Deadline is reporting that Designated Survivor star Natascha McElhone has joined Sean Penn in The First, the upcoming straight-to-series sci-fi drama from House of Cards creator Beau Willimon. “What I so admire about Natascha’s work is the fearlessness and honesty she brings to every role,” said Willimon. “She’s a wonderfully talented adventurer of the spirit, […]
NBC to air The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
NBC has announced that it is set to air The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special, a half-hour animation based upon the 2016 ‘Haunted Elevator’ sketch from Saturday Night Live, which saw Tom Hanks as the titular David S. Pumpkins, a mystery man in a pumpkin suit alongside two dancing skeleton sidekicks, played by Mikey Day […]
Lucifer showrunner to write Flight of the Navigator reboot
It looks like Hollywood is set to take another crack at a reboot of the 80s sci-fi adventure Flight of the Navigator, with THR reporting that Joe Henderson, showrunner of Fox’s Lucifer, has signed on to pen the script for Lionsgate. The 1986 movie, directed by Randal Kleiser (Grease), revolved around a 12-year-old boy who […]
Annabelle: Creation director helming adaptation of Stephen King’s N.
It looks like Stephen King’s N. is going to be the author’s next work to receive a small screen adaptation, with Gaumont Television announcing that Annabelle: Creation helmer David F. Sandberg has signed on to direct a pilot from screenwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Based on the 2008 novella, which […]
Coming to America sequel finds a director and screenwriter
Back in March of this year it was rumoured that Eddie Murphy was working on a sequel to the classic 1988 comedy Coming to America, with Paramount Pictures subsequently confirming the report and revealing that original screenwriters Barry Blaustein and David Sheffield were on board to pen the film. Well, Deadline now has an update […]
Domhnall Gleeson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi is “different to what I expected”
With Star Wars: The Last Jedi in the can, we can expect to be inundated with promotional material and comments from the cast and crew as we count down to its arrival in December. With Domhnall Gleeson out on the press tour for Goodbye Christopher Robin, the Irish actor has been chatting to Collider about […]
Marvel’s Inhumans premieres to modest ratings
After a difficult marketing campaign, near-universally negative reviews, and an underwhelming IMAX release earlier this month, Marvel Television’s latest series Inhumans finally made its way to the small screen last night as it premiered on ABC. Despite the negative buzz around the series, Inhumans managed to draw solid if not spectacular ratings in its Friday […]
Gotham ratings hit series low with season four
FOX may be fast tracking Bruce Wayne’s transformation into Batman, but it seems that isn’t doing much to halt the ratings slide on Gotham, with Comic Book reporting that the show has set new series lows with both episodes of its new fourth season. The first episode, ‘Pax Penguina‘, scored a 1.0 rating with 3.2 […]
It passes $500 million at the global box office to become the biggest horror of all time
Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema’s Stephen King adaptation It has continued its stellar box office run, passing the half billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office. In doing so, It has also become the highest-grossing horror movie of all time, toppling the 44-year record set by The Exorcist which grossed $441 million (although […]
The Emperor issues his final command in Star Wars Battlefront II clip
Electronic Arts has released a new clip from the single player campaign of Star Wars Battlefront II, which sees the (deceased) Emperor issuing his final command, codenamed Operation Cinder, as the Empire looks to get revenge for their defeat at the Battle of Endor. Take a look at the clip here… SEE ALSO: Star Wars […]
