Development News
Terrence Nance has dropped out of directing Space Jam 2, with Malcolm D. Lee stepping in to take his place.
Deadpool 3 is currently in limbo as Disney tries to figure out what to do with its recent Fox acquisitions.
- Variety: Disney Left With a Slate of Film Flops After Fox Deal
- SlashFilm: Sony Rescues Fox 2000 Team with HarperCollins Deal
- Comic Book Movie: DEADPOOL 2 Director David Leitch Reveals Whether Disney Has Contacted Him About DEADPOOL 3DEADPOOL 2 Director David Leitch Reveals Whether Disney Has Contacted Him About DEADPOOL 3
Taika Waititi has moved on to Thor 4 at Marvel while Warner Bros. figures out what to do with their long-gestating Akira adaptation.
- Dread Central: Is THOR 4 to Blame? Warner Bros. Put Live-Action AKIRA Movie On Hold Indefinitely
- SlashFilm: ‘Thor 4’ Coming From Director Taika Waititi as Live-Action ‘Akira’ is Put On Hold Indefinitely
- Comic Book Movie: THOR 4: Taika Waititi Will Return To Write & Direct RAGNAROK Sequel As AKIRA Is Put On Hold IndefinitelyTHOR 4: Taika Waititi Will Return To Write & Direct RAGNAROK Sequel As AKIRA Is Put On Hold Indefinitely
- Cinema Blend: Taika Waititi's Akira Movie Has Been Put On Hold
- JoBlo: Taika Waititi to direct Thor 4 as plans for Akira are put on hold
Deadpool 3 is currently in limbo as Disney tries to figure out what to do with its recent Fox acquisitions.
- We Got This Covered: Deadpool 2 Director Has Hasn’t Heard Anything From Disney About Deadpool 3
- SlashFilm: Sony Rescues Fox 2000 Team with HarperCollins Deal
- Comic Book Movie: DEADPOOL 2 Director David Leitch Reveals Whether Disney Has Contacted Him About DEADPOOL 3DEADPOOL 2 Director David Leitch Reveals Whether Disney Has Contacted Him About DEADPOOL 3
- Cinema Blend: Deadpool 2 Director Doesn’t Know If Marvel Is Making A Third Movie
The LeBron James-starring sequel has a new man in charge. Continue reading…
- Deadline: Malcolm D. Lee Takes Over As Director On ‘Space Jam 2’
- Variety: ‘Girls Trip’ Director Malcolm D. Lee Boards ‘Space Jam 2’
- Coming Soon: Malcolm D. Lee Tapped as Replacement Director for Space Jam 2
- IndieWire: ‘Space Jam 2’: Malcolm D. Lee Replacing Terence Nance as Director
- JoBlo: Girls Trip helmer Malcolm D. Lee is your new director for Space Jam 2
We’re less than a week out from San Diego Comic-Con, and even though we know Marvel Studios will have their own panel at the convention, that’s not stopping rampant speculation about upcoming casting announcements that could be revealed.
One of Marvel’s upcoming films, although not officially announced, will be The Eternals. The movie focuses on more characters from the cosmic side of the Marvel Comics universe, and in recent months, there have been several reports of who is being brought in to star in the movie.
- Cinema Blend: Stranger Things’ Millie Bobby Brown Denies The Eternals Casting Rumor
- Comic Book Movie: STRANGER THINGS Star Millie Bobby Brown Addresses Rumors That She's Been Cast In Marvel's THE ETERNALSSTRANGER THINGS Star Millie Bobby Brown Addresses Rumors That She's Been Cast In Marvel's THE ETERNALS
- MovieWeb: Millie Bobby Brown Insists She's Not in Marvel's The Eternals
- MovieWeb: Kumail Nanjiani Refuses to Confirm His The Eternals Role, But Thinks It'd Be Great
- Deadline: Kumail Nanjiani Tells Conan O’Brien Podcast Why He Hasn’t Watched Sweat-Inducing No-Show Episode
- SlashFilm: ‘Stuber’ Review: Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani’s Screwball Dynamic Keep This Action Comedy From Stalling
- SlashFilm: Kumail Nanjiani Bails on ‘Conan’ Due to Work Commitment, Leaving Conan Scrambling For Only the Second Time in a Quarter Century
We’re less than a week out from San Diego Comic-Con, and even though we know Marvel Studios will have their own panel at the convention, that’s not stopping rampant speculation about upcoming casting announcements that could be revealed.
