Another filmmaker is going to take a crack at Snake Plissken. Studiocanal used its CinemaCon opening slot in Las Vegas on April 14 to confirm it’s developing a reimagining of Escape from New York, teaming up with The Picture Company — the production outfit that most recently delivered A Complete Unknown. Hugh Spearing, the studio’s […]

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Let’s be honest. Nobody really asked for a fourth Mummy film after 2008. Tomb of the Dragon Emperor left a mess. Rachel Weisz was out, Maria Bello was in, the whole thing moved to China, and the magic just… wasn’t there. $403 million worldwide sounds fine on paper. But fans knew. Fraser knew. Everyone kind […]

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So it’s actually happening. Industry insider DanielRPK has reported — via Dark Horizons — that Wonka 2 is eyeing an August production start. No official word from Warner Bros. yet, but this is the most concrete timeline anyone has put out there. The news arrives just as CinemaCon kicks off in Las Vegas. Warner Bros. […]

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Some films fail because they have nothing to say. Outcome is more frustrating than that. It has a target, a mood, a star, and a premise with real venom in it. What it lacks is the nerve to follow through. That is the problem from the start. Jonah Hill has built this film around a […]

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Five years. Still no cameras rolling. At this point, Gal Gadot’s Cleopatra has spent longer in development hell than some directors spend on their entire careers. And yet — it’s not dead. Weirdly, stubbornly, it keeps crawling forward. Here’s the honest rundown. Morocco, Universal, and reasons to maybe believe it this time Universal Pictures and […]

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