With Halloween on everyone’s mind this weekend, it’s going to be tough business for all four new wide releases this week. Sci-fi epic Cloud Atlas, surfing drama Chasing Mavericks, video game adaptation Silent Hill: Revelation 3D and teen comedy Fun Size might all fall short of expectations.
Matthew Vaughn has stepped out of the directing job for X-Men: Days of Future Past. Fox is reportedly pursuing former X-Men helmer Bryan Singer to replace him.
James Cameron’s production company has acquired the film rights to The Informationist, Taylor Stevens’ 2011 thriller. Cameron will direct the adaptation following his work on the Avatar sequels.
Ryan Gosling has been attached to star in the eventual remake of ’70s sci-fi cult fave Logan’s Run, to be directed by the star’s Drive collaborator Nicolas Winding Refn, but he has reportedly backed out.
Just as we learn about the forward progress of the Assassin’s Creed movie, Legendary Entertainment has announced the hiring of a new writer to take on Mass Effect.
Oscar-winning cinematographer Wally Pfister will be making his directorial debut pretty soon. Why should you care? He’s Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning cinematographer.
Cloud Atlas hits theaters this weekend, so here’s a brief history of how the practice of actors stepping into multiple roles in the same film has worked throughout the years.
