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 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 […]
Some months back it was quite big news when word spread that the new Tron Legacy had some fine tuning made to it’s story by the boys from Pixar for it’s re shoots scheduled in June. Whilst there was much speculation as to what the new scenes were about – there was only web chatter […]
After the miscalculated attempt to revive Superman by fan-boy director Bryan Singer, the studios have decided to seek the talents of the team behind the latest Batman films to re-invigorate the franchise. Whilst Singer’s intention was to annex the original Richard Donner film by incorporating Marlon Brando‘s performance and extend the main parts of Superman […]
It was big news when the plans to make Spider-man 4 were scrapped by Sony and director Sam Raimi was dropped form the series due to his concerns that he could not meet the film’s May 2011 release whilst still upholding his creative vision. In a bold move by studios they announced the reboot of […]
When Ridley Scott was interviewed at the Hero Complex Film Festival in June, he gave considerable insight into the Alien prequels that will be shot using the new Digital 3d format. Whilst mentioning that he was never approached to make any of the follow-ups which somewhat skewed the franchise, he developed an interest in returning […]
TRON: Legacy is the highly anticipated Christmas holiday movie that will introduce a new generation to the world of Tron and for long time fans bring the virtual realm to a whole new level. From computer whiz Joseph Kosinski whose body of work is something of a marvel, and Lost final season writers Edward Kitsis […]
Production on the new Mission Impossible is ramping up and details of the latest installment are coming to light. Over the last few months Paramount execs put out a casting call to find a new co-star to share the screen with Cruise and be a possible protege to his Ethan Hunt persona in sequels further […]
