Acclaimed comics writer Mark Millar (Civil War, Wanted, Kick-Ass) has been hired by 20th Century Fox as a creative consultant. Millar will work with directors James Mangold, Matthew Vaughan and Josh Trank to improve Marvel properties like X-Men and Fantastic Four.
Arcade games have been getting some love in Hollywood lately, whether it’s more generically as in Tron: Legacy or Disney’s upcoming animated film Wreck-It Ralph. Now, one of Hollywood’s hottest action directors has decided to try his hands at adapting a classic.
After the premiere of The Amazing Spider-Man, which received generally positive reviews and a healthy box office take, word got out that director Marc Webb might not return for the sequel. With quick sequel turnarounds causing Gary Ross to leave The Hunger Games: Catching Fire and Rupert Wyatt to exit Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, Webb departing a film due in less than two years time following the first film’s release wouldn’t have been a surprise, especially considering he had a contractual obligation to make a film for 20th Century Fox.
It’s been a long four years since we were treated to James Bond on the big screen, and that wait just got a day shorter for those of us in the U.S. The James Bond Twitter handle (@007) has announced that Skyfall will arrive a day earlier on Nov. 8 in IMAX only.
20th Century Fox has definitively confirmed director Rupert Wyatt‘s exit from Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, the sequel to the 2011 smash Rise of the Planet of the Apes, by creating a new director shortlist.
Ben Whishaw can look forward to a career breakthrough with the epic Cloud Atlas and James Bond flick Skyfall arriving before the end of the year. Even before he’s pervaded the mainstream, the British actor might already have his next big gig.
Cinematographer Matthew Libatique is hard at work on Noah from director Darren Aronofsky, and via his Twitter feed we have a new concept photo of the inside of the massive vessel that is set to house two of every animal, and apparently a crap-load of snakes.
The Avengers is the biggest movie of the year and it has finally come out on DVD and Blu-ray. See what other movies are set to challenge the Marvel superhero team in this week’s DISCussion, including the adaptation of a classic DC graphic novel.
From Boris Karloff creature feature to Brendan Fraser action-adventure, The Mummy has had an interesting film journey already, and it will take its next steps under the creative control of director Len Wiseman (Total Recall, Underworld).
Anne Hathaway stole much of the show in The Dark Knight Rises, and many expect her to do the same in Les Misérables. Although she might hit the awards campaign trail for the latter, the actress isn’t stopping to smell the roses and has lined up a role in a highly anticipated Steven Spielberg blockbuster, Robopocalypse.
