Month: December 2017

A film version of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark trilogy has been in the works for years, but it’s just taken a big step forward with an exciting choice of director. Deadline reports that André Øvredal, the director of the brilliantly constructed The Autopsy Of Jane Doe and the hugely entertaining Trollhunter, has signed on
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It feels like Krypton has been in our lives for decades. How has it not aired already? Hurry up and get it out, Syfy. Anyway, here’s the latest teaser trailer: For those who don’t know, Krypton is Syfy’s upcoming Superman prequel series is set two generations before the destruction of the Man of Steel’s home planet. The series will revolve around
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Kurt Vonnegut’s iconic novel Slaughterhouse-Five has been picked up for development as a TV series, which should be interesting to say the least. The story wouldn’t particularly seem to lend itself to long-format if you’re sticking closely to the text, but it’s clearly a challenge that’s excited the chosen showrunner. Variety reports that Patrick Macmanus, who managed to
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We absolutely cannot wait for Alex Garland‘s film of Jeff VanderMeer’s stunning novel Annihilation, so we’re somewhat perturbed by the news that’s arrived this morning. Deadline has announced that Paramount and Netflix are negotiating a deal that would give the international rights to the streaming service, and that Annihilation would only receive a “traditional” theatrical release
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If you tapped out of Iron Fist Season 1 this summer feeling somewhat unsatisfied, maybe the show’s latest cast member will be enough to make you want to tap back in again: Star Trek Into Darkness and Black Mirror‘s Alice Eve is joining the show for Season 2. In a statement, Marvel’s head of television and series executive producer
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The box office performance of Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant was such that it raised questions about whether or not Fox would continue with the franchise. However, the veteran filmmaker has always been adamant that there is at least one more movie left in this story and he’s reiterated that another Prometheus follow-up is coming that will continue to focus
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The Industry Trust’s latest Moments Worth Paying For campaign gives us a behind the scenes look at Disney Pixar’s Coco: Now for some words from the people that helped to bring Coco to life… Director Lee Unkrich: “Every bit of music that’s performed on screen is authentic. We videotaped musicians playing each song or melody and strapped GoPros
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