After gaining The Greatest Showman‘s Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson last month, Lisa Joy’s (Westworld) directorial debut Reminiscence has now found a studio, with Deadline revealing that Warner Bros. will distribute the sci-fi action thriller worldwide after a bidding war among several studios. Reminiscence will see Jackman as Nicolas Bannister, “a rugged and solitary veteran living in a […]
Westworld’s Lisa Joy to direct Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson in Reminiscence
In news coming out of Sundance, Deadline is reporting that The Greatest Showman stars Hugh Jackman and Rebecca Ferguson are finalising deals to star in Reminiscence, a sci-fi thriller which has been scripted by Westworld’s Lisa Joy and will also mark her directorial debut. Reminiscence will take place in a near-future Miami, where much of […]
HBO renews Westworld for third season
Just two episodes into its second season and the future of Westworld is official. It should hardly come as a surprise to anyone who watches the show, but HBO has renewed the sci-fi series for a third season. The series was created by Jonathan Nolan and Lisa Joy based on the 1973 film of the same name […]
Blu-ray Review – Westworld Season One: The Maze
Ricky Church reviews Westworld Season One: The Maze… Last year HBO had a breakout series with Westworld, a loose remake of the 1973 Michael Crichton film, about a Western immersion park where androids, otherwise known as hosts, take guests on a narrative journey through the Wild West, but there is more going on with the hosts […]
Francis Lawrence to direct Battlestar Galactica
Months ago there was word that a Battlestar Galactica film was starting development over at Universal and now Deadline is reporting that movement on the project is finally picking up again. Francis Lawrence, director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and both parts of Mockingjay, is being courted to direct while Westworld’s Lisa Joy is […]
Westworld Season 1 Episode 2 Review – ‘Chestnut’
Tony Black reviews the second episode of Westworld… What you begin to realise while pulling back the curtain on ‘Chestnut’, the second episode of HBO’s new phenomenon Westworld, is that the whole concept brought to new life by Jonathan Nolan & Lisa Joy is a ‘meta’ commentary on not just reality, but the very meaning […]
Westworld website reveals first details on Shogun World
While we have to wait a few more weeks until the premiere of HBO’s Westworld season two, one aspect of the show many fans have wondered about is just how many immersion parks there are. The season one finale revealed there was a Samurai park, now known as Shogun World, but not much else is about that […]
