More shenanigans from the celluloid capital of the world. In this week’s “Now THESE are actors” story, Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen are to star as leads in New Line’s new drama, The Good Liar. The film will be directed by Bill Condon, who most recently helmed Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Condon will also…
We’re back already with ore stuff to report! Stuff keeps happening! In this week’s “What, already?” story, actor Michael Trevino, who starred in The Vampire Diaries, will next star in the CW’s reboot of Roswell. I guess I’m more befuddled by a Roswell reboot, but whatever. Trevino will star in the role previously played by…
I can see the pitch now: “What two kinds of movies do people love? Heist movies! And natural disaster movies!” “Uh huh…sure.” “So what if we combined the them…? Like, a cross between Twister, and The Italian Job and Fast and Furious? And we’ll even got Rob Cohen, the guy that created and directed The…
If this article looks long this week, it’s because a LOT OF SHIT WENT DOWN. In this week’s “Early bird makes the most money” story, Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War has been moved up one week. The Avengers: Infinity War will now open worldwide on April 27, instead of on it’s earlier original release date of…
If you haven’t seen the original Death Wish from 1974, starring Charles Bronson, i highly recommend it. It has a specific feel to it, and makes a better statement about out of control gun violence and it’s source. And hey, you get to see a very young Jeff Goldblum as “Freak # 1”. Written by…
In this week’s “SURPRISE!” story, it turns out that after all the potential directors being looked at to direct James Bond 25, now Danny Boyle is on the list. Last summer, the studios announced a November 2019 release date for Bond 25, which started a ticking clock of sorts as they secured Daniel Craig to…
In another week of celluloid news, prepare to be astounded! Or at least mildly surpirsed. In this week’s “Kung Fury Returns!” story, the sequel to the awesome short, Kung Fury, is coming! And it will get some class with Michael Fassbender! Michael Fassbender and David Sandberg are set to star in action-comedy Kung Fury, which…
Unlike Chris Mancini, I don’t have an inherent problem with there being a connected Cloverfield Universe. However, that’s not to say that The Cloverfield Paradox is a great film, either. The Cloverfield Paradox release was delayed a couple times, and it was once titled The God Particle. You may or may not recall me talking about…
In this week’s “New Star Wars films are coming” story, Game of Thrones creators, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss will write and produce a new series of Star Wars films, Lucasfilm announced on Tuesday. These new films will be separate from both the episodic Skywalker saga and the recently-announced trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson,…
Hey, we’re back with some intriguing film news this week! In this week’s Hello, neighbor” story, TriStar Pictures has acquired worldwide rights to You Are My Friend, a biopic of iconic Mister Rogers Neighborhood creator Fred Rodgers that will star Tom Hanks as Rogers and be directed by Diary of a Teenage Girl helmer Marielle…