Argo Writer Shopping Another Fantastical True Story For A Film

By: Katey Rich Joshuah Bearman discovered a gold mine of a story when he learned about the true story behind what was called the Canadian Caper, when six Americans were hiding out at the Canadian Ambassador’s house during the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1980 and were rescued under absolute cover. When the mission was declassified in 1997, the CIA’s role in the effort was revealed, … Continue reading Argo Writer Shopping Another Fantastical True Story For A Film

Masters Of The Universe Gets A New Writer

By: Eric Eisenberg The upcoming remake of Masters of the Universe took a big step forward this past summer when it was announced that Sony Pictures and Escape Artists had hired G.I. Joe: Retaliation director Jon M. Chu to bring the character known as He-Man back to the big screen for the first time since 1987. At the time the production was working from a … Continue reading Masters Of The Universe Gets A New Writer

Jon Favreau To Direct, Ryan Reynolds To Star In Battle For Bonneville

By: Eric Eisenberg Director Jon Favreau may not be helming Iron Man movies anymore, but his filmmaking career isn’t slowing down at all. He’s already set to helm an adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys and has signed a deal with Disney to direct their upcoming Magic Kingdom project, and now it would seem that a third film has fallen onto his plate. Favreau … Continue reading Jon Favreau To Direct, Ryan Reynolds To Star In Battle For Bonneville

The Woman In Black Sequel Finds A Director

By: Eric Eisenberg Despite the fact that it opened at number two here in the States when it first came out (trailing Josh Trank’s Chronicle), the horror flick The Woman in Black was actually a fairly big success. After making $20 million in its first weekend, it went on to score a total of $54 million domestically and $127 million worldwide (not to mention that … Continue reading The Woman In Black Sequel Finds A Director

Square Producer Says Final Fantasy XIV Reborn Feels More Like Final Fantasy

By: William Usher After suffering the humiliating defeat at the hands of the public over the rushed and incomplete release of Final Fantasy XIV, Square Enix had to tuck tail and go back into hiding to fix up, revamp and redo the game. Well, now the producer of the game is saying that FF XIV has more of a Final Fantasy-feeling to it than it … Continue reading Square Producer Says Final Fantasy XIV Reborn Feels More Like Final Fantasy

James Franco, Glenn Close And Brit Marling Sign On For The Grace That Keeps This World

By: Eric Eisenberg The indie family drama The Grace That Keeps This World, the new movie from Terri director Azazel Jacobs, has announced the first three performers that will be joining its cast and it’s a pretty damn good lineup. It’s being reported that James Franco, Glenn Close and Brit Marling have all signed on the dotted line for the project, which is based on … Continue reading James Franco, Glenn Close And Brit Marling Sign On For The Grace That Keeps This World

Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus And Blade Runner Sequels

By: Kristy Puchko With Prometheus, Ridley Scott returned to the frightening film universe he originated with Alien and gave us another out of this world badass broad to admire in Miss Elizabeth “I Will Perform My Own Alien Abortion” Shaw. As the sort-of prequel drew to a close, Elizabeth (Noomi Rapace) packed up the parts of the duplicitous android David (Michael Fassbender), and set out … Continue reading Ridley Scott Talks Prometheus And Blade Runner Sequels

Anthony Michael Hall Joins Steve Carell And Channing Tatum In Foxcatcher

By: Eric Eisenberg Anthony Michael Hall is an actor who has undergone a pretty impressive transformation over the course of his career. While he started out as a teen playing geeks and nerds in John Hughes movies, as he aged he grew to a strong size and is now almost unrecognizable to his fans from the 80s. Also, unlike some of his Brat Pack cohorts, he … Continue reading Anthony Michael Hall Joins Steve Carell And Channing Tatum In Foxcatcher

Nomura: Development on Final Fantasy Versus XIII is steadily continuing

By: Erren Van Duine Final Fantasy Versus XIII’s development is steadily continuing, according to Testuya Nomura.. Full details from our initial report on his interview with Famitsu magazine have surfaced online with the vast majority of the content focusing on Kingdom Hearts HD. Following those words, Nomura broke the silence on his flagship project Final Fantasy Versus XIII. This marks the first time he has … Continue reading Nomura: Development on Final Fantasy Versus XIII is steadily continuing