As Britain’s EU exit draws ever closer, HBO has unveiled the first trailer for its TV movie Brexit, which sees Benedict Cumberbatch taking on the role of Dominic Cummings, the controversial Campaign Director of Vote Leave. Watch the trailer here… According to HBO, Brexit will reveal “the personalities, strategies and feuds of the Leave and […]
Cold War takes top honours at the 2018 European Film Awards
The 31st European Film Awards took place in Seville, Spain last night, with the European Film Academy bestowing its top honour, Best European Film, on Cold War, with its writer-director Pawel Pawlikowski scooping Best Director and Best Screenwriter and Joanna Kulig named Best Actress. Cold War missed out on a nomination for Best Foreign Language […]
D.J. Caruso to direct Are You Afraid of the Dark? movie
Last year it was announced that Paramount had tapped screenwriter Gary Dauberman (Annabelle, It) to write a script for a big screen adaptation of the 90s Nickelodeon show Are You Afraid of the Dark?, and now it seems the project may have secured a director. According to Bloody Disgusting, Disturbia and xXx: Return of Xander […]
Peanuts is coming to Apple’s new streaming service
It’s not just Disney who plans to get in on the streaming game next year, as Apple has also been assembling a host of original programming for its own as-yet-unannounced streaming service, and now comes word from Deadline that the tech giant has signed a deal to bring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and friends to its […]
Ozark’s Julia Garner to star in Harvey Weinstein film
Deadline is reporting that Ozark actress Julia Garner has signed on for the lead role in an upcoming drama about disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, which is being written and directed by Kitty Green (Casting JonBenet). The as-yet-untitled film will see Garner portraying one of Weinstein’s personal assistants, charting a day in their life. It […]
DC Universe’s Stargirl series casts JSA member Wildcat
TV Insider is reporting that Brian Stapf (The Walking Dead) has become the latest addition to the cast of DC Universe’s Stargirl series, with the actor set to take on the role of Ted Grant, a.k.a. Wildcat. Created by Bill Finger and Irwin Hasen, Ted Grant was a world class boxer who found himself entangled […]
Classic LEGO Minifigure game coming to mobile devices in 2019
Gameloft and The LEGO Group have announced the upcoming release of a new mobile game which will celebrate 40 years of the LEGO Minifigure. The game will offer LEGO fans of all ages an epic adventure celebrating iconic LEGO collections and allowing gamers the chance to play with some of the all-time favorite LEGO minifigures […]
Matt Reeves will reportedly turn in his rewrite of The Batman before the New Year
Since signing on to the project last summer as a replacement for Ben Affleck in the director’s chair, Matt Reeves has been hard at work shaping his vision for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ long-planned The Batman solo movie. Official updates on the film have been hard to come by – instead we’ve mainly just […]
Child’s Play creator Don Mancini isn’t happy about the upcoming remake
Earlier this year, Child’s Play creator Don Mancini revealed his plans to bring Chucky to the small screen for a TV series continuation of the cult horror franchise, only for MGM to subsequently announce its own rival project with a reboot of the original 1988 film. Mancini – who has written all seven Child’s Play […]
Picard series will be very different in tone to Star Trek: Discovery
As part of its expansion of the Star Trek franchise, CBS All Access is developing a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation which will see Patrick Stewart reprising his fan favourite role as Jean-Luc Picard. The new series will catch up with the former U.S.S. Enterprise captain some twenty years after we last saw […]
