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"The Last Starfighter" firmly established itself as part of the canon of great '80s science-fiction and fantasy films upon its release in 1984. Directed by Nick Castle (who initially found fame playing Michael Meyers in John Carpenter's "Halloween" in 1978), it tells the tale of Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a young high schooler from a trailer park who aces an arcade game and sets the high score. Little does he know, however, that this arcade game was really a test of his abilities as an actual starfighter, which leads to him being recruited into the Star League to fight against an intergalactic threat. 

When Alex realizes that he's been drafted into a real war, he declines his chance to be a hero and demands to be taken back to Earth. Fortunately, this turns out to be a good thing for the galaxy at large, as an enemy armada soon after...

He's considered one of the greatest actors of our time, yet even Denzel Washington has issues with some of his most rewatchable performances -- including one that earned him an Oscar. According to "The Book of Eli" writer Gary Whitta, Washington confessed that in the late 2000s, he felt somewhat annoyed by the final act of "Training Day," particularly the now-iconic speech in which he declared how very little s*** King Kong had on his character, Alonzo Harris.

During an appearance on "Kinda Funny Gamescast," Whitta recounted the surreal conversation of picking the best Denzel Washington films with Washington himself. While Whitta's top choice was "Man on Fire", "The Book of Eli" directors, the Hughes Brothers, who were also present, ranked "Training Day" at the top of their list. As Whitta recounted it:

"And Denzel started thinking, 'Yeah, it was a good one,' but he said, 'The only thing about that is,...

Here's one of those bits of movie news that has you leaning further and further forward the more you read Deadline are reporting that Nightcrawler star Jake Gyllenhaal is being lined up to lead M. Night Shyamalan's next movie. And as if that isn't enough to already grab our collective attention, said film is reportedly an original supernatural romantic thriller, co-created by Shyamalan alongside The Notebook author Nicholas Sparks.

Now, you might've picked up on the fact that we say this superrommer (as nobody will ever call it) has been co-created by Shyamalan and Sparks as opposed to co-written by, but that's not an error. Rather, in a similar vein to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's parallel, multimedia collaboration on 2001: A Space Odyssey, the filmmaker and author have conceived this creative project together, but will be writing the story in their preferred mediums separately. Both versions...

Denzel Washington is having a huge career year, which is deserved after his decades of work in the industry. Ridley Scott's historical epic Gladiator II, in which Washington played Macrinus, became the highest-grossing movie in the actor's career. He was nominated for both a Critics Choice Award and a Golden Globe award for his work in the film, and is expected to get an Oscar nomination next month. Awards have oft recognized Washington's work as such, as he has won Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Best Actor, for Glory and Training Day, respectively.

That said, not all of Washington's work has been met with such overwhelming praise. Though he has had some notably critically acclaimed work, the actor's Rotten Tomatoes scores have also struggled at points. This is evidenced by movies such as Heart Condition, John Q, and The Bone Collector, all of which had Rotten Tomatoes scores...

Mad Max is one of the most influential action movies of all time, and in the years that followed its release, the series has only continued to grow in importance and popularity. George Miller’s cinematic dystopia is still thriving today, and while Furiosa struggled at the box office, there’s still plenty of room in today’s climate for blood-soaked, high-octane thrillers that take place in futures quite unlike our present.

Made on a low budget, Mad Max was a huge success because it was totally unlike anything that audiences had been exposed to before: it was dystopia, but not in the technological, sci-fi ways that films like Blade Runner and 2001: A Space Odyssey offered. Instead, the series presents the idea that our twisted future will be a return to the industrial revolution of the past, fixated on machines and automobiles that help us survive. It was a...

Star Wars fans shouldn't say goodbye to Rogue One character Jyn Erso just yet. Actor Felicity Jones recently hinted that her time in the Disney-owned sci-fi franchise is far from over.

Speaking with Screen Rant to promote her upcoming movie The Brutalist, Jones refused to believe that she'd never return to the Star Wars galaxy as Jyn Erso. "Never. We'll never say goodbye to her. She will live on, she'll live on," said Jones when asked whether audiences had seen the last of Jyn. "I mean, never say never. She's a pretty badass character. Maybe she could come back as a hologram or something, which is completely possible in the Star Wars universe."

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A trickle is becoming a flood for Bluesky, the social media company that has seen spectacular growth since the presidential election. On Tuesday, the microblogging platform hit 20 million users, after averaging 1 million new users per day over the past five days.

