Universal Pictures Back at the very start of the 2010s, filmmaker Steven Spielberg signed on to direct a film adaptation of Daniel H. Wilson’s novel “Robopocalypse”. Drew Goddard (“Project Hail Mary”) was to pen the script for the adaptation, a cautionary tale exploring the fate of the human race and a desperate last stand against […]

Netflix In September came news that “Stranger Things” actress Millie Bobby Brown was in final negotiations to play Olympic champion gymnast Kerri Strug in Gia Coppola’s new film “Perfect”. Netflix was in talks to acquire the film, which Ronnie Sandahl was writing and which Brown was to produce alongside Nik Bower and Thomas Benski. Shooting […]

Lionsgate Lionsgate has released a new 15-minute promo for its “The Hunger Games” franchise. The recap covers the previous five films and, in the last 30 seconds, offers a brief sneak peek at this November’s “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping”. The brief clip features ‘before & after’ shots of the characters from the […]

Amazon MGM Studios, couresty Instagram@HenryCavill If there’s one thing that a “Highlander” movie should have, it’s that somebody at some point is going to get decapitated. Well, according to one of the stars of the upcoming Henry Cavill-led reboot film currently in production, there’s going to be no shortage of that. Cavill is playing Connor […]

Lucasfilm The first tracking estimates are in for Disney and Lucasfilm’s “The Mandalorian & Grogu” movie with Box-Office Theory suggesting a domestic debut of at least $71 million over the Friday-Sunday opening weekend. That’s well in line with some of the year’s biggest openers like “Project Hail Mary” ($80 million), “Michael” (expected to be around […]

Peacock Mike Mitchell has confirmed that he won’t be reprising his role of Stu, Sweet Tooth’s protege, for the third season of Peacock’s post-apocalyptic action comedy series “Twisted Metal” based on the PlayStation game series. Appearing on the Doughboys Media podcast, Mitchell says he was ‘heartbroken’ about his exit as he loved the Anthony Mackie-led […]

Vertical Vertical has acquired the U.S. distribution rights to the sequel to Andrew Niccol’s 2005 Nic Cage-led film “Lord of War”. THR reports that the indie distributor has slated “Lords of War” for a 2027 theatrical release, with first footage set to be previewed at CinemaCon next week. First announced back in late 2023, the […]

Konami Following their success directing the well-regarded and money-making “Final Destination: Bloodlines,” filmmakers Zach Lipovsky and Adam B. Stein have set a high-profile new project. The pair have signed on for a sweeping and expansive first-look deal with Sony Pictures. Their newly launched production company Wonderlab will develop films under the deal for the pair […]