Amazon has announced that it is set to explore the rivalry between American toy giants Hasbro and Barbie with Toy Wars, which will see Josh Gad (The Angry Birds Movie) starring and co-writing with Josh Schwartz (The O.C.) and Ryan Dixon (Opening Night). Schwartz is set to serve as showrunner, with Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) […]
Jared Leto to play Andy Warhol in biopic
Jared Leto is set to take on the role of iconic artist Andy Warhol in a new biopic, which he is producing alongside Michael De Luca (The Social Network, Captain Phillips). The film, titled Warhol, will be written by Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Wolf of Wall Street), using Victor Bockris’ 1989 book Warhol: The […]
R.I.P. Curtis Hanson (1945 – 2016)
Osac-winning filmmaker Curtis Hanson has passed away aged 71, with the Los Angeles Police Department announcing that the L.A. Confidential director was found dead in his home on Tuesday. He had been battling Alzheimer’s, and died of natural causes. Hanson began his career in 1970, co-writing an adaptation of H.P. Lovecraft’s The Dunwich Horror, and […]
Jamie Dornan joins Robin Hood: Origins as Will Scarlet
Fifty Shades of Grey star Jamie Dornan is in final talks to board Lionsgate’s Robin Hood: Origins, where he’ll portray the character of Will Scarlet.The film is being directed by Otto Bathurst (Peaky Blinders) and will star Taron Egerton (Kingsman: The Secret Service) as Robin Hood, Jamie Foxx (Django Unchained) as Little John and Eve Hewson […]
Scoot McNairy cast in Fargo season 3
Casting continues on the upcoming third season of FX’s Fargo, with showrunner Noah Hawley revealing that Scott McNairy (Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, Halt and Catch Fire) is set to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role. Details on the third season of Fargo are being kept under wraps, but the cast is coming together, with […]
Marvel’s Star Wars comic to explore Yoda’s past
The official Star Wars site has revealed that Marvel’s ongoing comic book series is set to give us a peek into one of the unexplored aspects of the galaxy far, far away as it delves into a pre-Phantom Menace adventure for Jedi Master Yoda. The new arc will get underway in Star Wars #26 from writer Jason Aaron […]
Game of Thrones showrunners rule out involvement with potential spinoff: “For us, this is it”
Game of Thrones scooped the Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series for the second consecutive year last night (and in the process, set a new record as the most decorated TV show in Emmy history).The epic fantasy series has just two seasons remaining, but given its incredible success, there’s been a lot of speculation regarding […]
John Hurt joins Lenny McLean biopic My Name Is Lenny
Salon Pictures has announced that Academy Award-nominated and BAFTA-winning actor John Hurt has joined the cast of My Name Is Lenny, the upcoming biopic of bare-knuckle fighter Lenny McLean. X-Men: Apocalypse star Josh Helman leads the cast as The Guv’nor, with Chanel Cresswell (This Is England ’90) playing his wife Val and UFC Middleweight Champion […]
Todd McFarlane on his Spawn reboot plans
Todd McFarlane has spent the best part of the last decade trying to get his Spawn reboot off the ground, popping up every year or so to remind us about the potential project and to give us an update on his progress with the script.Back in March of this year, McFarlane announced that he’d almost finished […]
Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi on whether we’ll see more of Darryl Jacobson
A few weeks ago we were introduced to Darryl Jacobson, roommate to Thor Odinson, when Taika Waititi’s Thor: Ragnarok Comic-Con mockumentary made its way online [watch it here]. Since then, there’s been a lot of demand for more Darryl, and IGN caught up with the director to ask whether we’ll be seeing him again.“Thor briefly rented […]
