Garth Franklin

Veteran producer Neal H. Moritz (“Sonic the Hedgehog,” “The Fast and the Furious”) is reportedly in negotiations to reignite the live-action “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise at Paramount Pictures. Toby Ascher will also act as a producer on the new films. Paramount fully owns the TMNT brand, and last week came the news that they […]

David Fincher’s long-rumoured U.S. version of “Squid Game” appears to be picking up steam. While Netflix still hasn’t officially confirmed the project, a new listing on the Film and Television Industry Alliance website Productionlist.com indicates the spin-off will reportedly be titled “Squid Game: America”. In addition, the creative team is listed with Fincher, original series […]

A few brief sequel updates today from the people involved in those projects. Filmmaker James Cameron has offered a surprisingly encouraging update regarding a sequel to 2019’s “Alita: Battle Angel”. Speaking with Empire, he says he not only wants to do a second film with Robert Rodriguez, but plans are getting underway as soon as […]

The other week, following news breaking about Steven Soderbergh’s rejected “The Hunt for Ben Solo” film, a targeted fan campaign emerged trying to get Disney to reconsider. As revealed at the time, Soderbergh, actor Adam Driver and Lucasfilm were all ready to make the film, which would’ve taken place after the events of “Star Wars: […]

The numbers are still coming in, but Dan Trachtenberg’s “Predator: Badlands” is continuing to beat expectations and is now headed for a $40 million domestic opening weekend. That’s a record domestic debut for the 20th Century Studios’ “Predator” franchise. The new estimate is enough to push it over the line of the $38.2 million debut […]

A year before Marvel Games and Insomniac Games will release their highly anticipated “Wolverine” game next Fall, the companies are doubling down on this particular relationship. The pair worked together on the three “Marvel’s Spider-Man” games released so far, and in an interview with Game Informer, Marvel Games general manager Haluk Mentes indicates that partnership […]

NEON has premiered the new trailer for the animated fantasy feature “Arco” from filmmaker Ugo Bienvenu. Winning the top prize at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and playing at both Cannes and Toronto earlier this year, the project is dubbed a “magical and beautifully animated journey through time”. Arco is a ten-year-old boy from […]

Next month, the official teaser trailer for Christopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” is expected to be attached to copies of James Cameron’s “Avatar: The Way of Water,” and with it, the first look at the famed British filmmaker’s big-budget take on Homer’s famed myth. But that won’t exactly be the first look. Back in early July, […]

Filming on DC Studios’ “Supergirl” film wrapped in May. However, as with any major blockbuster production these days, time was also set aside for some reshoots to take place at a later date. Scooper Daniel Richtman has now reported that the later date has arrived with cameras currently rolling again for what will amount to […]

Paramount Pictures has premiered the full-length for Edgar Wright’s new adaptation of Stephen King’s short story “The Running Man”. The new take is said to be more akin to that original work than the 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger-led film that skewed more sci-fi. ​In a near-future society, The Running Man is the top-rated show on television—a […]