At least, not right now... He may not be the final arbiter of all things Marvel, but Robert Downey Jr. certainly has knowledge when it comes to the immediate future of the Iron Man franchise. And, while attending the Toronto Film Festival to stump for his new drama, the once and future (at least in the Avengers films) Tony Stark admitted there were no new solo Iron Ma n outings in the works as of...
Will Dredd head for the Cursed Earth? 2012's Dredd was warmly received, but sadly its vocal audience of supporters wasn't large enough to translate into a box office hit. Online fan campaigns have since been clamouring for a sequel, and Dredd himself, Karl Urban, remains the project's biggest cheerleader. Back in February he reported to a convention audience that "conversations" had been...
Michael Douglas also set for Michael Apted's latest With Noomi Rapace already in place, Michael Apted is building the rest of the cast for his new CIA thriller Unlocked . As the backers offer the rights to the film at the Toronto Film Festival, word arrives that Orlando Bloom and Michael Douglas have signed on . Rapace is starring as a CIA interrogator who unwittingly gives information to terrorists...
Brad Pitt and his crew fight the good fight For his return to the World War Two arena for the first time since Inglourious Basterds , Brad Pitt is working with End Of Watch director David Ayer, who has another men-on-a-mission drama to deliver via Fury . Check out the latest trailer for the film. Pitt's Sergeant 'Wardaddy' Collier is the tank commander on a mission behind enemy lines. He has...
It's an affair to regret Ill-judged love affairs rarely end well in the movies. Especially when one party decides to break it off and regret it ever happened. That’s the situation that Jennifer Lopez faces in the first trailer for new thriller The Boy Next Doo r . Lopez stars as a teacher whose husband has been cheating on her – and who has walked out on the family at least once....
He'll direct a new action film Taken director Pierre Morel is showing no signs of moving away from action, at least for his big screen career. He’s just made a deal to direct The Killer for Studiocanal, based on Tom Wood’s book series . Wood’s tomes, which are collectively known as the Victor The Assassin series, were first published in the US and the UK in 2011 with The Killer,...
Hayley Atwell will have an early introduction Though the return of Hayley Atwell’s Peggy Carter in her own TV series has been public knowledge for a long time now, Marvel is not planning to make us wait too long to see her again. US network ABC has announced that Atwell will crop up in the first episode of the new season of Agents Of SHIELD . The episode, called Shadows, finds Clark Gregg's...
He feels the need. The need to... type? Despite plenty of enthusiasm from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and star Tom Cruise, the long-gestating sequel to Top Gun has been lingering in development, losing some momentum when director Tony Scott died in 2012. Paramount is committed to getting this one off the ground again, and is negotiating to put Justin Marks in the script cockpit . Marks, who has wrote...
Reese Witherspoon still attached to star For several years now – at least since 2010, in fact – Reese Witherspoon has harboured a desire to portray iconic singer Peggy Lee. While Nora Ephron was attached at one point to write and direct a biopic, her death stymied the project. It now has a new director aboard, with Far From Heaven ’s Todd Haynes set to call the shots . Lee might...
Rumours claim a November shoot Earlier this year Quentin Tarantino announced he was abandoning his Western The Hateful Eight , following online leaks of the work-in-progress screenplay. "I gave it to six people," he fumed. "It's a betrayal. There's an ugly maliciousness to it." Tarantino said he would consider publishing the screenplay as a book, but insisted that, while he might...
Edinburgh gets Cold In July Forget Cannes, put Venice aside, because this summer the Edinburgh International Film Festival is where it's at. For one thing, try getting a deep-fried Mars Bar on the Croisette. For several more, it's more accessible to the moviegoing public, a lot closer to home and Empire will be there with a series of Hero Hangouts and a screening of its freshly-announced Greatest...
He may also tackle The Magnificent Seven remake Antoine Fuqua is a man in demand. Now putting the finishing touches to his Equalizer movie reboot with Denzel Washington and preparing to lace up his directorial gloves for pugilism pic Southpaw , the Training Day director has been offered not one, not two but three separate films, with Fox pulling out the captain’s chair on Narco Sub , MGM offering...
Locke's writer/director will tackle the infected hordes The World War Z sequel already has a director, with J uan Antonio Bayona recruited late last year to tackle the second film spawned from Max Brooks’ book. Now we know who will be tasked with following the story established in the first movie – Locke writer/director Steven Knight . While his most recent outing featured Tom Hardy alone...
Guillermo del Toro's vampire horror story attacks TV screens Though it frustratingly appears to still lack a UK broadcaster, the TV version of Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan’s vampire book series The Strain is creeping ever closer to air across the pond. Following a raft of brief teasers, a proper – if still short – trailer has arrived for the drama. The Strain finds House Of...
As Stephan James steps into a competing project Flying high on the success of Captain America: The Winter Soldier , Anthony Mackie is hoping his impressive work to date can help him finally realise a long-held dream: playing Olympic legend Jesse Owens on the big screen. He’s been attached to a biopic of the man before, and now seems intent on producing his own, untitled take on Owens . With...
Five seasons and a Hulu! "Six seasons and a movie!" was always the mantra behind NBC's popular comedy Community, but it sadly fell short when the network cancelled it after series five. As with Arrested Development and others, however, it looks like there may be a glimmer of hope in the on-demand world. Netflix came to the Bluths' rescue, and in Community's case it may be Hulu steps up to...
Tina Fey & Jason Bateman have family issues Family dysfunction can be mined for all flavours of films: comedies, dramas, key turning points in interstellar squabbles. With his new film, This Is Where I Leave You , Shawn Levy has plumped for dramatic comedy, and the first trailer is now online. The movie, adapted by Jonathan Tropper from his novel, finds four grown siblings (Tina Fey, Jason Bateman,...
Mixed signals It’s been a couple of months since the first trailer for young-at-heart sci-fi pic Earth To Echo arrived, so here is your second reminder in promo form. We’re introduced to a group of kids who see themselves as outsiders because they’re the “good” ones – well-behaved, no trouble but never likely to run with the cool crowd or become particularly outstanding....
Divergent sequel finds Tris a fugitive With the first Divergent 's box office take making it the third most successful Lionsgate franchise after The Hunger Games and Twilight , the studio is naturally pushing ahead with the next movie. Sequel Insurgent , once again based on Veronica Roth’s books, is now in production in Atlanta. Robert Schwentke is taking over the directorial chores this time,...
There are more wedding bells ringing... Despite scoring a huge indie hit with My Big Fat Greek Wedding in 2002, Nia Vardalos hasn’t enjoyed massive success with her own film projects since, though she still crops up a lot in of other movies and TV series. So there may some cynicism about her returning to the Greek Wedding characters for a sequel . Still, that won't stop the writer/actress, who...