Outside of the swirling, shark-ridden storms that dominated the first two Sharknado movies, the franchise's remaining attractions are its leading stars, Ian Ziering and Tara Reid. Their appearances in SyFy's biggest ever movie series border on so-bad-they're-good and have formed a large part of why fans went berserk watching them in peril. So, it should come as no surprise that the two have now signed on to reprise their roles in the third instalment, Sharknado 3.
Michael Keaton's recent career boost thanks to his stellar turn in Birdman has already bagged the former Batman a Golden Globe, and as of this morning, his first Academy Award nomination. Keeping his eye on the prize, the actor isn't taking his foot off the gas any time soon, as THR reports that Keaton is tipped to lead McDonalds biopic, The Founder.
Trying to imagine a Ghostbusters movie located in a city other than New York is no easy task. The first two films made the historic metropolis a supporting character and it is undoubtedly just as integral to the 'busters universe as the actual spook catchers themselves. Where early chatter about Paul Feig's reboot has avoided nailing down a specific location, it turns out that the comedy director isn't keen to uproot the beloved franchise.
David Ayer's villainous comic book caper, Suicide Squad, has lost a key player today. The news comes courtesy of THR, who report that Inception and Mad Max: Fury Road star Tom Hardy has bowed out of the picture. Originally signed on to lead the ragtag bunch of nefarious baddies as Squad leader Rick Flag, Hardy's juicy role is now back on the market.
Recently-announced financial drama, The Big Short, is the second Michael Lewis adaptation Brad Pitt and his Plan B productions are bringing to the big screen. Based around the 2008 economic downfall, the movie will follow the book's key figures who were all partly responsible for the escalating housing and credit problems that caused a global financial crisis. Already queued up to take leading roles are Ryan Gosling and Christian Bale, who look like they might be joined by funnyman Steve Carell.
Universal acquired their next big horror outing Unfriended (previously called Cybernatural) after watching a test audience go bananas during a screening. There's absolutely no better judge of a film's quality than a public who haven't paid to see it, and based off the first trailer, which was released today, those terrified moviegoers could have been onto something.
Tobe Hooper's 1982 spook chiller, Poltergeist, was destined to get remade. Possessing all of the necessary traits to warrant a modern-day reinvention, the finished product will soon be upon us. Directed by Gil Keenan and produced by Sam Raimi, the film is being touted as a reboot-sequel which, as confusing as that seem, worked for Raimi's Evil Dead II.
With its explosive set-pieces and over-long running times, the Transformers movie franchise has made its point: adapting toys into movies equals a hefty pay day. That's definitely the case for Michael Bay's robots-in-disguise mega-series, but examine the rest of Hasbro's movie spin-offs and you'll find they have suffered a far worse fate. The big-budget Battleship sunk (ahem) at the box office, followed by last year's teenage horror, Ouija. So with a less-than-perfect track record, let's turn to news of their next property destined for the big screen, Monopoly.
The long history of the remake to John Carpenter's '80s classic, Escape From New York, is packed with enough twists and turns to warrant its own feature. The rights have exchanged hands countless times, various scripts have been penned, and the early stages of the casting process began at one point. Heck, producer Joel Silver even spoke of a proposed rebooted trilogy. However, according to Deadline's latest scoop on the topic, any prior iterations of the redo can now be tossed out. With Fox's winning bid securing the rights to the property, their intentions are to commence development with a clean slate.
After this morning's rumor concerning the Sony and Marvel finally reaching an agreement to include Spider-Man in The Avengers: Infinity War - Part 1, talk of another crossover that emerged from the Sony hack has followed suit. That other idea stemmed from the creative duo behind The LEGO Movie, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, who were at one point toying with the notion of combining a couple of Sony's biggest properties. The intel that landed online as a result of the hack outlining their plans to create a third Jump Street sequel... as a crossover with Men In Black. Word on the subject led many to believe the concept was dead in the water; however during an interview with MTV the two helmers have since set the record straight.
