Gender-Flipped 'She's All That' Remake Casts 'Cobra Kai' Star Tanner Buchanan
The gender-flipped She's All That remake has cast Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan as the nerdy high school kid who will get a makeover.
Read MoreThe gender-flipped She's All That remake has cast Cobra Kai star Tanner Buchanan as the nerdy high school kid who will get a makeover.
Read MoreMean Girls director Mark Waters returns to Disney to direct Magic Camp, a film potentially starring comedian Steve Martin.
Read MoreParanormal YA characters tend to be a pretty mopey lot, whether they're pining after sparkly vampire boyfriends or stressing over whether they'll use their witchy powers for good or evil. But the tough, sarcastic leads of Vampire Academy look like a welcome exception. Rose (Zoey Deutch) is a snarky ass-kicker in the Buffy Summers mold,…
Read MoreHow can a YA adaptation about beautiful vampires set itself apart at a time when YA adaptations and beautiful vampires have become utterly, tiresomely ubiquitous? Well, it can't hurt to have the guys behind two razor-sharp teen classics on board. Vampire Academy: Blood Sisters comes from Mean Girls helmer Mark Waters and Heathers writer Daniel…
Read MoreAt the multiplex, male superheroes have all the fun. For every one Elektra, there must be at least five Avengers, Spider-Man or Dark Knight's. Even the most famous female superhero, Wonder Woman, can't get her own big budget live-action movie. Sony thinks the market is there though and is turning back into the history books…
Read More20th Century Fox has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming film adaptation of the Newbery-winning children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Ghost of Girlfriends Past), the the comedy stars Jim Carrey as a businessman whose "professional side starts to unravel after he inherits six penguins, and…
Read MoreWe only recently got our first look at Mark Waters' latest film, the Jim Carrey-starring Mr. Popper's Penguins, and already the director is negotiating a deal for his follow-up project. He's in line to direct Get Back, a comedy about two die-hard Beatles fans who, upon discovering a time machine, travel back in time to…
Read MoreCentury Fox has released the first official photos from the upcoming film adaptation of the Newbery-winning children's book Mr. Popper's Penguins in today's edition of USA Today. Directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls, Freaky Friday, Ghost of Girlfriends Past), the the comedy stars Jim Carrey as a businessman whose "professional side starts to unravel after…
Read MoreBriefly: Jim Carrey is starring in an adaptation of the childrens book Mr. Popper's Penguins, which is set to shoot in New York. (Based on some photos I saw yesterday, the film may be shooting now, or very soon.) And now Carla Gugino has taken up a role in the picture. Variety summarizes the film's…
Read MoreWell this is unfortunate timing. On the same day news broke of a rather lame-sounding potential Jim Carrey vehicle, confirmation has arrived that he's going to be starring in Mr. Popper's Penguins, a needless modernization of the children's-favorite 1938 book that was originally poised to reteam Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller. Director Mark Waters, who's…
Read MoreFox is trying to figure out a strategy to put to work adapting Richard and Florence Atwater's WWII-era childrens' book Mr. Popper's Penguins. Earlier this year it looked for a moment like Noah Baumbach and Ben Stiller might reunite post-Greenberg to make the film. But that didn't work out and Fox has continued to look…
Read More I've been extremely disappointed with the recent batch of fantasy films based on bestselling children's books. The Chronicles of Narnia, Bridge to Terabithia, Arthur and the Invisibles - it seems like the movie studios are trying to capture the magic of Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. They are looking for a family…
Read MoreI think I'm one of the only people still watching Fox's filmmaking reality show On The Lot. And I'm not quite sure why I'm still watching, they've done everything they can to make it an unenjoyable experience. And last week the Marty Martin, the most gifted filmmaker of the bunch was voted off because the…
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