Star Wars Episodes VIII And IX Get Writers

Having recently secured the services of Toy Story 3 writer Michael Arndt to write the seventh chapter in the Star Wars Saga, Disney has now reportedly found writers for both Episodes eight and nine as well. Simon Kinberg and Lawrence Kasdan have reportedly both signed on to help complete the rest of Disney’s new Star Wars [...]

Fox Cancels Independence Day 3D Release

20th Century Fox has officially cancelled plans to re-release a converted 3D version of Roland Emmerich’s alien invasion blockbuster Independence Day. Starring Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum and Randy Quaid the   1996 original version hauled in over $800 million at the box office alone, catapulting Will Smith to global superstardom in the process. The 3D re-release [...]

TMNT Creators Praise Ninja Turtles Reboot

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles co-creators Peter Laird and Kevin Eastman have both spoken out in support of saving the latest big screen version of the half-shell heroes, praising the script that the studio indefinitely abandoned production of five months ago. Widely reported concerns about the script and the direction Michael Bay’s alien themed Ninja Turtles [...]

Wayne’s World 3 Is NOT Happening

After a brief flurry of slightly excited  internet buzz that Mike Myers had written a script for Wayne’s World 3, it seems that Wayne and Garth won’t in fact be partying on for a third installment after all. Serious doubt has now been cast on some of the original sources for the story, making it suddenly far less [...]

Disney Plan Several Star Wars Films A Year

Disney’s multibillion dollar acquisition of Lucasfilm and the Star Wars franchise was followed swiftly by news that the first of a new trilogy of space adventures would be in cinemas by summer 2015. But as the hunt intensifies for a director for Episode VII news is emerging that Disney already has even more ambitious plans [...]

Sam Mendes Has Idea For Bond Sequel

It’s still unconfirmed that Sam Mendes will be directing another Bond film, but according to departing screenwriting team Neal Purivs and Robert Wade, he already has an idea in place for a potential sequel. Leaving the franchise after having co-written the past five Bond films Robert Wade dropped the following information into an official statement. [...]

Amazing Spider-Man 2 Casting News

Sam Claflin and Eddie Redmayne have joined the ever growing list of dashing young actors linked to the part of Harry Osborn in superhero sequel The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Douglas Booth, Boyd Holbrook, Dane DeHaan, Alden Ehrenreich and Brady Corbet have all also been linked with the role. Directed by Marc Webb the next installment in Sony’s rebooted [...]

Mike Myers Writes Wayne’s World 3

Mike Myers has apparently finished his first draft on a long awaited Wayne’s World sequel. Twenty years after the last big screen adventures of Wayne and Garth the new film will reportedly focus on the pair struggling to adapt to a new era of music, marriage and the internet. Wayne’s World 3 doesn’t have an [...]

Brad Bird Won’t Direct Star Wars Episode VII

Brad Bird has officially ruled himself out of the running to direct Disney’s new Star Wars film Episode VII. Despite being identified as a leading contender, The Incredibles & Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol emphatically denied he would be taking charge of Disney’s surprising re-launch of the beloved space saga during a Twitter Q&A with fans. [...]

Star Trek Footage Previews Before The Hobbit

Nine minutes of preview footage for Star Trek Sequel Star Trek Into Darkness will be previewed at IMAX screenings of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey this Christmas. Following the announcement President of IMAX Filmed Entertainment Greg Foster had this to say: “Our longtime partners J.J. Abrams, Bryan Burk and the Bad Robot team have really [...]