After several years of rumours, script rewrites, delayed release dates and false starts, both Will Smith and Martin Lawrence confirmed earlier this month that they are officially on board to reprise their roles as Mike Lowrey and Marcus Burnett for a third Bad Boys movie.Bad Boys 3 is being directed by Adi El Arbi and Bilall Fallah […]
Marvel cancels Star Wars: Shadow of Vader after Chuck Wendig firing
Back in October it was revealed that Chuck Wendig, writer of the bestselling Star Wars: Aftermath book series, had been fired from Marvel Entertainment due to his “negative, vulgar” social media use, and now the publisher has announced that it has scrapped its plans for the five-issue Star Wars: Shadow of Vader comic book series […]
Netflix renews Big Mouth for season 3
Netflix has renewed its crtically acclaimed adult animated sitcom Big Mouth for a third season, which is set to hit the streaming service in 2019. Here’s a short video announcing the renewal…Big Mouth is created by Nick Kroll, Andrew Goldberg, Mark Levin, and Jennifer Flackett and follows a group of seventh graders as they navigate their way through puberty. Featuring […]
Hugh Grant joins Nicole Kidman in HBO’s The Undoing
After securing a director this past week in Susanne Bier (The Night Manager), it is now being reported that HBO’s The Undoing has added Hugh Grant (A Very English Scandal) to its cast. with the British actor joining Oscar-winner Nicole Kidman (Destroyer) in the six-episode limited series.The series will see Kidman taking on the role […]
Netflix orders live-action/CG animation-hybrid WWII series The Liberator
Netflix has announced that it has ordered the four-part World War II drama The Liberator, which is set to use a new technology called Trioscope Enhanced Hybrid Animation, which blends live-action and CGI.The Wrap reports that the series has been created by Jeb Stuart (Die Hard, The Fugitive) and is based upon Alex Kershaw’s book […]
Hulu orders pilot for comic book adaptation Sweet Tooth from Team Downey
Robert Downey Jr. is following in the footsteps of James Gunn by swapping the Marvel universe for DC… well, sort of, as his production company Team Downey is set to produce a pilot for an adaptation of the comic book series Sweet Tooth, published by DC imprint Vertigo.Created by Jeff Lemire, Sweet Tooth is a […]
Margot Robbie to produce Barbed Wire Heart
Margot Robbie’s Luckychap Productions is teaming with Dan Lin’s Rideback for an adaptation of Tess Sharpe’s novel Barbed Wire Heart, Deadline has revealed.Published by Grand Central, Barbed Wire Heart follows Harley McKenna, the daughter of a meth-dealing killer who’s been groomed for the family business since she was 16. She squares off against the rival […]
Ryan Kwanten and Kodi Smit-McPhee starring in climate change thriller 2067
Deadline is reporting that Ryan Kwanten (True Blood) and Kodi Smit-McPhee (X-Men: Apocalypse) are leading the cast of the climate change sci-fi thriller 2067, which has just commenced production in Australia.Written and directed by Seth Larney (Tombiruo), the film takes place in a future where humans are looking for answers after Earth’s forests, wildlife and […]
Creed II’s Steven Caple Jr. to direct ByAll for Legendary Pictures
After finishing up work on the Rocky spinoff sequel Creed II, rising director Steven Caple Jr. has wasted little time in securing his next project, with Deadline reporting that he is set to helm ByAll for Legendary Pictures.Based on a ten-page short story from Creed II co-writer Juel Taylor and Tony Rettenmaier, who will also […]
Akiva Goldsman to adapt Brilliance trilogy for the big screen
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) is set to write and produce adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling book trilogy Brilliance, Deadline has revealed.Brilliance takes place “in a future world where “brilliants” — the rare 1% born gifted with superior mental abilities — are carefully tracked by the government. Federal agent Nick Cooper, himself […]
