After exploding on Comedy Central with their sketch series Key & Peele, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele are heading to the big screen for their first joint film project, titled Keanu.
Warner Bros. just announced that it has pushed New Line's horror sequel The Conjuring 2, a follow-up to the acclaimed hit screamer that grossed an astounding $318M off a $20M production budget, back from 2015 to an unknown date in 2016. The release date change came coupled with an announcement that an unspecified horror title will take The Conjuring 2's previous October 23rd, 2015 slot.
Hasbro Studios has already found massive success in Hollywood thanks to the Transformers and G.I. Joe franchises, but now the production company is pushing to expand its slate with a new animated project adapted from one of Hasbro's most bizarrely enduring (not to mention colorful) brands. That's right - come 2017, Hasbro will be unveiling a My Little Pony movie on, according to studio prexy Stephen Davis, “the broadest possible number of screens.”
With the Ebola virus dominating news headlines worldwide, it was only a matter of time until Hollywood dug its heels in on turning the hot-button topic into a full-blown series. Recently, producer Lynda Obst (Interstellar) and director-producer Ridley Scott (Gladiator) announced that they'll be creating a limited series for Fox TV Studios, adapted from Richard Preston's 1994 nonfiction bestseller The Hot Zone.
"Are you a firestarter?" That's the deceptively flippant question repeatedly leveled at Patrick Wilson's in-over-his-head limo driver by batshit billionaire client Roger Kairos (Chris Pine), who lands the poor guy - named Kevin and nicknamed Stretch - in a whole world of trouble over one crazy night during this wildly entertaining action farce (simply titled Stretch).
After delivering last year's most darkly hilarious and twisted revenge tale with Big Bad Wolves, Israeli filmmakers Navot Papushado and Aharon Keshales have been set to write and direct a remake of the Hong Kong-French revenge thriller Vengeance for Sony Pictures.
Whether or not any of us were actually clamoring for a redo of Disney children's classic Pete's Dragon, one will soon be flying into theaters regardless. Up-and-coming child stars Oakes Fegley (HBO's Boardwalk Empire) and Oona Laurence (Broadway's Matilda) have landed the lead roles, and today, we're hearing that veteran actor Robert Redford is also in talks for a key role.
Paramount Home Media Distribution recently announced that it will be sending Richard Linklater's Boyhood, one of the most extraordinary movies to emerge this year (if not indeed this century) to Blu-Ray and DVD on January 6th next year. The film will be available on Digital HD a full four weeks early, on December 9th.
Over the past few years, we've seen some terrific Oscar hosts (the inimitable Billy Crystal), some awful ones (the painfully unfunny Seth MacFarlane) and some ones whom we're not really sure even remember being there (here's looking at you, James Franco). But for next year's ceremony, the Academy has opted to turn to someone who is almost guaranteed to deliver a legen (wait for it!) dary show. That's right, folks - meet your new host, Tony winner Neil Patrick Harris.
