Sony Pictures must be pretty confident about this fall's The Equalizer, considering that a sequel to the action thriller is already in the works. Perennial badass Denzel Washington stars as Robert McCall, a retired black ops commando who lives a quiet life in Boston until he comes across a battered young prostitute (Chloë Grace Moretz) and goes after the Russian gangsters controlling her, bringing the full force of the mob down on his head in the process.
DreamWorks Animation has announced the release dates for four upcoming family films, including Captain Underpants, a Rob Letterman-directed and Nicholas Stoller-penned adaptation of Dav Pilkey's children's novel series, and sequels to Madagascar, The Croods and Puss In Boots, all of which were critical and commercial successes for the animation studio
Last year's magician caper Now You See Me was either one of those movies you really liked or really didn't. I found myself in the latter category because of that ending, but when a movie without much advance buzz makes $350 million and somehow keeps pulling in more and more throughout a highly competitive summer, you bet that a sequel's going to get ordered up. And though Now You See Me 2 was a no-brainer as soon as those initial box office numbers came in, we have heard surprisingly little about its progress so far. That's changing today, with news that Jon M. Chu is Summit Entertainment's first choice to direct.
Will Blended be remembered the nadir of comedian Adam Sandler's film career? I certainly hope it will be, because I simply can't imagine a worse film than that mess of offensive cliches (and yes, that includes Jack & Jill). Additionally, Sandler's upcoming projects actually look - dare I say it - promising. He's got The Cobbler from Win Win writer-director Thomas McCarthy and Jason Reitman's Men, Women and Children both in the can, and now he is getting down to business filming sci-fi adventure Pixels. Today, veteran character actor Brian Cox joined the cast, further raising my hopes for what already sounds like an interesting project.
With The Company, Coco Before Chanel, Howl, Ginger & Rosa, Devil's Knot and American Hustle under his belt, and a role in J.C. Chandor's upcoming A Most Violent Year, Alessandro Nivola is quickly becoming the go-to actor for directors working on period pieces. Now, he's added another one to his busy schedule in the form of civil rights biopic Selma.
It looks like DreamWorks Animation finally has another hit on its hands with sequel How to Train Your Dragon 2, which opens in theaters tonight. If Dragon does indeed breathe fire at the box office, the company's executives will finally be able to relax a little, considering that three out of four of the studio's last efforts - Rise of the Guardians, The Croods, Turbo and Mr. Peabody and Sherman - have been financial disappointments. Next up, the studio has Home, about a girl (voiced by Rihanna) who befriends an alien (Jim Parsons) on the run from his race.
Shooting is just now getting underway on Legend, a gangster movie which Brian Helgeland scripted and is directing for Working Title, and our first look at Locke actor Tom Hardy, who is playing the infamous Kray twins Ronnie and Reggie in the movie, has landed online (above).
One of this fall's most anticipated movies is undoubtedly Alejandro Gonzalez Innaritu's Birdman, in which Michael Keaton plays a fading Broadway star who decides to revitalize his career by starring as the titular superhero in a risky production. It marks a definite step into more comedic territory for Innaritu, whose past efforts include 21 Grams, Babel and Biutiful, as well as a possible career restarter for Keaton, best known for playing a superhero in Tim Burton's 1989 Batman (meta, I know).
The Emmy race this year is tighter than any in recent memory, and that's in large part thanks to HBO's True Detective, a jaw-droppingly ambitious and immaculately acted detective series which came out of nowhere to threaten awards heavyweights like Breaking Bad, Mad Men and Game of Thrones. Now that the first season is done, and stars Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson have gone back to their Hollywood movie careers, all eyes are on show creator Nic Pizzolatto until he unveils the cast of the second season. However, Pizzolatto recently dropped a major bombshell on fans during an interview with the Calgary Herald, when he said that he doesn't have plans for True Detective to go for more than three seasons.
The cast of John Hillcoat's Triple Nine just got a little more badass. Today, we've learned that Clifton Collins Jr., last seen in Transcendence and perhaps best known for his roles in Pacific Rim and on one-and-done TV dramas Red Widow and The Event, has come aboard the crime thriller in a supporting role.
