’s Cattleya have announced that they have signed a co-development and co-production deal to bring two cult Italian movies to the small screen in Sergio Cobucci’s spaghetti western Django and Dario Argento’s horror Suspiria. First up will be a retelling of Django, “with the grit and edginess of modern television dramas”, […]
Jennifer Garner and Robbie Amell join Nine Lives
The Wrap is reporting the casting of Jennifer Garner (Dallas Buyers Club) and Robbie Amell (The Duff) in Barry Sonnefeld’s latest comedy, Nine Lives. Sonnenfeld returns after a three year hiatus following 2012’s Men in Black 3, while Garner and Amell join Kevin Spacey (House of Cards), Christopher Walken (Jersey Boys) and Malina Weissman (Teenage […]
Scarlett Johansson linked to Creature from the Black Lagoon remake
According to The Tracking Board, Universal Pictures is eyeing Scarlett Johansson (Avengers: Age of Ultron) for a role in its Universal Monster shared universe, with the site reporting that she has been offered the female lead in a remake of Creature from the Black Lagoon. Directed by Jack Arnold and released in 1954, Creature from […]
Fox developing a Rocky Horror Picture Show remake with High School Musical director
Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of the movie adaptation, Fox has announced that it is remaking the cult classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show with a two-hour taped event special, which is being developed by Kenny Ortega (High School Musical, Michael Jackson’s This Is It). Deadline reports that the tentatively titled The Rocky Horror Picture […]
Alan Arkin joins Morgan Freeman and Michael Caine in Zach Braff’s Going in Style
Academy Award winner Alan Arkin (Little Miss Sunshine) is set to join the cast of Going in Style, the New Line Cinema remake of the 1979 caper comedy starring George Burns. Fellow Oscar winners Sir Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman, who team for the sixth time after The Dark Knight Trilogy and Now You See […]
Sony picks up adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower
It looks like Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s long-gestating and highly ambitious plan to adapt Stephen King’s The Dark Tower may yet see the light of day, with Sony and MRC teaming up to co-finance and produce what they hope will be an epic franchise spanning both movies and television. “There are few […]
