On this episode of Collider Movie Talk (October 26th, 2016) John Campea, Kristian Harloff, Mark Ellis, Jon Schnepp, Ashley Mova and Wendy Lee discuss the following:
According to an exclusive report from Deadline,Sony Pictures has setShawn Levyto directUncharted, the long-awaited feature film based on the PlayStation video game.Joe Carnahanwrote the most recent draft of the script before he moved on to focus on Sony’sBad Boys For Life. A release date forUnchartedhas not been set.
According to The Wrap, it was a soaring budget plus two conflicting visions at the heart ofTim Miller’sexit fromDeadpool 2. In the initial talks,Ryan Reynoldsand his screenwriters envisioned a “scrappy” and raunchy, inexpensive movie in the vein of the first while director Miller wanted a stylish take that would compete with big-budget superhero movies, reportedly costing three times as much as the original $58 million film.
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Casting onThe Predatoris currently underway in anticipation of an early 2017 production start-date. Collider’s Adam Chitwood was able to sit down and speak withdirectorShane Blackduring promotion of the bookOn Story, when the subject of hisPredatormovie and its tone came up. Black said that there has been a thriller aspect to thePredatorfilms and wants to make it both scary and funny.
Last week directorJames WanteasedAquamanas an action adventure movie with someIndiana Jonesthrown in. Now, he’s talking more about the film’s two lead characters,Jason Momoa’s Aquaman andAmber Heard’sMera. Speaking with Bustle, Wan said that at the start, the characters don’t get along too well but as the movie goes on they begin to work together.
During an extensive interview with Collider’s Steve Weintraub, Platinum Dunes producersBrad FullerandAndrew Formgave some more details on why it’s been takingso long for us to see the nextFriday the 13thmovie. The producers said that the studios wanted a found-footage movie but this made them uncertain that style of filmmaking would work.
The first trailer forMan Downhas been releasedstarringShia LaBeouf. The movie reunites LaBeouf with hisA Guide to Recognizing Your SaintshelmerDito Montiel, who directs from a script byAdam G. Simon. The story finds LaBeouf as a U.S. Marine returning home from his tour in Afghanistan to a post-apocalyptic America. With the help of his best friend, played byJai Courtney, he sets out to find his wife and child. The movie hits theatres on December 2nd.
Deadline reports thatAardmanandStudiocanalare re-teaming for another woolly adventure withShaun The Sheep Movie 2. The sequel to the 2015 animated comedy will be directed byRichard Starzakwho collaborated on the first film, with pre-production due to begin in January.
