Australian actor Benjamin Rigby (Lion, That’s Not Me) has signed on for a role in Alien: Covenant, director Ridley Scott’s upcoming Prometheus sequel-cum-Alien prequel.Rigby will join the returning Michael Fassbender, who reprises his role from Prometheus, alongside new additions Katherine Waterston (Inherent Vice), Danny McBride (Eastbound & Down), Demian Bichir (A Better Life), Billy Crudup […]
Eduardo Sanchez to direct horror film Sevenfold for Blumhouse
Deadline is reporting that Blumhouse Productions has tapped The Blair Witch Project co-director Eduardo Sanchez to helm the micro-budget horror project Sevenfold. Plot details on Sevenfold are being kept under wraps, but the project will reunite Sanchez with scriptwriter Jamie Nash, who has penned Sanchez’s last four movies Altered, Seventh Moon, Lovely Molly and Exists. […]
James Gunn shares Baby Groot storyboard from Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Director James Gunn is giving us a peek behind his creative process on Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, releasing a storyboard image showing Baby Groot in what will be the first in a series of #WhatWeShotWednesday images charting the production; take a look here…SEE ALSO: Sylvester Stallone’s role in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 possibly […]
R.I.P. Sylvia Anderson (1927 – 2016)
Sylvia Anderson, co-creator of the classic Thunderbirds TV series and voice of Lady Penelope, has passed away aged 88 after a short illness. “Sylvia was a mother and a legend. Her intelligence was phenomenal but her creativity and tenacity unchallenged,” said her daughter Dee Anderson. “She was a force in every way, and will be […]
Disney’s young Han Solo search reportedly down to three names
Harrison Ford may be set to reprise the role of Indiana Jones for a fifth movie, but Disney will be bringing in another actor to portray Han Solo in Lucasfilm’s upcoming Star Wars Anthology movie based around the early years of the galactic smuggler.Originally, it was revealed that over 2500 actors had tested for the role […]
Patrick Warburton to play Lemony Snicket in Netflix’s A Series of Unfortunate Events
Patrick Warburton (The Tick, Rules of Engagement) has been cast as Lemony Snicket in Netflix’s upcoming adaptation of A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed.Warburton joins a cast that includes Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) as play Count Olaf, Malina Weissman (Supergirl) as Violet Baudelaire and newcomers Louis Hynes […]
Justin Cornwell joins Bill Paxton in Training Day series
CBS’ Training Day TV series has found its co-lead, announcing that Justin Cornwell (Alpha House, Chi-Raq) is set to join Bill Paxton in the small screen follow-up to Antoine Fuqua’s 2001 crime drama. Cornwell will play Kyle Craig, “an idealistic young African American police officer [who] is appointed to an elite squad of the LAPD, […]
Rosamund Pike joins Christian Bale in Hostiles
Last month it was announced that Christian Bale is to reunite with Out of the Furnace director Scott Cooper for the Western epic Hostiles, and now Deadline has revealed that Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) has also signed on to appear in the cast. Hostiles is based on a thirty-year old script by Donald Stewart (Missing), […]
Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell reunite with Martin McDonaugh for Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Deadline is reporting that Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell are set to reunite with Seven Psychopaths director Martin McDonaugh on his latest film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, which also has Francis McDormand attached. Details on the project are scarce, but it’s thought that the story revolves around McDormand’s character, who goes to war with […]
Ian McShane says Game of Thrones is “only tits and dragons”
Ian McShane caused a bit of a stir earlier this month when he dropped a spoiler about his character in the upcoming sixth season of Game of Thrones, and the British actor has now addressed the reaction to his comments in an interview with The Telegraph.“You say the slightest thing and the internet goes ape. […]
