Adorning one of the four Entertainment Weekly covers that debuted earlier today, Harrison Ford is very much back in the limelight as Han Solo, our favorite smuggler and rogue in all the galaxy.
Come next week, Telltale will be debuting the season finale of its critically-acclaimed Game of Thrones series, bringing the curtain down on the gruelling adventures of the Forrester clan. Slated for a release across multiple platforms on November 17, the studio has now debuted a slew of images taken from the upcoming installment.
With production poised to begin in February of next year, Variety has learned that 20th Century Fox has recruited Skyfall scribe John Logan in order to revise the script for Alien: Paradise Lost, Ridley Scott's follow-up to 2012's Prometheus. It'll mark a reunion for the esteemed director, who first collaborated with Logan on swords and sandals epic Gladiator more than a decade ago.
Based on the incredible true story is a phrase so often affixed to a hearty Oscar contender, and Craig Gillespie's upcoming maritime thriller The Finest Hours is no different. As a matter of fact, in bumping Jon Favreau’s The Jungle Book into April of next year, Disney steered Gillespie's feature into the thick of awards season.
As the lead screenwriter on both Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi, it's little wonder why Lawrence Kasdan is held in such high regard across the industry. Now that Disney is reviving the Star Wars series, the scribe returned from the sidelines for the first time in more than three decades to lend help to J.J. Abrams on Star Wars: The Force Awakens along with penning the screenplay for Phil Lord and Chris Miller's Han Solo spinoff.
Paramount displayed a lot of confidence in screenwriter-cum-director Alex Garland after snatching the director for its high-profile adaptation of Annihilation last year - before Ex Machina released to the masses, no less. Based on Jeff VanderMeer’s dark and brooding Southern Reach trilogy, the studio's budding new franchise blends elements of gothic horror with futuristic sci-fi, meaning Garland ought to be right in his wheelhouse.
Next year, Danish actor Pilou Asbæk will plot course for the mystical realm of Westeros for HBO's Game of Thrones season 6 - as Euron Greyjoy, no less - revelling in all manner of political intrigue, familial disputes and unabashed fantasy. On the other end of the spectrum, though, will be DreamWorks Pictures' long-gestating Ghost in the Shell movie, which today added Asbæk as the no-nonsense Batou.
Brothers in blue and soon to be brothers-in law Ben Barber (Kevin Hart) and James Peyton (Jump Street's Ice Cube) will return in typically explosive fashion for next year's action-comedy sequel Ride Along 2, and today Universal has showcased a brand new trailer for the high-octane romp.
Who said Marvel and DC (read: Disney and Warner Bros.) had to have all the fun when it comes to mapping out film slates? In laying out plans for its animation division, Paramount has nailed down release dates for a number of in-development features, including The Little Prince, SpongeBob Squarepants 3, Monster Trucks and Amusement Park.
Much to the surprise of no one, director J.J. Abrams categorically denied that there would be any more trailers released for Star Wars: The Force Awakens prior to its December release late last month. But that doesn't necessarily signal Disney and Lucasfilm flipping the switch for radio silence; rather, it means our collective appetite will have to be sated by TV spots, behind-the-scenes stills and, as announced by ABC today, special looks at the sci-fi sequel.
