A disused newspaper factory in the south of England is to be converted into a film studio complex. The Daily Mail printing press in Oxfordshire has been acquired by media company Rebellion, the games developer, motion capture firm and publishing outfit which owns the 2000 AD comic book IP, which includes Judge…

Warcraft and Source Code filmmaker Duncan Jones is to direct his first TV series: an adaptation of thriller novel Killer Intent. Liberty Films, the London and LA-based indie run by Stuart Fenegan and Jones, will produce the adaptation of boxer-turned-lawyer Tony Kent's well-received book. Killer Intent is the first in…

Warcaft and Moon director Duncan Jones is in playful mood. The filmmaker has posted a video on Twitter in which he seemingly teases that his next project will be a movie based on Rogue Trooper, a strip from the Brit anthology comic 2000AD, which is best known for spawning the Judge Dredd character. The 1980s strip…

After 16 years in development, Duncan Jones’ Mute arrives on Netflix tomorrow. It is the fourth film for Jones, who made an outstanding debut in 2009 with Moon, starring Sam Rockwell, and followed it up with the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer Source Code in 2011 and 2016’s Warcraft, which hit $433 million at the global box…

It’s taken years for Duncan Jones’ Mute to percolate, and now ahead of its February 23 release on Netflix comes the first glimpse at the Moon and Source Code helmer’s passion project, a sci-fi thriller set in Berlin in the year 2052. Alexander Skarsgård stars as Leo, a bartender unable to speak from a childhood…

David Bowie, the shape-shifting rock star and cultural icon who also appeared in films, has died. Bowie turned 69 a few days ago, as knockout reviews celebrating his just-released 25th album were coming in and his first stage venture had been launched. His official Facebook page posted the news tonight: “David Bowie…

Universal and Legendary premiered the first trailer for their summer blue-chip Warcraft today at BlizzCon in Anaheim, with the film’s director Duncan Jones and cast members Ben Foster, Dominic Cooper, Paula Patton, Daniel Wu and Clancy Brown participating in a panel hosted by Chris Hardwick. What is BlizzCon? For…

EXCLUSIVE: Duncan Jones’ long-cherished Mute, about a mute bartender who goes up against his city’s gangsters in an effort to find out what happened to his missing partner, may be coming a step nearer to fruition with the news that Paul Rudd and Alexander Skarsgard have boarded the project. Also joining Mute is Lotus…

China’s Tencent Pictures, the film arm of online giant Tencent, has announced it will partner with Legendary Pictures and invest an equity stake in Warcraft, the vidgame adaptation of popular online World Of Warcraft. Wanda, China’s largest cinema chain, will also work with the two companies and use its network to…

Ross Lincoln contributes to Deadline’s Comic-Con coverage. Legendary Pictures confirmed during its morning panel that Brit Duncan Jones will helm the big-budget epic based on the popular game World Of Warcraft. The project has been in the pipeline for awhile…

British helmer Duncan Jones is tapped to direct a biopic based on Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond books that launched one of the longest-running and most profitable movie franchises. Fleming gained first-hand knowledge of his subject matter working for British Naval Intelligence during World War II…

EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing that Hugh Jackman is director Shawn Levy’s first choice to star in 20th Century Fox’s Fantastic Voyage, the James Cameron-produced 3D tent pole film. It’s early days, but this would give Jackman a big movie to do while he and Fox sort things out with The Wolverine. The film was on a fast track…