According to The Wrap, Keira Knightley (The Imitation Game) is in talks to star as Catherine the Great in director Barbra Streisand’s upcoming biopic of the Russian empress. Based on a Black List script from Kristina Lauren Anderson, the film “will follow young Catherine, who was trapped in an abusive marriage with the heir of […]
Anna Diop joins 24: Legacy
Anna Diop (The Messengers, Greenleaf) has signed on to appear in Fox’s upcoming 24 reboot 24: Legacy, where she will play Nicole, wife of military hero Eric Carter, played by Corey Hawkins (Straight Outta Compton, The Walking Dead). 24: Legacy follows “Carter and his troubled return to the U.S. He seeks aid from the Counter […]
Josh Bowman to play Jack the Ripper in Time After Time
Yesterday it was announced that Freddie Stroma (UnReal) is set to play H.G. Wells in the upcoming TV adaptation of Time After Time, and now it is being reported that Josh Bowman (Revenge) is set to play his nemesis Jack the Ripper. Based upon Karl Alexander’s 1979 novel and the movie adaptation, Time After Time […]
Josh Hutcherson to star in Seth Rogen comedy pilot Future Man
The Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has signed on for the lead in Future Man, an upcoming comedy pilot from Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. The pilot will see Hutcherson as a janitor called Josh, who is “asked with saving the world after visitors from the future declare him the world’s […]
Saoirse Ronan to star in On Chesil Beach
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Brooklyn star Saoirse Ronan has signed to to appear in an adaptation of Ian McEwan’s On Chesil Beach, where she’ll play the female lead Florence. McEwan’s novel is set in England in 1962 and “tells the story of Florence and husband, Edward, starting with the unspoken expectation of their marital […]
Djimon Hounsou to star in Wayward Pines season 2
Earlier this month it was revealed that Jason Patric (The Lost Boys, Narc) has joined the hit series Wayward Pines for its second season, and now Fox has announced that he’ll also be joined by Djimon Hounsou (Blood Diamond, Guardians of the Galaxy). Variety is reporting that Hounsou will play “CJ Mitchum, an original resident […]
Kelly Overton to star in Syfy’s Van Helsing series, supporting cast also announced
Back in November it was reported that Syfy and Neil LaBute are teaming up for a female Van Helsing series and now Deadline is reporting that Kelly Overton (The Ring Two, True Blood) has secured the lead role as Vanessa Helsing, a “descendent of the Van Helsing lineage of warriors who now must lead mankind […]
Supergirl Season 1 Episode 13 Review – ‘For The Girl Who Has Everything’
Martin Carr reviews the thirteenth episode of Supergirl… Feeling like a throwback to Alien and those programmes confident enough to put two people in a room for an hour with no action. Supergirl hit her stride yet again with pitched battles, comedic elements and alien parasites. Coupled with moments of pathos in an episode which […]
Video Game Preview – Sheltered
Martin Carr previews Sheltered… Consider Sheltered a constantly evolving organic entity. Fancy words I know. But ultimately the most accurate when it comes to describing what we have. You see what Team 17 have done is started with a basic concept. A sort of low-fi Fallout 4. Minus the graphical enhancements, combat nuances or inherent […]
Blu-ray Review – Falling Skies Season 5
Falling Skies – Season 5. Starring Noah Wyle, Moon Bloodgood, Drew Roy, Connor Jessup, Maxim Knight, Colin Cunningham, Sarah Sanguin Carter, Mpho Koaho, Doug Jones and Will Patton. SYNOPSIS: As season five opens, all breed of beast and mutant are running rampant on earth. The Espheni’s power core has been destroyed, and humans are now […]