Casting is underway on Walt Disney Pictures’ Magic Camp, with Variety reporting that Adam DeVine (Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates) and Jeffrey Tambor (Transparent) have joined the family comedy, which is being directed by Mean Girls helmer Mark Waters. Magic Camp “follows DeVine’s character who is pulled out of retirement by his former mentor […]
Paramount developing Rob Liefeld comic book Avengelyne for the big screen
If you’ve been itching to see more Rob Liefeld creations heading to the big screen after this year’s Deadpool, you may be in luck as Deadline is reporting that Paramount has snapped up the rights to the Avengelyne comic book series, with Akiva Goldsman attached to produce what is being touted as “John Wick with a […]
Composer Junkie XL won’t return for Deadpool 2 in the wake of Tim Miller’s exit
Following the departure of director Tim Miller last month, composer Junkie XL – a.k.a. Tom Holkenborg – has revealed on Facebook that he has decided against returning for Deadpool 2, as he doesn’t feel right working on the sequel without the “driving force” of Miller. Here’s his post: It is with a heavy heart that […]
Olivia Munn joins Shane Black’s The Predator
According to The Hollywood Reporter, X-Men: Apocalypse star Olivia Munn is in final talks to join the cast of Shane Black’s The Predator, where she would take on the role of a scientist. The Predator is being headlined by Narcos star Boyd Holbrook, who will soon join the X-Men universe himself with his role in […]
Dan Stevens to star in Gareth Evans’ period revenge thriller Apostle
Downton Abbey and The Guest star Dan Stevens is set to headline Apostle, a period revenge thriller from The Raid director Gareth Evans. According to Variety, Apostle “follows a man who travels to a remote island and attempts to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a religious cult. The group demands a ransom for […]
Fede Alvarez in talks to direct The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Almost a year ago to the day it was reported that Sony Pictures was looking to relaunch its Millennium franchise with an adaptation of the fourth book in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series, The Girl in the Spider’s Web, and now it looks like the studio may have found its director. Variety is […]
Columbia Pictures developing Starship Troopers reboot
A reboot of Paul Verhoeven’s 1997 cult sci-fi Starship Troopers is in development at Columbia Pictures, with THR reporting that the studio has tapped Mark Swift and Damian Shannon (Baywatch) to pen the script for a new adaptation of Robert A. Heinlein’s novel. According to the site, the new film – which is being produced […]
Rumour: Rogue One will open in a way “different than the classic Star Wars films”, won’t have opening crawl
This December, Disney and Lucasfilm launch their first standalone Star Wars movie with the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. As we’ve heard on several occasions, this first ‘Anthology’ movie – and the subsequent spinoffs, such as the young Han Solo film – will be markedly different from the main Saga entries, and it seems that […]
Spider-Man joins Doctor Strange in The Current War
We’ll likely be seeing them sharing the screen in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War, but first we’ll see a team-up between Spider-Man and Doctor Strange (well, sort of) in The Current War, with Tom Holland signing on to appear alongside Benedict Cumberbatch. Holland is set to play Samuel Insull, the right hand man of Cumberbatch’s Thomas […]
Warner Bros. announces start of production on Ocean’s 8
Warner Bros. Pictures has officially announced the start of production on Ocean’s 8, the female-led spinoff to Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy, which follows eight women who plan and execute a heist in New York. Gary Ross (The Hunger Games) is directing the film, while stars Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway alongside Mindy Kaling, […]
