Posts Tagged ‘warner bros’
Akira nuked again
Akira, the long-suffering Westernised adaptation of the famous manga, has once again fallen flat on its face. Good thing? I reckon so. The weird thing about some people is that they'll keep hammering away at an idea, regardless of how negative the reaction is or how many times it goes wrong. With some things (i.e. trying to prove the world...
Batman Audiences Baffled By Bane
Warner Bros is reported to be 'scared to death' after audiences claimed they couldn't understand the dialogue from the latest Batman villain, Bane, in The Dark Knight Rises. A six minute prologue was shown as a preview of the latest instalment in Christopher Nolan's series of Batman films before IMAX screenings of Mission: Impossible...
David Yates to direct Emma Forrest’s memoir
Harry Potter director David Yates' next project looks set to be Emma Forrest's memoir, Your Voice In My Head. Yates might be best known for directing the last four Harry Potter films, but since the franchise has come to an end, he's quickly become attached to a number of other film projects. For some time he was rumoured to be directing...
Lego Movie by 2014
From battling against intergalactic enemies in Star Wars, to riding runaway trains in Indiana Jones, the Lego men are back for another toy town adventure after Warner Brothers won the rights to make a Lego film. From explosions to underwater scenes, we will see an action-adventure film set in the Lego world. The brick-built film will...
Clint Eastwood to cast Leonardo DiCaprio opposite Beyoncé?
Leonardo DiCaprio may be set to star opposite Beyoncé in the upcoming remake of A Star is Born. Clint Eastwood is currently on board to direct the remake of A Star is Born, which follows the story of an ageing alcoholic actor, who becomes the mentor to a bright young starlet. Fredric March and Janet Gaynor starred as the original pairing...
Johnny Depp cast in The Thin Man
Johnny Depp has been confirmed to star in a remake of the 1934 comic detective classic, The Thin Man. Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides director Rob Marshall will helm the remake, and now it seems that he plans to reunite with Pirates star Johnny Depp, who has been cast as the male lead. The original film was based on a novel...
App Editions of Inception and The Dark Knight appear online
If you've always been a little frustrated about renting films off iTunes or LoveFilm and never getting the whole DVD-features shebang, then now's the time to celebrate. Warner Bros., being rather benevolent and fairly forward thinking, are releasing App Editions of two major releases, both works of Christopher Nolan - Inception and The Dark...
Warner Bros. to fund The Hobbit
Seems like Warner Bros. have warmed to The Hobbit once again, after announcing that they'll be footing the $500m production bill. After a colossal amount of in-fighting, angry unions, an even angrier Warner Bros. and an even, still yet angrier Peter Jackson, it's finally going ahead. And, in a rather generous turn of events (or not really,...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets cinematic reboot
Reboots are all the rage at the moment, the latest being Joss Whedon's Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Except, the latest version of the stake-wielding teen to be given the cinematic treatment will go ahead without Whedon himself. After writing the script for the hugely popular TV series, which starred Sarah Michelle Gellar, it has been confirmed...
Dark Moon script bought by Warner Bros. and Weed Road
Dark Moon, a script about black-ops moon landings after Apollo 17, has been bought for a six figure sum by Warner Bros. and Weed Road. [caption id="attachment_3819" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Script writer Olatunde Osunanmi."][/caption] The script, which currently only exists in spec form, focuses on a black ops manned mission to...
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part one trailer now online
Muggles, wizards and witches alike - the prodigal son of the magic world and his two best friends are back, and it's time for their darkest hour yet. The Harry Potter films are massive, and full to the brim with incredibly talented British actors, lending themselves to arguably the most accessible modern fantasy tale of the last two decades....
Rights to David Goyer's sci-fi novel trilogy bought by Warner Bros.
If you're looking for a sci-fi equivalent of Lord of the Rings to sink your teeth into - a meaty trilogy written by a talented man, then the news that Goyer's sci-fi scribblings have been bought by Warner Bros. comes as good news. The first novel in the trilogy, Heaven's Shadow, will be adapted for film in the near future, and it's a good time...
Bugs Bunny returning to cinemas
What's up, doc? Yuk yuk. Bugs Bunny, lord of the Looney Toons, wasn't finished in Space Jam, and he's coming back to theatres. Of course, this raises many very interesting questions, the first of which is "why?" We supposed it was simply because Warner Bros. would like to get one of their biggest-selling characters of the past back into...
Ready Player One heading to cinemas
Anyone enjoying the wonderful escapist drama of Ready Player One in the literary realm recently - though there may not be many of you, as it's a YA (young adult) novel - will be extremely happy at the news that the author and Warner Bros. are taking it onto the silver screen. If you're into the indie film or geek-cinema scene, you may have...
