Keira Knightley has entered talks for the lead role in Colette, a biopic of the French author and Nobel Prize nominee, which is being produced by the team behind Carol and is to be directed by Wash Westmoreland (Still Alice). Variety reports that the film “tells the true story of Colette, one of France’s leading […]
Toni Collette joins Vin Diesel in xXx: The Return of Xander Cage
Over the weekend Vin Diesel shared the first set photos from xXx: The Return of Xander Cage [see here], and now we have another piece of casting news from the upcoming action sequel, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense) has signed on for a role as “a bureaucrat in the […]
Watch Gotham Stories: Chapter 1 – Penguin’s Cold Surprise
While Gotham is on its winter break, Fox is set to air a motion comic entitled Gotham Stories during the commercial breaks of The X-Files, and thanks to IGN you can watch the first episode – entitled ‘Penguin’s Cold Surprise’ – which we have for you here…SEE ALSO: Gotham showrunner talks Mr. Freeze and Hugo […]
Production start dates for Ghost in the Shell, Avatar 2, Alien: Covenant, Wolverine 3 and Transformers 5
Thanks to My Entertainment World, we’ve got details on production start dates for some of 2017’s big hitters.The Scarlett Johansson-headlined Ghost in the Shell, which is set to be directed by Rupert Sanders (Snow White and the Huntsman) will begin filming this month in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Macau and Shanghai.Also set to commence production […]
Chris Carter has ideas for a Millennium revival
Having successfully relaunched The X-Files, creator Chris Carter has revealed that he would like to return to another of his former shows in the supernatural drama Millennium, although he’s yet to officially approach Fox about the idea.“I have ideas how Millennium might come back but, it’s really, once again, it’s a Fox show,” said Carter […]
Bryan Singer and Simon Kinberg think recasting Wolverine would be impossible
20th Century Fox faces the unenviable task of replacing Hugh Jackman as Wolverine following next year’s third solo movie, and speaking to Digital Spy both X-Men: Apocalypse director Bryan Singer and writer-producer Simon Kinberg have admitted that recasting the role would be “impossible.”“I do think you would want to figure out how to tell more […]
UPDATE: Pope Francis to make acting debut in Beyond the Sun
AMBI Pictures has announced that the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church, His Holiness Pope Francis, has signed on to make his acting debut (and the debut for any Pope in the history of the Church) in the family feature film Beyond the Sun. Pope Francis will portray himself in the inspirational story , which […]
Gwendoline Christie confirms Captain Phasma return for Star Wars: Episode VIII
Although the character’s fate was a left a little uncertain at the end of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Gwendoline Christie has confirmed that she is set to return as the First Order’s Captain Phasma in next year’s Star Wars: Episode VIII.“I will be in the next Star Wars movie. I think that’s an exclusive, actually,” […]
Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad outpacing Marvel by 500% on social media interest
If social media engagement is any indication, 2016 is going to be a huge year for Warner Bros.’ DC Extended Universe, with Variety reporting that tracking across Facebook, Google+, Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter, YouTube and Wikipedia puts Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad a whopping 500% ahead of the superhero competition at the […]
Jon Bass joins Dwayne Johnson’s Baywatch movie
Baywatch has added some comic relief, with Variety reporting that Jon Bass (Big Tim in Hollywood, FL) has joined the cast of the upcoming big screen remake. Bass will play Ronnie, a character who is described as “funny, awkward and a skilled disco dancer. He falls in love with Kelly Rohrbach’s C.J. Parker character at the […]
