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 […]
The directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade
Tom Jolliffe on the directors who can take cinema forward over the next decade… There’s a cinematic crossroads on the horizon. As the market gets swallowed up by a core consumer taste leaning toward spandex and radioactive arachnid bites, there’s a need for modern thinking, engaging directors to offer something different. After all, there’s only […]
Movie Review – Loving (2016)
Loving, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Michael Shannon, Marton Csokas, Nick Kroll, Will Dalton and Sharon Blackwood. SYNOPSIS: In 1958, Richard and Mildred Loving were married in Washington DC. Interracial marriage in their home state of Virginia was illegal and, on their return home, they were arrested, imprisoned but also spared […]
Movie Review – Loving (2016)
Loving, 2016. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Joel Edgerton, Ruth Negga, Nick Kroll, Chris Greene, Bill Camp, Martin Csokas, Sharon Blackwood, and Michael Shannon. SYNOPSIS: Richard and Mildred Loving, an interracial couple, are sentenced to prison in Virginia in 1958 for getting married Before even diving into Loving, let’s get one piece of […]
Jeff Nichols to direct Alien Nation remake
Back in March it was revealed that 20th Century Fox is developing a remake of the 1988 sci-fi buddy cop movie Alien Nation, and now comes word that the project has secured a director in Jeff Nichols, the filmmaker behind the likes of Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special and Loving. Nichols will also write the […]
Movie Review – Midnight Special (2016)
Midnight Special, 2016. Written and Directed by Jeff Nichols. Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Jaeden Lieberher, Sean Bridgers, Bill Camp, Paul Sparks, and Sam Shepard. SYNOPSIS: A father and son go on the run after the dad learns his child possesses special powers. On the surface, Midnight Special appears to indulge […]
Second Opinion – Midnight Special (2016)
Midnight Special, 2016. Directed by Jeff Nichols Starring Michael Shannon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver and Jaeden Lieberher. SYNOPSIS: A sci-fi thriller exploring the government’s interest in the power a kidnapped boy possesses, and his journey that reconnects him with his father. Jeff Nichols’ latest film, Midnight Special, delves into territory unfamiliar to the director, […]
