Martin Sheen (Apocalypse Now), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), Pablo Schreiber (Den of Thieves), and Katie Aselton (Father Figures) have been cast in the dark comedy The Devil Has a Name, which is being directed by Edward James Olmos. Based on true events and scripted by Rob McEveety, the film tells the story of […]
Get Out’s Bradley Whitford cast in The Handmaid’s Tale season 2
Get Out star Bradley Whitford has joined the cast of Hulu’s acclaimed drama series The Handmaid’s Tale for its second season, Deadline has revealed. Whitford is set to take on the role of Commander Joseph Lawrence, ““the architect of Gilead’s economy, who is gruff and intimidating, with a disheveled mad genius vibe. His sly humor […]
Promo images for Star Wars Rebels season 4 – ‘Jedi Night’
Yesterday we got a clip from Monday’s episode of Star Wars Rebels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn interrogating Hera [watch it here], and now we have a batch of images from ‘Jedi Night’ which you can check out below. You may notice there are no images from ‘DUME’, the second of the two episodes to air […]
James Norton and Vanessa Kirby set for politically-charged drama Gareth Jones
According to Variety, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Agnieszka Holland (Europa, Europa) has recruited McMafia star James Norton and The Crown’s Vanessa Kirby for the politically-charged drama Gareth Jones. Based on real events, the film takes place in the early 1930s and will see Norton as a Welsh journalist who visits Moscow hoping to interview Joseph Stalin. There […]
J.J. Abrams and Mattel team up for The Beastlies
Toy giant Mattel is teaming with J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions are teaming up to produce The Beastlies, a “multi platform” project based around the creations of Los Angeles-based sculptor Leslie Levings, which Mattel and Bad Robot hope to be the first of several family-friendly world creation original properties. “The Beastlies is a passion project we […]
UPDATE: Marvel’s Black Panther enjoys bumper first day at the box office, on track for biggest pre-summer opening of all time
UPDATE: With Friday’s final numbers now in, it is being reported that Black Panther could finish up with the sixth best opening of all time, with an estimated $187.6 million over three days and $216 million over the four-day holiday weekend – the latter of which would put it ahead of Avengers: Age of Ultron’s […]
Amblin developing feature adaptation of short horror film Larry
Amblin Partners has picked up the feature film rights to Larry, a short horror film from Jacob Chase, who will write and direct the feature version. The short tells the story of Larry, a monster who manifests through high-tech devices such as smart phones and tablets. The feature adaptation will retain this angle, adding to […]
Boom! announces Wet Hot American Summer original graphic novel
Boom! Studios has announced that writer Christopher Hastings (Gwenpool) and artist Noah Hayes (Goldie Vance) are set to deliver the first-ever graphic fiction tie-in to Wet Hot American Summer, with an original graphic novel featuring your favorite characters from Camp Firewood in an all-new story. “This is such a wonderful and unexpected crossing of my […]
The Villainess director teams with Gerard Butler for Afterburn
Jung Byung-gil, director of the acclaimed South Korean action thriller The Villainess, has signed on to helm Afterburn, an adaptation of the Red 5 Comics miniseries, which has long been a passion project of star Gerard Butler. Penned by Matt Johnson (In the Blue), Afterburn is a futuristic action adventure which takes place five years […]
Power Rangers gets new logo and announces toy partnership with Hasbro
With the Power Rangers franchise celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Saban Brands has unveiled a brand new logo for the series, as well as announcing that it is ending its long association with Bandai as Hasbro, Inc. is named the global master toy licensee for the brand, effective from April 1st 2019. Here’s the […]