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It looks like Sony has set a writer for their Steve Jobs biopic! The Hollywood Reporter announced last week that Aaron Sorkin, the guy that took home the Oscar for The Social Network and A Few Good Men, has signed to write the screen play based on Walter Isaacson’s biography: Steve Jobs. Sony bought the rights to the biography in October and approached Sorkin in [...]
Maleficient, the live action tale of the witch from Sleeping Beauty is set to start filming this summer in London. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Juno Temple will join the cast as Thistlewit, one of the three fairies that is sent to care for Princess Aurora in the cottage in the woods. Angelina Jolie will star as the title role in Maleficient which tells the [...]
In 2012, Matthew Vaughn directed, produced, and financed what is now the cult hit Kick-Ass, a film based on the Mark Millar-John Romita Jr. comic series. Since the film was a huge success (it grossed $96 million worldwide with a budget of only $30 million), Universal is in talks with Vaughn about filming Kick-Ass 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Vaughn will only produce the [...]
In what will be their fifth time collaborating on the big screen, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio will reunite for The Wolf of Walk Street based on Jordan Belfort’s 2008 memoir. The Hollywood Reporter puts to rest rumors that have been flying for a while about Scrosese and DiCaprio working together again, and confirmed last week that The Wolf of Wall Street was a go. [...]
By now, you’ve probably heard that Gary Ross won’t be back to direct the sequel to his successful adaptation of The Hunger Games, stating lack of prep time as his departure reasons. This left Lionsgate looking for someone suitable to helm Catching Fire, and as Deadline reports, it came down to two contenders: Moneyball‘s Bennet Miller and Francis Lawrence. Miller asked Lionsgate to push back [...]
If you’ve ever been to Disneyland, you’re familiar with Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride. Good news for lovers of this The Wind in the Willows adaptation: according to Deadline, Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride has plans to make a big screen debut! Since Disneyland’s opening in 1955, Mr. Toad has been a fixture in Fantasyland, and was even available at Disney World until it was replaced in [...]
Paramount Pictures and New Regency Productions announced that Russell Crowe will play Noah in director Darren Aronofsky’s (also an Academy Award-winner) film of the same name. Aronofsky stated: “I’d like to thank Paramount and Regency for backing my team’s work to breathe new life into the biblical epic. I rejoice that Russell Crowe will be by my side on this adventure. It’s his immense talent [...]
News from The Hollywood Reporter (and director Gary Ross himself) states that The Hunger Games director will not be sitting in the director’s chair of Catching Fire. The highly anticipated sequel to the blockbuster The Hunger Games is now on the search for a new director when Gary Ross put rumors to rest yesterday that he will not be continuing with The Hunger Games franchise. [...]
Earlier this week, The Hollywood Reporter released the news that Ashton Kutcher was attached to an independent Steve Jobs biopic. Kutcher will play none other than Jobs himself in the Joshua Michael Stern film titled simply: Jobs. Jobs will be produced and financed by Five Star Institute’s Mark Hulme. Sony grabbed the film rights to Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of Jobs after his death in [...]
VIZ Media, the largest distributor and licensor of anime and manga in the North America, announced that Warner Bros. Pictures has acquired the live-action feature film rights to the hit manga and anime property Bleach. The announcement comes after another successful year for Bleach in print, digital publishing, cable television, streaming video, consumer products and video-on-demand. “Bleach has built a huge international following in its [...]
