Oscar-winning filmmaker Kathryn Bigelow looks set to get back behind the camera for the first time since 2017’s Detroit, with THR reporting that Netflix has tapped the director for an adaptation of Aurora, the upcoming novel from screenwriter David Koepp (Jurassic Park, Spider-Man). The novel is described as exploring the collapse of social order against […]
David Koepp to write The Green Hornet and Kato
Back in April it was announced that Universal Pictures and Amasia Entertainment are working on the feature film reboot The Green Hornet and Kato, and now comes word that the studio has enlisted screenwriting heavyweight David Koepp to script the masked crimefighters’ latest big screen adventure. Koepp has a wealth of experience in the blockbuster […]
Indiana Jones 5 delays the result of script disagreements, says David Koepp
The long-planned fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise has been plagued with a number of problems including a series of delays as well as director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp both departing the project. Now, Koepp has not only revealed why he left the sequel but why the film continues to be delayed. During […]
Spider-Man screenwriter David Koepp has no plans to return to superhero movies
David Koepp, the screenwriter of the Sam Raimi-directed Spider-Man, reveals he currently has no plans in returning to write another comic book-based movie. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Koepp admitted that while he will “never say never on anything”, the superhero genre has evolved in its storytelling since he was interested in the […]
Bride of Frankenstein remake could be resurrected by Universal, says screenwriter David Koepp
Before the disappointment of The Mummy hammered the nail into the coffin of Universal Pictures’ Dark Universe, the studio had intended on opening up the world of the shared Universal Monsters universe by moving on to Bride of Frankenstein for its second instalment. Bill Condon (Beauty and the Beast) was on board to direct from […]
Screenwriter David Koepp reveals his scrapped plans for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy
David Koepp, the screenwriter behind films including Jurassic Park, Mission: Impossible and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has revealed his original plans for the Sam Raimi trilogy of Spider-Man films. While Koepp was enlisted to write the screenplay for Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man (2002), in an interview with Collider, the screenwriter discussed his […]
David Koepp reveals why he is no longer writing Indiana Jones 5
Earlier this year, it was announced that director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter David Koepp had departed the long-planned fifth instalment of the Indiana Jones franchise with Ford v Ferrari and Logan helmer James Mangold taking over directorial duties. Now, in a recent interview with Collider, Koepp, who previously penned Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, has explained why […]
Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried star in trailer for Blumhouse’s You Should Have Left
With over a week to go until its VOD release, a poster and trailer have arrived online for Blumhouse’s psychological thriller You Should Have Left. The film reteams Kevin Bacon with Stir of Echoes director David Koepp and sees Bacon as a man desperately trying to save his wife and daughter (Amanda Seyfried and Avery […]
Original writer David Koepp is working on Indiana Jones 5 once again
Having been replaced on the script for Indiana Jones 5 by Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer Jonathan Kasdan last summer, Spider-Man screenwriter David Koepp has revealed to Den of Geek that he’s now back working on the sequel. “I actually am again,” said Koepp when asked by the site about his involvement on Indy’s […]
Kevin Bacon reunites with Stir of Echoes director for Blumhouse horror-thriller You Should Have Left
Variety is reporting that Kevin Bacon has signed on to produce and star in You Should Have Left, a new horror-thriller from Blumhouse Productions and writer-director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes, Secret Window). Based on Daniel Kehlmann’s 2017 novel of the same name, the film will follow a screenwriter who moves to a remote house […]
