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
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
One of the more highly anticipated Marvel comic adaptations, Ant-Man, has moved from November 6, 2015 to July 31, 2015, bumping it up almost four months earlier in the year. The film is said to be the launch of
Phase 3″ in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The new date has the film opening two weeks after Warner Bros. releases Zack Snyder’s still-untitled Superman/Batman film. Continue reading
Actor Brad Pitt recently spoke with Variety at the Toronto International Film Festival about the possibility of a sequel to his zombie film, World War Z. Pitt had previously hinted at the idea of the film turning into a trilogy if it performed well in the box office. So far it has made over $500 million despite the problems that plagued and delayed the film for years. Continue reading
The starring role for the upcoming Francesca Gregorini film, Your Voice in My Head has had a revolving door of cast members. However, International Film Trust’s (IFT) President Ariel Veneziano has officially announced that Emma Watson is has rejoined the cast and will star in the picture. Watson was previously attached to the project but dropped out for a while. Emily Blunt was also attached to star at one point but has also dropped out making room for Watson to return. Continue reading
Derek Cianfrance, most known for his work on Blue Valentine and The Place Beyond the Pines has announced his plans to helm the DreamWorks Pictures adaptation of the novel, “The Light Between Oceans.” David Heyman (“Harry Potter”) will produce for Heyday Films with Jeffrey Clifford. Rosie Allen shepherded the project to Heyday and will executive produce. Continue reading
The Marvel Cinematic Universe is amazing for a lot of reasons. Weaving together a plethora of films as well as an upcoming television series into one world, keeping Robert Downey Jr. working, and also feeding the superhero film thirst that is never quiet quenched. However, there is at least one thing it does terribly. Women. So far in their universe there isn’t one film where the lead is a female superhero and that isn’t for lack of characters. Marvel claims they will work a female oriented film into the universe but couldn’t give us any definitive plans. Continue reading