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T4 Becomes TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION With Teaser Poster and Promise of Dinobots

T4 Becomes TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION With Teaser Poster and Promise of Dinobots

  • By Jess Orso

We had hoped. We had prayed, even. Now, not only do we get the new and improved title from Transformers 4, Transformers: Age of Extinction, but we have the promise of Dinobots. Yes, Dinobots. So excited. Tformers.com shared an interview with [...]

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Snow White and the Huntsman Writer Penning ASTEROIDS Adaptation

Snow White and the Huntsman Writer Penning ASTEROIDS Adaptation

  • By Jason Moore

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far... ok, it was only back in 2009, but that seems like an eternity in internet time. That summer, Universal Pictures won a four-studio bidding war to pick up the film rights [...]

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Summit Entertainment to Adapt Image Comics Series AREA 52

Summit Entertainment to Adapt Image Comics Series AREA 52

  • By Jason Moore

Just last week, we brought you a report about Atlas Entertainment adapting Langley High, an upcoming graphic novel from BenderSpink’s J.C. Spink and Christopher Cosmos. Now, Benderspink will be executive producing the big-screen adaptation of the Image Comics series, Area [...]

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Will Space Invaders Slowly, Unrelentingly Drop Down into Your Local Theater?

Will Space Invaders Slowly, Unrelentingly Drop Down into Your Local Theater?

  • By Erin Willard

Word has it that the game that changed the world – well, the world as we knew it back in the day – has been picked up as a potential title for a theatrical release. The panic as the alien [...]

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G.I. Joe 2: The Rock To Kick Cobra-Candy-Ass With Ninjas

G.I. Joe 2: The Rock To Kick Cobra-Candy-Ass With Ninjas

  • By Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer

In June, we brought you the jubilant news that Dwayne Johnson, aka WWE’s The Rock, has been cast in Jon M. Chu’s G.I. Joe sequel, Cobra Strikes. Johnson (Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, Snitch) would play Roadblock, the heavy machine [...]

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Fox Looks To Concoct Explosive Sci-Fi Project With James Cameron, Sam Worthington, TRANSFORMERS Producer, And CALL OF DUTY Writer

Fox Looks To Concoct Explosive Sci-Fi Project With James Cameron, Sam Worthington, TRANSFORMERS Producer, And CALL OF DUTY Writer

  • By Lillian 'zenbitch' Standefer

20th Century Fox is cooking up an explosive combination of talent for a sci-fi action project called Myth from Call of Duty writer, Will Staples. The studio seeks to reunite Avatar director James Cameron with actor Sam Worthington with the [...]

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G.I. Joe 2: Dwayne Johnson and Elodie Yung In Talks to Join the Cast

G.I. Joe 2: Dwayne Johnson and Elodie Yung In Talks to Join the Cast

  • By Jason Moore

Back in February, we told you that producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) had met with several directors to replace Stephen Sommers for the sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. Just weeks later, the studio [...]

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Universal Wants Roland Emmerich to Direct ASTEROIDS

Universal Wants Roland Emmerich to Direct ASTEROIDS

  • By Jason Moore

Two years ago, we brought you the news when Universal Pictures won a four studio bidding war for the rights to the classic Atari video game Asteroids. At that time, Matthew Lopez (The Race to Witch Mountain) was set to [...]

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G.I. Joe 2: Release Date Confirmed; Only Three Characters from the Original To Return

G.I. Joe 2: Release Date Confirmed; Only Three Characters from the Original To Return

  • By Jason Moore

We told you just last week that Paramount Pictures had officially handed the reins of G.I. Joe 2, which starts production this fall to director Jon Chu (Justin Bieber: Never Say Never). Chu will be replacing Stephen Sommers (Airborn, When [...]

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G.I. Joe 2: Paramount Nabs John Chu To Helm Rise of Cobra Sequel

G.I. Joe 2: Paramount Nabs John Chu To Helm Rise of Cobra Sequel

  • By Jason Moore

Earlier this month, we told you that producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers: Dark of the Moon) recently met with several directors to replace Stephen Sommers in the director's chair for the sequel to G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra. The [...]

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G.I. Joe 2: Paramount Looking at Two Possible Replacements For Stephen Sommers

  • By Jason Moore

Last month we brought you the news that two agents who represent filmmakers had been approached about their clients taking over the reigns of the G.I. Joe franchise because Stephen Sommers (Airborn, When Worlds Collide) would not be helming the [...]

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Stephen Sommers Will Not Be Directing G.I. JOE 2

  • By Jason Moore

You may remember just prior to the release of G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra that there were rumors floating around that director Stephen Sommers (When Worlds Collide) had some issues with the studio and vice versa and that he [...]

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