The last few months have been full of speculation about Marc Webb’s reboot of the Spider-man franchise with many names being considered for the pivotal roles. With production scheduled to commence in December, casting decisions are being made for the various characters. A big surprise was Emma Stone who was presumably in the running for […]
Directors: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen Writers: Joel Coen & Ethan Coen – Charles Portis (novel) Release Date: December 25, 2010 Genre: Drama | Western Studio: Paramount Pictures Producers: Joel Coen, Ethan Coen, Scott Rudin & Steven Spielberg (executive) Cast: Jeff Bridges, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin, Hailee Steinfeld & Barry Pepper Synopsis Mattie Ross, a […]
Director: Greg Strause & Colin Strause Writer: Joshua Cordes & Liam O’Donnell Release Date: November 12, 2010 Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller Studio: Universal Pictures Producers: Brothers Strause, Kristian Andresen, Liam O’Donnell Cast: Eric Balfour, Donald Faison, Scottie Thompson, Brittany Daniel Synopsis After a late night party, a group of friends are awoken in the dead […]
Fans of the Back to the Future series may know that Michael J Fox wasn’t the original choice for the film and that his part was the result of recasting. It’s hard to imagine anyone else as Marty McFly and if he hadn’t got the part it would’ve been a much different movie. Riding the […]
It seems prequels are all the rage right now from Ridley Scott‘s new Alien flicks to an origin story for the Planet of the Apes, now we have a prequel to John Carpenter’s cult movie The Thing. Based on the novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr it was first made as a […]
Planet of the Apes is one of the most enduring film franchises with the 1968 original starring screen legend Charlton Heston spawning 4 sequels and a short lived TV series. The film was based on the 1963 book La planète des singes by Pierre Boulle and was directed by Franklin J. Schaffner with John Chambers […]
It was all the buzz when it was announced earlier this week that the Bourne franchise was moving ahead with the main writer of the series taking over the reigns from Paul Greengrass who left the series after the studios reportedly developed scripts to get the next film on track sooner. Now it seems the […]
The highly anticipated sequel / reboot to the Mad Max series has hit a snag with production being delayed yet again until the year 2012. It was delayed once before with shooting scheduled to have commenced this year then it was pushed back with word that George Miller was planning another sequel which called for […]
News has been circulating faster than a speeding bullet that Warner Bros and Legendary Pictures have chosen their director to helm the new Superman reboot. Zack Snyder clinched the top job earlier this week, beating out a slew of directors who were in the running to re-invigorate the franchise. Christopher Nolan has been overseeing the […]
Universal studios have signed Tony Gilroy one of the acclaimed writers of the Bourne series to direct and write a fourth movie entitled The Bourne Legacy. Gilroy made his directorial debut with the flick Michael Clayton which earned a best actor Oscar nod for George Clooney. He was signed back in June to write a […]
For the last few weeks it was all the buzz that Emma Stone was in the running for a part in the new Spider-man Reboot, now Sony has confirmed that she has been signed though not as the character we expected. It was assumed that she was in the running for the role of Mary […]
The Glades began airing in July and after an auspicious pilot episode it’s proved to be an above average procedural drama set against the backdrop of the picturesque Everglades. Starring Aussie Matt Passmore, the A&E show offered a refreshing and laid back approach to cases where homicide detective Jim Longworth’s investigative antics were the biggest reason […]
The Spider-man reboot is getting ready to commence shooting this December with director Marc Webb helming the latest take on the webslinger. His credits are not that impressive with his recent directorial effort – TV ‘s Lonestar bombing abysmally and show his inexperience could be an issue with this genre flick. With production revving up, […]
It was all a buzz when Ridley Scott announced he was returning to the Alien Franchise for not one, but two films set to be prequels to the original 1979 movie. Pre-production had begun with Lost writer Damon Lindleof recently hired to re-write John Spaits original script to achieve maximum narrative effect. The latest 3d […]
