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Lionsgate Picks up The Crow Remake

AlexGherzo | Sep 8, 2023 | 0

A long-gestating remake has returned from the grave. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has agreed to distribute the “re-imagining” of The Crow in the US. The film, which was directed by Rupert Sanders, is completed, and it stars Bill Skarsgård as Eric Draven, a rock musician who i...

Moana Remake to be Captained By Hamilton Director

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2023 | 0

Disney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Moana remake has found its director. Thomas Kail is known for Broadway’s Hamilton and the most recent rendition of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. However, Kail has also worked on TV projects like Fosse/Version a...

How to Train Your Dragon Remake Casts Leads

virginiakublawi | May 31, 2023 | 1

The live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake has cast its Hiccup and Astrid. Mason Thames (The Black Phone) will portray the lead Viking youngster, and Nico Parker (Dumbo, The Last of Us) will play dragon expert Astrid. The movie is being directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the original. A ...

Moana Remake Will Recast Lead Role

virginiakublawi | May 20, 2023 | 0

News has broken that Auli’i Cravalho will not be reprising the role of Moana for the live-action remake. Check out Cravalho’s Instagram statement here: “When I was cast as Moana at 14, it wonderfully changed my life and started my career. In this live-action retelling, I will not be reprising ...

Lilo and Stitch Casts Cobra Bubbles

virginiakublawi | Apr 20, 2023 | 0

A Deadline exclusive reveals that Disney’s live-action Lilo and Stitch remake has cast Courtney B. Vance as Cobra Bubbles. The social worker, who is anything but bubbly, was voiced by Ving Rhames in the original movie and is a fan-favorite character. When Jolene Purdy was cast as a new socia...

Questlove Will Direct Disney’s Aristocats Remake

virginiakublawi | Mar 27, 2023 | 0

A Deadline exclusive reports that Questlove will direct Disney’s remake of The Aristocats. The 1970 original Aristorcats starred Eva Gabor and Disney mainstay Phil Harris as cats on the run from a murderous butler. At this time, the film’s release date is unknown, as well as whether it w...