According to a Nov. 13 post by Bluesky CEO Jay Graber, the site had 6 million users in late August, nearly 11 million in late October and hit 15 million users on Nov. 15. It added another 5 million users in just five days, with the explosive growth seen since Nov. 5, the day of the election, accelerating.

Bluesky has been one of the main beneficiaries of millions of users leaving Elon Musk’s X, as the site formerly known as Twitter descends into a mess of bots, extreme content, crypto scams, ads, pornography, racism, transphobia and misinformation.

Hollywood has been quick to adopt Bluesky, particularly with the entertainment industry’s aversion to the political views of Musk,...

Call it a blue wave. A host of actors, directors, musicians, journalists and other prominent people are dumping X (formerly Twitter) and flocking to social media platform Bluesky.

In the past week, an increasing number of bold-faced names have announced that they plan to post less on X, or leave the platform altogether, citing myriad issues with the social media company, including far right content, hate speech, transphobia, racism, harassment, pornography, crypto scams, bots and the political views of owner Elon Musk, the billionaire oligarch who is a vocal supporter and financial backer of Donald Trump.

Musk’s ownership of X and his updates to content moderation on the platform have been pushing brands and media groups closer and closer to the exit. This week, The Guardian media group announced that it will stop posting on X, describing the site as a “toxic media platform.” On Nov. 4, the Berlin Film...

Henry Cavill seems to be verse-jumping as he was recently seen in DC’s rival franchise, the MCU’s Deadpool & Wolverine. The actor had a small cameo as a Wolverine variant a.k.a The Cavillrine in Deadpool & Wolverine. This came after his exit as Superman from the Dceu after James Gunn took over and chose to go with a new actor instead.

Cavill has headlined The Witcher, starred in Mission Impossible: Fallout, and has played Sherlock Holmes, making him a franchise-favorite actor. While the James Bond role seems to be elusive to him, the actor had expressed interest in being a part of another legendary franchise, provided a new film met his expectations.

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George Lucas’ Star Wars is one of the biggest film franchises in the world. Revolutionizing pop culture...

In a surprise to no one, the Rey film, which disappeared after being pushed back for “The Mandalorian and Grogu,” has hit yet another setback. This time, the new writer, who Lucasfilm and Kathleen Kennedy got to replace the other two writers they fired, has also left the film.

Steven Knight was brought in March 2023 to replace the original writers Damon Lindelof and Justin Britt-Gibson. Lindelof has said publically that he was asked to leave Star Wars.

This isn’t even the first time this has happened. Kathleen Kennedy has a trail of people who either quit or were fired for “creative differences.”

There is a list of 18 from 2022, which has increased since then! Some of the people removed include,

Michael Arndt, Gary Whitta, Gareth Edwards, Phil Lord and Chris Miller, Colin Trevorrow, Josh Trank, Stephen Daldry, David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, Stephen Schiff, J.D. Dillard and Matt Owens, Stuart Beattie,...

A live-action adaptation of Akira has been stuck in development hell for years, but a perfect live-action movie version of Akira already happened in an unofficial capacity over a decade ago. Hollywood has been trying to get a live-action Akira movie off the ground since Sony Pictures acquired the rights to the original manga in the 1990s. Over the years, everyone from Blade director Stephen Norrington to Rogue One writer Gary Whitta has been attached to the live-action Akira project. Jordan Peele and George Miller both turned down the chance to direct an Akira remake.

The live-action Akira movie came closer to becoming a reality than ever when Taika Waititi signed on to direct it as his follow-up to Thor: Ragnarok. He co-wrote the script with Michael Golamco, with a release date set for May 21, 2021. However, when Waititi moved on to Thor: Love and Thunder and then to his current project,...

The premise of Batman: Fortress by Gary Whitta, Darick Robertson, Diego Rodriguez, and Simon Bowland seems very simple at first: with the Earth trapped in a global blackout due to a mysterious signal, Batman and the remaining Justice League members struggle to find the cause whilst power remains down. However, the series soon diverged from the crisis at hand, ignoring the larger issues the blackout likely caused.

Batman: Fortress, a limited series that ran in 2022, focused on the Earths global blackout after an unidentified alien vessel landed in the atmosphere. Looking back, instead of the story Batman: Fortress told about Batmans search for a missing Superman, it could have been the perfect chance for a pandemic story about the role of responsibility in a wounded society.

