A new rumor concerning the specifics of a certain Star Wars: Episode VIII lead character has arrived online today. If it turns out to be authentic, it reveals plenty of secrets from Rian Johnson's sequel.
Fans of Denis Villenueve will already be aware that the filmmaker's next pic Story Of Your Life stars Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner. Perhaps it sounds too much like a dramedy, or there's a conflicting rights issue, but whatever the reason Paramount Pictures has chosen to rename the movie. It's now called The Arrival.
Matt Damon returns to the Bourne franchise bolder, badder and more ruthless than ever. That's what the promotional materials released so far are leading us to believe, anyway. If you thought there was nowhere else for Jason Bourne to run - you're wrong. He's got untold enemies and an entire planet in which to hide.
Fox's fall slate is turning into quite a trove of goodies for genre fans, with a host of new series and returning staples receiving official premiere dates just yesterday. One of which is Ryan Murphy's deliciously dark comedy horror Scream Queens. Aside from that all-important season 2 debut date, it's also landed itself a former TV star in Full House's John Stamos.
After kicking off a 90-day shoot back in February, principal photography on James Gunn's space opera sequel Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2 is now complete. Throughout the whole Atlanta production Gunn has made it a point to involve fans, teasing casting confirmations and such through his various social media channels. And to mark leading man Chris Pratt's final day on set, he continued that popular trend by live streaming that moment on Facebook:
After tremendous success with Snowpiercer, an uber-stylish and hyper-violent slice of genre fare, Korean helmer Bong-Joon Ho is now getting his pick of the litter for follow-up Okja. The latest thesp joining the movie's veritable line-up of stars is Breaking Bad's Giancarlo Esposito. Like Ho's previous film Okja won't be a straight-laced affair. Part sci-fi and part-drama, the movie is being angled as a creature feature with a difference, as it revolves around a young girl “who must risk everything to prevent a powerful, multi-national company from kidnapping her best friend – a massive genetically-manufactured pig named Okja.”
Casting on the Han Solo spinoff movie started with some 2500 young actors tossing their hats in the ring to tackle the part of the galaxy's loveable rogue. Whether it was recording themselves on tape or showing up for live auditions, these hopefuls did whatever it took to impress Disney casting directors.
Making the transition from book to big screen to small screen is none other than the seminal horror classic, The Exorcist. With the most recent incarnation filming now, and a somewhat divisive teaser already in circulation, the question has been: when can we actually see this revised take on William Peter Blatty's iconic novel?
Relativity Media's repeated attempts to get The Crow out of development and into production finally collapsed earlier this year, when the film lost its most recent director Corin Hardy. Hidden in a new report from Deadline comes word that Hardy may reboard the comic book adaptation should circumstances change. "There are obstacles still to be overcome and it is possible another studio could come into the mix as an active partner," the site reads, which is far from a 100% guarantee, but it does open up the possibility for the helmer's return.
Jessica Jones scribe Brian Michael Bendis' comic series Scarlet is being eyed for adaptation by Cinemax. The writer let slip plans for a TV adaptation while at the ATX Television Festival today, saying:
