Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy is being tapped to direct a new Star Wars picture for Lucasfilm, as first reported in Deadline this week. Published reports indicate that Damon Lindelof is developing the project as a co-writer, though the identity of his writing colleague has yet to be revealed. Neither Lucasfilm nor Obaid-Chinoy was available for comment on…
The lucrative Conjuring franchise is on its way to producing a fourth installment, and David Leslie Johnson-McGoldrick will again be writing the script, as he did for The Conjuring 2 and The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Released in 2021, the latter film was a blockbuster hit that boosted New Line’s revenues past…
Photo Yasushi Akimoto : Kurigami “47 Meters Down,” “Welcome to Raccoon City” director Johannes Roberts will continue to delve into the horror genre and engaging subjects with “The Not Polly,” teaming up with producers Riki Melwani and Eiko Matsumoto from Akimoto Studios. The upcoming horror film will star Jade Pettyjohn (“Destroyer”), with Bankside Films launching international sales….
“Maleficent,” and “Eternals” actress Angelina Jolie has officially signed to play a Greek-American opera singer Maria Callas in Oscar nominated filmmaker Pablo Larrain’s next movie, “Maria.” Following the Kristen Stewart-led Princess Diana biopic, “Spencer,” Natalie Portman-led Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis biopic, “Jackie,” Chilean filmmaker Pablo Larraín has enlisted another A-lister Angelina Jolie. The film follows the tumultuous,…
Filmmaker Halia Abdel-Meguid has signed on to write and executive produce the upcoming live-action series adaptation of the Japanese manga and anime series, Death Note, for Netflix, Deadline is reporting. The show is one of the projects being developed by Upside Down Pictures, the newly launched production company of Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross…
When Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss returned to star in The Matrix film series for last year’s third sequel, The Matrix Resurrections, Laurence Fishburne, their co-star in the original trilogy, didn’t join them on screen. While the Oscar-nominated actor’s character of Morpheus is long dead during the events of the sci-fi action franchise’s fourth entry,…
Photo by Sabine Le Marchand – © 2013 Film Village Ltd Following up with a critically acclaimed Netflix western film, “The Harder They Fall” director Jeymes Samuel teamed up with LaKeith Stanfield (“Atlanta”) and Omar Sy (“Lupin”) to tackle a new film “The Book of Clarence” at Legendary. The film is an original project that Samuel…
Tilda Swinton has dropped out of the cast of Adam McKay’s HBO adaptation of Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite. The Oscar-winning actress did not give any reason for her decision, telling Variety, “I don’t think I’ll be a part of it, but I’m very happy to be a cheerleader.” Swinton had been slated to play the…
Plans to make the long-awaited sequel to the hit 1996 epic disaster film, Twister, are underway. The follow-up to the Oscar-nominated drama, which is titled Twisters, is expected to begin shooting next spring. Its producer, Frank Marshall, is hoping that Helen Hunt will reprise her role of Dr. Joanne “Jo” Harding from the original movie…
The seven members of BTS have announced that they will take a hiatus from their musical careers over the next few years in order to sign up for Korea’s mandatory military service. The internationally successful K-Pop band shared the news today, as one of its members, Kim Seok-jin, who’s known as Jin, will initiate the…
After 49 years in the crypt, The Exorcist is about to manifest itself in a revival that David Gordon Green will be conjuring up for Blumhouse productions. It’s just been revealed that he will be directing the new film from a screenplay he’s co-writing with Scott Teems, Danny McBride, and Peter Sattler. And, the role…
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