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 […]
Director Louis Leterrier going on a Monster Hunt for Lionsgate
The Wrap is reporting that French filmmaker Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) has signed on to direct Monster Hunt for Lionsgate. Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, but it is being described as “a rural Men in Black action comedy centred on two brothers. The project has apparently been in development […]
American Crime Story’s Cody Fern cast in final season of House of Cards
Filming on the sixth and final season of House of Cards resumed last month following the removal of Kevin Spacey due to allegations of sexual misconduct, and now comes word from Netflix of a new addition to the cast. Australian actor Cody Fern, who recently portrayed David Madson in FX’s American Crime Story: The Assassination […]
Diane Kruger and Eric Bana recruited for spy thriller The Operative
Bethlehem director Yuval Adler has enlisted Diane Kruger and Eric Bana to star in the upcoming spy thriller The Operative. Based on former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach Reicher Atir’s bestselling book The English Teacher, the film will tell the story of a woman recruited by Israel’s Mossad to go undercover in Tehran, where she becomes […]
