Logan Marshall-Green (Prometheus) has signed on to star in Stem, a sci-fi thriller from writer-director Leigh Whannell (Saw, Insidious), which is set to go into production in Whannell’s home town of Melbourne, Australia. THR is reporting that the project “is set in a near-future when technology controls nearly all aspects of life and centers on […]
Will Smith suffers worst box office opening of his career with Collateral Beauty
Will Smith may have enjoyed a solid box office hit earlier in the year with Warner Bros.’ DC ensemble Suicide Squad giving him the biggest opening weekend of his career, but he’s ended 2016 on a sour note, with his new film Collateral Beauty doing the exact opposite. The movie, which sees Smith starring alongside […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them tops $700 million worldwide
While Rogue One: A Star Wars Story was topping the charts around the globe, Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them passed another box office milestone this weekend as it crossed the $700 million mark worldwide. Fantastic Beasts has grossed $207.7 million domestically and now has a total of $717.5 […]
A TV remake of Single White Female is in development
It looks like Single White Female is the latest movie set for a small screen adaptation, with THR revealing that NBC is in development on a reboot of the 1992 thriller, which starred Bridget Fonda and Jennifer Jason Leigh. The network has given a script commitment to the project, which will be written by Eric […]
Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara join Joaquin Phoenix in Gus Van Sant’s new film
Variety is reporting that Jonah Hill and Rooney Mara have joined Joaquin Phoenix in Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot, director Gus Van Sant’s upcoming biopic of quadriplegic cartoonist John Callahan. The project is based upon the 1989 autobiography of Callahan, who became paralyzed aged 21 after a car accident and turning to art […]
R.I.P. Zsa Zsa Gabor (1917 – 2016)
Hungarian-born actress and socialite Zsa Zsa Gabor has passed away aged 99, having suffered a heart attack at her home after several years of illness. Known for her nine marriages and her glamorous, larger than life celebrity persona as much as her acting work, the former beauty queen enjoyed moderate success on the big screen, appearing in […]
Meagan Good to star in Foxy Brown TV reboot for Hulu
THR is reporting that Meagan Good (Minority Report) is set to star in a TV reboot of the 70s cult classic Foxy Brown, which is being developed by MGM Television for the streaming service Hulu. The script for Foxy Brown is been penned by Malcolm Spellman (Empire) and Ben Watkins (Hand of God), and will […]
Michael Fassbender says Assassin’s Creed planned as first instalment of a trilogy
In just a few short days, Assassin’s Creed will make the leap from video games to feature films as 20th Century Fox unleashes its hotly-anticipated movie adaptation, and should it prove successful at the box office, it seems it could be the launch pad for a trilogy of films based around Michael Fassbender’s Callum Lynch and his […]
Rumour: A familiar face could cameo in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales
Warning. Potential spoilers for Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales follow… Well, if rumour is to be believed, it seems that Orlando Bloom won’t be the only former star returning to the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise in next year’s fifth instalment Dead Men Tell No Tales. According to TooFab, Keira Knightley is said to […]
Steven Moffat responds to Benedict Cumberbatch’s comments that Sherlock series 4 could be “the end of an era”
There’s just a fortnight to go until Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock Holmes and Martin Freeman’s Dr. John Watson return for the fourth series of Sherlock, and there has been talk that this could well be the final run of episodes for the beloved show. Back in October, it was reported that Cumberbatch had suggested series four “might […]
