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"Harry Potter" Play Won't Get Film Adaptation
10 hours ago
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has had to take to social media to clear up some confusion that has arisen in regards to the upcoming spin-off film and sequel play to her young wizarding series.
First up, the upcoming two-part stage play "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" which has been rumored for a film adaptation. Rowling has shot those rumors right down, saying that there are no plans for a film based on the stage production which takes place this summer at London's Palace Theatre.
Then there's the "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them" film due out on November 18th which she confirms is going to be the first of a trilogy of new films set seven decades before Harry Potter first arrived at Hogwarts. There had been confusion that the film would be only a one-off.
Source: Twitter »
- Garth Franklin
News Bits: xXx 3, Carter, Creed, Pete, Lane
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xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Having posted various behind-the-scenes photos over the past few weeks, Vin Diesel has used his social media accounts to now post the first official still from the upcoming "xXx: The Return of Xander Cage". A shot of him and co-star Deepika Padukone holding knives to each other's throats, the film itself is still very much in production ahead of its release early next year. [Source: Facebook]
' Having just wrapped its second season run, there's a lot of talk right now with many wondering about the fate of ABC's "Marvel's Agent Carter". Talking with IGN, Atwell says none of those involved will know if the show will be back either way until the network upfronts in May.
The recent second season has proven more critically acclaimed than the first, and the studio executives love it, but ratings have been decidedly underwhelming which has led »
- Garth Franklin
McShane To Join "American Gods" Series
10 hours ago
"Deadwood" star Ian McShane is returning to television, scoring the key role of Mr. Wednesday in Starz's TV series adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "American Gods". Shooting is slated to begin in April in Toronto
The story centers around Shadow Moon (Ricky Whittle), an ex-con who becomes bodyguard and traveling partner to the enigmatic Mr. Wednesday. The pair become drawn into a battle between the old gods of ancient mythology, and the new gods of money, media and technology.
The show is being handled by the producers of two of the most acclaimed NBC shows of the past decade - "Hannibal" showrunner Bryan Fuller, and "Kings" producer Michael Green who worked with McShane on that short lived but highly regarded drama.
Both will serve as executive producers, writers and showrunners while Gaiman will also write episodes of the adaptation.
Source: Variety »
- Garth Franklin
"Mass Effect: Andromeda" Delayed To 2017
10 hours ago
In some unsurprising news, EA CFO Blake Jorgensen has reportedly revealed that the highly anticipated video game "Mass Effect: Andromeda" has been delayed from late 2016 to an early 2017 release says NeoGAF (via IGN).
Speaking at the Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, Jorgensen confirmed that EA will have both "Battlefield 5" and "Titanfall 2" out in the October to December window this year, and then the new "Mass Effect" out in the January to March window next year.
Officially announced at last year's E3, this fourth title in the series effectively serves as a mini-reboot and will take place far away from and long after the events of the original trilogy as players explore the Andromeda galaxy with an all-new lead character. The game will only be available on PC, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.
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- Garth Franklin
Herrera, Daniels Set For "The Exorcist" Series
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Alfonso Herrera ('Sense8") and Ben Daniels ("House of Cards") are reportedly set to star in Fox's drama series pilot based on William Blatty's iconic 1971 book "The Exorcist" and its subsequent William Friedkin film adaptation.
Jeremy Slater ("Fantastic Four") is penning this modern reinvention which turns the story into a serialized psychological thriller about two different men - the warm and selfless Father Tomas Ortega (Herrera) and the intense Father Marcus Lang (Daniels) - tackling one family's case of horrifying demonic possession and confronting the face of true evil.
Slater, James Robinson, David Robinson and Barbara Wall will executive produce for 20th Century Fox TV and Morgan Creek Productions.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
AMC Orders "The Terror" Anthology Series
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AMC is moving forward with a new anthology series based on Dan Simmons' best-selling 2007 novel "The Terror". Ridley Scott's Scott Free and the network have been developing the project for a few years, and now it's finally happening with ten hour-long episodes ordered for a 2017 premiere.
The book is an acclaimed fictional spin on the true story of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition in the late 1840's. Two ships, the Hms Erebus and Hms Terror, traverse well below freezing conditions in the Arctic in an attempt to forge the Northwest Passage. Both ships were lost.
The novel follows the fictional scenario in which Franklin and his crew are plagued by starvation, scurvy, mutiny and cannibalism. They are also stalked across the bleak Arctic landscape by a monster called a Tuunbaq which randomly picks off crewmen.
David Kajganich ("True Story") will write and also serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh »
- Garth Franklin
Schoenaerts To Lead Vinterberg's "Kursk"
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Matthias Schoenaerts ("Far from the Madding Crowd," "The Danish Girl") has been set to star in Thomas Vinterberg's fact-based survival drama "Kursk" at EuropaCorp. Filming kicks off this Fall.
"Saving Private Ryan" scribe Robert Rodat penned this adaptation of the Robert Moore book "A Time To Die" which centers on the titular nuclear-powered Russian submarine which sank during a training exercise in the Barents Sea in 2000.