One of Marvel’s upcoming films, although not officially announced, will be The Eternals. The movie focuses on more characters from the cosmic side of the Marvel Comics universe, and in recent months, there have been several reports of who is being brought in to star in the movie.
- Comic Book Movie: STRANGER THINGS Star Millie Bobby Brown Addresses Rumors That She's Been Cast In Marvel's THE ETERNALSSTRANGER THINGS Star Millie Bobby Brown Addresses Rumors That She's Been Cast In Marvel's THE ETERNALS
- MovieWeb: Millie Bobby Brown Insists She's Not in Marvel's The Eternals
- MovieWeb: Kumail Nanjiani Refuses to Confirm His The Eternals Role, But Thinks It'd Be Great
- Cinema Blend: Stuber's Kumail Nanjiani Is Apparently Jacked Now, And It Cracks Dave Bautista Up
- Variety: Conan O’Brien Interviews His Assistant After Kumail Nanjiani Cancels Last-Minute
- SlashFilm: Kumail Nanjiani Bails on ‘Conan’ Due to Work Commitment, Leaving Conan Scrambling For Only the Second Time in a Quarter Century
One of the first video games to gain attention for its (then) stunning amount of violence was the first MORTAL KOMBAT in 1992, as bloody finishing moves delighted players and terrified everyone else. The movie adaptations didn’t do the best job illustrating that violence and showing off clever fatalities, but now the new movie from Warner Bros. is going to let the obliterations, gutting,… Read More...
Warner Bros. has been trying to make a Space Invaders movie for almost ten years. We first wrote about the project back in 2010, when producer Jason Blum was one of a few people in talks to make it happen. Blum went on to become one of the most prominent, successful producers in Hollywood, but all the while, Space Invaders was still on a back burner somewhere at WB.
Now the studio has offloaded the project to its New Line Cinema branch and finally hired a writer in the hopes of breathing some cinematic life into the 1970s arcade game.
- JoBlo: New Line planning Space Invaders movie from Mortal Kombat writer Greg Russo
- Deadline: ‘Space Invaders’ On New Line Launchpad; ‘Mortal Kombat’s Greg Russo To Script Alien-Invasion Pic
- Coming Soon: New Line Doing a Space Invaders Movie With Mortal Kombat’s Greg Russo
- Dark Horizons: New Line Plans A “Space Invaders” Movie
- IGN Movies: Space Invaders Movie Reportedly Hires Mortal Kombat Reboot Writer
- MovieWeb: Space Invaders Movie Revs Back Up with Mortal Kombat Reboot Writer
One of the first video games to gain attention for its (then) stunning amount of violence was the first MORTAL KOMBAT in 1992, as bloody finishing moves delighted players and terrified everyone else. The movie adaptations didn’t do the best job illustrating that violence and showing off clever fatalities, but now the new movie from Warner Bros. is going to let the obliterations, gutting,… Read More...
- SlashFilm: The New ‘Mortal Kombat’ Movie Will Be Rated R, Just as the Gods of Outworld Intended
- Coming Soon: True to the Game, the Hard-R Mortal Kombat Movie Will Have Fatalities
- Dark Horizons: “Mortal Kombat” Film To Have Fatalaties
- MovieWeb: R-Rated Mortal Kombat Reboot Shows Fatalities for First Time on the Big Screen
