Still reeling from Tom Cruise's latest action-packed outing in Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation? Ready for another helping of the actor kicking ass and taking names? We have good news for you, as Paramount formally confirmed earlier today that Jack Reacher 2 has been slated for a release on October 21, 2016.
The Marvel machine soldiers on today with a new development raising its head in the company's small-screen universe. With Daredevil season 2 filming in the Big Apple and Jessica Jones primed to follow suit in due time, Deadline brings word that Luke Cage - the third member of the superpowered Defenders group - has recruited Sons of Anarchy star Theo Rossi to be a series regular.
Oscar Isaac may have shown HBO and its legions of viewers a hero in Paul Haggis' compelling political drama, but for 20th Century Fox's high-profile juggernaut X-Men: Apocalypse, the star is very much situated on the other end of the moral spectrum.
As opposed to focusing intently on the creation of the monster itself, Paul McGuigan's upcoming Victor Frankenstein is as much of a character drama as it is a supernatural creature feature - if not more so. To prove it, 20th Century Fox has breathed new life into the rikety old marketing machine to produce a pair of brief featurettes for the live-action feature.
Long before he became a household name, James Dean was little more than an aspiring actor in the late '40s and early '50s, struggling to make ends meet. What many of his admirers don't know, however, is how influential photographer Dennis Stock proved in Dean's trajectory from photogenic character actor to bona fide superstar, and it's an arc that will underpin Anton Corbijn's upcoming biopic, Life.
One need only take a look through the We Got This Covered archives to learn that a big-screen adaptation of Artemis Fowl has flirted with development for years. Miramax first picked up the rights for the adaptation all the way in 2001, and since then the budding project has been stopped and started numerous times. But today, Tracking Board has broke the most promising piece of news for the titular anti-hero: Thor and Cinderella director Kenneth Brannagh is on board to spearhead the long-gestating film for Disney.
When Sony opens up beta registration for a PlayStation 4 software update, you can count on it being a big one. Much like the previous reports indicated, firmware 3.0 is the latest patch being readied for the company's current-gen system, and it'll herald YouTube broadcasting, the ability to upload clips directly to Twitter and, perhaps most enticing of all, an upgrade to online storage.
Before going toe-to-toe with Matt Damon in Paul Greengrass' long-gestating sequel Bourne 5, Vincent Cassel will topline a drama of his own in Partisan, where he stars as a ruthless teacher - but not the kind you may expect.
As development ramps up on Star Wars Battlefront, the high-profile licensed game is beginning to reach a consumer-ready build. With a closed alpha done and dusted, EA and developer DICE have now announced plans to host a beta test for the shooter, pegging the bout of testing for early October.
