Deadline has revealed that Antoine Fuqua (The Equalizer, The Magnificent Seven) has signed on to direct The Street, a new thriller from Goodfellas screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi. Plot details on The Street are being kept under wraps, but is it understood that the thriller is set against the backdrops of New York and Shanghai. In addition […]
Modern reimagining of Black Beauty in development
According to Deadline, Ashley Avis (Deserted, The Trouble with Mistletoe) has signed on to write and direct a modern reimagining of Anna Sewell’s classic 1877 novel Black Beauty for Bolt Pictures and Constantin Film. The new movie will tell the story of Jo Green, “a teenager who recently lost her parents, who is sent to […]
New TV adaptation of The Baby-Sitters Club in development
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, […]
