Musical Stars Join The Little Mermaid
Disney Studios are set on churning out more live action remakes of their animated classics, with Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty getting the treatment recently and Emma Watson set to star in Beauty and the Beast next year. Now it appears that work is beginning on the Little Mermaid remake, with Alan Menken and Lin-Manuel Miranda [...]
The BFG Review
The Plot An inquisitive young orphan girl Sophie forms a most magical and unlikely friendship with a dream delivering giant. But when the rest of giant country’s inhabitants prove to be ferocious child eaters Sophie and her Big Friendly Giant must do something extraordinary to save the children of England. The Good Guided by the [...]
Beauty And The Beast Live Action Trailer
Disney have released the first teaser trailer for the new Live Action adaptation of Beauty and The Beast starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Emma Thompson, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, and Stanley Tucci. The atmospheric one and a half minutes first look takes fans on a tour of Beasts enchanted castle [...]
Tim Burton Making Live Action Dumbo
Tim Burton has reportedly been confirmed to direct a Live Action/CGI remake of Disney’s animated classic Dumbo. The project is said to be in the early stages of development so there’s no casting news yet. Burton has previously had mixed success with turning beloved childhood classics into colorful live action hybrids. Alice in Wonderland and [...]
Twilight Director For Beauty And The Beast
Twilight Breaking Dawn Director Bill Condon will direct a live action version of Beauty and The Beast for Disney, following in the wake of the box office success of Sleeping Beauty inspired Maleficent. With Cinderella and The Jungle Book also in various stages of development and production, Disney seems determined to fully exploit their back [...]
Paddington Bear Teaser Trailer
Here’s the first official teaser trailer for the forthcoming big screen adventures of Paddington Bear, the much beloved duffle coat wearing creation of classic children’s author Michael Bond. Fusing live action and CGI the film will be based on an original screenplay rather than any of Paddington’s familiar adventures, with Mighty Boosh’s Paul King taking the helm to direct. [...]
Warner Bros Still Planning Akira Remake
Hollywood studios have been struggling for decades with the ambition of making a live action adaptation of anime classic Akira. The original surreal sci-fi epic was one of the first films that introduced delighted/bemused western audiences to the genius/weirdness of Japanese animation. Plans for a live action remake have consistently faltered thanks to a combination [...]
Megan Fox Joins New Ninja Turtles Movie
Until recently it was believed that following an alleged script leak that drew a shower of internet criticism and outright ridicule, plans for Michael Bay’s new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie had been indefinitely dropped by Paramount. However Michael Bay delivered a double dose of surprise by announcing via Twitter that his former Transformers muse [...]
Kenneth Branagh Directing Live Action Cinderella
Kenneth Branagh looks set to replace Mark Romanek in directing duties for Disney’s forthcoming live action Cinderella project. Cate Blanchet who was previously attached to play the wicked stepmother remains in place, with the rest of casting for the re-imagined fairytale set to begin once negotiations with Branagh have reached a seemingly inevitable successful conclusion. Disney [...]
Godzilla Casting News
Legendary Pictures is reportedly set to offer Kick-Ass and Anna Karenina star Aaron Johnson the lead human role in their forthcoming big budget Godzilla reboot. The studio has apparently already had an approach for in-demand star Joseph Gordon-Levitt rejected. Johnson appears to also be cautious about joining the long delayed giant monster movie. The Kick-Ass [...]