Jennifer Lawrence, also known as your imaginary best friend, and her previous “Hunger Games” director Gary Ross, have signed on to the big screen adaptation of John Steinbeck’s novel, “East of Eden.” Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment’s Brian Grazer are developing the adaptation with plans for Lawrence to shoot following production on the two-film The Hunger Games: Mockingjay.
The big screen adaptation of “Black Nativity” has released a new trailer online by Fox Searchlight Pictures. The musical adaptation is based on the popular Langston Hughes play of the same name. The film stars Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Tyrese Gibson, Jennifer Hudson,Mary J. Blige, Jacob Latimore, Vondie Curtis-Hall, and Nas. Continue reading
Universal Pictures and ImageMovers have officially hired Jonathan Herman to write the film adaptation of “The Demonologist.” The film is based on the novel of the same name written by Andrew Pyper and was published early in 2013. Robert Schenkkan was originally tapped to pen the script and Herman will work on a new draft. Herman is most known for writing the draft for “The Birds” remake at Platinum Dunes. Continue reading
The upcoming dystopian film, Snowpiercer, has released a new and final french trailer. The film was directed by Bong Joon-ho and stars Chris Evans, Song Kangho, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Octavia Spencer, Ewen Brewmner, Alison Pill, John Hurt and Ed Harris. It is based on the French graphic novel “Le Transperceneige.” Continue reading
Walter White is hanging up his Heisenberg hat and humble steel-rimmed glasses forever in just two weeks to resume his life as actor Bryan Cranston. With his critically acclaimed show, “Breaking Bad,” behind him, Cranston is set to headline an upcoming biopic of blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo according to a report from Deadline. Continue reading
Likely attempting to not be a box office flop like The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, Summit Entertainment has released a brand new behind-the-scenes featurette to explain the world of its upcoming dystopian film, Divergent. The featurette is entitled, “Taking a Stand.” Continue reading
The upcoming adaptation of the “Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon” has officially added two writers for the script. Matthew Federman and Stephen Scaia have joined the project from Michael Bay for Ubisoft Motion Pictures and Warner Bros. Federman and Scaia were supervising producers on ABC’s “Charlie’s Angels” TV series and writers on Fox’s “Human Target.” They are currently finishing the script for Y: The Last Man and wrote the script for the Zorro reboot at Sony. Continue reading
I could have seen this coming. You take something that is nearly identical to what audiences have already seen and they get bored. The generic YA supernatural novel series, “The Mortal Instruments,” that was adapted into a film this year bombed at the box office. Now whether the franchise will continue on the big screen is up for review. The series was written by Cassandra Clare and was touted as the next “Twilight” like blockbuster but so far has been largely lackluster (and I will not apologize for that sweet rhyme.)
Lionsgate has officially confirmed that Julianne Moore will be playing the role of President Alma Coin in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay parts 1 and 2. Coin is the leader of the rebellion against the Capitol in the third book of the hit trilogy written by Suzanne Collins. Continue reading
Universal Pictures has finally announced the anticipated release date for the next film in the Jurassic Park franchise. The fourth installment in the series will be called Jurassic World and will be released in 3D on June 12, 2015. Continue reading