March 18, 2024

Mayor tackles two issues

It has been a week and chlorine is still in Chilliwack's drinking water and the city's Mayor is not happy about it. Last Wednesday, water in one area of Chilliwack tested positive for a minute level of e-coli prompting emergency chlorination of the water. Mayor Sharon Gaetz says all tests since have come back clean. She adds, people in Chilliwack … [Read more...]

“Impossible” Director Tackles Sci-Fi

Juan Antonio Bayona ("The Impossible," "The Orphanage") has signed on to direct an untitled science fiction project at Warner Bros. Pictures. Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump") penned the script, but plot details are being kept under wraps other than it being a space-set feature. Kevin McCormick is producing. Source: Variety Dark Horizons - News … [Read more...]

“Drive” Helmer Tackles “The Equalizer”

"Drive" helmer Nicolas Winding Refn has signed on to direct the $ 50 million big screen reboot of "The Equalizer" franchise at Sony Pictures. Edward Woodward starred in the classic CBS television series about Robert McCall, a former operative of a covert intelligence organisation who seeks redemption for his dark past via offering his services … [Read more...]

Samuel L. Jackson Tackles A “Robocop”

Samuel L. Jackson has joined the cast of Jose Padilha's remake of "Robocop" at MGM and Sony Pictures says Heat Vision. Joel Kinnaman ("The Killing") stars as cop Alex Murphy who is brought back from the brink of death and turned into a cyborg police officer with the help of Gary Oldman's scientist-creator character. Jackson will play Pat Novak, a … [Read more...]

“Chronicle” Director Tackles “Venom”

Sony Pictures is negotiating with "Chronicle" director Josh Trank to take the helm of the Spider-Man spin-off feature "Venom" reports The Los Angeles Times. The story would center on the monstrous villain who was a mainstay of the Marvel comics and appeared in the third "Spider-Man" film back in 2007 played by Topher Grace (who won't be … [Read more...]

Warners Tackles The Yakuza With “Outsiders”

Warner Bros has acquired Andrew Baldwin's period drama script "The Outsider" reports Deadline. The story follows an American who spent WWII as a POW in Japan and stays there after the war ends. After working his way through the rituals and hardships, he becomes the rare outsider who gains membership in the Yakuza organized crime syndicate. John … [Read more...]