UPDATE – Sony have since denied these rumours Anyone who’s been on the internet over the last few months has seen the countless rumors swirling about the future of Spider-Man on film. Thanks to the disappointing reception of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the flood of leaked internal documents from the very public Sony hack, we’ve heard everything from a […]
James Cameron delays first Avatar sequel until 2017
Avatar is the highest grossing movie of all time and it’s been known for a while now that director James Cameron has been working on three sequels to the blockbuster which he intends to shoot back-to-back, releasing one a year and release one each year. The first one was set for release at the end […]
Razzies: 2015 Golden Raspberry Award nominations announced
With many of Hollywood’s finest busy on the awards season circuit, it wouldn’t be the same without the end of year Razzie nominations, which looks at those films that didn’t set the world alight in 2014. It’s perhaps no surprise that it’s Michael Bay’s fourth Transformers film, Age of Extinction, that leads the way with […]
John Carpenter to executive produce Escape from New York remake
Fresh from the news last week about a new Escape from New York Blu-ray release, word has reached Deadline that Snake Plissken will be returning to the big screen in a new remake. News has emerged that 20th Century Fox has won the remake rights to John Carpenter’s cult 1981 action sci-fi film about a […]
Justice League to begin filming in late 2016?
Ben Affleck has a busy few years ahead of him; apart from playing Batman in several upcoming DC Comics films, he has his own film, an adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s Live By Night scheduled for 2016 as David Fincher and Gillian Flynn’s remake of Strangers on a Train. Deadline recently outlined a rough timeframe of Affleck’s shooting […]
Rodrigo Santoro to play Jesus in Ben-Hur remake
Rodrigo Santoro (300: Rise on an Empire) is in final negotiations to play Jesus Christ in the upcoming MGM and Paramount Pictures in Ben-Hur, the remake of the 1959 Charlton Heston classic. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) is directing the movie, which is an adaptation of the Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the […]
David Fincher and Ben Affleck reteaming for Strangers on a Train remake
After collaborating on last year’s Gone Girl, David Fincher and Ben Affleck are again teaming up to remake the Alfred Hitchcock classic Strangers on a Train, according to Deadline. The remake will be a contemporary version and will switch the pivotal meeting from a train to a plane. The film will reportedly be titled Strangers, […]
Christian Bale, Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling to team for The Big Short
Variety reports that Christian Bale (The Dark Knight, Knight of Cups), Brad Pitt (Fury, Se7en) and Ryan Gosling (Drive, The Place Beyond The Pines) are to add their A-list status (and charm) to new drama The Big Short, an adaptation of Moneyball writer Michael Lewis’ bestseller. Here’s the book synopsis: The real story of the […]
Ansel Elgort joins Edgar Wright’s next movie Baby Driver
Edgar Wright’s next movie is gaining momentum after securing financial backing and receiving the green light from Sony and now it has cast its leading man in The Fault In Our Stars‘ Ansel Elgort. Baby Driver – which is also being co-written by Wright – will be his first directing job since controversially leaving Marvel’s […]
Jason Bateman to star in Joel Edgerton’s directorial debut Weirdo
Jason Bateman has signed on to star alongside Rebecca Hall in Joel Edgerton’s upcoming directorial debut film. The film, based off a script written by Edgerton, does not yet have an official title but it is going by the name of Weirdo. According to Deadline, Bateman and Hall will play a married couple who attempt […]