The plot of the comic sees Batman develop an unlikely team after the Justice Leagues quick defeat against the aliens hostile vessel. The ad-hoc...

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The 2010 post-apocalyptic thriller The Book of Eli is finally returning, but this time it will be on the small screen in the form of a prequel series. The aforementioned 2010's cult classic starred Denzel Washington as the mysterious Eli, a blind man who traverses the apocalyptic wasteland as the sole inheritor of humanity's last hope. With its gritty landscapes and exciting action, The Book of Eli exemplified the sort of action films that Hollywood was producing at the end of the aughts.

Unfortunately, The Book of Eli received mixed reviews from critics and managed to only gross $150 million against an $80 million production budget (via Box Office Mojo). While those numbers sound impressive,...

Disney is being sued for using CGI to resurrect Peter Cushing for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The actor, who played imperial commander Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: A New Hope, died in 1994.

Per The Times, Tyburn Film Productions filed a lawsuit against Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd, a Disney-owned company that worked on Rogue One, over their use of Cushing's likeness in the 2016 Star Wars spin-off. The company claims it made an agreement with Cushing before his death, preventing the use of his likeness with special effects without their approval.

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The legal proceedings against Lunak Heavy Industries and Lucasfilm, the studio behind the original Star Wars movies, began in 2019. According to the filing, Cushing, who passed away from cancer at...

Disney is being sued for using CGI to resurrect Peter Cushing for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. The actor, who played imperial commander Grand Moff Tarkin in Star Wars: A New Hope, died in 1994.

Per The Times, Tyburn Film Productions filed a lawsuit against Lunak Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd, a Disney-owned company that worked on Rogue One, over their use of Cushing's likeness in the 2016 Star Wars spin-off. The company claims it made an agreement with Cushing before his death, preventing the use of his likeness with special effects without their approval.

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The legal proceedings against Lunak Heavy Industries and Lucasfilm, the studio behind the original Star Wars movies, began in 2019. According to the filing, Cushing, who passed away from cancer at...

Over three months before the 20th edition of The Black List hits inboxes all over town, the Franklin Leonard founded platform is broadening its horizon into novels.

“The Black List’s core mission has always been discovering, supporting, and amplifying exceptional writing–providing it with the platform and visibility that it deserves based on its merit,” said Leonard today of the move into fiction with manuscript submissions and connections to the world of adaptation for TV and film. “Expanding into fiction is a natural progression.

“Right now, there are brilliant writers around the world who don’t have access to high-quality, accountable feedback, and whose work goes unseen for reasons entirely unrelated to how good it is,” the Black List CEO adds. “That’s a massive market failure, and it changes today. I have no doubt that The Black List will find exceptional manuscripts that will become enormously popular published...

This M. Night Shyamalan article contains spoilers.

You are currently in the middle of the Shyamalanaissance, which is not some kind of B-movie supernatural occurrence, but the return of M. Night Shyamalan to the forefront of filmmaking. After a few big budget flops, this cult-favorite director went back to his low-budget roots for the 2015 found-footage film The Visit, an excellent thriller with a twist that will undoubtedly remind movie viewers of his earlier thriller masterpieces, such as The Sixth Sense and Signs. Since then, Shyamalan has released the surprising slasher film Split and the Unbreakable superhero sequel, Glass, twisty horrors based on books Knock at the Cabin and Old, as well as serial killer thriller Trap.

Not many directors boast as many memorable screen moments as Shyamalan and fewer still continue to put out such consistently enjoyable work after so many years of captivating audiences. Some might say that The Sixth Sense was peak Shyamalan,...

This article contains light spoilers for Trap.

It’s no spoiler to say that M. Night Shyamalan makes a cameo appearance in his latest movie Trap. After all, Shyamalan shows up in all of his movies, a tribute to his hero Alfred Hitchcock. But as much as he wants to follow in the footsteps of the master of suspense, Shyamalan has the heart of an ’80s schlockmeister.

For evidence, look no further than Trap. Yes, the film has a Hitchcock-worthy premise, in which suburban dad Cooper (Josh Hartnett) finds the pop concert he’s attending with his pre-teen daughter interrupted by police hunting a serial killer called the Butcher. The problem? Cooper is the Butcher, which audiences learn when he checks in on one of his victims via remote camera.

Trap has its tense moments, but its real fun comes from trashier bits, elements that feel straight out of...

