To coincide with the release of The Nice Guys, Kieran Fisher recommends 10 other buddy cop movies worth checking out… This weekend marks the release of Shane Black’s new film The Nice Guys, starring Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe as a law enforcement duo investigating a missing persons case. It also sees Black return to […]
Development Hell: The History of Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man
With Marvel’s Ant-Man finally heading into cinemas this week, Luke Owen looks back at its bumpy ride to the silver screen… It may be hard to remember, but there was a time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe didn’t exist and movies based on Marvel characters were just released to make money and become franchises. Some […]
New Regency to pick up Edgar Wright’s Grasshopper Jungle
Way back in July 2014 it was reported that Edgar Wright would be adapting Andrew Smith’s YA novel Grasshopper Jungle, and now with his latest film Baby Driver gearing up for release this summer, it looks like the British filmmaker is ready to move ahead with his next project. According to THR, New Regency is […]
Universal sets Shrek 5 and Edgar Wright and David Walliams’ Shadows for 2019
Last month it was reported that NBC Universal was looking to revive the Shrek franchise following its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, and now Universal’s Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed to THR that Shrek 5 has been given a 2019 release date. Universal plans on releasing two DreamWorks Animation films each year, beginning in 2019 and starting […]
Edgar Wright and Johnny Depp adapting Neil Gaiman’s Fortunately, the Milk
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Edgar Wright and Johnny Depp teaming up for an adaptation Neil Gaiman’s 2014 children’s book Fortunately, the Milk, with Wright set to direct from a script by Bret McKenzie (Flight of the Conchords) and Depp starring as well as producing. The book, described as “a story of time travel […]
From Dusk Till Dawn’s Eiza Gonzalez joins Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
Eiza Gonazalez (From Dusk Till Dawn: The Series) has signed on to appear in Baby Driver, the upcoming crime thriller from director Edgar Wright, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Baby Driver follows “a young, talented getaway driver who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to be the best. After being coerced into working […]
Edgar Wright to write and direct movie based on shadows for DreamWorks Animation
Edgar Wright has just signed on to co-write, as well as direct, an animated feature based on the concept of shadows. The project, which will be co-written by David Walliams, will be in collaboration with DreamWorks Animation. This yet-to-be-titled forthcoming shadow-based project will mark the Hot Fuzz director’s first fully animated feature film. As Deadline […]
Jon Hamm joins Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
Variety is reporting that Mad Men star Jon Hamm is set to join the cast of Edgar Wright’s new film Baby Driver, where he’ll appear alongside Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Lily James (Cinderella) and Jamie Foxx (Horrible Bosses). Wright’s first film since dropping out of Marvel’s Ant-Man, Baby Driver “concerns a young, […]
Jamie Foxx in negotiations to join Edgar Wright’s Baby Driver
Deadline is exclusively reporting that Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) is in talks to join the cast of Edgar Wright’s new film Baby Driver. Foxx is set to play a crime boss, who “coerces a young, talented getaway driver to work for him”. Ansel Elgort (The Fault In Our Stars) and Lily James (Cinderella) have already […]
Joss Whedon says Edgar Wright’s Ant-Man was “the best script Marvel ever had”
During a promotional interview with Buzzfeed ahead of the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron [read our spoiler free ★★★★★ review here], Joss Whedon got onto the topic of Marvel’s next movie Ant-Man, and more specifically Edgar Wright’s original screenplay for the miniature superhero, which he calls “the best script that Marvel ever had.” “I […]
