Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Asa Butterfield (The Space Between Us) have signed on to star in the romantic comedy Time Freak, which marks the feature directorial debut of Andrew Bowler and is based upon his Oscar-nominated short of the same name. According to Deadline, the film follows “Stillman (Butterfield), a heartbroken physics student […]
Justin Hartley joins A Bad Moms Christmas
This Is Us star Justin Hartley has become the first new addition to the cast of the upcoming comedy sequel A Bad Moms Christmas, joining returning stars Mila Kunis, Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn. Deadline reports that Hartley will play Ty Swindle, a fit and handsome firefighter by day, who doubles as an erotic dancer […]
Christopher Lloyd to have a Senior Moment alongside William Shatner
Variety is reporting that Christopher Lloyd has signed on to star alongside William Shatner is director Giorgio Serafini’s upcoming comedy Senior Moment, which will start production in the spring. The film sees Shatner as “a retired Top Gun Navy pilot who used to test aircraft for NASA. After speeding around town in his vintage convertible […]
Sci-Fi London announces 2017 festival line-up
Sci-Fi London has announced the programme for its 17th annual festival, which is taking place across London between April 27th and May 6th, offering ten days of film, live music, immersive experiences and more. This year’s festival showcases a fantastic lineup with 6 world film premieres, 13 UK film premieres, 11 world short premieres and 13 […]
Amazon orders The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel from Gilmore Girls creator
Variety is reporting that Amazon has placed an order for two seasons of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, the latest project from Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of The Gilmore Girls. The new series stars Rachel Brosnahan as Miriam ‘Midge’ Maisel, “a 1958 New York City woman who has everything she’s ever wanted—the perfect husband, two kids, and […]
Netflix and Mike Flanagan bringing The Haunting of Hill House to the small screen
Streaming giants Netflix has tapped filmmaker Mike Flanagan (Hush, Oculus, Ouija: Origin of Evil) to write, direct and produce a ten episode of Shirley Jackson’s 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House, Deadline is reporting. The project – titled Haunting – is being produced by Paramount TV and Steven Spielberg’s Amblin TV and has received […]
Don Cheadle is the Prince of Darkness
Don Cheadle is in talks to produce and star in an adaptation of Shane White’s biography Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black Millionaire, which will reunite him with screenwriter Steven Baigelman, who co-wrote Cheadle’s directorial debut Miles Ahead. The official Amazon description for Prince of Darkness reads: […]
DC Films boss downplays rumour that four Batman movies will be released in 2019
2019 will mark the 80th anniversary of The Dark Knight, and a rumour has been doing the rounds this week that Warner Bros. and DC Films plan to celebrate the occasion by releasing FOUR Batman-themed movies that year in The Batman, Batgirl, Nightwing and Gotham City Sirens. Now, it is possible, considering that The Batman has […]
Ron Howard adapting Hillbilly Elegy
Deadline is reporting that Imagine Entertainment has won a bidding contest for the rights to J.D. Vance’s New York Times bestselling memoir Hillbilly Elegy, setting Ron Howard to direct an adaptation, as well as producing with Imagine partner Brian Grazer. Hillbilly Elegy describes Vance’s poor upbringing in the Rust Belt, where he grew up among […]
Rumoured details on Laura Dern’s Star Wars: The Last Jedi character
As we await the first trailer for Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the folks at Making Star Wars have been dropping a few details on what we can expect from December’s hotly-anticipated Episode VIII, including details on Kylo Ren’s updated costume, Supreme Leader Snoke’s appearance, Benicio Del Toro’s mystery character, and a battle between the […]
