Last week it was reported that Sesame Workshop, the company behind the classic children’s show Sesame Street, had filed a lawsuit against STX Entertainment regarding the upcoming Melissa McCarthy puppet noir comedy The Happytime Murders. The suit alleged that the Brian Henson-directed R-rated comedy could cause “devastating and irreparable injury” to Sesame Street, particularly through the […]
Dave Bautista to headline in comic book adaptation Dogtown
Deadline is reporting that Dave Bautista (Avengers: Infinity War) has signed on to star in Dogtown, an adaptation of Jason Pearson’s action comedy comic book series Body Bags, which is being produced by Bold Films. The film, which is being scripted by Kyle Ward (John Wick: Chapter 2), will see Bautista as Mack Delgado, “a […]
Hugh Jackman may play The Good Spy for director Baltasar Kormakur
Hugh Jackman and director Baltasar Kormakur (Adrift) are said to be eyeing The Good Spy, which would see Jackman portraying Robert Ames, a CIA operative who pushed for breaking down barriers in the Middle East, and was killed during the 1983 American Embassy bombing in Beirut. The project, scripted by F. Scott Frazier and based […]
Jamie Dornan and Matthew Rhys to star in Death and Nightingales for BBC Two
Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey), Matthew Rhys (The Americans) and Ann Skelly (Red Rock) have been cast in the three-part BBC Two drama Death and Nightingales, which will reunite Dornan with The Fall creator Allan Cubitt. Described as a story of love, betrayal, deception and revenge, Death and Nightingales takes place in 1885 over […]
Angelina Jolie and David Oyelowo set for fantasy Come Away
Angelina Jolie (Maleficent) and David Oyelowo (Selma) have signed on to star in Come Away, a new fantasy drama from Brenda Chapman, the Oscar-winning director and co-writer of Disney-Pixar’s Brave. According to Deadline, the film will serve as a prequel to Alice in Wonderland and Peter Pan, with the logline reading: “Before Alice went to […]
Netflix comedy Always Be My Maybe adds Keanu Reeves
The Wrap is reporting that Keanu Reeves (John Wick) has signed on to the cast of the Netflix comedy Always Be My Maybe. Directed by Nahnatchka Khan, Always Be My Maybe follows two childhood sweethearts who had a falling out and haven’t spoken in 15 years. They reconnect when Sasha (Ali Wong) is a celebrity chef […]
Exclusive first-look images from Evolution War starring Tracey Birdsall
Last week we brought you news of the upcoming sci-fi action thriller Evolution War from director Neil Johnson, and now we’ve got a selection of exclusive first look images from the film, which sees Tracey Birdsall (The Time War) leading a cast that also includes Brooke Lewis (Starship: Rising), Tony Gibbons (Rogue Warrior: Robot Fighter), […]
First-look preview of Image’s The New Lieutenants of Metal
Joe Casey and Ulises Farinas’ new series The New Lieutenants of Metal launches this July, and we’ve got a preview of the first issue for you here courtesy of Image Comics; check it out… Meet the New Lieutenants of Metal, a precision strike force ready to face any threat, and the most kick-ass, head-banging heroes […]
First-look preview of Rob Guillory’s new series Farmhand
Image Comics has released a first-look preview of Eisner Award-winning Chew co-creator Rob Guillory’s upcoming series Farmhand; check it out here… FARMHAND follows farmer Jedidiah Jenkins whose cash crop isn’t corn or soy… it’s a little more unusual. Jed grows fast-healing, plug-and-play human organs. Lose a finger? Need a new liver? He’s got you covered. […]
Sylvester Stallone producing Jack Johnson biopic
Deadline is reporting that Sylvester Stallone is launching a new production company Balboa Productions, with its first project set to be a biopic of Jack Johnson, the first ever African American heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Stallone has been instrumental in helping to obtain a Presidential Pardon for Johnson, who was convicted of violating […]
