Chronicle writer Max Landis knows how to create original concepts, and bash out killer scripts. Whether his intended visions for the prolific amount of screenplays he's penned over the years, truly come into being when passed to a director, you can't doubt his enthusiasm for the craft. Even when he's not contracted by studios and producers, he's often busy tapping out a sequel or reboot to a movie that he might not own the rights to -- but has oodles of passion for. Super Mario Bros., Ghostbusters, Lethal Weapon 5 are just a small pool of examples.
The companion series to the AMC's tentpole undead drama The Walking Dead premiered last night. Whether Fear The Walking Dead's leisurely pace and slow-burn character development appealed or deterred you, the chances are it stirred up longing for the return of its sister show. Luckily, a couple of new clips dropped to remind us that while L.A. is just waking up to the apocalypse -- in Georgia, it's business as usual for Rick Grimes and co.
A brand new trailer has arrived for Netflix's next original series Narcos, exploring the activities of infamous drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. Set during the druggy excesses of the 1980s the series delves into the exploits of the kingpin himself and the Medellin cartel, who aided him in funnelling buckets of drugs in and out of Colombia. This latest preview provides new insight thanks to Boyd Holbrook's voiceover as one of the DEA agents lumped with the thankless task of bringing Escobar down.
Ditched at the 11th hour, George Miller's Justice League Mortal feature film held great promise. Marvel's dominant multiplex presence governs the current comic book movie climate, yet we were so close to another studio leading the charge. Warner Bros. shut down Miller's movie due to a complex web of reasons, and is in all likelihood kicking itself after the veteran director's critical smash Mad Max: Fury Road. Nevertheless, director Ryan Unicomb intends to shed light on exactly what went down in his tell-all documentary Miller's Justice League Mortal.
From the backstreets of London battling evil alien invaders to the distant reaches of a galaxy far, far away where... he presumably does the same, John Boyega will next embark on a more grounded mission in The Circle. The Brit actor is the newest cast member to board the Dave Eggers adaptation, joining Hollywood heavyweight Tom Hanks and former Harry Potter alum Emma Watson for the Black Mirror-esque fable.
Another reboot is on the cards for the masked do-gooder Zorro. THR has the scoop on this latest iteration, which is more accurately an update on a long-gestating project previously set up over at Fox. Lantica Media and Sobini Films now have guardianship of the film, with an eye to principal photography on Zorro Reborn kicking off early 2016 at Pinewood Studios in the Dominican Republic.
One of the biggest headscratchers surrounding the Fantastic Four reboot - aside from its quality - was the staggering amount of unused footage. Trailers, TV spots and featurettes showcased a quartet whose powers were demonstrated in ever-exciting ways, with one particular character's appearance causing the most pre-release hype. The Thing. Witnessed leaping from great heights to suffering unstoppable carnage -- the teasing had begun.
The proposed reboot of Stephen King's It suffered a major blow when True Detective's Cary Fukunaga exited the project over Memorial Day weekend. New Line quickly bounced back from his departure, enlisting Mama director Andres Muschietti at the helm to ensure things continued smoothly. While Muschietti possesses his own style that elevated Mama from forgettable bargain bin fodder to a solid B-movie, it was Fukanaga's vision for It that stirred up such feverish interest. His unmistakable aesthetic flair transposed over King's epic source material promised to finally do the tale of Derry's evil clown justice.
Fox's small screen slate is getting a dose of futuristic sci-fi this fall in the shape of its Minority Report reboot. The sequel series is set ten years after the events of Steven Spielberg's 2002 movie when PreCrime is obsolete. It imagines a world where exhausted cops long for the days when three psychics in a water tank told them who to arrest. A decade later those subaquatic Precogs no longer serve the police. Instead, law enforcement now relies on different technology to apprehend criminals.
With the collapse of distributor Relativity Media came the news that one of its slated projects, the long-awaited reboot of The Crow, had suffered a similar fate. When two weeks ago the company announced its bankruptcy, the film's status was described as "suspended." Despite the company's upbeat resolve to push forward, it seemed as though the flick had finally gone the way of its lead character: to the grave.
