National Geographic is developing a scripted television drama with Leonardo DiCaprio called The Right Stuff. The series will serve as an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book of the same name with DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson serving as Executive Producers. The project will be written by Will Staples and is part of the new scripted development […]
Movie Review – The Revenant (2016)
The Revenant, 2016. Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu. Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Will Poulter, Domhnall Gleeson, Paul Anderson, Lukas Haas, Brendan Fletcher, Forrest Goodluck, and Grace Dove. SYNOPSIS: In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling. You […]
Leonardo DiCaprio on turning down the role of Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels
During an interview with Shortlist, Leonardo DiCaprio has been speaking about some of the roles that he passed on his career, revealing that George Lucas wanted him to play Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels, but he decided to turn the offer down. “I did have a meeting with George Lucas about [the Star […]
And the winners of the 73rd Golden Globes are…
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association never ceases to surprise and go against the grain. Only a select few categories in film lined up with the predictions of professional analysts, while all of television was completely out of left field. That’s not to say anything here isn’t well deserved. Except for The Martian anyway, which was […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce The Outlaw Ocean for Netflix
Having signed a first-look deal with Netflix, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company looks to have found its first project for the streaming giant, with The Tracking Board reporting that the Oscar-winner is set to produce the action thriller The Outlaw Ocean. Based on a series of articles by reporter Ian Urbina for The New […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce YA adaptation The Sandcastle Empire
The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Paramount Pictures has snapped up the rights to Kayla Olson’s as-yet-unpublished YA novel The Sandcastle Empire, with Leonardo DiCaprio on board to produce through his Appian Way production company. The Sandcastle Empire “is set in 2049 when the Earth is at a breaking point due to climate change, coastal […]
The Callow Way – Why Stars Are Worth Their Huge Salaries
This week, Neil Calloway argues that a $25 million salary for a movie might not be as ridiculous as it first seems… This week the latest salaries of Hollywood stars were revealed; the top earner recently was Leonardo DiCaprio, who earned $25 million up front for The Wolf of Wall Street. Your first thought might […]
Sony wins race for Quentin Tarantino’s Manson Family film, working title revealed
Deadline is reporting that Sony Pictures has won the hotly contested race to finance and distribute Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming Manson Family film, for which the working title has now been revealed as #9. Beyond the announcement and the temp title, which presumably refers to the fact that it’s the director’s ninth film (and, potentially, Manson’s […]
Brad Pitt joins Tarantino’s Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, as official synopsis is released
Deadline has confirmed that Brad Pitt has joined Leonardo DiCaprio in Quentin Tarantino’s next movie, which now has a title; Once Upon a Time in Hollywood. Sony, who won a heated distribution war for the rights to release the movie, have also revealed the official synopsis: “A story that takes place in Los Angeles in […]
Roman Polanski will be a key character in Quentin Tarantino’s Manson movie, new details revealed
As Quentin Tarantino continues to pull together his as-yet-untitled new movie, we’ve been getting a few tidbits of info about his ninth feature, which will take place in Los Angeles in 1969, set to the backdrop of the infamous Manson Family murders. We know that Django Unchained star Leonardo DiCaprio will play an ageing TV […]