M. Night Shyamalan won't defend The Last Airbender and After Earth because they weren't his original ideas. Studios' focus on franchises led to Shyamalan directing non-original films, lacking his signature twists. Shyamalan's return to form with self-financed films like The Visit marks a resurgence in his career.

M. Night Shyamalan has two critically panned movies that he won't defend. The director started his career with a string of massive hits, including his breakthrough The Sixth Sense, which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Original Screenplay, and followed up with Unbreakable, Signs, and The Village. However, the next phase of his career was plagued with poorly received films, including Lady in the Water, The Happening, The Last Airbender, and After Earth.

In a recent profile by The Atlantic, Shyamalan revealed his two critically panned films that he won't defend The Last Airbender and After Earth. These films...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story almost gave fans a different ending, but at some point, changes had to happen to deliver the best treatment of the story. The creative team behind the film always intended to end the film with a bang, and that’s to kill off the entire Rebel team.

Felicity Jones in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

In the early days of drafting the script, the writers had a different idea where they concocted an alternate narrative. However, they seemed to fear that Disney might not like it because it might be too dark and gruesome.

Rogue One Was Supposed To Let Jyn Erso and Cassian And/Or Survive

Diego Luna and Felicity Jones in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story

Star Wars screenwriter Gary Whitta told Entertainment Weekly that they originally planned to kill off everyone in Rogue One, but some would have to survive.

Having grown up in a religious family, Christian movie night was something that happened a lot more often than I care to admit. However, back when I was a teenager, my parents showed up one night with an unusually cool-looking DVD of a movie that had been recommended to them by a church leader. Curious to see what new kind of evangelical propaganda my parents had rented this time, I proceeded to watch the film with them expecting a heavy-handed snoozefest.

To my surprise, I was a few minutes in when Denzel Washington proceeded to dismember a band of cannibal raiders when I realized that this was in fact a real movie. My mom was horrified by the flick’s extreme violence and dark subject matter, but I instantly became a fan of the Hughes Brothers’ faith-based 2010 thriller, The Book of Eli. And with the film’s atomic apocalypse having...

Regardless of whether it's an action flick or a horror movie, sacrifices will always elevate the dramatic charge of a story. There's no better way to illustrate a character's redemption than with their willingness to give their life to save others. However, sacrifices aren't always related to brave causes: quite often, they are more about a character coming to terms with their own mortality rather than a touching decision to save other people's lives.

In A Quiet Place, Lee Abbott yells at the top of his lungs to prevent creatures that hunt by sound from preying on his family. In Terminator 2: Judgment Day, T-800, a cyborg, gives his life so humanity can continue to fight for the right causes. These are all unforgettable sacrifices in movies, but there are plenty of underrated choices that stand out as the most impactful moments of these stories.

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A new "Jurassic World" movie on the way, and it's happening in a hurry. In the span of just a month, we learned that original "Jurassic Park" writer David Koepp has returned to the franchise to pen this mysterious new entry, Universal Pictures is planning to release the film next summer, and they are looking to begin filming in just a few months. Given that we only learned about the movie's existence several weeks ago, it's all pretty surprising. So, who will be shepherding this project through production? None other than Gareth Edwards.

We recently learned that the filmmaker behind franchise films such as 2014's "Godzilla" and "Rogue One: A Star Wars Story" will occupy the director's chair. It marks the third time that Edwards will helm an installment in a long-running franchise, which is never an easy task. Yet, both times that he stepped up to the plate, Edwards...

The announcement of a prequel TV show for The Book of Eli gives Denzel Washington the opportunity to break a major career trend. Denzel Washington may potentially return for a cameo in The Book of Eli's prequel show, which would be his first TV role since 1988. The possibility of Denzel Washington cameoing in the prequel series could help fill in unanswered questions and be an exciting opportunity for him to endorse the show.

The announcement of The Book of Eli's prequel TV show means Denzel Washington has an opportunity to break a major career trend. 14 years after Denzel left a lasting imprint on audiences for his role in The Book of Eli, the compelling post-apocalyptic world is finally getting an expansion. This comes through the announcement of a new The Book of Eli prequel show starring John Boyega. The decision to recast Eli with Boyega replacing Washington is...

More than a decade since the theatrical release of The Book of Eli, Denzel Washington’s post-apocalyptic action movie is officially getting a TV spinoff from John Boyega.

