Benedict Cumberbatch is set to play Cold War spy Greville Wynne in the true story tale Ironbark for FilmNation. The film is said to adopt a Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy tone and is based on a spec script by Tom O’Connor (The Hitman’s Bodyguard). Wynne was a UK electrical engineer recruited to MI5 just before WWII. He […]
Amazon Studios is partnering with Roadside Attractions once again to distribute its highly-anticipated deadly psychological thriller The Wall, directed by Doug Liman (Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Bourne Ultimatum) and starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Nocturnal Animals) and John Cena (Trainwreck, Sisters). The Wall will be released by Roadside Attractions on March 10, 2017 and you can […]
EuropaCorp announced today that principal photography is officially underway on their new political thriller, Miss Sloane. Now filming in Toronto, Canada, Miss Sloane stars Oscar-nominated actress Jessica Chastain (Interstellar, Zero Dark Thirty) and is being directed by John Madden (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Shakespeare in Love). In Miss Sloane, a ruthless and highly successful political strategist, Elizabeth […]
This week we reported that Johnny Depp was circling J.C. Chandor’s next directorial assignment Triple Frontier, and now Variety reports that the Academy Award-nominated writer and director behind Margin Call, All Is Lost and A Most Violent Year has another project waiting in the wings in the form of The Robber. A remake of Benjamin […]
Amy Adams is in early talks to team with Prisoners director Denis Villeneuve on Story of Your Life, reports Deadline. Based on an award-winning short story by Ted Chiang, Story of Your Life is said to be a mind-bending science fiction thriller. After aliens land around the globe, a linguist is recruited by the US […]
Daniel Craig will headline an upcoming courtroom drama titled The Whole Truth. Frozen River helmer Courtney Hunt is directing from a screenplay by Nicholas Kazan (Matilda, The Bicentennial Man). Details on the plot of The Whole Truth are still few, but Craig is said to be playing a lawyer with production targeting Boston, Massachusetts. Craig […]
FilmNation Entertainment, in partnership with Lava Bear Films, has announced plans to finance, produce and handle worldwide sales for the sci-fi thriller Story of Your Life, written by Eric Heisserer (The Thing, A Nightmare on Elm Street) and to be directed by prolific commercials director, Nic Mathieu. Based on an award-winning short story by Ted […]