Browsing: Universal

Remember how excited we were when SYFY was working on a Kevin Bacon-led Tremors tv series? No? Okay well, we were VERY excited, and ultimately super disappointed by the cable network’s choice to pass on the series. That wasn’t the end of the new life for the worms franchise though, as actor Michael Gross, who has […]

Surprising no one, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass took the top spot at the domestic box office over the weekend. The two actual surprises were the Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston film The Upside taking second place, and the animated film Dragon Ball Super: Broly finishing in third. Take into account that this is a three-day weekend for the USA, and the Monday […]

Surprising no one, M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass took the top spot at the domestic box office over the weekend. The two actual surprises were the Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston film The Upside taking second place, and the animated film Dragon Ball Super: Broly finishing in third. Take into account that this is a three-day weekend for the USA, and the Monday […]

There are few filmmakers as frustrating as M. Night Shyamalan – he has some considerable talents in creating an interesting premise, and his technical execution can be top notch- but when it comes to pulling it all together into an equally tidy complete package he fails. In Glass, there are so many of the right elements; […]

Universal’s upcoming Happy Death Day 2U is shifting dates from February 14th to February 13th, 2019. Sure, that’s not a BIG date change, but there is a big reason for it. On February 14th, 2018, 17 people were shot and killed at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Valentines Day of 2019 will mark the […]

Alex Kurtzman probably made the right choice when he opted to exit the planned Universal Monsters Universe after the….disappointing…box office performance of his feature film starring Tom Cruise– The Mummy. To be fair, there were certainly some good ideas contained within the film, like Russell Crowe as Henry Jekyll/Mr. Hyde. That casting was a BRILLIANT choice, and should […]

Sounds like someone is spinning up their FTLs on that much maligned Battlestar Galactica feature film, as a new writer has been added to the project. The Girl In The Spider’s Web scribe Jay Basu has reportedly been tapped to write a new version of the script for the film, taking over the position from Westworld co-creator Lisa Joy. Sounds like Francis […]

Multi Tony Award winning musical “Dear Evan Hansen” is getting the feature film treatment from Universal Pictures. Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, the writing team behind the original Broadway musical as well as La La Land and The Greatest Showman sold the rights to the project to Universal Pictures. Stephen Chbosky (Wonder) is currently in negotiations to direct, […]

In today’s BUT WHY ARE YOU REBOOTING THAT?! news, it would appear new versions of Shrek and Puss In Boots are on the way. According to Variety, Universal Pictures has been chatting with Despicable Me’s Chris Meledandri about bringing the ogre and swashbuckling cat back to the silver screen in a whole new set of films. Meledandri wants to keep […]

It would appear that Peter Jackson and Andy Serkis are pairing up again, at least when it comes to the Mortal Engines panel during New York Comic-Con (NYCC) next week. It was announced this morning that Serkis will be moderating the panel all about Christian Rivers’ upcoming film, as well as a world premiere of the first 8 […]