According to Deadline, Boyega has signed on for the leading role in the upcoming The Book of Eli prequel series, which will see the Star Wars vet playing a young version of Washington’s titular character. The project will reportedly take place 30 years before the events of the original 2010 movie. In addition to starring, Boyega will also be executive producing along with the film’s scribe, Gary Whitta, who will serve as the creator and writer. Producer Alcon Entertainment is currently planning to shop the untitled project to "select premium buyers."

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The Book of Eli's new prequel show breaks career trends for Denzel Washington, being the first prequel to a movie he starred in. Denzel Washington's movies have rarely launched franchises, making The Book of Eli's prequel show a unique endeavor. The show marks the first time Denzel Washington has been recast in a franchise, with John Boyega taking over the lead role, adding pressure to Boyega's performance.

The Book of Eli's new prequel show breaks two major career trends for Denzel Washington. The 2010 action movie The Book of Eli starred Denzel Washington as a blind warrior protecting the Bible in the apocalypse. It was a surprise success, making $157 million at the box office, which typically would leave Hollywood studios to begin thinking of ways to continue the franchise. The Book of Eli's ending complicated matters by killing Washington's character. This left the options of a...

John Boyega will step into Denzel Washington’s shoes for a TV series based on The Book of Eli.

The 2010 movie starred Washington as Eli, a nomad making his way across America 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe. During his travels, Eli must protect a book that is the key to humanity’s survival.

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‘Star Wars’ actor John Boyega has joined the cast of ‘The Book of Eli,’ the TV series prequel to the 2010 post-apocalyptic action film which starred Denzel Washington.

Boyega will take on the role of the younger version of Washington’s Eli in the project, which comes from the movie’s writer, Gary Whitta, creator/writer/executive producer of the potential series, and its directors, the Hughes brothers, who executive produce.

Details of the plot are being kept under wraps but it is rumoured to be set 30 years prior to the events in the film, which would put it around the time of the nuclear event or its immediate aftermath.

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The movie follows Eli (Washington), a nomad who fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation, 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe caused an ecocide.

Denzel Washington’s 2010 action thriller The Book Of Eli is heading to the small screen, with John Boyega take the lead as a younger Denzel.

Much like Liam Neeson, Denzel Washington has become something of an action hero in the latter stages of his career. While he has previously appeared in films like Ricochet and Crimson Tide, it wasn’t until he played John Creasy in Tony Scott’s brutal 2004 revenge film Man On Fire that we really got to see him off some bad guys in a variety of inventive ways.

Since then of course, he has become synonymous with vigilante justice, dishing out karmic vengeance in three Equalizer films to date. But in 2010, he played a different kind of action hero in The Book Of Eli, a post apocalyptic thriller in which he plays a drifter intent on delivering a sacred book to safety in the West Coast of the United States.

John Boyega, known for his roles in Star Wars and Attack the Block, will star in a prequel TV series to The Book of Eli, taking on the role previously played by Denzel Washington. The original movie's creative team, including writer Gary Whitta and the Hughes brothers who directed the film, are returning for this new project. The TV series will explore the time of the world-changing event or the immediate aftermath, but specifics about the plot and expansion of the original movie are currently unknown.

John Boyega has been lined up as the star of a prequel television series to the 2010 post-apocalyptic action movie The Book of Eli. Boyega, who has amassed quite a fan base from movies like Attack the Block and his time in the Star Wars franchise, will take on the titular role, which was previously portrayed by Denzel Washington. As per Deadline, the original movie's...

Back in 2010, :a[The Book Of Eli]{href='https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/book-eli-review/' } saw Denzel Washington's title character journey across a post-apocalyptic America, dishing out rough justice on cinema screens. Assuming a new prequel series comes together, it'll be John Boyega playing an earlier version of the character.

Deadline reports that the film's writer Gary Whitta has put together the new project alongside directors the Hughes brothers for Alcon Entertainment.

The film's story takes place 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe caused an ecocide. It revolves around Eli, a nomad who fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation.

Boyega would play Eli as a younger man, presumably around the time of (either just before or just after) the start of the atomic war. Warner Bros., which distributed the movie, is not involved, but...

John Boyega wants to discuss the good book with you. Which book am I talking about? The Book of Eli, of course! Whispers around the watercooler imply that Boyega is prepping a prequel series based on 2010’s The Book of Eli. According to Deadline, Boyega will play a younger version of Eli, the character played by Denzel Washington in the Albert Hughes and Allen Hughes-directed film. Adding authenticity to the project is The Book of Eli writer Gary Whitta, who will create/write/executive produce the upcoming prequel series. The Book of Eli prequel series comes from Alcon Entertainment. They’ll bring the show to market to land a premium streaming venue.

