Reel Digest - August 2014
Headlines
Action
Hitman Agent 47 to release February 27, 2015 and star Zachary Quinto
Mad Max Furiosa to release May 15, 2015 and star Tom Hardy and Charlize Theron in the leading roles (Mad Max and Furiosa respectively)
Pierce Brosnan to star in sequel to ‘The November Man’
Children
Clifford the Big Red Dog coming April 8, 2016 from Universal Pictures
Bill Murray joins the cast of The Jungle Book, releasing October 9, 2015 from Walt Disney Pictures
The Spongebob Movie Sponge Out Of Water set to release February 13, 2015
Making of ‘Frozen’ to air on ABC on September 2nd
The Croods 2 to release December 22, 2017
Puss in Boots 2 to release December 21, 2018
Comedy
Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb to release December 19, 2014
The Gaffigan Show picked up by TV Land and set to release in 2015
Girl Meets World set for season 2 on Disney Channel
Entire cast of The Big Bang Theory signed up to return to the show
Jamie Travis to direct MTV series for Scream
Will Arnett confirms season 6 of Arrested Development to release on Netflix
Pixels starring Adam Sandler now set to release July 24, 2015
Johnny Depp to play starring role in Mortdecai (to release February 6, 2015)
@Midnight with Chris Hardwick renewed for 2nd season - to air in 2015
Switched At Birth signed up for 4th season
Drama
Rosewater by Jon Stewart set to release November 7, 2014
Teaser poster for the final seaon of Boardwalk Empire released - http://goo.gl/fT3JeR - season 5 premiers on September 7, 2014 on HBO
Many of the Veronica Mars TV cast to return to web incarnation of the show
Suits renewed for 5th season
Keanu Reeves to star in ‘Rain’ - show about an assassin who can’t find work outside of his current life
Lifetime working on biopic of Brittany Murphy
Texas Rising to air on History channel on Memorial Day 2015 - to cover the Texas revolution and the rise of the Texas rangers
Christopher Lloyd to star in ‘The Boat Builder’ - about a man who wants to build a seaworthy boat in his front yard
Fantasy
The Huntsman to release April 22, 2016 as prequel to Snow White and the Huntsman (Kristen Stewart reportedly cut while Charlize Theron and Chris Hemsworth to remain)
Season 4 of Once Upon a Time to follow the characters of Frozen - the season premieres September 28
Elijah Wood joins cast of The Last Witch Hunter
Disney to work on 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea only if commitment with Australia is reached to film there
Sci-Fi / Horror
Sharknado 2 The Second One releases to SyFy July 30, 2014 - stars Tara Reid, Wil Wheaton, Daymond John (and Jared, the Subway guy)
Batman v. Superman release date moved up to March 25, 2016
Terminator Genisys to release July 1, 2015 - will star Arnold Schwarzenegger
Jurassic World finishes production - shows off T-Rex
Deleted scene from The Amazing Spider-Man 2 shows Peter Parker’s dad resurfacing
Ghost Brigade to release on SyFy - based on Old Man’s War book series
Paramount confirms Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2 for June 3, 2016 release
Kyle MacLachlan (of Dune fame) cast as Skye’s father in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Sophie Turner (of Game of Thrones fame) set to take lead role in Mary Shelley’s Monster
Hysteria is new pilot to air on Amazon about the spread of an illness spread by social media
Hand of God is western thriller to pilot on Amazon
Godzilla 2 to release June 8, 2018
Halt & Catch Fire signed up for season 2
Adrianne Palicki signed up for Agent’s of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Barbara ‘Mockingbird’ Morse
Star Wars Rebels: Spark of Rebellio to air on Disney xD on October 3 (early release on WatchDisney.com on September 29) - TV series premieres on October 13
Disney plans to release Blu-Ray versions of original unaltered Star Wars Trilogy but old negatives making it difficult
Principal photography began on August 18 for Marvel’s Ant-Man
Sarah Wayne Callies to star in Pay The Ghost with Nicolas Cage
HBO & Paramount to create series around ‘Shutter Island’ called ‘Ashecliffe’
Rumors
World’s Got Talent hosted by Simon Cowell to come soon in association with Colour’s TV in India
The Mummy reboot set to still happen as director Alex Kurtzman is hired - the current release date is May 22, 2016 and to be released by Universal
The Hateful Eight by Quentin Tarantino may release by late 2015 - may be filmed in 70mm CinemaScope and about a bounty hunter trying to collect a reward
Samuel Jackson in negotiations to replace Jamie Foxx in The Black Phantom
Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice may release through Universal
Marvel may be working on film adaptation for The Inhumans
VIng Rhames may be signed on for the next Mission Impossible movie
Martin Lawrence may have announced Bad Boys 3 via Conan O’Brian show
Minority Report TV series supposedly in production with Steven Spielberg
Full House may return to TV with most of the same cast