Photo by Georges Biard Filmmaker Gus Van Sant has revealed that, a decade ago, he campaigned to direct Fifty Shades of Grey, an erotic drama that was based on a book by E. L. James. Van Sant said that he sent James a sample clip he shot in which actor Alex Pettyfer portrayed Christian Grey,…
In the first major talent deal of the Skydance era, Matt and Ross Duffer have inked an exclusive four-year arrangement for their Upside Down Pictures entity to provide new feature film, television, and streaming projects to Paramount. The new contract will become effective in April 2026 upon the expiration of the brothers’ current deal with…
©Courtesy of “Kill Bill Vol.1” Quentin Tarantino has offered an explanation about why he scrapped plans to make The Movie Critic, a film he had been working on for several years. In April of 2024, Tarantino abandoned the project, which was scheduled to shoot earlier this year. Ir would have been his tenth–and purportedly final–directorial…
Mohammad Rasoulof, the dissident Iranian filmmaker who wrote and directed There Is No Evil and The Seed of the Sacred Fig, is considering returning to his homeland, which he fled last year to avoid an eight-year prison sentence. On Monday of this week, the City of Locarno presented him with the first Locarno City of…
© 2013 – Fox Searchlight The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has expelled two of its members, filmmaker Park Chan-wook and writer Don McKellar for violating its protocols during the writer’s strike in 2023. The WGA had already disciplined seven other writers for alleged violations, three of whom were unidentified until yesterday. Park Chan-wook and Don…
©Courtesy of Taito Screenwriters Ben Zazove and Evan Turner are being tapped by New Line to create a Space Invaders movie based on the Taito arcade game that was released in 1979. Created by Tomohiro Nishikado, Space invaders became one of the most iconic games that depicted Earth being attacked by alien invaders. The success…
©Courtesy of “Heist” Dave Bautista is reportedly in final talks with Amazon MGM United Artists to play the villain known as The Kurgen in Highlander, a remake of the cult classic that thrilled audiences in the 1980s. Also appearing in the upcoming film will be Henry Cavill and Russell Crowe,with Cavill playing the role of…
A $1.6 billion deal between ESPN and World Wrestling Entertainment was announced on Wednesday August 6. According to the arrangement, WWE will produce a variety of premium events from ESPN, including WrestleMania, SummerSlam, Royal Rumble, Survivor Series, and Money in the Bank. The new exclusive direct-to-consumer streaming service will begin operating in 2026. The service…
With Heat 2 reportedly straining its budget at Warner Bros, Leonardo DiCaprio is talking with the studio about starring in the sequel to the blockbuster 1995 crime drama that starred Al Pacino and Robert De Niro. The original film was directed by Michael Mann and is considered a masterpiece in its genre. In the works…
©Courtesy of The Colbert Report Although Stephen Colbert will be exiting as host of CBS’s The Late Show, he will be appearing in an episode on the third season of Elsbeth, a comedy-drama series also on CBS. Colbert had revealed in July that CBS had decided not only to dismiss him but to end The…
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