In The Book of Eli, a drifter fights across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation. The story takes place 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe resulting in an ecocide.

Alright, who here saw John Boyega on a fast track to stardom after "The Force Awakens" and said something along the lines of, "Boy, he sure seems like the next Denzel Washington?" without knocking on wood first? Because that monkey's paw has started to curl something fierce and left us with the latest batch of franchise IP news -- one that'll excite the more innocent among us while leaving the rest slightly jaded and cynical. What a time to be alive, folks.

So, remember when the Hughes brothers teamed up with "Rogue One" writer Gary Whitta on a 2010 apocalyptic movie by the name of "The Book of Eli" and we all agreed that it was a pretty solid piece of original genre work with something meaningful on its mind? That might feel like more and more of a foreign concept these days, especially compared to the current state of original sci-fi.

John Boyega has been cast to lead a Book of Eli prequel series as a younger version of Denzel Washington's titular character. The film's writer Gary Whitta will serve as the creator of the prequel series, with its directors, the Hughes brothers, serving as executive producers. Exciting news for fans of The Book of Eli, stay tuned for more updates.

Star Wars alum John Boyega has been cast to lead a Book of Eli prequel series.

According to Deadline, Boyega will star in The Book of Eli prequel series as a younger version of Denzel Washington's titular character. The film's writer, Gary Whitta, will serve as the creator of the series, and its directors, the Hughes brothers, will executive produce.

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John Boyega is set to play a younger version of Denzel Washington's apocalypse survivor in a prequel to The Book of Eli. Boyega will also executive produce the new series, which is currently being shopped to buyers. Deadline reports that Boyega is working alongside Gary Whitta, who wrote the original film, and Albert and Allen Hughes, the directing duo who helmed it. The prequel series will take place thirty years before the events of the 2010 film; it took place approximately thirty years after a nuclear catastrophe ravaged the Earth, so this series will likely take place in the immediate wake of it.

The post-apocalyptic movie The Book of Eli starred Denzel Washington back in 2010, and Deadline reports today that John Boyega (Attack the Block) is on board to both star in and executive produce a prequel series package that’s being presented to “select premium buyers.”

Boyega would play a young version of Denzel’s character from the movie.

Gary Whitta, who wrote The Book of Eli, is on board the planned project. The 2010 movie was directed by The Hughes Brothers, who are also attached to executive produce the series.

Deadline reminds, “The neo-Western Book Of Eli movie takes place thirty years after a nuclear catastrophe. It revolves around Eli, a nomad who fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation.”

The site also notes, “Details about the TV series are sketchy but I hear it is set 30 years...

Exclusive: John Boyega is set to headline and executive produce The Book of Eli, a TV series prequel to the 2010 post-apocalyptic action film that starred Denzel Washington in the title role, Deadline has learned. Boyega will play younger version of Washington’s Eli in the project, which hails from the movie’s writer, Gary Whitta, creator/writer/executive producer of the potential series, and its directors, the Hughes brothers, who executive produce. The film’s producer Alcon Entertainment is the studio on the TV project, which is about to be taken out to select premium buyers, I hear.

The neo-Western Book of Eli movie takes place 30 years after a nuclear catastrophe caused an ecocide. It revolves around Eli (Washington), a nomad who fights his way across a ravaged, post-apocalyptic America while protecting a sacred book that holds the secrets to humanity’s salvation.

Details about the TV series are sketchy,...

Director Nick Castle’s 1984 sci-fi film The Last Starfighter is one of the most revered cult classics of the 1980s, so it has been no surprise to hear that the film’s screenwriter Jonathan R. Betuel is eager to revive the property is some way. Eight years ago, it was announced that Betuel was working on a spin-off TV series called The Starfighter Chronicles, which would focus on alien law enforcement. That project has never made it into production. Five years ago, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story writer Gary Whitta revealed that he was working with Betuel on a reboot called The Last Starfighters. That one even got a sizzle reel, but still didn’t make it into production. Now, during an interview with Gizmodo, actor Wyatt Russell revealed that he’d love to see a remake of The Last Starfighter.

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If the Nintendo Cinematic Universe is becoming a reality, BossLogic hopes to see Metroid added to the mix.

