Young actor Christian Convery (My Christmas Dream) has been cast to play Steve Carell’s youngest son and Timothee Chalamet’s (Call Me By Your Name) little brother in Beautiful Boy, a new Amazon Studios drama produced by Brad Pitt’s Plan B. The film is based on David Sheff’s book Beautiful Boy: a Father’s Journey Through His […]
Hilary Swank to play Gail Getty in FX series Trust
FX has announced that Oscar-winner Hilary Swank has signed on to portray Gail Getty in Trust, the new anthology series from director Danny Boyle and writer Simon Beaufoy. The first season revolves around the real life kidnapping of Gail’s son John Paul Getty III, grandson of oil baron J. Paul Getty (played by Donald Sutherland). […]
Sony’s Animated Spider-Man movie release moved up, Liev Schreiber provides update
Next year, Marvel’s Miles Morales will make his big screen debut, albeit in animated form, as he headlines Sony’s as-yet-untitled Spider-Man feature film, and it has announced that fans will be able to see the web-slinger in action a week earlier than planned, with the studio moving the release up from December 21st 2018 to December […]
UPDATE: Robert Zemeckis in talks to direct DC’s The Flash
Having passed through the hands of Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa, it looks like Warner Bros. may have potentially found its next director for The Flash solo movie, with Screen Junkies reporting that Back to the Future and Forrest Gump helmer Robert Zemeckis is in talks with Warner Bros. about the film. ‘Ace Scooper’ El Mayimbe […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson is not involved with writing Star Wars: Episode IX
Back in June 2014 when it was first announced that Rian Johnson had signed on to write and direct the now-titled Star Wars: Episode VIII, it was also said that the Looper director would also provide a treatment for the final chapter of the Sequel Trilogy, Star Wars: Episode IX. Well, it seems that plans […]
Queen Latifah and Brett Matthews rebooting Scream: The TV Series for MTV
Back in March it was reported that MTV was looking to reboot Scream: The TV Series for its third season, and now Deadline has revealed details of the creative team brought on board for the task. According to the site, Brett Matthews (The Vampire Diaries, Supernatural) has signed on as showrunner – the third in […]
The Conjuring 2 star returning as Valak in The Nun, Jonas Bloquet joins cast
Following on from the casting of Demian Bichir and Taissa Farmiga, THR is now reporting that The Conjuring 2 star Bonnie Aarons will be back in the habit, reprising her role as the demonic entity Valak in the upcoming spinoff The Nun. The latest chapter of the hit horror franchise is being directed by Corin […]
Rumour: Sylvester Stallone wanted for Mark Millar comic book adaptation Starlight
Following his role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, it seems that Sylvester Stallone could be set for another comic book movie outing, with Splash Report claiming that Sly is wanted for the lead in 20th Century Fox’s Starlight. Based upon the comic book series from Mark Millar and Goran Parlov, Starlight tells the […]
Tom McCarthy in talks to direct Timmy Failure for Disney
Variety is reporting that Tom McCarthy may have lined up his next feature, with the Spotlight writer-director said to be in talks with Disney to adapt Stephen Pastis’ book series Timmy Failure. McCarthy would direct the project, as well as co-writing the screenplay with author Pastis. Timmy Failure “centers on an 11-year-old boy who believes […]
Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s Fighting American springs back into action with Titan Comics
Titan Comics have announced that they are resurrecting a true comic icon as Joe Simon and Jack Kirby’s legendary Fighting American returns for an all-new series! First published in May 1954 and originally written and drawn by two of the greatest names in the history of comics, Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Fighting American was […]
