Netflix has announced that it has cancelled its comedy series Friends from College after two seasons on the streaming service. “Friends from College will not return for a third season,” reads a statement from Netflix. “We’re grateful to creators Nick Stoller and Francesca Delbanco for creating a wise, funny and supremely relatable show. We also […]
Colin Farrell to star in BBC drama The North Water
The Independent is reporting that Colin Farrell has signed on to lead the cast of the BBC’s four-part TV adaptation of Ian McGuire’s Man Booker Prize longlisted 2016 novel The North Water. The series is being written and directed by Andrew Haigh (45 Years, Lean on Pete) and follows “a former army surgeon, Patrick Sumner, […]
Sylvester Stallone to star in dark superhero movie Samaritan for MGM
Last year, action icon Sylvester Stallone launched Balboa Productions, announcing several projects including the superhero movie Samaritan, and now comes word that MGM has snapped up the package in a competitive bidding situation. Described as “a dark, fresh take on the superhero genre”, Samaritan has been scripted by Bragi F. Schut (Escape Room) and revolves […]
David Dastmalchian joins Dune in villain role
Deadline is reporting that Ant-Man and the Wasp and Bird Box actor David Dastmalchian has becom ethe latest addition to the cast of Denis Villeneuve’s Dune. Dastmalchian is set to portray the character of Piter De Vries, a clever and cunning Mentat (a human trained to perform mental functions rivalling computers) and a servant of […]
LEGO Ideas to produce official Friends Central Perk and Steamboat Willie sets
The LEGO Group has announced the winners of the LEGO Ideas Second 2018 Review, with both Mric76’s Central Perk Coffee Shop from Friends and sxabomate90’s Steamboat Willie selected by the toy giant to be realised as official LEGO sets! Here are the concepts, which will be tweaked by LEGO’s designers before their official release… You can […]
Netflix’s Green Eggs and Ham animated series gets a teaser and all-star voice cast
Netflix has announced a star-studded voice cast for its upcoming animated adaptation of Dr. Seuss’ 1960 children’s book Green Eggs and Ham. Michael Douglas (The Kominsky Method) and Adam DeVine (Modern Family) voice Guy Am I and Sam I Am respectively, along with Diane Keaton (Book Club) as Michellee, Ilana Glazer (Broad City) as Eb, […]
Hellboy’s David Harbour on differentiating his portrayal from Ron Perlman’s
With the release of Hellboy fast approaching, Stranger Things star David Harbour has been chatting to Empire about his title role in the R-rated reboot, and how he set out to differentiate his portrayal from that of Ron Perlman’s Big Red in Guillermo del Toro’s two movies. “[Perlman] does something quite extraordinary in those films […]
Kevin Costner and Diane Lane to star in Let Him Go
Focus Features has announced that Man of Steel stars Kevin Costner and Diane Lane are reuniting for the suspense thriller Let Him Go. Here’s the official synopsis: Following the loss of their son, retired sheriff George Blackledge (Costner) and his wife Margaret (Lane) leave their Montana ranch to rescue their young grandson from the clutches […]
Watch an exclusive clip from Funny Cow starring Maxine Peake
Coinciding with its U.S. VOD release, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the British comedy drama Funny Cow, which sees Maxine Peake (The Theory of Everything) starring alongside Paddy Considine (The Death of Stalin), Stephen Graham (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales) and Alun Armstrong (Krull). Watch the clip here, but beware […]
Nickelodeon to air new Are You Afraid of the Dark? miniseries to coincide with movie
Nickelodeon’s classic anthology horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? is set for a return this year thanks to Paramount Pictures with the release of a live-action feature adaptation, and it seems we’ll also be getting a brand new miniseries to lead into the film. As reported by SlashFilm, the miniseries will follow new members of […]
