There is good news today from the world of The Hunger Games movies, at least if you are a fan of consistency and/or of director Francis Lawrence (Constantine, I Am Legend), as Lawrence, the director of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, currently [...]
Read moreMarvel to Hire James Gunn to Direct GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY
Earlier this month, we brought you the news when Marvel Studios hired writer Chris McCoy to pen the script for their forthcoming big-screen adaptation of Guardians of the Galaxy, based off of an original draft written by Nicole Perlman. Now, THR [...]
Read moreLegendary Moves Forward With WORLD OF WARCRAFT Film Sans Sam Raimi But With New Script
WOW fans, I know you were disappointed with the recent news out of San Diego Comic-Con 2012 that Sam Raimi would not be directing the live-action film adaptation of Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft, titled simply Warcraft, but that’s not [...]
Read moreMadagascar Director Takes On Fox’s RENTAGHOST With Ben Stiller
Back in October of last year, we brought you news that 20th Century Fox would adapt the British comedy series Rentaghost with Ben Stiller headlining. Stiller would reunite with Night at the Museum writers Tom Lennon and Robert Ben Garant [...]
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Sam Raimi Will Not Helm WORLD OF WARCRAFT Movie
Almost three years ago to the day, we told you that Sam Raimi had signed on to direct Warcraft, the live-action film adaptation of the fantasy videogame franchise World of Warcraft. Unfortunately for WOW fans, Raimi had some bad news [...]
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Daniel Radcliffe to Star In Big Screen Adaptation of Joe Hill’s HORNS
Last December, we brought you news that Joe Hill’s (Locke & Key) cult horror novel, Horns, would be adapted for the big screen by Mandalay Pictures with Piranah and The Hills Have Eyes director Alexandre Aja. At the time, it [...]
Read moreInformation Starts to Roll In on GAME OF THRONES Season 3
It's a long, long way from now until next April, if that indeed is when Season 3 premieres, but we are dedicated to bringing you every bit of information bestowed upon us about the production of the next season of HBO's Game [...]
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Attack the Block Writer to Tackle Cyberpunk Novel SNOW CRASH for Paramount
Paramount Pictures is giving another go on adapting Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash. When the best-selling and must-read novel of the cyberpunk genre originally came out in 1992, the studio had jumped to develop it into a film. Paramount has now [...]
Read moreAlex Proyas to Helm GODS OF EGYPT for Summit Entertainment
Since director Alex Proyas’ motion-capture, big screen adaptation of the Milton poem, Paradise Lost, was axed by Legendary Pictures back in February due to the prohibitive cost of the film, Proyas has been busy lining up his next project. THR reports [...]
Read moreGuillermo del Toro to Helm Pinocchio Film for The Jim Henson Company
If idle hands are the devil’s tools, the devil cannot even think to catch up with Guillermo del Toro. Aside from working on post-production on Pacific Rim, he is tending to another project that he has been developing over these [...]
Read moreFrancis Lawrence to Helm Hunger Games Sequel CATCHING FIRE
Just over a week ago, we brought you the news when Gary Ross, director of the insanely successful big screen adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ novel, The Hunger Games surprised Lionsgate with the announcement that he would be stepping away from [...]
Read moreConfirmed: Gary Ross Steps Away From Helming HUNGER GAMES Sequel
In a flip-flopping week of will-he or won’t-he rumors, we finally have confirmation from Hunger Games director Gary Ross himself about whether or not he would be returning to helm the sequel, Catching Fire. This news even has a rep [...]
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