Brad Pitt has got his producer hat on once again – a job he’s had great success with, including winning him a Best Picture Oscar for 12 Years A Slave – as he and his Plan B production company have signed up to develop sci-fi thriller Alpha.
Canadian filmmaker Anthony Scott Burns will make his feature directorial debut with the movie, which is based on a story and script by Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson. Burns came to Hollywood’s attention after released a fan-made trailer entitled Tron Destiny, and a short film entitled Manifold (you can watch those here).
Not much is known about the plot, except that the plot will be a sci-fi survival tale that has been compared to the works of Jack London (White Fang). It’s not clear at the moment whether Pitt is viewing this as a potential movie to star or if he’ll just produce.
Disney is slowly piecing together it’s remake of Pete’s Dragon, with Robert Redford already in talks and young Oakes Fegley due to play Pete. Now another actor is being eyed, as Bryce Dallas Howard may be the female lead, according to 
Disney even surprised itself with how successful its Disney Fairies franchise has been, with annual movies (which were originally designed to go straight to DVD but have been popular enough that many have now had cinema releases) and a merchandising bonanza.
Are we due for another Mel Gibson meltdown? Last time he decided enough time has passed for him to be allowed to move back into the public eye (admittedly the world didn’t end when he appeared in Expendables 3), he had another very public scandal that meant he had to go back into hiding again. He’ll be hoping that doesn’t happen again.
We’re still waiting to see if Doctor Who star Matt Smith can successfully segue into the movies, but with Lost River, Terminator: Genisys and Pride & Prejudice & Zombies coming up, he’s certainly got a good shot. Now he’s added another movie to the mix, as 
Disney had a major success with Maleficent and will be hoping for similar with 2015’s Cinderella. Now the first trailer has arrived which suggests this will be a more traditional fairy tale adaptation, with director Kenneth Branagh seemingly trying to literally bring a Disney animated movie to life (although it’s obviously not a perfect recreation of the Cinderella cartoon).
Nobody expected Pitch Perfect to become the success it was, but as soon as it hit box office success Universal realised they had real potential so they put a sequel into the works and have even built into that the ability to continue the franchise after that with a new cast.
Pixar is not a company prepared to release a movie until they think it’s absolutely ready. Several times in its history it’s severely delayed releases, replaced directors a long way into production and completely revamped storylines.
With X-Men Apocalypse due to shoot next year, there are a few roles to fill, some of which will be familiar names given new, younger faces. According to 
It’s been one hell of a year for Chris Pratt, who went from the slightly chubby guy from Park & Recreation to being a bona fide movie star with Guardians Of The Galaxy.