Twenty-three sailors survive the crash and desperately waited for help to arrive as their oxygen was running out. The Russian government refused help from foreign governments for five days before agreeing to aid from the British and Norwegian governments.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
Polish To Helm Mamet's "Speed-The-Plow"
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Michael Polish ("90 Minutes in Heaven") has been set to direct the film adaptation of David Mamet's Hollywood-themed play "Speed-The-Plow" for Emmett/Furla/Oasis and Winkler Films.
Mamet penned the script in which a newly minted studio chief and his longtime colleague who try to lure a superstar who always works for the competition to a new project of their own. At the same time they place bets on bedding an attractive temp secretary who is a lot smarter than they think.
Randall Emmett, George Furla, and Irwin Winkler will produce the film which begins shooting July 30th. Joe Mantegna, Ron Silver and Madonna starred in the original 1988 Broadway play.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
McG, Freeform Plan "Anastasia" TV Series
10 hours ago
Freeform, formerly known as ABC Family, has picked up a pitch for a TV series from writers Daniel Mackey and Seth Fisher, and executive producer McG.
The series will deal with the infamous mystery about Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova. Thought killed as a teenager during the 1917 Bolshevik revolution, there were long standing rumors of her survival and various young women came forward claiming to be her.
This take will be set in Paris in the roaring 1920s. Having escape Communist Russia, she sets her sights on avenging the death of her family and joins forces with an elite espionage agency working to prevent another world war - effectively serving as a female spy influencing major events in the first part of the 20th century.
Source: Deadline »
- Garth Franklin
HBO Locks Down "Game of Thrones" Secrets
15 hours ago
HBO has opted not to hand out any advance episodes of the sixth season of its big-budget fantasy series "Game of Thrones," a rare event.
Neither press nor Hollywood insiders will receive any episodes in advance - either via DVD or online screening - ahead of the season's premiere on April 24th. HBO programming president Michael Lombardo tells EW: "We're not sending out press copies this year, anywhere in the world. There will be no copies for review."
This continues a content lock-down on the series which, with the upcoming season, will go beyond the point at which the books have been published thus far and so will be completely new to both readers and non-readers of George R. R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" novels.
This follows in the wake of last year when HBO sent the first four episodes of the fifth season to its media distribution list, »
- Garth Franklin
Guadagnino's "Suspiria" Films This Fall
15 hours ago
Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino ("I Am Love") will reunite with his "A Bigger Splash" Dakota Johnson and Tilda Swinton for his remake of Dario Argento's most iconic film "Suspiria" says Culture Whisper (via The Playlist).
Originally slated to shoot over the winter, he now indicates filming will begin this Fall. Famed classic composer John Adams will do the score for the project which is said to have a Rainer Werner Fassbinder-style influence.
The original 1977 film follows an American ballet student who transfers to a prestigious dance academy in Germany but later realizes the academy is a front for something far more sinister and supernatural amidst a series of murders.
Guadagnino takes over from David Gordon Green at the helm of this new film which he says is high on his priority list. The action of the new one will retain the 1977 time period of the original but move the location to Berlin. »
- Garth Franklin
"Captain America: Civil War" Early Reactions
18 hours ago
It isn't just Zack Snyder's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" that has been screening in recent weeks.
Birth Movies Death have posted up some early, non-spoiler reactions to Marvel's "Captain America: Civil War" that have just come in eight weeks before the international rollout of the film starting April 27th.
Unsurprisingly the reaction seems to be very positive with the sources stressing that despite all the characters in the film, this is very much about Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes:
"This isn't Avengers 2.5, but rather Captain America 3, and it truly focuses on Cap and Bucky. I have been told that Spider-Man is great, and that the film doesn't waste time on retelling his origin. We all get it, and the movie just moves along. I've been told that Black Panther is phenomenal, and that Chadwick Boseman is a major addition to the McU.
This movie picks up »
- Garth Franklin
Full Trailer: Disney & Pixar's "Finding Dory"
18 hours ago
We had a teaser a while back, and now Disney and Pixar have released the full trailer for their upcoming 'Nemo' sequel "Finding Dory". Ellen DeGeneres reprises her role as the forgetful first who seeks out her true heritage after learning about stingray migration.
So begins an adventure with Marlin (Albert Brooks) in tow to find her parents. Diane Keaton, Willem Dafoe, Dominic West, Kaitlin Olson, Ty Burrell, Diane Keaton, Ed O'Neill, Hayden Rolence, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba and Michael Sheen all lend their voices to the comedy sequel which opens on June 17th
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- Garth Franklin
Disney Xd To Air "Big Hero 6" TV Series
18 hours ago
Disney Xd is developing a TV series adaptation of its 2014 animated feature "Big Hero 6" which will premiere on the cable network in 2017.
Picking up immediately after the events of the film, the new series will further the adventures of 14-year-old tech wunderkind Hiro and his medical robot-turned-cuddly hero Baymax.
