According to THR, Waldey Media and producer Michael De Luca are in development on a new TV adaptation of author Ann M. Martin’s popular young adult book series The Baby-Sitter’s Club, which has Lucia Aniello (Broad City) and Rachel Shukert (GLOW) attached to direct and showrun respectively The project, which is being packaged for potential […]
Disney’s live-action Mulan adds two to its cast
With Walt Disney Pictures and director Niki Caro (The Zookeeper’s Wife) gearing up to begin filming this summer, THR is reporting that the live-action remake of Mulan has added Utkarsh Ambudkar (Pitch Perfect) and Ron Yuan (Marco Polo) to its cast. The new additions join the previously announced Liu Yifeu (The Chinese Widow) will play […]
Zachary Levi joins The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel for season 2
Having wrapped production on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ superhero blockbuster Shazam!, Zachary Levi is returning to the small screen for a recurring role in the second season of Amazon Studios’ The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. THR reports that Levi will play an eclectic Manhattan doctor who suddenly starts orbiting the Weissman/Maisel world, although further details […]
Solo: A Star Wars Story co-writer discusses the surprise cameo, and possible future appearances
Warning. Major Solo: A Star Wars Story spoilers follow… Ron Howard delivered quite the surprise in the closing moments of Solo: A Star Wars Story when it was revealed that Emilia Clarke’s Qi’ra has been working for the former Sith Lord Darth Maul, now head of the Crimson Dawn crime syndicate. The cameo – which […]
Incredibles 2 box office tracking points to biggest ever opening weekend for an animated movie
We’ve already had three superhero movies this year in Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War and Deadpool, and we’ve got another to look forward to next month as the Parr family return for Incredibles 2, Disney-Pixar’s sequel to the beloved 2004 animated movie. Last month it was reported that the Brad Bird-directed sequel was tracking a […]
Ryan Coogler was reluctant to kill of a certain Black Panther character
Warning: Black Panther spoilers follow… Director Ryan Coogler certainly wasn’t shy when it came to dispatching the villains in February’s Black Panther movie, with both Michael B. Jordan’s Erik Killmonger and Andy Serkis’ Ulysses Klaue failing to make it through to the end credits of the Marvel blockbuster. Speaking to The Toronto Sun, the filmmaker […]
A trailer for Lord and Miller’s Solo: A Star Wars Story apparently exists
Having been unceremoniously fired from the project with just weeks of principal photography remaining – and Ron Howard coming in to reshoot around 70% of the final film – the Phil Lord and Chris Miller version of Solo: A Star Wars Story is going to go down as one of Hollywood’s big ‘What If?’ stories. […]
Bond 25 is officially a go with Danny Boyle directing
Earlier this year it was announced that Danny Boyle was circling the director’s chair on Bond 25, with his regular collaborator John Hodge penning a screenplay which – if approved by MGN and Eon – would serve as the next instalment in the long-running spy series. Well, we now have official confirmation of Boyle’s involvement, […]
Sesame Street launches files against The Happytime Murders
Last week we got our first red band trailer for The Happytime Murders, the upcoming raunchy, violent R-rated comedy from director Brian Henson and The Jim Henson Company, which sees Melissa McCarthy teaming up with a disgraced ex-cop and puppet private detective in order to solve a series of killings. The red band trailer seemed to […]
Deadpool 2 writers wanted the cast of the Fantastic Four reboot to cameo
Last week, screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick revealed that they floated the idea of writing a cameo for Chris Evans in Fox’s superhero sequel Deadpool 2, which would have seen the MCU star reprising his Human Torch role from the studio’s original Fantastic Four movies to audition for Wade Wilson’s X-Force team. Well, it appears that […]
