Director Matt Reeves and co-writer Mark Bomback talk about the War for the Planet of the Apes influences, from biblical epics to Clint Eastwood.
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What are the movies that inspired War for the Planet of the Apes? Matt Reeves lists some of the classic films they looked to for inspiration.
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Woody Harrelson is joining War of the Planet of the Apes as the human villain of the third installment. Learn more about the Woody Harrelson apes casting.
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In a rare occurrence, a biopic is on the way with the subject playing themselves. UFC fighter Ronda Rousey will star in a Ronda Rousey movie as herself.
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Matt Reeves changed the original Dawn of the Planet of the Apes story weeks before filming was scheduled to begin. Find out how he sold Fox on the opening.
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It's less than a month until we return to an Earth that has been dramatically reshaped into a place that could soon be called a planet of the apes, and Fox has released one last big look at its latest chapter in the long-running saga. Half of this final Dawn of the Planet of the…
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After the jump: Ju-On: The Grudge is getting another sequel The Dark Crystal sequel is still in development Better Call Saul will shoot in Albuquerque Read the first chapter of the Apes prequel book Take a peek at the first Minions teaser poster 22 Jump Street reveals a couple more clips See another poster for Transformers…
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While there was some confusion many months ago over who would direct the sequel to 2011's Rise of the Planet of the Apes, 20th Century Fox is removing all doubt for a potential third installment. Matt Reeves, the director of this year's sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, has signed to direct an untitled,…
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Charlie Hunnam reportedly exited Fifty Shades of Grey after he got a little too hands-on with the script, but now Sam Taylor-Johnson and her producers have found a new scribe to wrestle it into submission. Mark Bomback, writer of The Wolverine and the Total Recall remake, has been hired to do a polish on Kelly…
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Aside from a few dreamy appearances by deceased flame Jean Grey, The Wolverine was a solo outing for the grizzled X-Man. He doesn't don the leather costume or call Westchester to check in, and none of his X-friends are around when the shit hits the fan. But screenwriter Mark Bomback reveals that wasn't always the…
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By the time the next Planet of the Apes movie comes out, will it have featured as many screenwriters as there are Apes movies? Dawn of the Planet of the Apes will be the immediate sequel to last year's surprise success Rise of the Planet of the Apes. After Rise director Rupert Wyatt stepped away from…
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The final episode of 24 was broadcast in May 2010, and not long after we started to hear serious talk about a feature film continuation of the series anchored by Kiefer Sutherland's character Jack Bauer. Fox spent a lot of time choosing a screenwriter (Billy Ray eventually scripted, with Mark Bomback polishing) and starting the…
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With just days to go until This Means War was scheduled to hit theaters, Fox has shifted its release date yet again. Less last-minute is Summit's announcement of a fall release date for Alex Cross (formerly I, Alex Cross), which sees Tyler Perry ditching the Madea costume for once. But the biggest piece of news,…
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Every couple months there seems to be an incremental update on the feature film version of 24. Most of these updates amount to saying that the project isn't dead yet, but that it isn't really moving full steam ahead, either. Now Mark Bomback (Unstoppable, Live Free or Die Hard, Total Recall) is about to turn…
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We here at /Film aim to please. So, instead of making you click on four different articles for your sequel themed updates, all you have to do is read this one. After the jump we've got news on the following: Producers Mark Canton and Gianni Nunnari update us on the latest regarding the sequel to…
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You know what they say about idle hands: they screw up perfectly good scripts. Let's hope that's not the case for The Wolverine, which James Mangold will direct next year. The existing draft was written by Christopher McQuarrie and is said to be quite good. But now, as the film is delayed until a 2012…
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Back in 2009, we reported that screenwriter Mark Bomback (Race to Witch Mountain) was working on a screenplay adapted from Dark Horse Comics' The Umbrella Academy series. Now, after a couple of years of not much activity, the project is getting a whole new draft. Universal Pictures recently hired Rawson Thurber, best known as the…
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Yesterday we saw the first images of sets for the new Total Recall sets, on them some white-suited troopers. Now we've got the first image of Colin Farrell in the lead role of Doug Quaid, a factory worker who learns, or thinks he learns, that he is really a spy for one of two nation…
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Denzel Washington is in talks to star in Tony Scott's action drama Unstoppable. Washington would play an experienced engineer who finds himself in a race against time, with a runaway train carrying a cargo of toxic chemicals. The role of the conductor who helps Washington's character, has not yet been cast. The duo chase the…
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Universal Pictures has hired Race to Witch Mountain scribe Mark Bomback to adapt Dark Horse Comics' The Umbrella Academy for the big screen. The film is very tentatively aiming for a 2012 release. I wasn't a big fan of Witch Mountain, but it appears that Bomback might have better source material this time around. The…
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