The search for a young Albus Dumbledore is over, with Variety reporting that Jude Law has been cast as the wizard for Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel.“As fans ourselves, we are thrilled to have Jude Law joining the Fantastic Beasts cast, playing a character so universally adored,” […]
UPDATE: Deathstroke returning to Arrow
It looks like Oliver Queen will turn to an unlikely ally for assistance in his battle again Prometheus in the season five finale of Arrow, with actor Stephen Amell revealing on Twitter that Manu Bennett’s Slade Wilson will be returning to the show! Desperate times call for desperate measures. Welcome back @manubennett. pic.twitter.com/ITB7a7Tq6h — Stephen […]
Regina King and John Ridley reuniting for No Place Safe
American Crime star Regina King is set to reunite with series creator John Ridley to develop No Place Safe, a new drama for FX which is based on the Atlanta child murders of the 1970s and 1980s. Based on Kim Reid’s memoir and penned by Wendy Calhoun (Empire), the series will take place in 1979 […]
Sophie Turner and Asa Butterfield to star in Time Freak
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 by […]
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 hot […]
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 UK […]
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 an […]
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: […]
