Universal has optioned Locke & Key, the acclaimed supernatural comic book series by Joe Hill and Gabriel Rodriguez, to develop as a feature film.
Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Bobby Cohen will produce via their Universal-based K/O Paper Products banner. Ted Adams, the CEO and publisher of IDW Publishing, the company behind the comic, will also produce.
With Man of Steel soaring at the box office, what better time for James Franco -- star of Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man franchise -- to wax poetic about superheroes at the Cineplex?
Sandra Bullock and Annie are not meant to be, it seems.
Negotiations have ended between the actress and Sony, the studio behind the update of the classic comic strip-turned-musical being produced by Will Smith and Jay-Z, THR has confirmed.
The new, highly anticipated Star Wars reboot may be looking to cast a pair of teenage girls and a wide range of male characters.
BleedingCool.com on Wednesday posted a list of casting breakdowns touted as “100 percent confirmed,” though it's worth noting that the details have not been confirmed by any other outlet. According to BleedingCool, casting began Wednesday in the U.K.
Shailene Woodley will not appear in Sony’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and neither will her character, Mary Jane Watson, THR has confirmed.
Woodley’s appearance in Spider-Man 2 always was intended to be brief – the actress only worked three days and shot around three scenes – but sources say director Marc Webb decided to streamline the story.
Everyone’s favorite miniature building blocks are coming to the big screen.
The first teaser trailer for The Lego Movie has just been released, and it's giving fans a first look at the vast assemblage of pop-culture references that will be featured in the upcoming comedy -- including Batman, Wonder Woman and Michelangelo (both the painter and the Ninja Turtle)
The first look at Frozen, the newest film from Walt Disney Animation Studios, hit the web Tuesday in the form of a funny teaser trailer.
The teaser features a goofy snowman (Olaf, played by Josh Gad) and a like-minded moose clumsily navigating a slippery frozen pond, both vying for Olaf’s detached carrot-nose.
LONDON – Artist Jamie Shovlin is to direct a documentary, Rough Cut, about a made-up 1970s exploitation film called Hiker Meat.
Produced and distributed by Cornerhouse Artist Film, the doc will create key sections from an imagined film by fictitious Italian director Jesus Rinzoli. While Hiker Meat as a complete feature is fated to remain unrealized, key sections will be re-created.
The documentary was writtten by Mike Harte, a fellow artist and writer.
Transcendence scribe Jack Paglen is in negotiations to write the sequel to Fox and Ridley Scott's Prometheus.
Prometheus, written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, was one of the most highly anticipated films of 2012. It followed a group of scientists looking for the origins of the human race and opened in theaters in June 2012, going on to become the 15th highest grossing film of the year. It's earned $403.4 million at the worldwide box office to date.
While rumors are still swirling about who will be suiting up for the sequel to last summer's Marvel blockbuster The Avengers, director Joss Whedon suggested that villain Loki, played by Tom Hiddleston, won't be back.
LONDON – Mongrel Media has struck a deal for North American rights to Ryan Smith's After.
U.K.-based genre specialist movie sales company Jinga Films sold the title to Mongrel.
Billed as a dark fantasy, the movie boasts a cast that includes Steven Strait (10,000 BC) and Karolina Wydra (House), who has landed a vampire role in the upcoming season of HBO's True Blood.
