Amazon Studios and Dark Horse Entertainment are developing an animated feature adaptation of the pop culture character Emily the Strange. Created by Rob Reger in the 1990s as an advertising mascot for skateboards,the punky goth girl has since spawned a multi-million dollar merchandising brand spanning fashion, comics and books, toys and various other accessories. Dark […]
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story director Gareth Edwards talks reshoots
This past summer Lucasfilm announced that it was embarking on major reshoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, sending some fans into a panic as rumours circulated that up to 40% of the movie could be reworked, and that director Gareth Edwards was being pushed aside in favour of Tony Gilroy, who was brought […]
Michael Bay was pitched an R-rated, Tarantino-esque Bumblebee Transformers spinoff
This past weekend we got our first glimpse of the next phase of the Transformers saga with the trailer for Transformers: The Last Knight, the first offering to come out of Paramount’s ‘writers room’, which saw the studio assembling a team of top screenwriting talent to shape the future of the blockbuster franchise. We already […]
Adidas vs Puma movie in development
Deadline is reporting that Fortitude International has snapped up the rights to an untitled project which will explore the rivalry between the two iconic sports brands Adidas and Puma. According to the site, the film is “set against the backdrop of the rise of Nazi Germany — and through the 1936 Berlin Olympics and World […]
Kate McKinnon to star in The Lunch Witch
Ghostbusters and Saturday Night Live star Kate McKinnon has signed on for the title role in Amblin Entertainment’s adaptation of Deb Lucke’s YA novel The Lunch Witch, which will mark the live-action directorial debut of Angry Birds co-helmer Clay Kaytis. Published in 2015, The Lunch Witch follows Grunhilda, a witch who inherits her ancestors’ recipies […]
YouTube and Blumhouse launching 12 Deadly Days horror-comedy series
YouTube Red and Blumhouse Television are set to spread some holiday horror this month with 12 Deadly Days, an interconnected horror-comedy anthology series which is set to begin streaming this coming Monday, December 12th. THR reports that the series “will tell 12 interconnected stories about the residents of Saturn, Calif., who find themselves terrorized by […]
Johnny Depp is Hollywood’s most overpaid actor for the second year running
2016 hasn’t been the greatest of years for Johnny Depp both personally and professionally, and now he’s rounded out the year by being named by Forbes as the most overpaid actor in Hollywood for the second year running. Forbes calculates its list by working out how much studios have earned in return for every dollar paid […]
Marvel launching Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. web spinoff Slingshot
With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now on its midseason break until January, Marvel and ABC have announced that an online webseries spinoff is set to fill the gap, with Slingshot premiering next week on ABC Go and Marvel.com. Slingshot will revolve around the character of Elena ‘Yo-Yo’ Rodriguez, played by Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and will take place prior […]
15 finalists for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature announced
Earlier in the week the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced the list of twenty films in contention for the nomination for Best Visual Effects at the 89th Academy Awards in February, and now we have word on the fifteen films vying for a nod in the Best Documentary Feature category. Cameraperson Command […]
Sony developing feature adaptation of Scott Snyder and Jeff Lemire’s A.D.: After Death
Following a bidding war, Sony has acquired the movie rights to writer Scott Snyder and artist Jeff Lemire’s three-part sci-fi epic A.D.: After Death from Image Comics, and is now in development on a feature film adaptation. A.D. is set in a future where a genetic cure for death has been found. One man, years […]
