'Power Rangers' Movie Starts Production; Max Landis Worked On The Script
We've got good news for fans of a certain 1990s television series: the Power Rangers movie starts production. Lionsgate's reboot opens March 24th, 2017.
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'Skull Island' Rewrite Coming From 'Flight' Screenwriter
The King Kong prequel, Skull Island, is being rewritten. Flight screenwriter John Gatins will take a crack at the Skull Island script for Tom Hiddleston.
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'Real Steel 2' Still In Development, But Is It Going To Happen?
Real Steel director Shawn Levy offers an update on Real Steel 2 which would reteam the filmmaker with star Hugh Jackman. Is it going to happen, or not?
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Michael Keaton Has A 'Need For Speed'
As Dom Toretto and Brian O'Conner rev their engines for Universal's Fast & Furious 6, DreamWorks is preparing a high-speed franchise of its own. Last spring, the studio nabbed the rights to the EA Sports racing video game Need for Speed and set Scott Waugh (Act of Valor) to direct. Casting got off to a…
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'Looper', 'The Master', 'Perks Of Being A Wallflower', And More Nominated For Writers Guild Of America Awards
With just days to go until Oscar nominations are announced, the Writers Guild of America has unveiled its list of nominees for their top screenplay awards. As expected, many of these are films that have picked up plenty of accolades already. It'll surprise no one to see that Zero Dark Thirty, Moonrise Kingdom, and Lincoln are among the…
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'Flight' Review: Robert Zemeckis Pilots A Bumpy Return To Live-Action [NYFF]
After a dozen-year stretch in Uncanny Valley, Robert Zemeckis has returned to the world of live-action with the substance abuse drama Flight. It's not the smoothest ride. The film's alcoholism plotline veers toward the generic, the symbolism is often so blunt as to be laughable, and the supporting players are mostly one-note. What keeps it…
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Video Game Series 'Need For Speed' To Become A Movie
One of the most successful gaming franchises of all time is about to race to the big screen. Need for Speed is a racing franchise run by Electronic Arts that's been churning out games since 1994 and now DreamWorks is likely to buy the rights to a film version written and produced by John and…
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Casting Bits: Brian Geraghty In 'Flight;' Alexia Fast In 'One Shot;' Mira Sorvino In 'The Class Project'
Robert Zemeckis is getting ready to make Flight, in which Denzel Washington plays a booze- and drug-addled pilot who heroically saves a troubled flight, only to face an investigation into his role in the flight's troubles. Kelly Reilly plays another addict who comes into his life, and Don Cheadle and Bruce Greenwood are in talks…
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Director Shawn Levy Floats Ideas For Possible 'Real Steel' Sequel
The release date for Real Steel is still a few weeks away, but it's never too early to start thinking about a sequel, right? Director Shawn Levy has revealed a few ideas he's playing with for the potential follow-up, which John Gatins, who scripted the first film, has already been tapped to write. Set in…
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Casting Bits: Kelly Reilly In 'Flight;' Olivia Wilde In 'The Longest Week;' Vanessa Hudgens In 'Frozen Ground'
Robert Zemeckis is preparing to make his live-action return with the film Flight, in which Denzel Washington will play a commercial pilot who safely lands a troubled flight, saving almost all aboard, but finds his own role in the flight's trouble under investigation. Now Kelly Reilly (Pride and Prejudice, Eden Lake, Sherlock Holmes: A Game…
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Paramount Makes 'Flight' Official; Robert Zemeckis Directs Denzel Washington Starting In October
Briefly: When Germain last covered the possible film Flight, which has been looking like Robert Zemeckis' return to live-action with Denzel Washington starring, he noted that nothing is really a sure thing until cameras start to roll. But the next closest thing is a studio press release announcing a film. That's what we've got now,…
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Robert Zemeckis Could Next Direct 'Flight'
In an era where every successful filmmaker has not only one, but a handful of films, on their plate, it's hard to imaging that someone as storied and successful as Robert Zemeckis is looking for work. However, after his motion capture Beatles film Yellow Submarine was canceled, it put the Oscar-winning director of Forrest Gump,…
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Screenwriter Hired For 'Real Steel' Sequel
DreamWorks is evidently pretty happy with Shawn Levy's robot boxing movie Real Steel, starring Hugh Jackman. The film doesn't open until October 7, but the studio has just hired a screenwriter to get a sequel moving. There's a lot of work left to go before the second film will really happen, but this is certainly…
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