April 26, 2024

Directors: Yates, McQuarrie, Pink, Favreau

A bunch of interesting director-related talk today via Deadline and Moviehole. First up, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" director David Yates is said to be considering helming the "Tarzan" reboot in development at Warner Bros. Pictures. Paramount is reportedly courting Christopher McQuarrie to helm their adaptation of the Tom Clancy … [Read more...]

Casting: Routh, Favreau, Baruchel, McPartlin

McCanick Brandon Routh, David Morse and "Glee" actor Cory Monteith are set to star in Josh C. Waller's 70's retro cop action drama "McCanick" at Bleiberg Entertainment. Morse plays a narcotics detective (and Routh his partner) who learns that a seemingly harmless young criminal (Monteith) has been released from prison, a crime who holds the secret … [Read more...]

Jon Favreau Tipped To Helm “Jersey Boys”?

"Iron Man" and "Cowboys vs. Aliens" helmer Jon Favreau is on top of a list of directors to helm the big screen adaptation of Tony Award-winning 2005 Broadway musical "Jersey Boys" for GK Films and Sony Pictures reports Variety. 'Jersey' tells the story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons - a group of blue-collar boys from the wrong side of the … [Read more...]

Hamilton Set, Favreau Returns For “Iron”

Ashley Hamilton is in talks to play a supporting villain character, the government cyborg Firepower, in Shane Black's "Iron Man 3" says Variety. In the comics the character is the pilot of an experimental armored suit which he eventually uses the suit to battle Iron Man. Meanwhile Heat Vision reports that while he may not be directing it, Jon … [Read more...]