Fresh from seemingly completing the videogame adaptation with a starring role in the billion-dollar grossing The Super Mario Bros. Movie, Jack Black is set to return to pixelated form with the news that he has been added to the cast of Warner Bros. Minecraft movie. With production set to get underway in New Zealand this […]
Jason Momoa to star in Minecraft movie from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess
There’s been several blocks in the road for Warner Bros. long-planned Minecraft movie, and it seems the studio is now prepping a fresh take on the adaptation of the video game phenomenon, this time with the added star power of the studio’s Aquaman, Jason Momoa. As per THR, Momoa has signed on to lead the […]
Movie Review – Masterminds (2016)
Masterminds, 2016. Directed by Jared Hess. Starring Zach Galifianakis, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones and Jason Sudeikis. SYNOPSIS: A night guard at an armored car company in the Southern U.S. organizes one of the biggest bank heists in American history. Masterminds was originally set to release in August of last year, but those […]
Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson’s Shanghai Dawn moving forward with director Jared Hess
Back in May of last year it was announced that Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson were looking to reunite on Shanghai Dawn, a follow-up to 2000’s Shanghai Noon and 2003’s Shanghai Knights, and now Deadline is reporting that the project is moving forward under Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. The new film has been scripted […]
Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, The Angry Beavers and more coming together for NickToons movie – Jared Hess to direct
Anyone of a certain age will have a particular fondness for the bizarre cast of characters from Nickelodeon’s NickToons line-up. It had been reported last year that Paramount were looking to bring these characters together for an Avengers/Justice League-style team-up, and now its being reported that they’ve found a director in the man behind Napoleon Dynamite and Nacho […]
Jack Black and Jared Hess to re-team for Micronations
Buffalo Film Company has announced that Jack Black (The D Train) and his Nacho Libre director Jared Hess are to re-team for the upcoming comedy Micronations. The new film will see Black play a “loveable oddball” who ends up living in the strange world of “do-it-yourself countries” whose inhabitants have claimed their backyards as sovereign […]
Director shortlist for Marvel’s Spider-Man film revealed
With Avengers: Age of Ultron raking in the cash across the globe and preparations continuing for the start of production on Captain America: Civil War, Marvel and Sony have reportedly zeroed in on a list of potential directors for their upcoming Spider-Man reboot. With Spidey set to appear in Civil War, news on the casting […]