In a refreshing trend shift from the barrage of interconnected superhero flicks, musicals and music-inspired features are making a swift comeback. Hurrah! This next sonorous outing, Song One, comes from writer-director Kate Barker-Froyland, and the first trailer has arrived to sweep you up with its romantic leanings.
Sony are clamouring for a new franchise after the disappointment of The Amazing Spider-Man's second installment. After the recent baffling rumour that the studio are planning a spinoff featuring Peter Parker's quaint Aunt May into a feisty spy, today they've stepped up their game. Literally. Their long-awaited video game adaptation, Uncharted, is pushing forward with Zero Dark Thirty scribe Mark Boal onboard to tackle the screenplay.
Former funnyman Adam Sandler's career spikes every few years or so. Making a name for himself through a string of genuinely funny flicks in the '90s, he has recently settled into a malaise of terrible comedies (Grown Ups, Jack And Jill) that ensure he'll never have to worry about bills ever again. Then, out of the blue he'll deliver a corking performance (Punch Drunk Love) that hints at a sterling actor lurking beneath his shouty curmudgeon persona. The question is, which Sandler should we expect from The Cobbler?
Actress-singer Anna Kendrick is continuing to demonstrate the versatility of her skills, as Variety reports the Pitch Perfect star has begun early talks with Warner Bros. to co-star in The Accountant. The action thriller has already caught the eye of Ben Affleck, who's also reportedly in negotiations to appear as an accountant who moonlights as an assassin. Its premise betrays the somewhat pedestrian-sounding title, which indicates that Kendrick could be taking part in her first action role.
Warner Bros. and New Line are now bringing the unstoppable marketing machine for The Hobbit: The Battle Of The Five Armies onto the small screen. After yet another full-length trailer landed this week, we're now into go-big-or-go-home territory. When it comes to ensuring the public at large knows about the closing chapter in Peter Jackson's Middle Earth saga, the assault had to be taken to TV!
The first image from Jay Roach's dramedy biopic, Trumbo, has been released, offering a darned good look at leading man Bryan Cranston's awesome moustache. Taking on the titular role, Cranston plays screenwriter Dalton Trumbo, who back in the day was shunned by Hollywood for his involvement in the Communist Party.
TNT's original feature-length trilogy based around an information manager who vies to shield mankind from unspeakable evil, has been developed into a fully-fledged TV series. Star of The Librarian franchise, Noah Wyle, returns to rope together a gaggle of data wranglers this time for The Librarians. So far, the show has been granted a weekly ten-episode run. It'll presumably bag an order for future episodes if the ratings show promise, and judging by our first preview trailer, they're gonna be up there.
Amid the ceremony surrounding DC and Marvel's upcoming cinematic slates, it's easy to forget about Fox's comic book efforts. The studio's focus has understandably centred around the X-Men franchise, their guaranteed money-maker, in recent years, but there's a new kid on the Fox block and we can't wait to hear more about it. From Chronicle helmer Josh Trank, their rebooted version of The Fantastic Four is reportedly... well, we don't know. There's been very little verified information on the film, bar from a few tidbit comments from the producers and actors.
From British director Jon Wright, the man behind the underrated 2012 monster flick Grabbers, comes another assault on Britain. This time it's not from a glut of creepy crawlies, but a load of massive Transformers-inspired 'bots in Robot Overlords. Before you immediately resign it to the dustbin of your mind, take a gander at who's involved; Gillian Anderson and Ben Kingsley. Both are respected actors with decorated resumes, so it does strike one as odd that both would take on roles in a low-budget genre romp.
In 2002, the indie hit of the year, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, blew up at the box office. Considered one of the biggest independent successes of all time, it pulled in a gargantuan $368 million worldwide off a tiny $5 million budget. To capitalize on its established fanbase, a spinoff TV series, My Big Fat Greek Life, was rolled out, but flailed in its small screen incantation. Now, some twelve years later the comedy about an inevitably hilarious culture clash is finally getting a big screen sequel in My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2.
