Deadline has reported that Jovan Adepo (Watchmen) has been cast in Misanthrope, a serial killer thriller starring Shailene Woodley (Big Little Lies) and Ben Mendelsohn (Ready Player One). Misanthrope follows “a talented, but troubled cop, who is recruited by the FBI to help profile and track down a mass murderer.” Adepo will play MacKenzie, “a young […]
Mark Wahlberg’s The Six Billion Dollar Man loses its director
Having set a May 2019 release date this past March, the long-gestating The Six Billion Dollar Man has hit another stumbling block with Deadline reporting that filmmaker Damian Szifron has left the project due to creative differences with Warner Bros. Originally set up at Dimension before moving to Warner Bros., the big screen adaptation of […]
Rumour: Damián Szifron in contention to direct Justice League Dark
A few days ago it was announced that Doug Liman has vacated the director’s chair on Warner Bros.’ planned Justice League Dark movie owing to a scheduling conflict with his new film Chaos Warning. The initial report claimed that It helmer Andres Muschietti was in contention to replace Liman (who was himself a replacement for Guillermo […]
DVD Review – Wild Tales (2015)
Wild Tales, 2015. Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa, Ricardo Darín and Erica Rivas. SYNOPSIS: Six stories of revenge and losing your cool when everything is stacked up against you. Anthology films have been reasonably well served recently, if not always in quality then at least in number. Argentinean production Wild Tales […]
Movie Review – Wild Tales (2014)
Wild Tales, 2014. Written and Directed by Damián Szifron. Starring Dario Grandinetti, Ricardo Darín, Erica Rivas, Diego Gentile, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Rita Cortese. SYNOPSIS: A six standalone story anthology film that draws together troubled lives focused by violence, obsession and revenge… Multi-story features can hold many a delight for all kinds of audiences. One draw […]