Despite a stellar cast featuring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and Tom Hardy, as well as positive buzz from the festival circuit (read our own review here), Disney are reportedly set to park Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders on the lot. 20th Century Studios’ The Bikeriders was removed from the Disney release schedule last month, and now […]
2023 BFI London Film Festival Review – The Bikeriders
The Bikeriders, 2023. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Norman Reedus, Michael Shannon, Emory Cohen, Boyd Holbrook, Paul Sparks, and Damon Herriman. SYNOPSIS: The Bikeriders is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Jeff […]
Jeff Nichols recalls his decades-old Aquaman pitch: “It would’ve sold hundreds of dollars worth of tickets”
Jeff Nichols is heading towards the release of his latest project, but the filmmaker is also looking back at one of his failed pitches in Hollywood. Speaking with Happy Sad Confused podcast, Nichols talked about his pitch to Warner Bros. for an Aquaman film around a decade ago. While things never progressed beyond those early talks, […]
Saddle up with Austin Butler, Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer in the trailer for Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders
20th Century Studios has released the trailer for Midnight Special and Mud director Jeff Nichols’ star-studded drama The Bikeriders, which tells the story of a fictional 1960s motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Inspired by the photobook of the same name by Danny Lyon, The Bikeriders has assembled quite the cast to make […]
Pig director Michael Sarnoski replaces Jeff Nichols on A Quiet Place spinoff
There was some disappointment when it was announced that Take Shelter and Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols had exited the A Quiet Place spin-off at the tail end of last year, with his low-key sensibilities a seemingly good fit for John Krasinski’s world, but it appears Paramount Pictures have whispered in the ear of another […]
Director Jeff Nichols exits A Quiet Place spinoff
Back in November 2020, Paramount Pictures announced that A Quiet Place spinoff movie was currently in early development from Take Shelter and Midnight Special writer-director Jeff Nichols. However, according to a recent report from Deadline, Nichols has amicably parted ways with the project in favour of working on another untitled science-fiction project from Paramount. There is also no word […]
A Quiet Place: John Krasinski explains why he hired Jeff Nichols to direct the third film
Earlier this month Paramount Pictures announced a March 31st 2023 release for a spinoff movie set in the world of A Quiet Place from Take Shelter and Midnight Special writer-director Jeff Nichols, and now, actor and director John Krasinski has discussed the future of the horror franchise. In an interview on the Empire Podcast, Krasinski stated that “the […]
Jeff Nichols’ A Quiet Place spinoff gets 2023 release date
Back in November of last year it was announced that Paramount Pictures is expanding the A Quiet Place franchise with a spinoff movie from Take Shelter and Midnight Special writer-director Jeff Nichols, and now Deadline brings word that the studio has set a March 31st 2023 release date for the project. As reported by the […]
A Quiet Place spinoff in the works, Jeff Nichols to write and direct for 2022 release
Although Paramount Pictures has recently delayed John Krasinski’s A Quiet Place Part II to April 23rd 2021 as a result of the ongoing global health crisis, the studio has announced another A Quiet Place project is in the works. According to Deadline, Paramount has hired Jeff Nichols (Midnight Special) to write the script and direct the upcoming spin-off. While […]
Adam Driver teams with Jeff Nichols for Yankee Comandante
After finishing up in the galaxy far, far away with December’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, Adam Driver has now signed on to reunite with his Midnight Special director Jeff Nichols on Yankee Comandante. Variety reports that the project is based upon an article in The New Yorker from David Grann, which told the […]