A new report from The Hollywood Reporter states that the unlikely duo of John Krasinski and Ryan Reynolds will be teaming up for a new fantasy comedy. Titled Imaginary Friends, the project is to be helmed by Krasinki who will write, direct,...
In a new report from The Hollywood Reporter, it has come to light that Marvel Studios' Kevin Feige will be developing a new Star Wars film for Disney. With the sequel trilogy coming to an end this year, Lucasfilms' Kathleen Kennedy has been...
From seemingly nowhere, we're getting some more Jurassic Park in our lives. As Collider reports, director Colin Trevorrow (the man behind Jurassic World) has secretly been working on a short epilogue film to Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom. ...
Last week, it was reported that Crazy Rich Asians co-writer Adele Lim had left the production of the sequel over a pay dispute. Being offered considerably less than her colleague Peter Chiarelli, Lim exited the project to take a stand to ac...
It seems that art is imitating life for Michael B. Jordan and Creed. In a recent novel published by Creed producer Irwin Winkler (also responsible for the original Rocky series), the man states that he promised Jordan the chance to direct t...
The film adaptation of the Uncharted game series has had a tumultuous history. Losing writers and directors left and right, it finally looked like everything was on track to get the movie finished for next year. According to Deadline, that ...
According to a new report from Variety, the content of director Taika Waititi's upcoming satire Jojo Rabbit is making some Disney executives sweat. For those unaware, the film is a skewering of Nazi Germany with Waititi even portraying the ...
Olivia Wilde is set to produce and direct the psychological thriller Don't Worry, Darling, reports Variety. Wilde will be joined by Katie Silberman (Booksmart) and It producer Roy Lee and Miri Yoon to work on this latest project. The film i...
In a new report from Deadline, it looks like directors Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley are being eyed to helm the upcoming Dungeons & Dragons adaptation. The two are currently in talks with Paramount and Hasbro and everything ...
According to a new report from Variety, a trio of directors are being considered for the upcoming Venom sequel. As some unnamed sources have told the publication, Andry Serkis, Travis Knight (Bumblebee), and Rupert Wyatt (Rise of the Planet...
I sometimes wonder how the last 30 years of films would have turned out if Abbas Kiarostami had had an iPhone. Nowadays, film footage is so easy to capture that we take realism for granted, but Kiraostami was a pioneer of verité-lik...
If there is one thing that I can promise you about Flixist it is that you will always, always, always be kept up to date on any Space Jam news. In light of that, allow me to tell you that director Terrence Nance is being replaced by Ma...
The upcoming Margot Robbie led/produced Barbie film may be getting quite the writing duo on board. According to a report from The Hollywood Reporter, Greta Gerwig and Noah Baumbach have been tapped for writing duties on the big screen adapt...
There is nothing in the world that is perfect, but the Mike Hodges directed 1980 Flash Gordon film with a soundtrack by Queen is probably the closest that humanity is going to get to it. However, for some reason, Hollywood wants to move on ...
Ah, remember Glass? I wasn't too big a fan of it, as you can tell from my review of the film for this very website. Apparently, I contributed to writer-director M. Night Shyamalan getting quite upset, because the filmmaker recently adm...
French cinema is an area of filmmaking I’m really enthused by, and since learning about it as a student, the sheer novelty of the New Wave has always remained an area of fascination. Like many before me, I have a lot of respect fo...
I had the opportunity to catch up with director Rodney Evans following the world premiere of his genre-defying, creatively pioneering documentary Vision Portraits at SXSW. Here’s what he had to say about the creative process behind ...
I had the opportunity to interview directors Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts for their profoundly moving documentary For Sama at SXSW this year. Talking about the production process and deep humanity of the film, here’s what they had ...
Joe Wright and WWII are very good for each other. His two best films, Atonement and Darkest Hour, involved the war and the rest of his movies just aren't as good. This is good news for the adaptation of In the Garden of Beasts as ...
The announcement of a television director doesn't usually get a bunch of coverage but when you're talking about the forever in development HALO television series people are going to pay attention. The series, which is actually really h...
