According to Variety, Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle star Kevin Hart is in talks to star in a remake of the 1974 comedy Uptown Saturday Night for Warner Bros. Pictures and Overbrook Entertainment. The original film starred Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby as two friends who sneak out to visit a high-class, illegal club, with […]
Deadpool 2 writers discuss cut post-credits scene, wanted Chris Evans’ Human Torch to cameo
In the build up to this weekend’s release of Deadpool 2, it was revealed that one of the film’s post-credit scenes had been left on the cutting room floor, having been considered too dark even for Deadpool’s standards. Speaking to Uproxx, writers Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese have been discussingd the scene in question, which […]
Avengers: Infinity War home entertainment release dates revealed
With Avengers: Infinity War approaching the $1.8 billion mark at the global box office this weekend, Marvel has announced that the superhero blockbuster is set to receive its digital release in North America on July 31st, ahead of a 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD release on August 14th (there’s no word yet on a […]
First teaser poster and cast for Netflix’s She-Ra and the Princesses of Power revealed
Back in December it was announced that Netflix and DreamWorks Animation Television are working on a reboot of the classic 80s cartoon series She-Ra: Princess of Power, and now thanks to executive producer Noelle Stevenson (Lumberjanes) we’ve got a look at the first teaser poster for the new series, titled She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. […]
Warner Bros. snaps up movie rights to Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights
Warner Bros. Pictures has come out successful in a hotly-contested bidding war for the big screen rights to Hamilton creator Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony Award-winning musical In the Heights, Variety has revealed. Set in Washington Heights in New York City, In the Heights focuses on a bodega owner who’s closing his store and retiring to the […]
Season 5 of iZombie will be its last
Earlier in the week it was announced that iZombie was among the shows renewed by The CW, but now comes word that the upcoming fifth season will be its last. Following the network’s announcement, stars Rose McIver (Liv) and Rahul Kohli (Ravi) took to social media to react to the news, and to express their […]
Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro to play lesbian presidential couple in First Ladies
Netflix has announced that Jennifer Aniston and Tig Notaro are set to star in the political comedy First Ladies, which will see Aniston portraying the first female President of the United States, and Notaro as her wife, the First Lady. Written by Notaro and her real-life wife Stephanie Allynne, the logline for the film reads: […]
Chris Pratt-headlined Cowboy Ninja Viking gets two new writers
After finding a director back in February in Michelle MacLaren (Breaking Bad, Game of Thrones), Universal Pictures has now brought in two new writers to finalise the script for its long-gestating comic book adaptation Cowboy Ninja Viking. THR is reporting that Dan Mazeau (Wrath of the Titans) and Ryan Engle (Rampage) have signed on to […]
Saban Films picks up Nicolas Cage supernatural thriller Between Worlds
Saban Films has snapped up the U.S. distribution rights to Between Worlds, a new supernatural thriller from director Maria Pulera, which sees Nicolas Cage leading a cast that includes Penelope Mitchell (The Vampire Diaries), Franka Potente (The Bourne Supremacy) and Hopper Penn (War Machine). The film sees Cage as Joe, “a down-on-his-luck truck driver haunted […]
Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper reuniting for The Mule
Back in February it was announced that Clint Eastwood is set to direct and star in The Mule, marking the Hollywood legend’s first on-screen appearance since 2012’s Trouble With the Curve, and now comes word that Eastwood’s American Sniper star Bradley Cooper is in talks to appear alongside him. The Mule is based upon a […]
