OHMYGOSSIP — J.D Dillard is in talks to direct the remake of ‘The Fly’.
The screenwriter, who made his directorial feature debut at Sundance 2016 with ‘Sleight’, is in negotiations to direct and co-write a remake of the classic horror flick for 20th Century Fox.
Should the deal go-ahead, he would pen the script alongside writing partner Alex Theurer, according to Deadline.
The proposed reboot would be based on David Cronenberg’s 1986 horror gore-fest which tells the story of scientist Seth Brundle who mutates into a grotesque human/fly hybrid after a teleportation experiment goes wrong and starred Jeff Goldblum as Brundle and Geena Davis.
Cronenberg’s cult classic is itself a remake of Kurt Neumann’s 1958 film which was based on a short story by George Langelaan that was published in the June 1957 issue of Playboy magazine.
The 1958 original was followed by two sequels; ‘Return of the Fly’ in 1959 and ‘Curse of the Fly’ in 1965.
In 1989, ‘The Fly II’ followed the 1986 version but Cronenberg was not involved in the project.
Should Dillard and Theurer team up for a fresh take on ‘The Fly’ it will not be the first time the pair have worked together as Dillard directed and co-wrote dramatic thriller ‘Sleight’ along with Theurer – which blended science fiction and street magic in a tale set in Los Angeles.
WWE Studios and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse acquired the title after it premiered in the Sundance Film Festival’s Next section last year.
‘Sleight’ hits cinemas on April 28 and until then, Dillard is in pre-production on ‘Sweetheart’, also for Blumhouse.
That horror/thriller, which he co-wrote with Theurer as well as Alex Hyner, is to star Dope’s Kiersey Clemons.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sam Claflin is to star in new thriller ‘Nightingale’.
The ‘Hunger Games’ star and Aisling Franciosi, who starred in ‘The Fall’, are both attached to appear in ‘Babadook’ director Jennifer Kent’s next project.
Claflin’s involvement has been confirmed by Bron Studios on the company’s Twitter account.
The post – which was re-tweeted by the 30-year-old British actor – read: “Very excited to be working on #TheNightingale with @SamClaflin & #TheBabadook’s writer/director Jennifer Kent! (sic)”
The cast for the period piece also includes Breaking Bad’s Damon Herriman, Ewen Leslie, ‘Hacksaw Ridge’ star Harry Greenwood, Baykali Ganambarr and Magnolia Maymuru.
The plot will centre on a 21-year-old Irish convict in Tasmania in 1825 who goes on a revenge mission with the help of an Aboriginal tracker after her husband and infant child are murdered.
Kent will soon be able to get the cameras rolling now the project has been financially backed by Bron Creative and Bruna Papandrea’s Made Up Stories and it marks the first production since Papandrea left her former production company Pacific Standard, which she started with actress Reese Witherspoon.
Additional finance has been sought through Screen Australia, Screen Tasmania and the South Australian Film Corporation.
‘Babadook’ producer Kristina Ceyton will produce the new feature, along with Papandrea.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Oscar winner Alfonso Cuaron has revealed he “always dreamed” of making his new movie ‘Roma’.
In his first movie since 2013’s ‘Gravity’ – which earned him the Best Director Academy Award, as well as winning six other Oscars – the 55-year-old writer-and-director has just wrapped shooting on the drama, which is based on a year-in-the-life of a middle-class family living in Mexico City during the early 1970s.
Speaking at a press conference on Wednesday (14.03.17) announcing the movie, Cuaron revealed many elements of the movie are based on his own childhood which is why it was so important for him to get the project off the ground.
He said: “Returning to my country with this specific project was something very personal, because we made a film set in the 1970s, with many elements and experiences of my childhood.”
Using an anecdote that fellow Mexican filmmaker Guillermo del Toro once told him, he continued: “Del Toro told me that certain movies are like a box of cereal with a prize included, because when you’re a kid, you eat it all up to know what you got. ‘Gravity’ was for me that little toy, and I made the decision to use it to go back to Mexico and make the film I had always dreamed of.”
Last September, Alfonso partnered with Participant Media to make the film, which is his first since ‘Y Tu Mamá También’ made him a star on the international film circuit.
Cuaron explained that the movie is called ‘Roma’ because of how he has seen Mexico City develop over the past four decades. He teased that he captures the changes in infrastructure and the arts in the film but kept tight-lipped on what the script was about.
However, it has been reported that the film will include a major historical event called the Corpus Christi Massacre, in which soldiers killed liberal student protesters in Mexico City on June 10, 1971.