Welcome one and all to Flixist's new end of the year awards program, the Golden Cages! With Hollywood becoming increasingly out of touch with what the people like, we at Flixist have taken it upon ourselves to deliver the fair, balance...
The "development" of X-Men spin-off Gambit has been a long-running, low key disastrous saga in the background of everything else. One after another, prospective directors drop out of the project, despite the script apparently being fin...
Prepare to witness Tom Cruise undergo through pain in the next few years, as the Mission: Impossible franchise will be getting two new back-to-back entries. Christopher McQuarrie, the writer-director behind Jack Reacher and previous Mission...
The galaxy giveth and the galaxy taketh away. The fourth Star Trek reboot film in the J.J. Abrams timeline has been on shaky ground, with the two leading Chris's (Pine and Hemsworth) exiting negotiations to star in it. Now, direct S.J....
I'm going to have to watch (or read, or play) this Attack on Titan thing aren't I? A live-action movie has been in the works for a bit, but the ball is finally rolling forward with the announcement that Andy Muschietti is on board...
With the first Black Panther film from Marvel Studios being such a huge box office and critical hit, a sequel was only inevitable. What was less certain, however, was the film's director and co-writer Ryan Coogler (Fruit...
The studio behind the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been successful in striking gold with relatively obscure properties like Guardians of the Galaxy, and the studio is taking another one head-on with The Eternals. And just like wi...
The Bond folks have plucked another indie darling to helm their blockbuster franchise as they announced that Cary Joji Fukunaga has agreed to direct the 25th film in the series. This all comes after Danny Boyle left because his vi...
After the release of Avengers: Infinity War, many Marvel fans thought that the films directors, Anthony and Joe Russo, would drop the name for the inevitable "Part 2" of Infinity War. The directors had held off on revealing the title, as it...
It looked like the Bond franchise was going to hop from one fantastic director to another with Bond 25 as Sam Mendes moved on and Danny Boyle was set to tackle the next film, which will probably be Daniel Craig's last. However, it...
The Metal Gear Solid movie adaptation is still a twinkle of a dream inside Jordan Vogt-Robert's eye, but the director has been celebrating the 31st anniversary of the game for the last month by posting some spectacular c...
While you may or may not be feeling sorry for James Gunn after his surprise firing from Guardians of the Galaxy 3, no one should be worried about his future as a filmmaker. THR is reporting that the director, who was let go f...
Space Jam 2. Space. Jam. 2. Just reading those words should give you chills. It's happening. It's Lebron James happening. It was Justin Lin happening, but now he's out. Now it's Terence Nance happening as repo...
In case you missed the Internet last week: James Gunn got fired from making Guardians of the Galaxy 3 for making terrible jokes 10 years ago. Jokes he expressed regret over multiple times previously and were entirely publicly...
The movie that Marvel Studios has long promised is a step closer to reality—Black Widow will be helmed by Australian director Cate Shortland. Her filmography includes Somersault, The Silence, Lore and Berlin Syndrome, all which were n...
Sam Mendes is eternally one of my favorite directors after his visually stunning turns on both Skyfall and Spectre, not to mention his revitalization of the Bond franchise. As such I've been excited to see what he's going to bring...
Rumors had been swirling for a while about who would be directing the next Bond film after Sam Mendes left, but Eon Productions has finally officially announced that Danny Boyle will be taking over behind the camera, bringing with him ...
Look, I enjoyed Solo: A Star Wars Story plenty, but it gave me the definite feeling that I just wasn't going to be as excited about Star Wars movies anymore. Then Disney goes and pulls something like this. They've tapped James Man...
The Six Million Dollar Man updated movie adaptation, The Six Billion Dollar Man, never really seemed like that good of an idea. They could take it in two directions, either a campy update or an all out superhero movie, and I don't know...
With the announcement that two Star Trek films were in the works franchise fans got pretty excited, and now there's a bit more to get excited about as Paramount has announced that S.J. Clarkson will direct Star Trek 4, which is one of ...
