Yesterday gifted us with some unexpected news. Danny McBride and David Gordon Green will write the next Halloween film, with Green directing what's said to be a fresh take on the iconic franchise. The duo have worked together several times in the past, yet horror never entered the equation. As such, this is going to be a first for them in many ways.
Jake Gyllenhaal is one of our finest working actors. A talent that commands the screen like few others right now, he's arguably at the peak of his craft, and everything he does seems more exhilarating than the last performance. The same compliments can be extended to Joaquin Phoenix, too. That makes Gyllenhaal's involvement in The Sisters Brothers, which stars Phoenix and John C. Reilly, all the more exciting. Here's hoping they're only stronger in each other's company.
An actor doesn't merely sign up for one Marvel movie. They sign onto two, three, four, 13 films. Once you sign that contract, you're usually involved for life — unless, of course, you badmouth them. But Michael Douglas isn't one to speak ill of Marvel. The Academy Award-winner made a noteworthy supporting turn in 2015's Ant-Man, and that's not the last time we'll see him in this cinematic universe. He rejoins Marvel as Hank Pym in Ant-Man and the Wasp.
There's a lot working in Life's favor. It has a dependable cast, including Ryan Reynolds, Jake Gyllenhaal and Rebecca Ferguson. It comes from Deadpool writers Rhett Rheese and Paul Wernick. It's a space drama in the vein of Gravity and Alien. And, last but not least, the special effects look great. Here's hoping it lives up to it potential then, though if this new international trailer is anything to go by, it appears that it will.
Taika Waititi isn't one to wait idly between projects. He's still deep into post-production on Marvel's Thor: Ragnarok, yet the writer/director/actor has already lined up his next gig. Alongside Mark Gustafson, he'll co-direct Bubbles, a biopic centered around Michael Jackson's chimp of the same name, based on Isaac Adamson's acclaimed Black List screenplay.
When you write about Hollywood remakes all day, you tend to get a little tired. How many times will Hollywood make the same stories over and over and over again? It's becoming a bit much, but thankfully, this particular project is a bit more interesting.
Lena Dunham's continuously uncompromising HBO series, Girls, remains intelligent, character-focused, fearless, relentless, unwavering, knowingly aggravating and heavily emotional in its highly dramatic, surely-controversial final season.
HBO's Silicon Valley is unquestionably one of the sharpest, timeliest, sleekest and funniest shows on television right now, at least in this writer's humble opinion. And in many ways, it only gets better as it continues. The tech world satire grows more cutting, telling, brighter and dependable with each new year, and now we finally know when the comedy series returns. According to HBO, it'll be with us again on April 23rd.
Marvel certainly doesn't have a shortage of movies on their plate. This year alone, they've got Spider-Man: Homecoming, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok set for release, and that's without mentioning the multiple other films in various stages of production. Yet, Black Widow remains curiously without her own starring vehicle, even though Johansson was 2016's top-grossing starlet. Indeed, it's a no-brainer, yet Marvel still doesn't have Black Widow on their schedule. So, what gives?
Admittedly, Will Smith was always an odd choice for Tim Burton's Dumbo remake. The A-list star isn't necessarily known for his Disney movies, and he's often quite particular with the films he does make – even if some of his recent choices, like last year's Suicide Squad and Collateral Beauty, weren't necessarily the most critically rewarding. Nevertheless, the actor was in talks to star in the studio's live-action adaptation of their classic 1941 animated film, though the tides have now changed, as Smith is no longer involved, according to Deadline.
