The Visitors are returning, with Kenneth Johnson, creator of the cult 80s sci-fi series V, revealing that a big budget cinematic trilogy is in development at Desilu Studios. “We are delighted to team up with Desilu to bring the timeless – and timely – story of resistance against tyranny into the 21st Century,” said Johnson. […]
Disney announces live-action Kim Possible movie
Disney has announced that it is developing a live-action adaptation of its hit animated series Kim Possible, which is being produced as a Disney Channel Original Movie from a script by Emmy Award-winning creators Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley along with Josh Cagan (The DUFF). On the Lot finalists Adam B. Stein and Zach Lipovsky […]
HBO’s Confederate looks unlikely after Benioff and Weiss commit to Star Wars
Back in July of last year it was revealed that Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss would be following up their adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire with a new HBO series entitled Confederate. Set in an alternate history of the United States where the Confederacy successfully […]
Donald Glover discusses his Deadpool animated series
Back in May of last year it was announced that Donald Glover is developing a ten-episode Deadpool animated series for FXX, and speaking to PopCulture to promote the second season of his hit show Atlanta, Glover was asked if he’s feeling any pressure tackling such a fan-favourite character. “That it’s funny,” he replied. “That one […]
Reg E. Cathey’s final role is Luke Cage’s father in season 2 of Marvel’s Netflix series
Yesterday brought the rather sad news that The Wire and House of Cards actor Reg E. Cathey had passed away after losing his battle with cancer. The actor is known to comic book movie fans for his role as Franklin Storm, the father of Sue and Johnny Storm, in 2015’s Fantastic Four, and it seems […]
The LEGO movie The Billion Brick Race loses its director
If you cast your mind back to 2015, you may recall that Warner Bros. and The LEGO Group announced an animated LEGO feature project entitled The Billion Brick Race, which was being scripted by Drew Pearce (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation) and Jason Segel (The Muppets). Last August, Jorge R. Gutierrez, director of The Book […]
Here’s a first look at Salem from the Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot
Over the past few weeks we’ve had several pieces of casting news on The CW’s Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot, with Kiernan Shipka (Feud: Bette and Joan) set to portray the titular character Sabrina Spellman and Jaz Sinclair (Slender Man) as her best friend Rosalind Walker. Well, Archie Comics CCO and Riverdale showrunner Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa has now taken […]
Phantom Thread’s Vicky Krieps joins The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Following her breakout performance opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson’s Phantom Thread, actress Vicky Krieps has now signed on to the cast of Sony and MGM’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo sequel The Girl in the Spider’s Web. The movie, based upon David Lagercrantz’s bestselling Millennium novel (the first not to be penned […]
Elisabeth Moss set for A Letter from Rosemary Kennedy
Earlier this week it was announced that Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss has signed on to reunite with her Queen of Earth director Alex Ross Perry for Her Smell, and now comes word that The Handmaid’s Tale star has booked another big screen role. Variety is reporting that Moss will portray Rosemary Kennedy, […]
The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon developing Little America for Apple
Apple has tapped the husband-and-wife duo of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of The Big Sick and producers of Master of None and SMILF, to develop a new immigration-themed anthology series entitled Little America. Written by Lee Eisenberg (SMILF), who will also serve as showrunner, Little America is based on true […]
