Argent Pictures has announced that Courtney Hoffman’s widely acclaimed feminist western short film The Good Time Girls starring Laura Dern (Jurassic Park, October Sky, Wild, The Fault In Our Stars), will be fully financed and produced into a feature adaptation. The film will mark the feature directorial debut of Hoffman, who just last month signed on to direct Ruthless for […]
Rose Byrne to star opposite Mark Wahlberg in Instant Family
Back in September it was announced that Mark Wahlberg will be reuniting with his Daddy’s Home director Sean Anders for the Paramount comedy Instant Family, and now Deadline has revealed that Wahlberg has been joined in the cast by Rose Byrne (Neighbors).Penned by Anders and John Morris, Instant Family will see Wahlberg and Byrne as […]
Michelle Williams to join Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal in Let It Fall Back
The Tracking Board is reporting that Michelle Williams in in talks to join Benedict Cumberbatch and Jake Gyllenhaal in director Luca Guadagnino’s (Call Me By Your Name) new project Let It Fall Back, which has been scripted by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders).Let It Fall Back follows “a financial reporter (Gyllenhaal) who travels to Rio de […]
Taraji P. Henson to star in What Women Want remake What Men Want
Deadline is reporting that Empire star Taraji P. Henson is set to star in a gender-swapped remake of the 2000 romantic comedy What Women Want for Paramount Players.Entitled What Men Want, the new film is being fast-tracked towards production and will follow “a female sports agent (Henson) who has been constantly boxed out by her male […]
Sebastian Stan would be happy to play a young Luke Skywalker in Star Wars
A few months ago, the above fan art started circulating on social media, pointing out the rather uncanny resemblance between a young Mark Hamill on the left and Marvel star Sebastian Stan on the right.Naturally this led to a lot of fan support for Stan to take on the role of a young Luke Skywalker, […]
Craig Roberts cast in Tolkien biopic
Variety is reporting that Submarine and Red Oaks star Craig Roberts has become the latest addition to the cast of Tolkien, the upcoming J.R.R. Tolkien biopic starring Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Apocalypse) as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings author.Roberts is set to play Sam, a soldier who serves with Tolkien during The Great War. […]
Nashville to end after upcoming season 6
It may be the highest-rated show in CMT’s history, but that hasn’t stopped the network from swinging the axe, with Variety reporting that the upcoming sixth season of Nashville will be its last.“All of us on Nashville are so incredibly grateful to the show’s fans, who convinced CMT to give us a chance to keep telling […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Shazam, Flashpoint, Wonder Woman 2, Thor: Ragnarok, Avengers: Infinity War, The Punisher, Deadpool 2, The Incredibles 2
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Shazam, The Batman, Justice League Mortal, Wonder Woman 2, Flashpoint, Cyborg, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Black Lightning, Gotham, Batman: Gotham By Gaslight, The LEGO Batman Movie, Thor: Ragnarok, Black Panther, Avengers: Infinity War, Black Widow, The Punisher, Daredevil, […]
DC’s Geoff Johns confirms Batman for the Flashpoint movie
During the San Diego Comic-Con this past summer, Warner Bros. and DC Films announced that they were retooling their solo movie for The Flash with an adaptation of the popular comic book storyline Flashpoint.The story sees a powerless Barry Allen waking up in an alternate timeline – one that features vastly different interpretations of many […]
Justice League performing weaker than expected in the U.S., on course for second-lowest superhero movie opening of 2017
We’ve seen on many occasions that box office tracking figures are often wide of the mark, usually underestimating a film’s opening weekend. However, it seems the opposite may be the case with Justice League, as Deadline is reporting that Warner Bros.’ latest DC blockbuster is on course for a lower-than-expected debut in North America.According to […]