Hiro will face "daunting academic challenges and the social trials of being the little man on campus. Off campus, the stakes are raised for the high-tech heroes as they must protect their city from an array of scientifically enhanced villains."
Characters like Wasabi, Honey Lemon, Fred, and Go Go will also return for the show which "Kim Possible" creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley will executive produce.
Source: EW »
- Garth Franklin
Samsung Pretty Much Kills 3D Television
18 hours ago
Once hoped to be the next great breakthrough in home televisions, 3D on your home screen is now going the way of the dinosaur.
CNET has confirmed with a source at Samsung, the world's largest manufacturer of flat screens, that none of its 2016 Us TV models will support 3D - and thus will not be able to play 3D Blu-ray movies or other 3D content and won't work with 3D glasses.
The reason appears to be that Samsung wants to continue concentrating more resources on its smart TV functionality. 3D will still be available for a while on many of their previously released models through last year.
The world's second largest TV maker, LG, is holding steady with around one-third of its line-up still being 3D capable but not its top of the range models. While Samsung is all about smart tech, LG is much more focused on picture quality »
- Garth Franklin
Snyder Plans Gritty George Washington Film
18 hours ago
Zack Snyder has just begun the interview circuit for "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" with some of the first quotes being provided in a new piece for Bloomberg Business today.
But it isn't the superhero movie talk that has gotten people chatting, rather it's a bit at the end which hints at a dream project he hopes to get around to one day - a George Washington biopic with a stylised "300"-style look. Here's the key excerpt:
"One of these days, he'd like to make one about George Washington in the style of 300. He has a picture in his office of the Revolutionary War hero crossing the icy Delaware on his way to decimate the British in the Battle of Trenton. Snyder says: 'We were talking about it. The first thing we asked was, well, how are we going to make it look? I pointed at this painting. It »
- Garth Franklin
Thakrar Could Be New "Who" Companion?
18 hours ago
"EastEnders" actress Rakhee Thakrar is reportedly in talks to play the next companion for Peter Capaldi's Time Lord in the next season of "Doctor Who" reports The Mirror.
Thakrar, who plays Shabnam Masood on the long-running soap, will step in for Clara Oswald (Jenna Coleman) who was last seen going off on her own adventures with Maisie Williams' character in a restaurant-shaped Tardis. Williams herself has shot down rumors in recent days that she might return to the series.
The report claims auditions for the coveted role are now taking place but bosses already have their sights set on 32-year-old Thakrar who has just left "Eastenders". The upcoming tenth season, which won't screen until 2017, is expected to be both Capaldi and showrunner Steven Moffat's final year with the series.
Chris Chibnall will take over for Moffat as producer. »
- Garth Franklin
News Bits: Sausage, Founder, Hidden, Wake
18 hours ago
Sony Pictures is set to show a work-in-progress cut of Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg's adult animated feature "Sausage Party" at this month's South by Southwest Film Festival - several months in advance of the film's August 12th release.
Rogen, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Paul Rudd and Nick Kroll lead the voice cast for the film about talking supermarket foods in a film that is said to look like a Pixar film, but be Nc-17 in terms of raunchy content. [Source: Deadline]
The Weinstein Company has moved up "The Founder," the Michael Keaton-led biopic about McDonalds franchise creator Ray Kroc. Originally slated for a limited release on November 25th, it will now open wide on August 5th. "Lion," Garth Davis' film adaptation of Saroo Brierley's novel "The Long Way Home", will take over the November 25th slot. [Source: Variety
Kevin Costner will join Taraji P. Henson »
- Garth Franklin
"Fuller House" Renewed For Season 2
19 hours ago
Despite absolutely scathing reviews from critics and a mixed range of reviews from fans, Netflix has renewed "Fuller House" for a second season.
A continuation of the 1990s sitcom "Full House," the pick-up comes days after the revival series debuted on the streaming giant. Even with the bad reviews, social media traffic surrounding the series' revival has been overwhelming - turning it into something of a major pop culture event.
It's unclear how many viewers the thirteen episode series has drawn since its launch. Most of the original cast returned for the series which focused on the now adult daughters of the Tanner family.
Source: Variety »
- Garth Franklin
Eisenberg Would Return For "Zombieland 2"
19 hours ago
2009's horror comedy "Zombieland" proved a break out hit for two of its young stars - Jesse Eisenberg and Emma Stone.
Talk of a sequel to that film was stirring for a few years after its release, but has since quietly died down as both director Ruben Fleischer and writers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick went on to other projects - the latter pair recently penning the "Deadpool" film.
Now, in a new interview with Entertainment Weekly, Eisenberg says that he'd be up to do a sequel but isn't sure when it might happen:
"Yeah, it'd be wonderful to do. I know they've been trying to do it for a while, and I know they're trying to figure out exactly what will occur in it. But it's a kind of movie that, as soon as it came out, seemed appropriate to generate a sequel. It takes place in this odd, »
- Garth Franklin
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