British producer Damian Jones is reuniting with Noel Clarke for Fast Girls, a sports feature in the vein of Rocky, set to release around the London Olympics in 2012. According to Variety, the project is being written by Clarke, who is also producing and possibly directing. The story follows a group of female London athletes vying to compete for their country at the 2012 games. Jay Basu is co-writing the project with Clarke....
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Comic-Con panel unveiled some brand-new footage of the highly anticipated series. The room was full of enthusiastic fans as Netflix pulled back the curtain on the show, which will premiere later in August. The first few tiny peeks at the show have provided fans with a fascinating look at what the streaming platform has been working on for over two years now. The return to puppets and practical effects has been widely praised by critics and fans and the show hasn’t even aired yet....
Following in the footsteps of the successful and highly-acclaimed series Dexter, Weeds and Brotherhood, SHOWTIME has ordered 12 half-hour episodes of a stylish new comedy series, (as yet untitled) scheduled to premiere in August, it was announced today by Robert Greenblatt, Showtime President of Entertainment. Set to begin production in Los Angeles in June the new series stars and is executive produced by Golden Globe-winning actor David Duchovny (The X Files)....
David Harbour, who plays Sheriff Hopper in the hit Netflix series Stranger Things, has revealed that he originally thought the sci-fi horror series was going to be a failure. While Stranger Things received a massively positive reception with an enormous fan base, leading up to that, Harbour was genuinely scared that it would not turn out, and that it would end up being another bump in the road on his resume....
In a story from Vulture, they recently caught up with revered independent filmmaker David Lynch (Inland Empire). He discussed his next project which is going to be a documentary partly shot in India centered around Transcendental Meditation founder Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. He said: As Lynch is known for experimenting with many different cinematic forms he also discussed the films structure: I’m going to make a film on Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. It won’t be a so-called David Lynch film, really; it will be about Maharishi and the knowledge he brought out....
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has arrived this weekend as another Marvel paradox of a movie that doesn’t quite hit the heights when it comes to industry ratings, but is about to become the biggest movie of the year by some margin with a $200 opening box office. While critic reviews have been very mixed, the latest Doctor Strange adventure has landed the second-lowest CinemaScore grade of the MCU movies released to date....
Don Cheadle has been cast to replace Terrence Howard in Marvel Studios’ sequel Iron Man 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Howard played Jim Rhodes, Tony Stark/Iron Man’s best friend and future armor-clad hero War Machine. One scene featured Howard looking at a silver suit of armor and saying “Next time,” a line that caused great delight for fans. But there will be no next time for Howard. Marvel had no comment, but sources close to the deal said negotiations with Howard fell through over financial differences, among other reasons....
The writer and producer of the hit horror series talks about their creation’s 20th Anniversary DVD It was two decades ago that a little film about a serial killer being transferred into a child’s doll called Child’s Play was released, and the horror world hasn’t been the same since. The film has spawned four sequels, a forthcoming remake and has become embedded in mainstream culture as well. I had the chance to talk to Don Mancini, who has written or co-written all the films in the Chucky franchise, and producer David Kirschner, who has produced all of the films as well....
Actor Dwayne Johnson has joined the cast of The Monster Hunter’s Survival Guide for producer Simon Kinberg and his Genre Films company. The project is based John Paul Russ’ graphic novel series, which gives readers comprehensive instructions on how to track down and slay various monsters. The series is published by Zenescope Entertainment. It doesn’t seem that a writer is attached to adapt the project quite yet. Dwayne Johnson is currently filming G....
Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the world-famous Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, announced today the acquisition of all US rights to Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films from world-wide sales agent Celluloid Nightmares. From acclaimed cult film documentarian Mark Hartley (Not Quite Hollywood), the film centers on the story of two Israeli-born, movie-obsessed cousins, Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who in pursuit of the “American dream” launched an indie studio that would produce over 120 exploitation films from 1979-1989 turning a renegade outfit into the proclaimed “seventh Hollywood major....
Eli Roth, the multi-talented director, writer, producer and actor, will adapt his enormously successful Hostel film franchise to create “Eli Roth’s Hostel: Hunting Season,” a twisted new Halloween Horror Nights maze at Universal Studios Hollywood. The event begins on September 23 and continues on select nights through October 31. “Hostel: Hunting Season,” for which Universal will build elaborate sets re-creating locations in Slovakia, will mark the horror auteur and star’s first effort at transforming his screen work into a live theme park experience....
The pilot season is getting into full swing with a slew of new casting announcements. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Eric Christian Olsen has signed on for the lead of the untitled Ricky Blitt pilot for ABC. At NBC, Taylor Schilling has been cast as the lead of Mercy and 9-year-old Dakota Goyo has been set as the young lead for another untitled ABC pilot from Daniel Cerone. Olsen (Fired Up) will star as an immature man in his 30s who becomes caught between his best clingy best friend and his new girlfriend and her two children....
Arrow star Emily Bett Rickards has not given up on season 9 just yet, even if she hasn’t heard a thing about the show’s potential return. Originally premiering on The CW in 2012, Arrow was an incredible success for the network, spawning the cinematic universe known as the Arrowverse with numerous spinoffs and crossover specials. Following the adventures of Oliver Queen, aka Green Arrow, the series starred Stephen Amell alongside Katie Cassidy, Colin Donnell, David Ramsey, Willa Holland, and more....
Oscar winner Adrien Brody has made some interesting career choices since winning his Academy Award in 2002 for the Roman Polanski film, The Pianist. Since then Brody has appeared in many different types of films including thrillers like The Jacket, comedies such as The Darjeeling Limited, mysteries including Hollywoodland and blockbuster action films like King Kong and this summer’s upcoming, Predators. Now Brody can add science fiction to his repertoire with his latest film, Splice, directed by Vincenzo Natali....
You loved him in the 1980s and you’re going to love him now… In a story from DavisDVD, they report that Fletch: The Jane Doe Edition will come to DVD May 1 from Universal Home Entertainment. Synopsis: Irwin “Fletch” Fletcher, Los Angeles journalist, really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. Now, Fletch is at it again: In disguise as a bum, he lives at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing....
Carnival Row shifts the fantasy genre out of the medieval-based realms and into the neo-Victorian city of Burgue. Mythical creatures are gathering in the city after fleeing war in their homeland. The growing number of supernatural beings is creating dangerous tensions with the human citizens as they struggle to coexist. The refugees must struggle to survive while forbidden to live, love, or fly with freedom. MOVIEWEB VIDEO OF THE DAY...
Love is in the air as Warner Home Video releases Full House: The Complete Sixth Season on March 27, 2007 The Tanners are back and as unpredictable as ever when Warner Home Video releases the sixth season of the top selling classic, Full House, on DVD March 27, 2007. Full House: The Complete Sixth Season will include all 24 episodes from the show’s sixth season in a four-disc set and will retail for $29....
FX is bringing the transsexual drama 4 oz. to a TV near you. According to Variety, the cable channel has picked up three script episodes for production. The drama deals with the metamorphosis of a man who realizes he is a transsexual. He is a married father of two, and a practicing gynecologist who shares a medical practice with his father. The hope is to stretch the storyline over the course of several seasons....
Author George R.R. Martin has released an excerpt from his upcoming Game of Thrones companion book entitled The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the World of Game of Thrones, revealing how big the massive dragons in the HBO series can get. The piece focuses on Aegon’s Conquest, which gives fans of Daenerys Targaryen a look at the background of her dragons. It is accompanied by a photo that features her ancestor, Aegon I Targaryen, riding a massive dragon named Balerion the Black Dread....
Three new international posters have just hit for X-Men Origins: Wolverine. The posters, dug up by our friends at IESB.net show off Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine, Leiv Schreiber’s Sabretooth and Taylor Kitsch’s Gambit. Leading up to the events of X-Men, X-Men Origins: Wolverine tells the story of Wolverine’s epically violent and romantic past, his complex relationship with Victor Creed, and the ominous Weapon X program. Along the way, Wolverine encounters many mutants, both familiar and new, including surprise appearances by several legends of the X-Men universe....
