Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl as it turns 20… To say Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl revitalized an entire sub-genre of movies is something of an understatement. Before the flick hit theatres there had nary been a proper live-action pirates […]
The Ring at 20: The Most Influential Horror Movie of the 2000s?
EJ Moreno looks at the U.S. remake of The Ring on its 20th anniversary… Maybe it’s the millennial in me, but there are not many movies from my formative years that hit as hard as The Ring. This gnarly remake of the 1998 Japanese Ringu came at an important time for me. It was the […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End – 15 Years Later
Hasitha Fernando looks back at Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End at 15… Somewhere in the early 2000s Walt Disney Studios had an ambitious plan of developing a feature length film based on one of their most popular theme park rides – Pirates of the Caribbean. To achieve their goal, they had producer turned […]
Gore Verbinski adapting George R.R. Martin’s Sandkings
During an interview with Collider, filmmaker Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean) has revealed that he’s set to direct an adaptation of Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin’s 1979 novelette Sandkings, which is being scripted by Dennis Kelly (Utopia). “One of the screenplays is based on a George R.R. Martin short story called Sandkings, […]
Hulu adaptating comic book Old City Blues as TV series
Hulu has announced that it has acquired the TV rights to Boom! Studios’ comic book series Old City Blues from creator Giannis Milonogiannis (Prophet, G.I. Joe) and is developing the project as a Hulu Original Series in partnership with Brad Weston’s Makeready TV Studio. Set in the near future, the graphic novel series follows the men […]
Sebastian Stan to star in Beat the Reaper for Gore Verbinski and Leonardo DiCaprio
The Tracking Board is reporting that Marvel star Sebastian Stan has signed on for the lead role in Beat the Reaper, an adaptation of Josh Bazell’s debut novel, which has Gore Verbinski (A Cure for Wellness) directing. Beat the Reaper tells the story of “a young ER doctor whose life is upended when a patient […]
Director Gore Verbinski exits Fox’s Gambit movie
Well, just when you thought the Gambit movie was finally set to become a reality… Yes, that’s right – 20th Century Fox and Channing Tatum’s long-gestating X-Men spinoff movie has hit another major roadblock, with director Gore Verbinski exiting the project in what Deadline describes as an “amicable split” due to scheduling issues. Verbinski only […]
X-Men spinoff Gambit gets a Valentine’s Day 2019 release date
With Fox’s X-Men franchise branching out its universe with spin-offs such as Deadpool and The New Mutants, one film that has been frequently delayed since it was first announced is Gambit, with Channing Tatum starring as the Cajun mutant. Now, however, 20th Century Fox has finalized a release date for the film. Following Deadpool‘s ‘romantic’ lead, Gambit will be released on February 14th, 2019. […]
Gore Verbinski in talks to direct Gambit, Daniel Craig rumoured for Mister Sinister role
It looks like 20th Century Fox is ready to press ahead with its oft-delayed X-Men spinoff Gambit, with Deadline reporting that Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, A Cure For Wellness) is in talks to direct the solo movie. Should Verbinski sign on to the project, he would become its third director after Rupert Wyatt […]
Interview: How Gore Verbinski and Dane DeHaan turned their nightmares into A Cure For Wellness
Dan Jolin chats with Gore Verbinski and Dane DeHaan about A Cure for Wellness… During the summer of 2015, while shooting A Cure for Wellness in Germany, Dane DeHaan went through what he describes as “my month of torture”. In the space of a few weeks, the then-29-year-old star of Chronicle and The Amazing Spider-Man […]
