The search for a director for Marvel’s first standalone live-action Black Widow movie has concluded. Australian writer-director Cate Shortland has been chosen for the role, selected from a field of more than 70 candidates. Who is Cate Shortland? Cate Shortland is an Australian filmmaker known for her intimate, character-driven work. Her previous feature films include … Read more

Working Girl (1988) Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Kevin Wade Starring: Melanie Griffith, Harrison Ford, Sigourney Weaver, Alec Baldwin, Joan Cusack, Oliver Platt, Kevin Spacey, Olympia Dukakis Working Girl remains a striking example of how a straightforward premise—an ambitious woman trying to break into corporate success—can become compelling cinema when given sharp performances and a confident … Read more

RoboCop Returns: Neill Blomkamp to Direct MGM Sequel RoboCop, the armored cyborg lawman from dystopian Detroit, is set to return to the big screen in a new sequel from MGM titled RoboCop Returns. The project reunites the franchise with a prominent director and promises a fresh take that separates itself from the 2014 reboot while … Read more

This article was provided to The Film Magazine for exclusive use by Beth Sawdon of flipendofilms. Many of the greatest films began not as polished screenplays but as ideas: a note in a notebook, a passage in a novel written on long journeys, or a story drafted over hours at a typewriter. When those novels … Read more

The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that Billy Dee Williams — the actor who originated the role of Lando Calrissian in the original Star Wars trilogy — is expected to return to the character for J.J. Abrams’ franchise-concluding film, Star Wars: Episode IX. According to the report, Williams’ involvement would mark his first live-action appearance in … Read more

Idris Elba has officially joined the cast of the upcoming Fast & Furious franchise spin-off, Hobbs and Shaw. The project will shift the focus from the main ensemble to the popular on-screen pairing played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Jason Statham, with Elba widely reported to be taking on the film’s principal antagonist. Idris … Read more

Sicario 2: Soldado (2018) Director: Stefano Sollima Screenwriter: Taylor Sheridan Starring: Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro, Isabela Moner, Jeffrey Donovan, Catherine Keener, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Matthew Modine, Shea Whigham, Elijah Rodriguez Stefano Sollima’s follow-up to Denis Villeneuve’s 2015 thriller Sicario arrives with high expectations and a distinct change in tone. While Taylor Sheridan returns on screenplay … Read more

Whiplash star Miles Teller has officially joined the cast of Paramount’s highly anticipated sequel Top Gun: Maverick, taking the role of the son of Nick “Goose” Bradshaw — the beloved character originally played by Anthony Edwards. Teller’s casting closes a high-profile search that reportedly included actors such as Nicholas Hoult and Glen Powell, both of … Read more

MGM Fast-Tracks Child’s Play Remake, Returning Franchise to Its Dark Roots According to reporting from The Hollywood Reporter, MGM is fast-tracking a remake of the iconic 1988 horror film Child’s Play. The studio has moved to reclaim the franchise and is assembling a creative team that signals a deliberate return to the original film’s darker, … Read more

Two-time Oscar nominee and one-time Oscar winner Matt Damon is in early talks to portray controversial commodities trader Marc Rich in Universal Pictures’ upcoming adaptation of Daniel Ammann’s book The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich. The film, to be titled The King of Oil, will dramatize the life and career of … Read more