Harrison Ford Back For Bladerunner Sequel
After years of hesitant uncertainty, Harrison Ford is officially confirmed as reprising his role of replicant hunting police officer Rick Deckard in the forthcoming Bladerunner sequel. The original 1982 film loosely based on Philip K Dick’s short novel Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep has become widely accepted as an enigmatic cult classic and one [...]
Del Toro Writes Pacific Rim Sequel
Guillermo Del Toro has confirmed that he has secretly been co-writing a sequel to Pacific Rim with Avengers writer Zek Penn, though the director admits that Legendary Pictures haven’t yet given the project a green light. “I’m working very, very hard with Zak Penn. We’ve been working for a few months now in secret. We [...]
Marvel Finds New Ant-Man Director
Marvel has said yes to Yes Man & Bring It On director Peyton Reed replacing the recently departed Edgar Wright for Ant-Man. The news comes as the studio looks to meet next year’s rapidly approaching summer release date. Paul Rudd remains attached to star as the shrinking superhero, with Anchorman writer Adam McKay joining the [...]
Creed Director talks Rocky, Music & Training Montages
At the Sundance London Film and Music Festival Red Carpet News spoke to writer/directorRyan Coogler about the Rocky spin off Creed. Although not billed as a straight sequel to Rocky Balboa the new film will see Sylvester Stallone returning to the iconic role for a 6th time. While the script is still being written, the [...]
Ivan Reitman Won’t Direct Ghostbusters 3
Following the recent death of star Harold Ramis, Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman has officially dropped out of directing the long delayed third installment in the franchise. Although he will reportedly stay involved with the project as a producer, helping determined studio Sony find a suitable replacement. The studio remains seemingly committed to begin filming the [...]
Universal Plans Another Bourne Sequel
Universal have hired Invictus screenwriter Anthony Peckham to provide a script for the next installment in the ongoing Bourne franchise. Jeremy Remmer will return for a sequel to The Bourne Legacy, although it still looks like Matt Damon won’t be tempted into reprising the titular role of Jason Bourne. Universal had harbored fairly public hopes [...]
Kevin Costner making Midnight Delivery
Kevin Costner is in talks to take the lead in Midnight Delivery, a new film for Universal based on a script by Mama writer Neil Cross and produced by Guillermo Del Toro. Midnight Delivery will focus on the story of a desperate father who becomes a drug mule in order to save his son’s life. Landing the role would [...]
Del Toro and Kaufman for Slaughterhouse-Five
Guillermo Del Toro will reportedly have help from writer Charlie Kaufman (Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) in finally making an adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five for Universal. Here’s what the acclaimed director had to say about one of his many long gestating projects in a recent interview: “Charlie and I talked for about an [...]
Roland Emmerich Directs New Alien Invasion
Director Roland Emmerich already has determined plans to make a pair of Indepedence Day sequels, with scripts allegedly already written and awaiting re-writes. But apparently he just can’t wait for the long delayed franchise to start production and will first explore yet another alien invasion in new project Emergence. Emmerich’s production company Centropolis Entertainment has acquired [...]
Carey Mulligan To Play Hilary Clinton
Carey Mulligan is apparently the current frontrunner to land the role of a young Hilary Clinton in new film Rodham. The highly sought after British actress is reportedly the “top choice” for the producers behind the project, who previously took credit/responsibility for the Twilight Saga. Although no deal is yet in place with The Great [...]