And speaking about returning to his home city to shoot, Cuaron declared: “I can live abroad, but my head always thinks about Mexico and as a Mexican I am always aware of what is happening in my country … returning to Mexico to make movies was a necessity.”
The cast list hasn’t yet been revealed either, though it is believed to be made up mostly of local actors.
Cuaron, Gabriela Rodriguez and Nicolas Celis have produced the film, while Linde, Jeff Skoll and Jonathan King from Participant Media will serve as executive producers.
‘Roma’ is expected to be released in 2018.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Robert Pattinson ate live maggots for his role in ‘The Lost City of Z’ – but his stomach-churning feat was all for nothing as the scene was cut.
The 30-year-old British actor plays Corporal Henry Costin in the real-life biographical film about British adventure Colonel Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam) who travelled deep into the unexplored Amazon at the dawn of the 20th century and discovers a new ancient civilisation.
As well as growing a beard for his role, Pattinson was prepared to do anything required of him by director James Gray to make his performance as believable as possible including munching on the fly larvae, only to discover his bravery for the cameras ended up on the cutting room floor.
In an interview with Metro newspaper, he said: “It was so gross – I was eating them and stuff. I think they had to cut the scene to get the rating down.”
Speaking about the facial fuzz he had to grow for the role, Pattinson added: “The real Henry Costin had a very dramatic Victorian moustache. I thought with my face that I might look too Noel Coward, so I had to do a full-on beard for eight months. It was pretty awful – I ended up getting these disgusting ingrown hairs all over my face. Gah! I shouldn’t get into that!”
Pattinson – who is best known for playing vampire Edward Cullen in the ‘Twilight Saga’ – and his castmates, including Sienna Miller, had to brave a host of deadly animals when shooting on location in Colombia and although he was fine with the wildlife the bugs that invaded his hotel room freaked him out.
He shared: “There were caimans in the river and me and Charlie were swimming around them. One of the crew got bitten in the face by an arbor viper. The props master went straight in, sucked the venom and spat it out – he had no idea what he was doing, he’d just finished on ‘EastEnders’, but the guy was fine. There were so many dangerous creatures everywhere in the jungle, you don’t worry. But when I’d come back to my hotel, I’d see one ant in my room and freak out.”
Pattinson enjoyed playing the wingman to Hunnam’s Fawcett as he believes the supporting role gave him more opportunities to “experiment” on screen.
He said: “You can plays things more eccentrically if you are on the sideline. You don’t have the responsibility to drive the central story forward, so you can do more flourishes and experiment.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — A reboot of ‘The Matrix’ is being developed by Warner Bros.
The movie studio is currently exploring the possibility of relaunching the iconic franchise, which is considered to be among the most influential in recent cinematic history, and Michael B. Jordan is being eyed for a starring role in the new project.
The Wachowski siblings, who wrote and directed the three original movies, are not currently involved in the discussions.
However, it is thought that the studio will want any new movie to at least be given their blessing before Warner Bros. presses ahead with the plan, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Joel Silver, who produced the original movies, is reported to have approached Warner Bros. about making a new film.
But Silver sold his interest in all his movies to the studio in 2012 for around $30 million, and the studio is said to be reluctant to include him in the project because he has a strained relationship with the Wachowskis.
The original ‘Matrix’ movies starred Keanu Reeves – who played a computer hacker named Neo – and the Hollywood star recently confessed he would like to revisit the series.
But Keanu also admitted he didn’t know whether the directors, Lana and Lilly Wachowski, would be keen on the idea.
Keanu shared: “I don’t know about the Wachowskis. They would probably do something really original. I’d certainly like to see what would happen and more exploration of that world.”
He revealed, too, that he was undecided about the prospect of the sci-fi franchise going down the remake route.
Keanu said: “Don’t do that. Not a remake. But you could actually. I think what’s cool … When a story gets embraced, then if it has a tradition, and it becomes to have a lineage.
“I think it’s cool that when another time takes that story and makes it their own, so I wouldn’t categorically say that would be bad.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Hugh Jackman was initially unsure about the ending of ‘Logan’.
The 48-year-old actor makes his eighth and final appearance as the clawed mutant Wolverine in the recently released ‘X-Men’ spin-off, and has said he wasn’t sure about the movie’s final scenes when he first read the script.
In the movie, Wolverine – also known as the titular Logan – meets a noble end when defending X-23 and her fellow young mutants from the Reavers, and Hugh admits he originally believed it would have been “more powerful” if he didn’t die.
Speaking to Yahoo, Hugh said: “It was always floated that Logan would possibly die. I said, ‘Let’s be open, because it may be more powerful for him not to die … James was always certain of that ending, and he was right. Unlike a human character, what’s most poignant for someone who is thought to be indestructible is him dying while saying, ‘This is what it feels like.'”
