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Epix orders Billy The Kid series from Vikings creator Michael Hirst

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Epix has given a series order to Billy The Kid, a new take on the Western figure from Vikings creator Michael Hirst. Billy The Kid, born Henry McCarty and also known as William H. Bonney, was one of the most notorious outlaws of the Old West and is often remembered for how young he was. He was first […]

Thomasin McKenzie to lead Olivia Wilde’s Kerri Strug biopic Perfect

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Thomasin McKenzie (Leave No Trace) is set to star in Olivia Wilde’s upcoming biopic on Olympic gold medalist Kerri Strug in Perfect. According to Deadline, Wilde will direct from a script by Ronnie Sandahl for Searchlight. Described as “an intimate and unflinching portrait of grit and determination, Perfect charts the story behind Kerri Strug’s historic Olympic vault to […]

Luke Evans joins Apple’s action drama series Echo 3

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Luke Evans (Nine Perfect Strangers) has been cast in Apple’s upcoming action drama series Echo 3. The series comes from writer Mark Boal (The Hurt Locker) and is based on the Israeli hit series When Heroes Fly and the novel of the same name by Amir Gutfreund. Echo 3  is set in South America follows “Amber Chesborough, […]

Alexander Skarsgård joins season 3 of Succession

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HBO has announced Alexander Skarsgård (Godzilla vs. Kong) has been cast in the upcoming third season of the hit series Succession. Skarsgård will star as Lukas Matsson, “a successful, confrontational tech founder and CEO.” He joins Hope Davis (Your Honor) in the series, who was recently cast as the daughter to one of Logan Roy’s longtime […]

The CW renews Stargirl and Kung Fu

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The CW has renewed DC’s Stargirl for a third season and the Kung Fu reboot for a second. The move to renew Kung Fu comes just under a month since its premiere on the network. Kung Fu is a reboot of the 1970s series and stars Olivia Liang as Nicky Shen, a college drop out who goes “on a life-changing journey […]

Movie Review – Justice Society: World War II (2021)

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Justice Society: World War II, 2021. Directed by Jeff Wamester. Featuring the voice talents of Matt Bomer, Stana Katic, Armen Taylor, Chris Diamantopoulos, Elysia Rotaru, Omid Abtahi, Matthew Mercer, Liam McIntyre, Geoffrey Arend, Ashleigh LaThrop and Keith Ferguson. SYNOPSIS: Barry Allen – prior to the formation of the Justice League – discovers he can run […]

Noah Centineo joins Netflix CIA drama from Doug Liman and Alexi Hawley

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Noah Centineo is set to star in another Netflix project as Deadline reports that the streaming service will produce an untitled CIA espionage drama from The Rookie creator Alexi Hawley and The Bourne Identity director Doug Liman with Centineo starring as the series lead. Centineo will play “a fledgling lawyer at the CIA who becomes […]

Taika Waititi is Blackbeard in Our Flag Means Death

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Oscar-winning Jojo Rabbit director Taika Waititi has been cast as the infamous pirate Blackbeard in HBO Max’s period comedy series Our Flag Means Death. He joins Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) in the series. Our Flag Means Death is “loosely based on the real-life adventures of Stede Bonnet (Darby), a well-to-do gentleman farmer from a […]

Bruce Willis to star in revenge thriller Soul Assassin

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Deadline reports that action star Bruce Willis will lead the thriller Soul Assassin from director Jesse Atlas in his feature debut. Soul Assassin looks to be a revenge thriller as “a woman’s husband is killed in action as part of an experimental new military program. A former black-ops soldier then takes his place to find […]