Since he moved into film, Rob Zombie has stuck to extreme horror such as The Devil’s Rejects, House of 1,000 Corpses and his Halloween films, but now he’s out to prove there are more strings to his bow, as Deadline reports he’s set to write and direct the hockey drama Broad Street Bullies.
The film is about the Philadelphia Flyers hockey team, which evolved from a cellar-dwelling expansion team into a team that racked up victories and penalty minutes in equal measure during the 1970s. While it’s certainly not exploitation horror, it does follow Zombie’s style of bringing the extremities of 70s filmmaking back to cinema, with this film allowing him to show the aggression of the ice, as seen in the 1977 sports classic. Slap Shot.
The Flyers were renowned for their violent style of playing, which thrilled crowds and had a huge impact on the sport – many would say to its detriment as a competitive sport, but making it more thrilling to watch.
After spending the last few years in major action mode directing the likes of The Kingdom, Hancock and Battleship, Peter Berg is heading somewhere far more personal by signing on to helm Father’s Day, based on the book by his cousin, Friday Night Lights author Buzz Bissinger.
Liam Hemsworth, Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman and Lucas Till have already signed up for the thriller Paranoia, and now they’ve got a female co-star, as 
James Bobin scored himself a major hit directing The Muppets, and now 
James Corden has popped up in the likes of The History Boys, Starter For 10, Lesbian Vampire Killers and The Three Musketeers, but he hasn’t made a huge impact on film as yet. However following his Tony win last week, Corden’s US profile is on the rise, and he’s now booked two movie roles, according to 
Leonardo DiCaprio is getting a couple of wives, on-screen at least, as Broadway actress Cristin Milioti is in talks to play his first wife in The Wolf of Wall Street, while Pan Am star Margot Robbie is negotiating for the female lead, the second spouse.
If a movie already has Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts attached, you wouldn’t think it would need any more star power, but it’s getting some behind-the-scenes, as George Clooney has just signed on to produce August: Osage County.
Normally studios only want to remake movies people have already heard of, but if you’re going to mine the past, it makes sense to also look at films that are good, but which have largely been forgotted. That seems to be New Line’s plan, as they’re developing a remake of director Herbert Ross’s 1973 murder mystery, The Last of Sheila.
Catherine Hardwicke must have liked working with Cam Gigandet on Twilight, as