Joe Carnahan Hasn’t Given Up On His ‘Death Wish’ Script By Jack Giroux/Nov. 30, 2016 12:30 pm EST Writer-director Joe Carnahan (Narc) exited the Death Wish remake over creative differences. He wrote the lead role with his frequent collaborator Frank Grillo (The Grey) in mind, but Paramount and MGM insisted on Bruce Willis starring in the film. That idea didn’t fly with Carnahan, so he went on to pursue other projects....
Joss Whedon Will Produce Freeform Series ‘Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective’ By Chris Evangelista/June 6, 2018 3:00 pm EST Joss Whedon is returning to TV to executive produce Pippa Smith: Grown-Up Detective. The series is a dark comedy about a former kid detective who grows up but continues to solve mystery. It’s currently in development at Freeform, a TV channel you may or may not have heard of. While Joss Whedon has had success in the film industry, it’s TV where his talents have truly thrived....
Kevin Bacon’s ‘Tremors’ TV Sequel Is Going To Syfy By Ben Pearson/June 27, 2017 1:00 pm EST It’s been nearly two years since we’ve heard any updates about the Tremors TV show based on the cult classic sci-fi/horror monster movie, but now its star and executive producer has revealed that the project is not only still in the works, but it has finally found a cable network partner. Kevin Bacon, who starred in the original movie back in 1990 and will appear in the new TV sequel, says the pilot is heading to Syfy....
New ‘The Dark Tower’ Image Promises Other Worlds Than These By Jacob Hall/Aug. 19, 2016 12:30 pm EST Although we likely won’t be seeing the first trailer for director Nikolaj Arcel’s adaptation of The Dark Tower until October at the earliest, it looks like Sony isn’t going to be leaving us high and dry. A new image has arrived from the recently wrapped film, showing off a main character, a mysterious location, and a key line of dialogue from The Gunslinger, the first novel in the Stephen King series that inspired this film....
Obi-Wan Kenobi Is Getting A ‘Star Wars’ Spin-Off By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 17, 2017 12:10 pm EST After years of being rumored and discussed, we have word that another Star Wars spin-off is in the works that will focus on Obi-Wan Kenobi. This is the first time that the news has come from one of the major entertainment trades, and they even have word that Billy Elliot and The Hours director Stephen Daldry is in early talks to direct....
POTD: See The Moment Harrison Ford Punched Ryan Gosling During ‘Blade Runner 2049’ By Ethan Anderton/Oct. 2, 2017 6:30 am EST Blade Runner 2049 is hitting theaters this week, and the early buzz for the sequel 35 years in the making is off the charts, with some reactions saying that it just might be better than its 1982 predecessor. Fans will have to judge for themselves in a few days....
See J.K. Rowling’s Original Sketches Of Harry Potter, Severus Snape, Hagrid & More By Ethan Anderton/Aug. 30, 2016 12:00 pm EST Check out the J.K. Rowling Harry Potter sketches after the jump. TIME rounded up the images that appear around Pottermore: It’s cool to see just how much of Rowling’s vision for these characters ended up being translated into the illustrations that decorated the cover of each book and the chapter illustrations within....
Steven Spielberg Might Direct A Biopic About Composer Leonard Bernstein By Ben Pearson/March 9, 2018 12:34 pm EST With Ready Player One slated for release this month, what’s next for director Steven Spielberg? We know he’s planning to direct Indiana Jones 5 for a 2020 release, and he’s already in the casting process for his remake of West Side Story. But a new report indicates that an entirely new project might jump in front of Spielberg’s first musical – a biopic about iconic composer Leonard Bernstein....
The Morning Watch: ‘The Florida Project’ Edition - Oscar Snub, Screenwriting Lecture & More By Ethan Anderton/Feb. 27, 2018 5:00 am EST The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite movies and TV shows. In this special edition, find out why The Florida Project should have been nominated for Best Picture this year and was unjustly snubbed....
VOTD: Walk Through Dubai’s ‘Ghostbusters: Battle For New York’ Theme Park Ride By Ethan Anderton/June 30, 2017 5:00 am EST A few years back, we highlighted a Ghostbsuters ride that was never built called The Hauntington Hotel, for Six Flags theme parks. Partially inspired by The Haunted Mansion, it would have been the first interactive video game/theme park ride. Sadly, we haven’t really got the Ghostbusters ride we deserved, but MotionGate Dubai has come close with a ride that looks similar to what the original Ghostbusters ride would have been....
