Tag Archives: josh trank

Chronicle’s Michael B. Jordan Could Be The New Johnny Storm For Josh Trank’s Fantastic Four

Posted on May 2, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

This would be the first African-American incarnation of Storm that I’m aware of, and one in a very short list on non-white big screen super heroes.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Fantastic Four Reboot To Tap “Deep Into The Comics Mythology” With Dark Shadows’ Seth Grahame-Smith

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Brendon Connelly

Can we expect Galactus, the Kree and the Skrull or even the Negative Zone?

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Fox Schedule Fantastic Four, Give The 3D Treatment To Apes, X-Men And Percy Jackson

Posted on December 8, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Fox have left their notebook open on the Upcoming Release page. On purpose.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off

Mark Millar On His Three To Four Year Plan For Fox’s Marvel Movies

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

And does it still involve Matthew Vaughn?

Posted in Film, Recent Updates | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Mark Millar Given The “Joss Whedon Role” Over Fox’s Marvel Movies

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

X-Men, Fantastic Four and Dared… oh, not Daredevil. My bad.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Alternative Report Says Fox Won’t Trade Fantastic Four Villains With Marvel, Might Just Let Daredevil Rights Lapse

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Conflicting report.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Jeremy Slater To Write The New Fantastic Four Movie

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Josh Trank‘s reboot of The Fantastic Four is to be written by Jeremy Slater, the buzzed about, on-the-up scriptwriter behind the Lovecraft-infused Tape 4 and Jake Kasdan’s My Spy. According to THR, he’s just finalising his deal now. Neither of …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fox Gung Ho On Fantastic Four Reboot, Lock Josh Trank As Director

Posted on July 11, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Just a quick update: Fox have wanted to have a Fantastic Four reboot for a good while, and more recently they’ve wanted Chronicle director Josh Trank to take charge of it. Well, they’ve now go their way and Deadline are …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Breaking Into Chronicle – Genre, Gender, Found Footage And The Follow Up

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Including my video interview with two of the film’s stars and a sample of ‘Pre Viz’ footage.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

See Brendon Connelly’s Hitherto Unknown Chronicle-Style Super Powers

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Hannah Shaw-Williams

I won’t be crossing Bleeding Cool’s Brendon Connelly any time soon, not since I discovered that he has telekinetic powers to amaze and astound even the most hard-headed realist.

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Max Landis Spills Lots Of Chronicle 2 Details, More On His Many Upcoming Films

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I’d guess Max Landis must eat 4000 calories a day just to keep functioning.

Posted in Film, Recent Updates | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Red Star Is Josh Trank’s Latest Comics-To-Film Project

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

From the pre-release buzz on Chronicle, director Josh Trank was linked to Fantastic Four. Then after, the film’s release he was put in the frame with the in-development Venom movie. It’s not yet known if either of those conversations are …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Chronicle 2 Is Coming

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I was surprised how little advanced excitement and anticipation there was in the geekosphere for Chronicle. Here was that thing so many nerds say they want: an original story, well told, with character and surprises, and a tone that deserved …

Posted in Film, Recent Updates | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Venom Movie Back On The Cards, Chronicle Director Josh Trank In The Frame To Direct

Posted on March 6, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

Once upon a time, Zombieland scriptwriters Paul Wernick & Rhett Reese were working on a screenplay for a Venom movie, spinning off the character alongside Sony’s main Spider-Man series. Then director Gary Ross became involved, before getting on board with …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Final Trailer For Chronicle – Too Much, Too Late? Or Just In Time?

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

I’ve been amazed that advanced buzz on Chronicle hasn’t snapped the needle, but it hasn’t. A shame, really, because I think a lot of people are going to like this film. And like it a lot, too. This final trailer, …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Boys Will Be Boys – New Chronicle Clip Is A Touch Pervy

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It doesn’t look like anybody in Chronicle develops “X-ray” vision or the power of invisibility, but teenage boys will always find a way to live up to their hormones. Nice to see them also doing some homework, though. This clip …

Posted in Film, Recent Updates | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Fantastic Four Reboot Looks To Recruit Chronicle’s Josh Trank

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

It seems like only yesterday that I was reading, and writing, about the last attempt to launch The Fantastic Four as a big screen series. This was when Twin Peaks‘ Mark Frost and Down With Love director Peyton Reed were …

Posted in Film, Recent Updates | Tagged , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Rules Of Superpowers And A Whole Lot Of Spectacle – The New Chronicle Trailer

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

There are more ideas and interesting images in these thirty seconds or so of Chronicle than many superpowers stories manage to drum up in a whole hour. Some of this we’ve seen in the previously released trailers and TV spots, …

Posted in Film | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment