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Robert Pattinson Reportedly Under Consideration for ‘Dune: Messiah’

©Courtesy of Warner Brothers Actor Robert Pattinson is reportedly being considered for a leading role in Dune: Messiah, an upcoming film from Legendary and Warner Bros. A recent article in The Hollywood Reporter suggested Pattinson might be playing the role of Scytate, the Tleilaxu Face Dancer, as depicted in the books by Frank Herbert. The…

Sydney Sweeney In Talks for Starring Role in First ‘Gundam’ Live-Action Feature

©Courtesy of Amazon Prime Sydney Sweeney is negotiating with the folks at Legendary and Bandai Namco Filmworks to star in its upcoming Gundam live-action movie, according to published reports. The film will be written and directed by Jim Mickle, the showrunner for Sweet Tooth, who will produce it with Linda Moran through their Nightshade entity….

Alejandro G Iñárritu’s New Film Starring Tom Cruise to Debut in October 2026

Photo by Scott Garfield/Scott Garfield – © 2018 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All rights reserved. Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment have announced that Alejandro G Iñárritu’s latest film, starring Tom Cruise, will be released on October 2, 2026. The cast of the yet-untitled movie will also include Sandra Hüller, John Goodman, Michael Stuhlbarg, Jesse Plemons, Sophie Wilde,…

Takashi Yamazaki To Direct New ‘Godzilla’ Film for Toho Studios

©Courtesy of Toho  Seventy years after his debut in 1954, Godzilla is still wreaking havoc on the big screen. Toho Studios has announced that a new film featuring the iconic kaiju will be made, helmed by Takashi Yamazaki, who recently wrote and directed Godzilla Minus One. The “emergency announcement” from Toho merely stated the fact…

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire -New Images

© Courtesy of Empire  Directed by Adam Wingard, the upcoming MonsterVerse flick Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire promises to thrill viewers with an epic battle between the two legendary kaiju monsters. The two antagonists may be less hostile to each other as they join forces to oppose Skar King, another primate bent on mayhem and…

Legendary Entertainment Plans Film Adaptation of Paulo Coelho’s ‘The Alchemist’

Legendary Entertainment has acquired the film and television rights to The Alchemist, the 1988 novel by author Paulo Coelho. A film adaptation is now in the works, with a screenplay to be written by Jack Thorne. Legendary is working with Sony’s TriStar Pictures and Palmstar on the project, which will be distributed by TriStar. Originally…

Macon Blair’s Reboot of ‘The Toxic Avenger’ To Debut in September at Fantastic Fest

@The Toxic Avenger Nearly forty years after the release of The Toxic Avenger, a reboot is scheduled to premiere at Austin’s Fantastic Fest on September 21. Macon Blair will direct the new version, which stars Peter Dinklage in the role of a much-bullied nerdyf janitor who acquires superhero powers after accidentally falling into a vat…

Florence Pugh May Join Cast of Dune Part 2 as Princess Irulan

Florence Pugh is in negotiations to join the cast of the anticipated epic sci-fi film, Dune: Part 2 as Princess Irulan Corrino. The character is a royal who will become romantically involved with lead actor Timothée Chalamet’s protagonist of Paul Atreides, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Princess Irulan will be a critical role in the…