Chris Pine has boarded Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s Newsflash, and will star in the film as Walter Cronkite. The film takes place on November 22nd, 1963, when Cronkite put everything on the line to get the story right as when President John F. Kennedy was killed, resulting in a frantic, frightened nation looking towards their TVs – and him – for[…]
John Boyega has signed on to star in Netflix thriller Rebel Ridge, which hails from Green Room director Jeremy Saulnier. Boyega will play an ex-marine who takes on a group of dirty cops. It’s being described as a “high-velocity thriller that explores systemic American injustices through bone-breaking action sequences and dark humour”. This is Saulnier’s second collaboration with[…]
Joanna Hoggs shared her views on recent developments that could be dangerous to the film industry, particularly her field, arthouse cinema. The British director recently launched her acclaimed movie The Souvenir, which won the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance film festival. She clarified her positions within the cinema industry debate at a screening in London on Tuesday of[…]
Guy Pearce has signed on to star in The Seventh Day. Fortunately, it’s not a sequel to the sci-fi Schwarzenegger movie, The 6th Day. Instead, it’s a horror film that’s being described as The Exorcist meets Training Day. Writer-director Justin P. Lange (The Dark) will helm the project, while Fangoria will produce. Pearce’s exact role in the film[…]
Ben Affleck has signed on to star in Robert Rodriguez‘s upcoming thriller, Hypnotic. The film tells the story of a detective who becomes entangled in a mystery involving his missing daughter and a secret government program, while at the same time investigating a string of high-end heists. Rodriguez has co-written the film alongside Kong: Skull Island screenwriter Max[…]