Today, Variety announced that Fast & Furious star Vin Diesel is set to star in a live-action adaptation of Rock Em’ Sock Em’ Robots. The classic toy now is made into a full-length feature film by Universal Pictures and Mattel Toys. Diesel adds “To take the classic Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em game, with Mattel as […]
Over the years horror director Rob Zombie has stated he grew up watching The Munsters on television. Watching each episode of the classic family-friendly horror show “at least 17 times” while speaking on The Howard Stern Show. Now the House of 1000 Corpses & Halloween director will finally get to helm a rebooted film for […]
Today, Deadline announced that Jurassic Park and Spider-Man 1 screenwriter David Keopp has boarded the Green Hornet reboot. He will pen the script for Universal Pictures as they try to reboot the project after Seth Rogan’s failed 2011 film. The character was made famous in the 1960’s starring Bruce Lee as Kato alongside The Green […]
Today, Deadline announced that Overlord director Julius Avery has been tapped to write & direct a Van Helsing-Esque film for Universal Pictures. Yet another classic monster flick the studio is looking to breathe life into after this year’s The Invisible Man and upcoming Wolfman films. The film is set within the world of monster hunter […]
Recently, Deadline announced that Channing Tatum will star in an untitled Classic Monster film with his Jump Street co-directors Christopher Miller & Philip Lord (Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs). It’s unknown which classic monster the trio will tackle for Universal Pictures but expected to be a tongue-in-cheek comedy, compared to Leigh Whannell’s ultra-serious Invisible […]
Today, Deadline announced that Dwayne Johnson, alongside Dany Garcia, is looking to produce The Scorpion King reboot. Johnson originally played the character in The Mummy Returns as well as its spin-off solo film in 2002. It’s unknown if he will return for the upcoming project to star. The new film will be a modern take […]
Today, Variety announced that Simon Kinberg will write and produce a rebooted Battlestar Galactica film. Kinberg recently wrote and directed Dark Phoniex for 20th Century Fox. Kinberg was the main X-Men screenwriter throughout the earlier 2000s, as well as help write episodes of Star Wars: Rebels for Disney. The Batman and War for the Planet […]
Today, it was announced by Deadline that Upgrade and The Invisible Man director Leigh Whannell has entered talks to helm another Universal Classic Monster film The Wolfman. The film is set to star Ryan Gosling but is a modern take on the classic story just like The Invisible Man. The film will be produced once […]
Recently, The Hollywood Reporter announced that Charlies Angel’s star Elizabeth Banks has joined the cast of Scholastics upcoming Magic School Bus live-action movie. Banks will star as the eccentric teacher Ms. Frizzle as she tries to teach a school of Elementary School children art, history, and biology. Marc Platt Productions and Universal Pictures will help […]
Several months ago we had learned that Ryan Gosling was going to star in an upcoming untitled Universal Pictures monster film. It was unknown at the time which film the actor would appear in as the studio has been trying to get many films off the ground. This all comes off several false starts from […]