On social media, the popular digital artist BossLogic shared artwork imagining a poster for a Metroid live-action movie from Universal Pictures. It's not the first time BossLogic has campaigned for a Metroid movie, as the artist previously teased a potential adaptation with Brie Larson in the starring role back in 2018. That was notably long before The Super Mario Bros. Movie became an immense success this year, along with the subsequent announcement of a Legend of Zelda movie happening, all of which seemingly makes a Metroid film more likely. Both the new fan-made poster, along with the previous artwork from BossLogic, can be seen below.

Metroid Deserves the Netflix Castlevania Treatment

Nintendo Cinematic Universe #nintendo #metroid pic.twitter.com/S4tyhqT5rV — BossLogic (@Bosslogic) November 11, 2023 Samus Aran @brielarson for some fun today! pic.

Albert Hughes reveals the struggles faced during the production of the live-action Akira movie, including the studio's fear and hesitation to make the film. When Warner Brothers offered him any project after the success of The Book of Eli, Hughes chose Akira, but felt that the studio wasn't truly ready to make it. Hughes emphasized the importance of staying true to the original source material and believed that the IP of Akira was more significant than any individual actor.

Albert Hughes has spoken about the live-action Akira movie's production struggles. The original 1988 Akira, based on the manga of the same name, follows the biker Kaneda trying to rescue his friend Tetsuo from being experimented on by the government in Tokyo several decades after a nuclear bomb was dropped on the city by the Japanese government. A live-action version of Akira has been in development since as early as the 1990s,...

Look, I know what you're thinking: "'The Last Starfighter 2'? What dried-up, over-the-hill Gen-Xers and Millennials still drunk on '80s nostalgia are clinging to the hope of that ever coming to pass?" Actually, you know what, I apologize, that's a bad faith take. You didn't click on this article just to make fun of "Last Starfighter" fans for grasping at straws. You're here because, unlike those know-it-alls, you're aware that "The Last Starfighter 2" is surprisingly close to becoming a real thing.

For those who are feeling a little like Cousin Greg on "Succession" learning about Nero and Sporus right now, allow me to bring you up to speed. Released in 1984, "The Last Starfighter" centers on Alex Rogan (Lance Guest), a teenager who spends his free time losing himself in video games as a way of countering his disillusionment with his seemingly go-nowhere trailer park existence. However, everything changes when...

Sci-fi video games like Dishonored, Control, and Stray have the potential to make visually stunning and gripping movie adaptations if handled correctly. The success of HBO's The Last Of Us has proven that video game adaptations can please fans when given attention to detail. Games like Fallout: New Vegas, Alien: Isolation, and Mass Effect offer strong stories and beloved characters that would attract audiences, making them ideal choices for film adaptations.

Upon playing them, it becomes clear that certain sci-fi video games would make amazing movies. Video game adaptations have proven to be troublesome for the film and TV industry. The TV adaptation of Halo is a great example of the problem. While it was received well enough to be greenlit for a second season, the Halo adaptation garnered backlash from video game fans for its changes and unfavorable expansion of the world.

Despite the struggles of recent video game...

If Lucasfilm had developed a sequel to Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, its best Disney-era project never would have been produced. Rogue One was the first of a planned series of standalone anthology movies and became wildly lucrative during its theatrical run, grossing over $1 billion at the box office. As a result of this success, many believed Lucasfilm would immediately begin planning a Rogue One sequel, even though all the film’s core cast had died due to the events of the movie, and the story seamlessly continued in the original Star Wars trilogy. The writers of Rogue One did, however, have some compelling ideas for a thematic sequel show that never came to be.

Gary Whitta and Chris Weitz conceptualized a TV series that would focus on the rebels after the fall of the Empire – a “Mossad-style rebel team” that would track down fleeing Imperial war criminals in...

Gotham City is full of some of the worst criminals comic books have ever seen, and many of them will never give up crime. In a surprising twist, the Joker actually has no problem giving up a life of crime at a moments notice.

Many fans might think that the Joker is compelled to commit crimes and that causing chaos and death is ingrained inside of him — but that doesn't seem to actually be the case. Readers can see this firsthand in "Big Bad Problems" by Matthew Rosenberg, Francesco Francavilla, and Tom Napolitano from The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing #5. This out-of-continuity short story shows Joker desperately trying to win over Giganta, but the giant woman is nothing but disgusted by him.

