A couple of days ago it was announced that Hayley Atwell is to lead ABC’s new legal drama pilot Conviction, and now Variety is reporting that the Agent Carter star will be joined by Emily Kinney (The Walking Dead). Kinney is set to play Tess Thompson, “the paralegal for the Unit team who is extremely […]
Twin Peaks adds Ashley Judd to its cast
Deadline is reporting that Twin Peaks has added another name to its ever-expanding cast, with the site revealing that Ashley Judd is set to feature in the follow-up to David Lynch and Mark Frost’s cult TV series. Judd will join fellow new additions Amanda Seyfried, Naomi Watts, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Laura Dern, Robert Knepper, James […]
A host of horror icons assemble for Expendables-inspired Death House
A host of the horror genre’s biggest names are set to assemble for an Expendables-inspired ensemble entitled Death House, which is being directed by Harrison Smith (Camp Dread) from a script he wrote with the late Gunnar Hansen, a.k.a. Leatherface from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre. Set to feature in the cast are horror icons Robert […]
DVD Review – Frankenstein (2015)
Frankenstein, 2015 Directed by Bernard Rose. Starring Xavier Samuel, Carrie-Anne Moss, Tony Todd, Danny Huston, Sandra Rosko, Maya Erskine, Dave Pressler. SYNOPSIS: An eccentric pair of scientists create a human monster in modern-day Los Angeles. Another year, another adaptation of Mary Shelley’s classic novel but there is a twist to this one as it sticks […]
Movie Review – Zoolander 2 (2016)
Zoolander 2, 2016. Directed by Ben Stiller. Starring Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Kristen Wiig, Penelope Cruz, Will Ferrell, Cara Delevingne, Olivia Munn, Milla Jovovich, Fred Armisen and Justin Bieber. SYNOPSIS: Derek and Hansel are modelling again when an opposing company attempts to take them out from the business. Despite the iconography of Zoolander still prevalent […]
The Divergent Series: Ascendant loses its director
Lionsgate’s plans for the fourth and final instalment of The Divergent Series have suffered a setback, with Entertainment Weekly revealing that director Robert Schwentke has pulled out of the concluding chapter Ascendant. According to the site, Schwentke – who has directed The Divergent Series: Insurgent and this year’s The Divergent Series: Allegiant – is looking […]
Stephen King expects The Dark Tower to happen with Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey
Last year, Ron Howard, Akiva Goldsman and Brian Grazer’s planned adaptation of Stephen King’s The Dark Tower dragged itself out of development hell, with Sony and Media Rights Capital picking up the ambitious project and setting Nikolaj Arcel (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo) to direct. In the past few months we’ve heard that Matthew […]
Jackie Earle Haley joins AMC’s Preacher as Odin Quincannon
Watchmen star Jackie Earle Haley has signed on for a six-episode guest role in AMC’s upcoming Preacher adaptation in the role of the depraved, meat-loving villain Odin Quincannon, Entertainment Weekly has revealed. The character is described as “a small, decrepit man with the unscrupulous iron will necessary to be the most powerful man in Annville […]
Will Smith and Martin Lawrence will “definitely” star in Bad Boys 3
After years of speculation, Sony officially set a release date for Bad Boys 3 last August (along with Bad Boys 4), although there was no word on whether stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith would be returning for the next instalment. Well, we now have confirmation direct from Smith himself, with the star revealing on […]
Nicolas Cage to star in Vengeance: A Love Story
Variety is reporting that Nicolas Cage is set to star in the thriller Vengeance: A Love Story from Hannibal Classics, who produced Cage’s upcoming World War II Movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. The project “centers on the aftermath of a victim of gang rape, left for dead in a park boathouse. The victim is […]
