Film Bits: More Bad News for ‘The Flash’; ‘The Predator’ Casts Young Star

‘The Flash’ Suffers Another Setback

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DC just can’t catch a break. In the rush to catch up with their counterparts at Marvel, they made what many fans consider to be massive missteps in the last year, delivering two movies (Batman v Superman; Suicide Squad) that basically amounted to throwing everything they could at the wall to see what stuck. Not much did. Things were looking up for the coming year however, with Wonder Woman and Justice League looking to regain some fan affection. Then The Flash happened. The Flash is quickly becoming one of the most troubled productions in recent memory. Late last year, director Rick Famuyiwa left the production citing creative differences. It’s been months and no replacement has been found. Now comes the announcement that the entire script is undergoing a page one rewrite—meaning that they’re basically just starting from scratch and hoping it all works out. At this point, it doesn’t seem that DC and Warner Brothers can do much to keep their money train from completely derailing, but at least we’ve got Affleck’s Batman to look forward to in the future sometime, maybe.

(Variety)

Jacob Tremblay Cast in ‘The Predator’

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Shane Black’s The Predator, a reboot of the famed action/sci-fi Predator series has cast Jacob Tremblay, the young star of 2015’s Room. The now 10-year-old actor will play the son of Boyd Holbrook (Narcos) in the film, which also stars Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight) and Olivia Munn. Little else is known about the project, though filming is set to begin next month. It’s currently scheduled to open on February 9, 2018.

(Variety)

Michael Bay Producing Trump Inspired Dystopia

Talk about timely. Universal has picked up the rights to a Michael Bay produced film, Little America, in which a bankrupt United States, led by an inept businessman, has their debts called in by China. Rowan Athale (The Wasteland) wrote the treatment for the script and is also attached to direct. There’s not a lot to go on right now, but based on what we do know—Americans have begun emigrating to China in order to find work and a Chinese billionaire’s daughter becomes stuck in America—it sounds like this could be a fun commentary on the world today.

(The Hollywood Reporter)

Fox Greenlights ‘X-Men’ Pilot; Bryan Singer to Direct

With the cinematic future of the X-Men franchise in question, plans are moving ahead to develop the universe for television. Fox has confirmed a pilot order for an X-Men series, with 4 time -director Bryan Singer set to helm the pilot episode. There’s some question as to whether or not this series will connect to the feature film series, or if this will stand on its own. Already, Fox is involved in another stand alone series based on the X-Men comics, Legion, which premieres soon on FX. It could be that these two series are being used to rebuild the franchise from the ground up following the poor reception for last year’s Apocalypse. As of yet, there hasn’t been confirmation as to which characters will appear in the series, though they certainly have plenty to choose from. If the series gets a full season order, this could be the perfect way to continue the franchise without the baggage that’s developed over years of mediocre films.

(Collider)

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