‘American Made’ Trailer: Tom Cruise Takes To The Sky To Run Guns And Drugs For The CIA By Ethan Anderton/June 5, 2017 9:00 am EST Just recently, we found out that Tom Cruise will get back in a fighter jet for Top Gun: Maverick. Before that, he’ll be in a different pilot’s seat, running guns and drugs for the CIA in one of the biggest covert operations in the agency’s history....
‘Baby Driver’ Featurette: Real Cars, Real Locations, Real People And Real Driving By Ethan Anderton/May 27, 2017 12:00 pm EST Nowadays it’s become easy for blockbusters to use visual effects to pull off insane stunts. It’s part of the reason some action movies have become surprisingly mundane. There’s just something that lacks excitement about a stunt you know wasn’t actually done by anything other than a computer. Even the Fast and Furious movies have taken to having more visual effects heavy action sequences when they used to rely on real stunt driving....
‘Coming To America’ Restaurant McDowell’s Is Coming To Hollywood By Ben Pearson/Oct. 26, 2017 10:30 am EST Fans of the 1988 Eddie Murphy comedy Coming to America probably already know that a sequel is in the works, but while you wait for that to come to fruition, here’s a cool way to step into the world of the movie. McDowell’s, the fictional restaurant that serves as a key location in the film, is taking over a local Hollywood restaurant for a Coming to America-themed pop-up early next week, just in time for Halloween....
‘Goodbye Christopher Robin’ Trailer: A Silly Old Bear Brings Hope To War-Torn England By Ethan Anderton/June 15, 2017 9:00 am EST Goodbye Christopher Robin tells the story of children’s author A. A. Milne and how his son Christopher Robin helped inspire the classic children’s character Winnie the Pooh and all his adventures in the Hundred Acre Wood. Now the first trailer has arrived to show us how this heartwarming true story is coming to life....
‘John Wick’ Director Chad Stahelski Would Love To Make A James Bond Movie By Jacob Hall/Feb. 13, 2017 11:30 am EST After seeing John Wick: Chapter 2 twice, I’ve settled on the opinion that director Chad Stahelski should be allowed to whatever hell we wants next (provided that he also find time for John Wick: Chapter 3, of course). Both John Wick movies are among the freshest, funniest, and most unique American action films to come around in quite sometime – I’m pretty much in awe of them....
‘Show Dogs’ Trailer: Farting, Talking Dogs To The Rescue By Chris Evangelista/March 9, 2018 2:30 pm EST There’s a Bible verse in the Book of Revelation that states, “And when he had opened the seventh seal, there was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour, and the Show Dogs trailer appeared.” That time is now, folks. The end is nigh. The new Show Dogs trailer is here....
‘Star Trek: Discovery’: First Look At Jason Isaacs’ Captain Lorca By Ben Pearson/June 21, 2017 4:00 pm EST The captain is on deck. Actor Jason Isaacs (who played Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films) was conspicuously absent from the first trailer of the new CBS All Access show Star Trek: Discovery that debuted last month (check out our detailed breakdown here), but now the first photo of his Discovery character, Captain Gabriel Lorca, has beamed its way online....
‘Suicide Squad’ Helmer David Ayer In Talks To Direct ‘Scarface’ Remake By Ben Pearson/May 19, 2017 10:30 am EST In news that would make James Franco’s white gangster character in Spring Breakers lose his mind, Universal Pictures’ long-brewing Scarface remake may have finally found its director. Suicide Squad director David Ayer is in early talks to take over directing duties from The Equalizer’s Antoine Fuqua, who vacated the project earlier this year due to scheduling conflicts....
‘Wonder Woman’ Available On Blu-Ray Next Month By Jack Giroux/Aug. 10, 2017 1:00 pm EST Below, check out the details for the Wonder Woman Bu-ray release. Unfortunately, there’s no audio commentary from Jenkins on the Blu-Ray release. She didn’t do one for Monster, either, which is a shame. All the DCEU home video releases have lacked commentaries so far. Zack Snyder’s commentaries for his other movies are very enjoyable, but he didn’t do one for Man of Steel or Batman v....
A ‘Star Wars’ Mystery No One Was Asking To Be Solved Has Been Solved By Ben Pearson/Oct. 3, 2017 2:00 pm EST Have you watched the original Star Wars trilogy and wondered why Darth Vader points at Boba Fett and insists that the bounty hunter doesn’t disintegrate the occupants of the Millennium Falcon? Me neither! I always just thought it was a cool little reference that made Fett seem more notorious and stand out from his contemporaries, but since we’re in the midst of a full-on Star Wars renaissance with new movies, books, comics, and more coming out regularly, it was only a matter of time until that little line of dialogue was fleshed out and explained....
