By the power of Grayskull, we have our He-Man as Amazon has cast rising star Nicholas Galitzine as the hero in their Masters of the Universe film.Travis Knight will direct from a screenplay by Chris Butler. Development on the project has been ongoing for some time. We reported the director’s attachment back in February of […]
Travis Knight’s Masters of the Universe movie will get a theatrical release
Following the discourse surrounding Amazon MGM’s release strategy for Road House, it appears that the studio won’t follow suit with their long-gestating live-action Masters of the Universe movie, with the news that the film will receive a theatrical release. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the Travis Knight (Bumblebee, Kubo and the Two Strings) directed adaptation for Amazon […]
Masters of the Universe movie taps Bumblebee’s Travis Knight to direct
The long-gestating Masters of the Universe movie appears to have been languishing in development hell for what feels like an eternity, or should that be Eternia? However, storms might be starting to gather above Castle Grayskull with the news that Bumblebee director Travis Knight is in talks to helm the film. According to Deadline Knight is […]
Laika announces new project Kubo and the Two Strings
Laika, the animation company behind Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, has announced a fourth collaboration with Focus Features, with the stop motion specialists currently working on Kubo and the Two Strings. According to Deadline, the project is described as a “sweeping, swashbuckling adventure set in a mythical ancient Japan [and] centers on young Kubo, who […]
Kubo’s Travis Knight to direct The Night Gardener for Laika
Of all the news we’ve been getting over the past few days about Batmen and Barbies, few announcements are as exciting as the one made by Laika Animation Studios about their next movie, because they’ve just tasked CEO Travis Knight with directing a gritty neo-noir stop-motion folktale called The Night Gardener.The Hollywood Reporter reveals that […]
LAIKA announces next animated feature Wildwood from director Travis Knight
LAIKA, the studio behind Coraline, Kubo and the Two Strings, and Missing Link, has announced its next animated feature Wildwood, which is based on the bestselling novel written by Colin Meloy, lead singer and songwriter for The Decemberists, and illustrated by artist Carson Ellis. Here’s an official first look image from the animation studio…Wild Wood […]
Bumblebee director Travis Knight to helm vampire action film Uprising for Netflix
Travis Knight is heading to Netflix to craft some brutal vampire action. Deadline reports that Knight will direct Uprising, an adaption of the book A People’s History of the Vampire Uprising from author Raymond Villareal. Jeremy Slater is attached as a writer, while Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen are producing for 21 Laps.The film is […]
Uncharted movie loses yet another director, likely to be pushed back again
Just when it seemed the stars had finally aligned for Sony’s Uncharted movie, Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings, Bumblebee) has been forced to vacate the director’s chair on the long-planned video game adaptation due to scheduling issues.As reported by Deadline, Nathan Drake actor Tom Holland’s schedule for the recently announced Spider-Man 3 is […]
Movie Review – Bumblebee (2018)
Bumblebee, 2018.Directed by Travis Knight. Starring Hailee Steinfeld, Dylan O’Brien, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Cena, Angela Bassett, Justin Theroux, John Ortiz, Peter Cullen, Jess Harnell, Jason Drucker, Abby Quinn, Rachel Crow, Ricardo Hoyos, Gracie Dzienny, Kenneth Choi, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Grey Griffin, Steve Blum, Marcella Bragio, Andrew Morgado, David Sobolov, Jon Bailey, Megyn Price, […]
Bumblebee’s Travis Knight in talks to direct Tom Holland in Uncharted film
After Dan Tratchenberg departed Sony’s Uncharted last month, it seems that the studio may have found a new director for the video game adaptation as Deadline is reporting that Travis Knight (Bumblebee) is in talks to helm the film.The film will star Tom Holland (Spider-Man: Far From Home) as the franchise’s central protagonist Nathan Drake in a direct […]
