Fox Chairman and CEO Gary Newman has announced that the network has cancelled the anthology horror comedy series Scream Queens after two seasons. “Over the course of the two seasons, it feels like it was a complete story,” said Newman during the network’s upfronts conference call (via TV Guide). “We have no plans to go […]
Ursula K. Le Guin’s sci-fi The Left Hand of Darkness set for limited series
Critical Content has snapped up the rights to Ursula K. Le Guin’s 1969 sci-fi novel The Left Hand of Darkness to develop as a limited series for the small screen, Variety has revealed. The Hugo and Nebula-winning novel “revolves around a human male’s mission to an alien planet known as Winter where the inhabitants have […]
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito join comedy Shriver
Whoopi Goldberg and Giancarlo Esposito have joined Toni Collette and Thomas Haden Church in Shriver, a new comedy from writer-director Michael Maren, which is based on Chris Beldon’s book of the same name. The film will mark a reunion for Goldberg, Esposito and Church, who previously all appeared in 2001’s Monkeybone. Deadline reports that the […]
Geoffrey Rush and Jai Courtney set for Storm Boy
Ambience Entertainment has announced that Geoffrey Rush (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Jai Courtney (Suicide Squad) will lead the cast of Storm Boy, a contemporary retelling of the 1976 Australian family film, which is described as a “heartwarming tale about unusual friendship and unconditional love.” Based on Australian author Colin Thiele’s 1964 novel, the film […]
Tom Hanks to star in News of the World
According to Deadline, Fox 2000 has tapped Lion screenwriter Luke Davies to adapt Paulette Jiles’ novel News of the World as a star vehicle for Tom Hanks, who is producing alongside Gary Goetzman and Gail Mutrux (The Danish Girl). News of the World takes place in 1870 and revolves “around a road trip through the […]
Alien: Covenant blasts off with $42 million international opening
20th Century Fox unleashed Ridley Scott’s latest sci-fi horror Alien: Covenant in 34 international markets this past weekend ahead of its U.S. debut this coming Friday, with the film grossing $42 million across the Friday to Sunday period. The Prometheus sequel took top spot in 19 markets, but placed second overall at the international box office behind […]
New Zach Braff comedy gets series order for ABC
According to Deadline, ABC has given a series order to the Zach Braff pilot Start Up (which is currently untitled due to Crackle launching a drama series StartUp), with the single-camera comedy set to premiere on the network later this year. The series, written by Matt Tarses, a former co-executive producer on Scrubs, is inspired […]
Full list of winners from BAFTA’s 2017 British Academy Television Awards
The Crown may have led the nominations going in to BAFTA’s 2017 British Academy Television Awards, but the Netflix series ended the night empty handed, losing out on Best Drama Series to Happy Valley, which also saw Sarah Lancashire named Best Leading Actress. Damilola, Our Loved Boy also picked up two awards in Best Single […]
Kenneth Branagh to direct and star in Anne Frank tale Keeper of the Diary
It looks like Kenneth Branagh has found his next directorial effort following his upcoming Agatha Christie adaptation Murder on the Orient Express, with Deadline reporting that he is in talks with Fox Searchlight to helm the Anne Frank tale Keeper of the Diary. The film will take place in the aftermath of World War II, […]
Johnny Depp is King of the Jungle in John McAfee biopic
Johnny Depp is to play John McAfee in King of the Jungle, a dark comedy exploring the life of the McAfee Antivirus software creator, who moved to Belize after making his fortune and set-up a “Colonel Kurtz-like compound of guns, sex and madness.” The film is being directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa from […]
