THR reports that Fifty Shades of Grey star Dakota Johnson will headline another book-to-screen adaptation, Forever, Interrupted. Written by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the novel tells the story of Elsie Porter, an average twentysomething who falls head over heels in love with a man named Ben Ross. Within weeks the two have eloped, but their happy ending is cut […]
Saw II director Darren Lynn Bousman to helm sci-fi action film Apex
Darren Lynn Bousman, who directed such films as Saw II, Saw II, Saw IV, 11-11-11, and The Barrens has set his sights on his next film: an indie sci-fi action flick called Apex. Described as a mix of Predator and Call of Duty, the film tells the story of a Special Ops team sent to optain a weapon of mass destruction from North Korea. […]
Roberto Orci indicates that the future of Sony’s Spider-Man franchise is “yet to be determined”
In the lead up to the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Sony seemed to have a clear plan in place for the future of their Marvel franchise, setting release dates of 2016 and 2018 for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4, as well as announcing spin-offs for Venom and The Sinister […]
Stan Lee confirms cameo for Avengers: Age of Ultron
Stan Lee is over in the UK at the moment for the London Film & Comic-Con (that’s me looking rather chuffed to be having my photo taken with the legend earlier this evening), and at a press conference prior to the event he spoke about the rise of Marvel movies, as well as confirming that […]
Wolverine is going to die, and I couldn’t care less
Anghus Houvouras on why he couldn’t care less about the upcoming Death of Wolverine… When I first start reading comic books, the idea of a character dying seemed so epic. Our superheroes always seemed immortal. The idea that one of them or their supporting cast could cease to exist was a grim reality that had […]
Robert Englund to be Freddy Krueger one last time
One, two, Freddy’s coming for you… It’s been 30 years since Robert Englund first put on the make-up for A Nightmare on Elm Street as the now iconic Freddy Krueger and to mark the occasion, he’s doing it one last time. At the Flashback Weekend on August 8th (get tickets here), Englund will be putting […]
Scott Derrickson talks working with Jon Spaihts on Doctor Strange
It was announced last month that Scott Derrickson (Sinister) would be directing the adaptation of Doctor Strange for Phase Three of Marvel’s Cinematic Universe, and it was a couple of weeks later that Jon Spaihts (Prometheus) had been brought on to pen the script. In an interview with Movie Pilot, Derrickson talked about working with […]
Bryan Singer developing The Age of Heroes adaptation
Having directed 3 X-Men movies (his latest being X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Superman Returns, you would expect Bryan Singer to be moving away from the comic book world before heading back in for X-Men: Apocalypse in 2016. However, Tracking Boards show that his company, Bat Hat Harry, have acquired the rights to The Age of […]
Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe board Shane Black’s The Nice Guys
Before Shane Black (Iron Man 3) heads back to the jungle (figuratively speaking) to tackle the new Predator movie, he will be directing his 1970s inspired comedy-noir The Nice Guys. And it’s been confirmed this morning by The Hollywood Reporter that Ryan Gosling (Only God Forgives) and Russell Crowe (Noah) have joined to lead the […]
20th Century Fox’s San Diego Comic-Con presentation announced, The Fantastic Four absent
Last night a rumour emerged that 20th Century Fox would be bringing the cast of The Fantastic Four to San Diego for Comic-Con, but the studio has now released details of its Hall H panel for SDCC on Friday, July 25th and Marvel’s First Family are nowhere to be seen: 20th Century Fox Comic-Con Presentation […]