The Joker has a habit of loving DC heroes, and his feelings for Giganta drives him to give up crime entirely. Surprisingly, he wants to become a better man for her.

For many Star Wars fans, it's not uncommon knowledge that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story had closer ties to the Jedi Order in one of its original drafts. Rogue One stars Felicity Jones as the main character, Jyn Erso, and Diego Luna as Rebel Captain Cassian Andor. The film was released on December 16, 2016, and takes place directly before the events of Star Wars: Episode IV - A New Hope. It was the first stand-alone Star Wars feature-length film -- with the main characters having zero direct connections to the core cast of the original trilogy or the prequels. The film also made stylistic deviances from other Star Wars films, such as opting out of the trademark opening narrative crawl and not utilizing the traditional screen wipes during scene transitions.

Also missing from Rogue One was any main character with ties to the Jedi, but it wasn't always this way.

With Ray Stevenson's passing at the age of 58, many Hollywood figures have shared emotional tributes for the beloved character actor. Stevenson first came to prominence for playing Dagonet in 2004's King Arthur and received further acclaim for his starring role as Titus Pullo in the BBC/HBO series Rome from 2005 to 2007. He was known for bringing an imposing but charming aura to the characters he portrayed throughout his three-decade acting career.

Following Stevenson's death in Italy on Sunday just four days before his 59th birthday, many people from the Hollywood film scene took to social media to share their remembrances about the actor. Stevenson, who was born in Northern Ireland and raised in Northumberland, England, received love from a wide range of former collaborators, including co-stars, screenwriters, directors, and even composers who spoke about the honor they drew from creating a theme for a Stevenson character. Check out the...

Stevenson reportedly died in Italy on Sunday (May 21), though no other details of his death have been revealed.

British actor Ray Stevenson, known for his performances in the Thor and Divergent film franchises as well as last year’s Indian Oscar contender Rrr, has died at 58 years old.

Stevenson reportedly died in Italy on Sunday (May 21), though no other details of his death have been revealed. He had recently been working on Italian action film Cassino in Ischia.

Born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland in 1964, Stevenson attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began working on British television productions such as Waking the Dead,...

Reaction was swift and heartfelt to the news that actor Ray Stevenson, best known for his performances in Rrr, Thor, Vikings, Rome, Divergent and multiple Star Wars series, has died at 58.

Guardians of the Galaxy director DC co-ceo James Gunn wrote:

Damn. So sorry to hear about the passing, far too young, of Ray Stevenson. I only knew him a little from shooting post-credits of Thor 2 & a couple interactions at events, but we had some good laughs & he was a joy to work with. His friends & family are in my heart today.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings Of Power composer Bear McCreary wrote, “I’m shocked and saddened to learn of the passing of Ray Stevenson. I was honored to write him a theme for his mesmerizingly unforgettable Blackbeard on #BlackSails. What a talent! #Rip“

For more remembrances, see below.

Damn. So sorry to hear about the passing,...

Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is perhaps the most maddening of Disney’s Star Wars films.

There’s so much potential that made it onto the screen, and also so much that stumbles along the way. The film is gorgeously shot by Dune cinematographer Greig Fraser. The ending is emotional and shocking. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) and his robot sidekick K-2So (Alan Tudyk) remain enduring. Yet the film is burdened by a soggy midsection and a listless lead character in Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), among other issues (or perhaps not — debating what, exactly, is right and wrong with Rogue One is part of its ongoing fandom legacy).

Star Wars fans have long wondered if perhaps a better edit might someday be released given how much footage was shot for the film that did not make it into the final cut. The production famously was directed by Gareth Edwards,...

After Earth, despite being a futuristic movie, was filmed mostly on location in the United States and parts of Central America. The 2013 Hollywood blockbuster was directed by M. Night Shyamalan and co-written by him and Gary Whitta. After Earth was the first film to star Will Smith and his son, a young Jaden Smith, since 2007's The Pursuit of Happyness. Will Smith had planned sequels for After Earth, which did not come to fruition for many reasons, including the original movie's unfavorable reviews.

The story was partly developed by Will Smith and follows his character Cypher Raige and his son Kitai (Jaden Smith) stranded on a futuristic Earth following a crash landing. After Earth takes place 1000 years in the future where Earth has become inhabitable and humanity has moved to another planet called Nova Prime. The sci-fi film features several expansive landscapes of an abandoned Earth as Kitai traverses dangerous...