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James Wan Departs Director’s Chair For ROBOTECH As It Lands Andy Muschietti To Helm
It and Mama helmer Andy Muschietti is officially directing the long-awaited Robotech adaptation for Sony following its acquisition in 2015. The film, to be based on the 1985 Tatsunoko and Harmony Gold USA animated show, has already seen an extensive journey of flailing development with early life fledgeling at Warner Bros. back in 2007. The news comes after intial buzz in 2015 as James Wan, in the months following the blockbuster success of Furious Seven and along with being confirmed to direct next year’s Aquaman film, was tapped to direct instead of Muschietti. Wan has other projects stirring, including producing Mortal Kombat for Warner Bros. and developing a Resident Evil reboot for Screen Gems. The original Robotech series itself, constructed from three Japanese animated shows to form its own for U.S. broadcast at the time, takes place at a time when crash-landed alien technology becomes the starting point for mankind’s […]
YA Sci-Fi Action Novel, THE DIABOLIC, Moves Onward To Live-Action Adaptation For Columbia Pictures
If the name of Matt Tolmach reads as familiar, you may recognize him as having been attached to many a Spider-Man-related project for Sony at a time when Andrew Garfield’s iteration was still at the forefront and leaked emails weren’t such a distractive shiny object. Tolmach is currently serving as executive producer on Spider-Man: Homecoming as well as a producer on the Jumanji remake while it remains to be seen as to whether or not Venom or The Sinister Six will ever see the day; The chances are pretty grim and the new Spider-Man has already seuged onward into more bankabpe territory, while Tolmach has reportedly begun advancing a new project following the recent Simon & Shuster publication of the latest novel, The Diabolic. Deadline has it on good terms that Tolmach has pre-emptively acquired the film rights to the YA sci-fi novel via his own banner at Matt Tolmach […]
A STARSHIP TROOPERS Reboot Is In Order At Columbia Pictures
I think I really ought to start preparing myself mentally for these. As much as I was a couch potato growing up while watching movies at home, it was in 1997 when actor Casper Van Dien hit it big with Robocop helmer Paul Verohoeven’s sci-fi action adventure, Starship Troopers. The film was a bit of a mixed affair yet became a cult hit while drawing out three sequels for the small screen, mingling explosive action and gore with satirical themes of satire and fascism. At the center of it all was character Johnny Rico who rises in the military ranks, driven by the grit and steadfastiness of his superior in the wake of an attack on Earth by alien bugs. Late author Robert A. Heinlen’s 1959 novel was the source material of that book, and is reportedly now being observed with a more centered approach for what THR describes as […]
STARMAN To Be Remade By Shawn Levy For Columbia
80’s sci-fi revivals are back in the headlines with word from THR that director John Carpenter’s 1984 film, Starman, is up for a remake over at Columbia Pictures. Stand By Me scribes Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon wrote the original film which centered on a widow coerced into helping a fugitive alien look-a-like of her deceased husband, with a three-day cross-country drive to the Barringer Crater in order to save his life. That film starred actress Karen Allen with actor Jeff Bridges who earned an Academy Award nomination for the film at the time while the film later spawned a short-lived TV series on ABC a few years later. Real Steel and Night At The Museum helmer Shawn Levy will direct the film from a script by Grace Of Monaco and upcoming WarGames remake scribe Arash Amel, with Robert Mitas and 21 Laps’s own Dan Cohen executive producing, and […]
Charlize Theron Finds Another Leading Action Vehicle In THE GRAY MAN For Sony
Who would have guessed that actress Charlize Theron‘s role in Mad Max: Fury Road this year would lead to a string of action pictures this year? I sure didn’t, although I will say it’s delightfully surprising. Word from The Tracking Board states she’ll have a starring role in the forthcoming novel adaptation, The Gray Man, the first of a four-novel set by author Mark Greaney. The news comes roughly a year since Sony opted the rights to the 2009 publication with Captain America: The Winter Soldier helmers Anthony and Joe Russo attached to script the film based on the novel described as follows: Court Gentry is known as The Gray Man– a legend in the covert realm, moving silently from job to job, accomplishing the impossible, and then fading away. And he always hits his target. But there are forces more lethal than Gentry in the world. And in their […]
Wang Baoqiang Stars In Columbia Pictures' THE MONK!
Martial arts cinema fans have something more to look forward to between now and the next few years, thanks to the added efforts of none other than Columbia Pictures. Already adding to the fanfare with Choy Lee Fut Kung Fu co-star, actor Wang Baoqiang‘s expected appearances in three more Donnie Yen action vehicles-director Law Wing Cheong’s two-part reboot epic, Iceman 3D beginning in April and Teddy Chen’s martial arts thriller, Kung Fu Killer in August, we now have word that the studio has begun filming The Monk, with Baoqiang set to lead. The film is a part of the studio’s latest major push to anchor itself with its newly forming partnerships in China. The Promise helmer Chen Kaige is directing the film ahead of the film’s release planned by summer next year, with much more detailed in the studio’s press release which you can read below. In a move to […]