THR is reporting that Empire and Proud Mary star Taraji P. Henson is teaming with director John Singleton (Four Brothers) for a movie based upon the murder of Emmett Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was brutally killed by two white men in Mississippi in 1955. The film will see Henson producing, as well […]
Superfly remake finds its director and cast
Back in December it was announced that Sony had tapped Watchmen screenwriter Alex Tse to pen the script for a remake of the 1972 blaxploitation classic Super Fly, and now we have details on the director and cast. Director X (a.k.a. Julien Christian Lutz) is set to helm the movie, which will see Trevor Jackson […]
Disney sets screenwriters for Toy Story 4 and Oliver!
Deadline is reporting that Disney has set Black List screenwriter Stephany Folsom to work on the script for its upcoming Pixar sequel Toy Story 4. The project, which is slated for release in June 2019, was originally being penned by Rashida Jones and Will McCormack, who left the project due to “creative and philosophical differences”. […]
Fathom Events bringing Digimon Adventure tri: Loss, Coexistence and Future to U.S. theaters
After the 2016 release of the first English-dubbed Digimon feature in 16 years, Digimon Adventure tri: Reunion, Fathom Events and Toei Animation Inc. are set to present a new Digimon trilogy in U.S. cinemas with Digimon Adventure tri: Loss on February 1st 2018, Digimon Adventure tri: Coexistence on May 10th 2018 and Digimon Adventure tri: […]
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle passes $750 million worldwide
Audiences may have been sceptical when the project was first announced, but Sony’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle has proven to be a runaway success at the box office, with the film pushing its worldwide haul to $767.8 million and counting. Domestically, Jumanji held on to top spot for the third weekend in a row […]
Castlevania season 2 to hit Netflix this summer
It’s rare that there’s much to write home about when it comes to video game adaptations, but Netflix managed to avoid the curse last year with its critically acclaimed animated series Castlevania. The streaming service wasted little time in renewing the series, doing so on the very day it was released last July, and now writer […]
ROM and M.A.S.K. movies unlikely to be moving forward as part of Hasbro’s cinematic universe
Back in April 2016, Paramount Pictures and Hasbro announced plans to launch a cinematic universe based around Hasbro’s classic toy properties G.I. Joe, Micronauts, Visionaries, ROM: Spaceknight and M.A.S.K., tapping Akiva Goldsman to oversee a writers room that included a host of in-demand screenwriters, including John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein (Spider-Man: Homecoming). Since then, the studio has set release […]
Emma Lahana joins Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger
Following the release of a new sneak peek video earlier this week [watch it here], New Zealand actress Emma Lahana (Haven, Power Rangers Dino Thunder) has taken to Twitter to announce that she is set to appear in the Freeform Marvel series Cloak & Dagger, although her character is being kept under wraps for the […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story trailer rumoured to arrive this week
There’s just a little over four months to go until the release of Solo: A Star Wars Story, and as yet we’ve seen very little in the way of promotional material for the second Star Wars Anthology movie. However, if rumours are to be believed, that will all change this week. After presenting some footage […]
Steven Spielberg looking at Indiana Jones 5 and West Side Story for his next project
With his latest film The Post currently out in theaters and Ready Player One set to arrive this March, legendary filmmaker Steven Spielberg is now close to deciding on his next project, with Deadline reporting that it is a toss up between Indiana Jones 5 and a remake of West Side Story. The fifth Indiana […]
