Following up on our coverage last week of director Gary Ross and whether or not he will direct The Hunger Games sequel, Catching Fire, conflicting intel has emerged over the last few days regarding Ross’ stance and motivation behind returning [...]
Read moreWarrior Director Gavin O’Connor To Helm Sony’s Peter Pan Prequel NEVERLAND
Before you say, “Wait, this sounds familiar…” your memory serves you right. Syfy aired Nick Willing’s (Alice, Tin Man) version of a Peter Pan origin story, also titled Neverland, just last December. Sony’s project began from a seedling idea from [...]
Read moreEtan Cohen To Make Directorial Debut with BOY SCOUTS VS ZOMBIES
Zombie-survival is the newest merit badge! Back in December of 2010, we shared the news with you about Paramount Pictures picking up a horror/comedy titled Boy Scouts vs. Zombies, written by College Road Trip scribes Carrie Evans and Emi Mochizuki. Now, [...]
Read moreAlexandre Aja Has a Taste for Blood and Vampires of the Hong Kong Underworld with UNDYING LOVE
I don’t know about you, but we never quite see enough Asian monsters in American films, save Lo Pan of Big Trouble in Little China, but Undying Love brings us just that. Last July, we brought you news about Warner [...]
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Joss Whedon’s Post Avengers Plan: A Supernatural Romance
What’s up next from the lovely, ever-creative mind of Joss Whedon? Now that The Avengers is in post-production, Whedon has not only found time to pull off his own low-budget version of Much Ado About Nothing, starring Whedonverse alumni Nathan [...]
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Tim Burton to Pull the Strings on PINOCCHIO; Wants Robert Downey Jr. to Star
Director Tim Burton (Frankenweenie, Nightmare Before Christmas) is definitely no stranger to puppets in his movies. He’s got his eye on developing a live-action story spinning off the Pinocchio tale and even has a particular star in mind to headline [...]
Read moreGame of Thrones Director Chosen to Helm THOR 2
Just last month, we brought you the news when director Patty Jenkins (Monster), who was set to take over director Kenneth Branagh's seat at the helm of Marvel Studios forthcoming Thor sequel, departed the project due to creative differences. Now, Deadline [...]
Read moreCloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2 Gets Two Directors
This past summer, we reported to you that the sequel to Sony Pictures Animation, Cloudy With A Chance of Meatballs would employ Horrible Bosses writers John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. The story for the sequel in fact not follow [...]
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HORNS: Piranha Director Signs On For A Hell Of A Hangover
Joe Hill’s horror novel, Horns, is being adapted for the big screen by Mandalay Pictures. Last March, we told you that Transformers star Shia Labeouf would be taking on the starring role as Ig Perrish, a 26-year-old man who wakes [...]
Read moreThor 2: Patty Jenkins Leaves the Director’s Chair
Back in October, we brought you the news when Marvel Studios officially announced that director Patty Jenkins (Monster) would be taking over director Kenneth Branagh's seat at the helm of Thor 2, which is being penned by Don Payne. Now, Deadline [...]
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Adam Shankman to Helm New Take On THE NUTCRACKER for New Line
Before your mind fills with visions of ballet dancers, what New Line Cinema wants to do with The Nutcracker isn’t to film the Christmas-fave ballet. New Line seeks to re-envision this classic fairy tale into a family-friendly holiday film in [...]
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Tim Burton’s Next Project Is Quite Peculiar – MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN
This book is right up Tim Burton’s alley both in story and in style. Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children, written by Ransom Riggs, was the subject of a “heated auction” even before the book hit shelves this past summer [...]
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