The 1990 Arnold Schwarzenegger sci-fi cult classic “Total Recall” will be getting a total recall courtesy of Columbia Pictures. “Underworld” director Len Wiseman will direct the script written by Kurt Wimmer. Read the full press release below: CULVER CITY, Calif., July 29, 2010 – Len Wiseman is in final negotiations to direct Columbia Pictures’ Total [...]
We pride ourselves here at The Moving Arts on reporting only vetted, reliable news from trustworthy sources. The one time we decided to skate that ethical code and dip our feet into the rumor pool, it came back to bite us. Yesterday we reported that Josh Hutcherson was cast in Sony’s reboot of the “Spider-Man” [...]
Once the king of home video movie rentals, Blockbuster has found itself in dire straits competing with popular services like Netflix and Redbox. But the struggling company is doing everything it can to avoid bankruptcy announcing Tuesday that it had struck a deal giving first lien on its Canadian assets to Warner Bros., Sony and [...]
After 2007′s less than fan pleasing “Spider-Man 3,” loyalists have been pining for a worthy representation of Spidey’s arch nemesis, the symbiotic alien suit that clings to Eddie Brock know as Venom. According to Sci Fi Wire they may just get their wish. Sony is reportedly moving forward with a Venom spinoff movie, although “Spider-Man [...]
It’s official. Ridley Scott is returning to the “Alien” franchise to direct a prequel for Twentieth Century Fox, reports Variety. Jon Spaihts has been hired to pen the script which Scott Free will produce. Fox also hired Spaihts, in an unrelated move, to rewrite “The Darkest Hour,” which Timur Bekmambetov will produce with Tom Jacobson. [...]
Columbia Pictures gets showy and acquires an untitled look at the early years of famous showman, P.T. Barnum. Variety reports that “Moneyball” scribe, Stan Chervin, will write the biopic on Barnum that will cover his years as a shopkeeper up through the realization of his circus which he famously called, “The Greatest Show on Earth.” [...]
We reported almost a month ago that Sony’s Amy Pascal had scrapped Steven Soderbergh’s “Moneyball” only 96 hours before shooting was scheduled to begin. It turns out that the studio still wants to make the film, but without Soderbergh’s help. Variety is reporting that Sony is still game for making the baseball flick having hired [...]
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