By Mike Lee •
December 16, 2011 •
Warner Bros. has the first trailer for Jack the Giant Killer, a dark twist on the fairy tale classic. The film comes from Bryan Signer (X-Men, X2: X-Men United) and stars Nicholas Hoult as Jack, supported by actors Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Warwick Davis, Bill Nighy, Ian McShane, Eleanor Tomlinson and Eddie Marsan. …[ more ]
By Mike Lee •
March 22, 2011 •
Now, if you wanted to see how to cast a proper dark spin on the classic fairy tales, actors like Ian McShane would be the one to cast. The actor, who will star in the upcoming Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, has been cast in the upcoming Jack the Giant Killer, a modern day…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
August 22, 2010 •
Bryan Singer, producer of X-Men: The First Class, dropped a line to AICN to share some notes and much needed plot details of the upcoming Matthew Vaughn-directed prequel. Currently, to this point, all we know about the film is that is will feature the story of how young Dr. Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr discover…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
June 28, 2010 •
Alice Eve is becoming a name over here in the states as she exploded onto the screen in the comedy, She’s Out of My League. It makes sense her next movie would be a comic book film seems like the logical transition these days for hottie commodities, do a rom com first, comic book or fan…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
May 4, 2010 •
Earlier this week we picked up on a story over the weekend revolving around the X-Men: First Class and who the possible director of the film could be. Earlier reports revolved around Matthew Vaughan but then that shifted to others. Now not only is Vaughn official on the helming position but also Fox has greenlit…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
May 3, 2010 •
Bryan Singer was supposed to direct this prequel to his X-Men films but he only producing now since he is too far into pre-production on his Jack The Giant Killer film for Fox. So the new director has yet to be found. A rumor went out over the weekend that Matthew Vaughan could be the…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 28, 2010 •
Last week it was reported that director Bryan Singer might only be producing the upcoming superhero film, X-Men: The First Class, a prequel to his 2000 film The X-Men and spin-off of last year’s Wolverine film.
Deadline New York is reporting that Singer will only be producing X-Men: First Class, and won’t be directing the film.
Singer…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 22, 2010 •
It was reported awhile ago that Bryan Singer, director of the first two X-Men films, was planning on returning to the franchise to direct the X-Men: First Class. Our buddies over at Hitfix are now claiming that 20th Century Fox is actively searching for another director to take over the film due to Singer not being available because of a scheduling conflict….[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
March 4, 2010 •
Not to be confused with the Bryan Singer remake of the John Boorman 1981 film, Excalibur this film which has Guy Ritchie attached is being titled the same name as of now is based off a screenplay from profound writer Warren Ellis.
We reported the story back in July of last year and unlike the Singer…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
December 18, 2009 •
The Official Avatar Myspace Site had a major news drop with the announcement that, director Bryan Singer is headed back to the franchise he pioneered…that’s right he is coming back to X-Men!
“I just yesterday signed a deal to do an origins picture, which is kind of cool. I’m very excited.”
X-Men: First Class is expected to…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
December 6, 2009 •
Harvey Project Dumped by Spielberg
Steven Spielberg has withdrawn from his remake of the classic film, Harvey. He spent the past half year developing the pic, his first directing vehicle for the reconstituted DreamWorks. The film was going to be a re-adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play written by Mary Chase and was to be written for the…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
October 12, 2009 •
About a month ago we posted a rumor that Bryan Singer was looking to make another X-Men movie with Twentieth Century Fox. Since then the director has put his name on a film reboot of Battlestar Galactica amongst other things, an Excalibur reboot as well but it seems Singer is still itching a return to the…[ more ]
By Kevin Coll •
August 21, 2009 •
It seems like Hollywood is back on the Arthurian Legend bandwagon. Currently my favorite comic book writer Warren Ellis is developing an untitled Arturian project going by the name of Excalibur the writer said post SDCC that he is developing it for Hollywood Gang who produced 300 and had it distributed for Warners.
Well now there is talk…[ more ]