The nominations for the 24th annual Critics’ Choice Awards have been announced today, with Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite leading the movie nominations with 14 in total, including Best Picture, Best Director (Lanthimos), Best Actress (Olivia Colman), Best Supporting Actress (Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz) and Best Comedy.The film will contest the Best Picture Award against […]
Crazy Rich Asians sequels to shoot back-to-back in 2020
With Crazy Rich Asians proving a smash hit at the box office this year, Warner Bros. has decided to move ahead with two sequels, adapting author Kevin Kwan’s follow-up books China Rich Girlfriend and Rich People Problems.However, given that director John M. Chu is set to spend much of 2019 working on his new film, the musical adaptation In the […]
Star Wars: Episode IX to introduce a new red Stormtrooper
With rumours circulating that we may get our first look at Star Wars: Episode IX this month with the arrival of a teaser trailer, fan site Making Star Wars has shared a new report which offers up a few tidbits of information about the final chapter of the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.In addition to some […]
Gareth Evans’ Gangs of London sets its cast
Last year it was announced that The Raid and Apostle director Gareth Evans is working on a TV series entitled Gangs of London, and now Deadline is reporting that the project has found its two leads in Joe Cole (A Prayer Before Dawn) and Sope Dirisu (Humans).Created by Evans and his regular cinematographer Matt Flannery, […]
Antoine Fuqua to adapt The Devil Soldier
Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) has signed on to produce and potentially direct The Devil Soldier, an adaptation of the book of the same name by The Alienist author Caleb Carr.The historical action epic will follow Frederick Townsend Ward, an American outlaw-turned-soldier of fortune who is best known for his military service in […]
Cary Elwes to star in superhero drama The Hyperions
The Princess Bride and Saw star Cary Elwes has signed on to star in the independent superhero drama The Hyperions, THR has revealed.The film is being written and directed by Jon McDonald, and will see Elwes portraying a professor who invents a device called the Titan badge, which grants humans superpowers and creates an unusual […]
The Edge of Seventeen TV spinoff finds its leads
Earlier this year it was announced that YouTube is developing a TV adaptation of the 2016 film The Edge of Seventeen, and now comes word from The Hollywood Reporter that the project has found its leads.Isabelle Fuhrman (The Hunger Games) is set to take on the lead role of Mira, a new take on the […]
Doctor Who New Year’s Day Special gets a trailer, series 12 to premiere in 2020
Following hot on the heels of tonight’s series eleven finale, the BBC has released a poster and trailer for its annual Doctor Who special, this time airing on New Year’s Day and titled ‘Resolution’.Meanwhile, in other Doctor Who news, it has been announced that the show will be sitting out 2019 (apart from the New […]
Lea Seydoux, Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris returning for Bond 25
With director Cary Fukunaga hard at work on Bond 25, The Daily Mail is reporting that Daniel Craig will be joined by several familiar faces for his fifth and final outing as 007.It will come as little surprise to hear that Ben Whishaw, Ralph Fiennes and Naomie Harris are set to reprise their roles as Q, […]
Charlie Cox comments on the cancellation of Marvel’s Daredevil
Almost two weeks on from the surprise cancellation of Daredevil, actor Charlie Cox has shared his thoughts on the decision to axe the Marvel superhero series during an interview with Entertainment Weekly.“A lot of us really expected to keep going, and I certainly did,” said Cox. “The truth is, I felt like we had a lot […]
