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Neil Jordan To Direct ‘Skippy Dies’ We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Paul Murray’s novelSkippy Diesis “a sprawling boarding school comedy with a dark heart,” according to theGuardian, which reviewed the novel when it was published in the UK earlier this year. (The paper also called the book " one of the most enjoy able, funny and moving reads of this young new year.") The such adoring press it’s no wonder a film development deal is in motion, and nowNeil Jordanis signed to write and direct....

New Poster And Synopsis: Cary Fukunaga’s ‘Jane Eyre’ I’ve always been one who appreciatesCharlotte Brontë’sJane Eyreat arm’s length; it’s a great book, an indisputable classic, but not one for which I’ve got some real passion. So a new film version isn’t something I would expect to be excited to see. EnterCary Fukunaga, the director of the wonderfulSin Nombre, who shot his verion of Jane Eyre this year. His film based on the novel is set to release Jun 22, 2025, withMia Wasikowskain the title role andMichael Fassbenderas Rochester, the man who employs Jane and with whom she falls in love....

Thanos Has Too Strong Of A Rectum For Ant-Man To Grow Inside And Kill Him, ‘Avengers: Endgame’ Co-Writer Confirms In the months leading up to the release ofAvengers: Endgame, there was a lot of chatter about a certain method by which The Avengers could have defeated Thanos (Josh Brolin). Some of the more creative (or disturbing) Marvel Cinematic Universe fans out there thought that if Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) could shrink down to a small size, make his way into Thanos' body, and then grown inside of him, it would have ripped Thanos apart....

Ti West Has Already Finished Shooting A Prequel For His Slasher Film X Get ready for a new horror franchise, because Ti West’s “X” is getting a prequel! The film was shot in secret in New Zealand and is currently in pre-production, and the first footage for “Pearl” was unveiled last night after the world premiere of “X” at the SXSW film festival. This news is significant in a few ways....

William Shatner: The Future Is Worth Fighting For, And Fans Will Lead The Way So. I’m back from space. I saw just how fragile our home, this spinning blue ball, really is in the depthless darkness with my own eyes and I was moved. It made all the constant static we are surrounded with evaporate and gave a clarity unknown to me. If only the world could see what I saw — this comforter of blue that surrounds us....

‘Deadwood’ Movie Photos Prove This Is Finally, Really Happening When it comes to theDeadwoodmovie, I’ve always maintained a “I’ll believe it when I see it” mentality. The film follow-up toDavid Milch’s Shakespearian Western has been talked about for so long, that I started to think it would never happen – even when everyone involved said that it definitely was. Now I think I can finally start to accept reality, because the firstDeadwoodmovie photos have surfaced, proving that yes, it’sreally happening....

/Film Interview: Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg And Nick Frost Talk Themes And Foreshadowing In ‘The World’s End’ WhenEdgar Wright, Simon PeggandNick FrostmadeShaun of the Dead, they never could have foreseen this. To them,Shaunwas merely a clever, fun manifestation of their love for zombie movies, and a way to make something outside of television. The group didn’t think anyone would even really see it. Instead,everyonesaw it. The trio made a thematic sequel calledHot Fuzz,and now they’re completing one of the most unique and awesome trilogies ever withThe World’s End....

DC ‘Hill House Comics’ Will Feature New Horrors From Joe Hill Joe Hillis headed back to the world of comic books with DC’sHill House Comics. The new horror series will feature five miniseries set to debut in October, each with their own particular brand of terror. Hill will write two of the tales himself, and curate the rest. Other stories will be penned byMike Carey,Laura Marks,Carmen Maria Machadoand more. This entire endeavor looks like a must-have for horror fans....

First Look: Star Wars Princess Leia Comic Book, Two New Series Revealed [Comic Con 2014] Marvel Comics announced at the annual Saturday Cup Of Joe panel at 2014 San Diego Comic Con International a new Star Wars 5-issue limited series comic bookStar Wars: Princess Leia. The series by Mark Waid and Terry Dodson will follow the famous now-Disney princess as she comes to terms with the destruction of her homeworld, Alderaan....

How The Lucasfilm Story Group Figures Out The Star Wars Canon “Boba Fett is both simultaneously alive and dead in the Sarlaac Pit until a story pulls him out.” That’sPablo Hidalgo, one of the members of the Lucasfilm Story Group, trying to explain how and why their team makes story choices. The Story Group is a new group of Lucasfilm employees, headed up by Kiri Hart and created by President Kathleen Kennedy, whose job is to verify every single Star Wars movie, TV show, book, comic book and video game tell one, big Star Wars story....

Netflix Has More Certified Fresh Movies Than All Other Streaming Services Combined It seems to be commonly accepted thatNetflixhas a bad selection of movies…but not according toRotten Tomatoes. Though the streaming giant has been dinged for having a streaming library that doesn’t seem to know movies before 1985, the number of Rotten Tomatoes “Certified Fresh” films on the service outnumbers all of its closest competitors combined. Streaming Observer(viaGizmodo) took up the task of analyzing which of the big four video streaming services — Netflix, Prime Video, Hulu, and HBO NOW/GO — had the most movies in its library to hold a “Certified Fresh” rating on Rotten Tomatoes — meaning a Tomatometer rating of 75% or higher with a minimum of 40 reviews for independent releases, 80 for major releases....

Sequel Bits: ‘Pacific Rim 2’, ‘300: Rise Of An Empire’, ‘The Expendables’, ‘Dead Snow 2’ If Herc and Chuck were your favorite Jaeger pilot duo,Pacific RimstarMax Martinimight have some good news for you. Also after the jump: It’s funny, I fell in love with this character. The key component was this relationship I had with my son, exploring the dysfunction and the loss, so where does Herc go from here? I don’t know....

‘Kingdom Hearts 3’ Trailer Reveals 2018 Release Date, Toy Story World It’s finally happening.Kingdom Hearts 3may finally be in our grasp. And it only took creatorTetsuya Nomura12 years, five filler games, and four “remixes” for us to finally get aKingdom Hearts 3release date. And it’s not even a real date, just an entire year —2018. Oh, well. At least we got a reveal thatToy Storywill be one of the new worlds that Sora, Donald, and Goofy get to explore in the Disney-Square Enix collaborative franchise....