John Gatins

Hardball: Michael B. Jordan reminisces on his screen debut with Keanu Reeves

Posted 5 years ago

Before he was training under Rocky Balboa as Adonis Creed or ruling Wakanda with an iron grip as Killmonger in Black Panther, Michael B. Jordan got his big break playing Jamal opposite Keanu Reeves' Conor O'Neill in Brian Robbins' Hardball. Much...

Power Rangers reboot: DC’s Titans writer Bryan Edward Hill to script

Posted 6 years ago

Because the world can never get enough of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, it's my pleasure to report that eOne and Hasbro have recruited DC's Titans writer Bryan Edward Hill to pen Jonathan Entwistle's upcoming Power Rangers film reboot. Last week,...

New Power Rangers movies & TV projects are in development

Posted 6 years ago

After the lackluster performance of Dean Israelite's POWER RANGERS at the box-office in 2017, plans for multiple sequels were scrapped and the franchise (along with other Saban brands) was sold to Hasbro in a multi-million dollar deal. It was reported...

The End of the F—ing World creator in talks to direct Power Rangers reboot

Posted 6 years ago

After the lackluster performance of Dean Israelite's POWER RANGERS at the box-office in 2017, plans for multiple sequels were scrapped and the franchise (along with other Saban brands) was sold to Hasbro in a multi-million dollar deal, but according to...

The F*cking Black Sheep: Leprechaun 3 (1995)

Posted 7 years ago

THE BLACK SHEEP is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATH. We’re hoping this column will...

Hasbro acquires Power Rangers and other Saban brands for $522 million

Posted 8 years ago

There were some big plans in place for the future of the POWER RANGERS franchise, with series creator Haim Saban even mentioning that they already had a six-movie arc mapped out, but based on the lackluster performance of Dean Israelite's...

The UnPopular Opinion: Power Rangers

Posted 8 years ago

THE UNPOPULAR OPINION is an ongoing column featuring different takes on films that either the writer HATED, but that the majority of film fans LOVED, or that the writer LOVED, but that most others LOATHED. We're hoping this column will...

Power Rangers director to helm Unexplained Phenomenon sci-fi thriller

Posted 9 years ago

Dean Israelite, director of this year's POWER RANGERS movie, has signed on to helm a science-fiction thriller entitled UNEXPLAINED PHENOMENON for Amblin Partners. While working off of an original script written by Andrew Deutschman and Jason Pagan, Israelite will present a...

Kong: Skull Island director criticizes his own movie on Honest Trailers

Posted 9 years ago

So after going on a Twitter rant about the CinemaSins episode of KONG: SKULL ISLAND, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts has decided to go on CinemaSins' main competitor Honest Trailers to riff on his own movie. And boy is he harsh (especially...

Kong: Skull Island VFX featurette shows how ILM brought Kong to life

Posted 9 years ago

Bringing King Kong back to the big-screen should never be treated as a trivial matter, and thankfully the fine folks at Industrial Light & Magic brought their A-game when it came to realizing the Eighth Wonder of the World for...

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