Deadline is reporting that Fox 2000 has optioned the rights to Inertia, a short story from Divergent author Veronica Roth, which is being adapted as a feature film by Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill, the production company behind YA adaptations The Twilight Saga, The Maze Runner and The Fault in Our Stars. […]
M. Night Shyamalan’s Tales from the Crypt reboot will adapt EC Comics stories
As development continues on TNT’s reboot of Tales from the Crypt, executive producer M. Night Shyamalan has been chatting to Crave Online about his plans for the anthology horror, revealing that he intends on adapting some of the original EC Comics stories for the new series, as well as curating original tales. “There’s a bunch […]
David Yates, David Heyman and J.K. Rowling defend Johnny Depp’s Fantastic Beasts casting
Warning. Spoilers for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them follow… Earlier this month it was announced that Johnny Depp would be appearing in a major role in the sequel to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, as well as making a brief cameo appearance in the first movie, with director David Yates subsequently […]
Brett Gelman joins the cast of Stranger Things season 2
Variety is reporting that comedian Brett Gelman (Brett Gelman’s Dinner in America) has signed on to the cast of Stranger Things season two, where he’ll play Murray Bauman, described as “a disgraced journalist-turned-conspiracy theorist who is investigating a cold case in the small Indiana town.” Gelman becomes the latest addition to the cast of the […]
Paul Verhoeven isn’t too enthusiastic about the Starship Troopers remake
Earlier this month it was announced that Sony is developing a reboot of Starship Troopers, which is said to be much more in line with Robert A. Heinlein’s 1959 novel, rather than Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 satirical big screen adaptation. Well, it seems that Verhoeven isn’t overly keen on that prospect, with the filmmaker revealing that he […]
Marc Forster to direct Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin
Back in April of last year it was announced that among Disney’s numerous live-action remakes of its animated classics is a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, and now comes word that Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, World War Z) is set to direct the project, entitled Christopher Robin. The film has been scripted by Alex Ross Perry […]
Chloe Grace Moretz set for The Miseducation of Cameron Post
Chloe Graze Moretz has signed on to appear in the title role in the upcoming adaptation of Emily Danforth’s coming of age novel The Miseducation of Cameron Post. The film is being directed by Desiree Akhavan (Appropriate Behaviour) and will see Moretz as Cameron, a young girl taken in by her aunt following the death […]
Scott Adkins to star in comic book adaptation Accident Man
Fresh from his role in Marvel’s Doctor Strange, British action star Scott Adkins is set for another comic book adaptation, having signed on to lead the cast of Accident Man. Created by Pat Mills, Accident Man debuted in the UK comic Toxic! and tells the story of Mike Fallon, a high-class hitman known for making […]
The Mortal Kombat movie reboot finds a director
It looks like the long-gestating movie reboot of the hit video game series Mortal Kombat could finally be moving forward, with Variety reporting that commercials director Simon McQuoid is in talks with New Line Cinema to helm the film. Mortal Kombat is being produced by James Wan (The Conjuring), who took over the project following […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League casting and rumours, Deadpool 2 finds a director, Fox and Marvel work out a swap deal, The Inhumans head to TV and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Suicide Squad, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Justice League, Green Lantern Corps, Supergirl, The Flash, Arrow, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Dr. Mirage, Gotham, Justice League Dark, The LEGO Batman Movie, Deadpool 2, Logan, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, […]
