British actor Aml Ameen ("Kidulthood," "The Butler") has landed a role in the Wes Ball-directed film adaptation of James Dashner's young adult novel "The Maze Runner" at Temple Hill Entertainment and the Gotham Group. The $ 25-30 million project is set in a postapocalyptic era in which a boy who remembers only his first name wakes up in a … [Read more...]
Missing trail runner found safe
November 26, 2012 by
A hiker has been found safe after going missing yesterday in the North Shore mountains. Search officials say the man, in his forties, had gone for a run in only light gear, and didn't tell anyone where he was going. He has now been found in the Hanes Valley area, at Norvan Creek. Officials say he is hypothermic, but alive. CKNW Vancouver News … [Read more...]
“Prometheus” Links With “Blade Runner”?
October 7, 2012 by
The DVD and Blu-ray editions of Ridley Scott's "Prometheus" are ready to hit shelves this week with a lot of bonus material. Now it has been revealed that a 58 second easter egg entitled 'Merging Ridleyverses' deals with an idea that was briefly floated, but ultimately discarded, which would've seen the merging of the "Alien" and "Blade Runner" … [Read more...]
Wes Ball To Direct Fox’s “Maze Runner”
August 25, 2012 by
Wes Ball is set as director of the adaptation of the James Dashner's young adult dystopian novel "The Maze Runner" at 20th Century Fox and Gotham Group says Deadline. A young man named Thomas awakens with no memory and deposited into a community of boys trapped inside an enormous maze. He soon learns they are part of a mysterious test, and finds … [Read more...]
“Blade Runner” Scribe Returns For Sequel
May 19, 2012 by
"Blade Runner" co-scribe Hampton Fancher is in talks to pen an idea for Ridley Scott's currently in early development untitled sequel to his classic 1982 sci-fi film reports Heat Vision. Alcon Entertainment and Scott remain dead quiet on the film's details, but confirm it will be set "some years after the first film concluded". Fancher and David … [Read more...]
Affleck, Timberlake Team For “Runner”
April 15, 2012 by
Ben Affleck is in negotiations and Justin Timberlake is set to star in the dramatic thriller "Runner, Runner" at New Regency, Stone Village and 20th Century Fox reports Variety. Details of the plot are unknown aside from it being set in the world of illegal online gambling. Brad Furman ("The Lincoln Lawyer") will direct from a script by … [Read more...]
Scott Clears Up “Blade Runner 2” Talk
February 8, 2012 by
With the film news world and even the producers quarrelling over Harrison Ford's involvement in Ridley Scott's in-development "Blade Runner" sequel, it comes as no huge shock that it's up to the straight-talking filmmaker himself to clear things up and bring some common sense to all of this. Speaking with EW, Scott says it's so early that frankly … [Read more...]
Alcon Denies Ford In “Blade Runner”
February 7, 2012 by
Alcon Entertainment has denied online reports that original star Harrison Ford is in early talks to return as replicant hunter Rick Deckard in Ridley Scott's upcoming follow-up to the 1982 science fiction classic "Blade Runner" reports Deadline. Alcon's Andrew Kosove says “It is absolutely patently false that there has been any discussion about … [Read more...]
Ford In Talks For “Blade Runner” Sequel?
February 6, 2012 by
Six months ago came news that Ridley Scott was committing to both direct and produce a new installment of "Blade Runner" for Alcon Entertainment. The general word was that this wasn't a sequel but rather a completely different story albeit set in the same style universe, much like the way Scott's upcoming "Prometheus" ties in with "Alien". Of … [Read more...]
Ridley Scott Talks “Blade Runner” Sequel
November 5, 2011 by
Film director Ridley Scott gave a recent interview with The Wall Street Journal about the announced follow-up to his 1982 film classic “Blade Runner” at Alcon Entertainment. At last report it wasn't known what kind of follow-up would be - all that was certain is that it would NOT be a remake or reboot. Now, Scott says the film he's directing is … [Read more...]