Meanwhile, Hugh recently said he was pleased he and the movie’s director James Mangold pushed to get the feature an R rating, as it it has been a relief for him to be able to portray the character’s dark side free from restrictions.
He said: “It seems to me that Wolverine may be one of the darkest, most complex characters in the comic-book universe.
“Every time for the last 17 years I’ve seen PG-13, a little part of me has winced going, ‘Wolverine would never be in a PG-13 movie’.
“All Jim and I were apprehensive about was taking off the seatbelt, taking off any kind of restriction and just diving into this character.”
But the star also insisted the movie hasn’t been given such a high rating because of violent content.
He added: “It’s not R rated because of the violence, although there is R-rated violence in it.
“That rating is about the subject matter, the way the characters are treated as well as the way the violence is depicted.
“I think this is far more realistic than anything we’ve done before in the ‘X-Men’ franchise and maybe many other comic-book movies, far more human.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Frank Oz has sparked speculation Yoda is to appear in ‘Star Wars: Episode VIII – The Last Jedi’.
The 72-year-old puppeteer was responsible for bringing the diminutive green alien to life in original trilogy films ‘The Empire Strikes Back’ and ‘Return of the Jedi’.
Although the Jedi Master died in ‘Star Wars: Episode VI’ after being visited for a final time by Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) he does appear as a Force Ghost to the young Jedi along with Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness) and Luke’s father Anakin Skywalker, who came back to the Light Side of The Force from his Dark Side alter ego Darth Vader after saving his son from being killed by Emperor Palpatine.
Oz was quizzed at the South By Southwest (SXSW) Festival on whether he would be voicing the character again for Rian Johnson’s sequel or any other Disney ‘Star Wars’ film and his cryptic answer has sent fans into meltdown that Yoda is coming back either as Force Ghost again to speak with Luke and Rey (Daisy Ridley) or in a flashback scene.
‘The Muppets’ puppeteer Oz – who is married to Victoria Labalme – said: “I feel like I’m a prisoner at war here, and I can only give you my name, rank and serial number. To be true to the people who asked me, and they are kind of my family, I have to say I’ve been asked not to talk about it. I love Yoda. I would be happy to talk to you about it at the time they let me.”
Oz’s Yoda voice did feature in ‘The Force Awakens’ when Maz Kanata presents Rey with Luke’s old lost lightsaber sparking a powerful series of flashback memories which also featured the voices of Ewan McGregor and Guinness who played Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’ prequels and the original trilogy respectively.
Explaining the significance of the voices, ‘The Force Awakens’ director J.J. Abrams said: “The idea of the voices was, we wanted the audience to feel – but not necessarily be presented right in your face – this idea that familiar, Force-strong voices were connecting with her. At least as well as they could.”
‘The Last Jedi’ will be released worldwide on December 15, 2017, and the returning cast includes John Boyega (Finn), Oscar Isaac (Poe Dameron), Adam Driver (Kylo Ren), Lupita Nyong’o (Maz Kanata), Gwendoline Christie (Captain Phasma), Dohmnall Gleeson (General Hux), Anthony Daniels (C-3PO), Andy Serkis (Supreme Leader Snoke) and the late Carrie Fisher as General Leia.
While Benicio Del Toro, Laura Dern and Kelly Marie Tran are all newcomers to the sci-fi franchise.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Simon Bird is set to make his directorial debut on feature film ‘Days of the Bagnold Summer’.
The 32-year-old actor-and-comedian – best known for playing geeky teenager Will McKenzie in Channel 4 TV comedy series ‘The Inbetweeners’ and the subsequent two films – is attached to direct an upcoming adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name.
The tome, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Costa Award for Best Novel, tells the story of an idle summer in the lives of a shy 15-year-old heavy metal fan Daniel and his 52-year-old librarian mother Sue who must spend the summer holiday together after Daniel’s planned trip to spend the summer with his father and his father’s pregnant new wife in Florida is cancelled.
Bird will direct the screenplay by ‘Not Working’ author Lisa Owens, while Stigma Films’ Matthew James Wilkinson is producing.
The movie is part-funded by Creative England with support from the BFI Network.
Bird previously directed the short Ernestine and Kit, based on a short story by Kevin Barry, which was produced by Stigma Films in 2015 and premiered at SXSW. It was nominated for Best Short Film at last year’s Irish Film and Television Awards.
Away from ‘The Inbetweeners’ his other acting credits include appearances in films ‘The Look of Love’ and ‘The Harry Hill Movie’ and TV shows ‘Friday Night Dinner’ and ‘Chickens’.

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