Mark Millar, creator of the Wanted and Kick-Ass comic books, has taken to Facebook to tease fans about another long, long, LONG gestating adaptation. Nemesis has been floating around for years now with various figures attached at different stages, and through a sly post to his social media hub, Millar has kickstarted that craze again.
Nat Wolff, who stole the world's hearts as the cute sidekick in The Fault In Our Stars, is gearing up for another literary adaptation. In addition to his second John Green adaptation Paper Towns - due for release this summer - Wolff has signed up for a part in James Franco's next movie In Dubious Battle.
Yahoo Screen has set about reminding viewers that tonight... the doors of Greendale Community College will be open! The very existence of the cult show floated in limbo for some time, until the Internet giant scooped it up and coughed up for the forthcoming season. Which, by the looks of this opening teaser clip, may very well hark back to the show's strongest seasons.
On the whole, Lionsgate has fared pretty well from the young adult genre. It scooped up two of the biggest book series' for 12 to 18-year olds and successfully translated them into blockbuster franchises. The studio behind The Hunger Games and The Twilight Saga - on which they collaborated with Summit Entertainment - looks poised to dip back into that same pool for its next project Blackbird.
In an unexpected last-minute decision, Furious 7 made its worldwide premiere last night at the South by Southwest festival. Director James Wan, producer Neal H. Moritz and star Tyrese Gibson took to the stage to present the finished product - completed mere days beforehand - for what;s been described by those in attendance as an emotional night.
Ryan Reynolds' performance as fast-talkin' Wade Wilson in the lacklustre X-Men Origins: Wolverine is arguably the film's highlight. Across his entirely-too-short screentime, Reynolds catapults between the quippy 'merc with a mouth' Wilson to the Project X-powered Deadpool. He's an absolute riot to watch, and hordes of Deadpool fans went public with that same opinion. So much so that the leaked footage from a canceled Deadpool spinoff movie incited such tremendous fan support that it eventually received the greenlight from Fox.
The days of a movie franchise merely spawning an endless stream of big screen sequels, prequels, side-quels, and other quirky spinoff varietals is long gone. In the case of Friday The 13th, the kitschy '80s slasher, its not only slated for another theatrical feature but a small screen version is also in the pipeline.
The casting of Disney's live-action Beauty And The Beast remake has snared two major names for its supporting cast. THR reports that heavy-hitters Emma Thompson and Kevin Kline have now signed on to appear in the adaptation. The duo join Emma Watson as leading gal Belle, Luke Evans as the villainous Gaston, Dan Stevens as the titular beast and the recently-appointed Josh Gad as Gaston's sidekick Lefou. Bill Condon (Gods and Monsters) is directing from a script by Stephen Chbosky (The Perks of Being a Wallflower).
The first gallery of snaps from the forthcoming Sherlock special episode showcased Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman in 19th century attire. Many wondered the importance of their period garb; perhaps the crime-fighting duo were in attendance at a society ball? Or, is the entire episode just a hallucination spawned from the recesses of Sherlock's ever-creative mind?
Fox is embracing the two Friday the 13ths we've seen so far in 2015 to springboard its forthcoming horror comedy series Scream Queens. A brief tease landed on that unlucky day in February, and a new 20-second clip made its way online late last week, with Emma Roberts making her trailer debut.
