Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon has signed on for a role in the upcoming third season of Starz’s American Gods, where he is set to play the “charming, good-natured leprechaun” Liam Doyle. The official character description from Starz calls Doyle “a charming, good-natured leprechaun who once embraced his stereotypical Lucky Charms, St. Paddy’s Day […]
Dakota Fanning and Elle Fanning to play sisters in The Nightingale adaptation
The Wrap is reporting that real-life siblings Dakota Fanning (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood) and Elle Fanning (Maleficent: Mistress of Evil) are to play sisters in a feature film adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s 2015 novel The Nightingale. “The Nightingale will be the first time we act on screen together. We have played the same […]
Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux set for Watergate series The White House Plumbers
HBO has tapped Woody Harrelson (True Detective) and Justin Theroux (The Leftovers) to star in The White House Plumbers, a five-part limited series which is set to explore the Watergate scandal, Deadline has revealed. Created by Veep executive producers Alex Gregory, Peter Huyck and David Mandel, the series “tells the true story of how Nixon’s […]
R.I.P. Rene Auberjonois (1940 – 2019)
American character actor Rene Auberjonois has passed away aged 79 after a battle with lung cancer, his family have revealed. The New York-born Auberjonois began his career in the theatre in the 1960s, and made his feature film debut in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H. in 1970, portraying the character of as Father Mulcahy. He would go […]
Gal Gadot’s Amazon Princess returns in Wonder Woman 1984 trailer
Fresh from the film’s panel at Brazil’s Comic Con Experience, Warner Bros. and DC Films have just released the first trailer for next year’s DC Extended Universe sequel Wonder Woman 1984, which sees Gal Gadot reprising the role of the Amazon Princess; watch the trailer here, and be sure to let us know what you […]
Crisis on Infinite Earths producers reached out to Nicolas Cage for Superman guest appearance
Tonight sees the beginning on this year’s hotly-anticipated Arrowverse crossover, a small screen adaptation of the iconic – and DC Universe-altering – Crisis on Infinite Earths featuring heroes not only from Arrow, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Supergirl and Batwoman but also Black Lightning, Smallville, The WB’s short-lived Birds of Prey, and even the […]
The Favourite leads the winners at the 2019 European Film Awards
A year after its triumphs on the awards circuit, The Favourite was the toast of the town again last night in Berlin as the movie was named Best European Film and Best European Comedy at the 32nd annual European Film Awards, while Yorgos Lanthimos and Olivia Colman were named Best European Director and Best European […]
John Cena, Meredith Hagner and Lil Rel Howery are Vacation Friends
John Cena (Bumblebee), Meredith Hagner (Search Party) and Lil Rel Howery (Good Boys) have signed on to star in 20th Century Fox and Hulu’s new comedy film Vacation Friends, Deadline has revealed. Based on a spec script from Tom and Tim Mullen which Fox first acquired in 2014, Vacation Friends follows “a straight-laced couple that […]
Joe Johnston in talks to direct Josh Gad in Honey, I Shrunk the Kids reboot
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Joe Johnston is in talks with Disney to direct a reboot of his 1989 comedy Honey, I Shrunk the Kids, which has Josh Gad (Frozen) attached to star. The new film, titled Shrunk, was first revealed back in May of this year, and will see Josh Gad taking on the […]
Disney developing Aladdin spinoff featuring Billy Magnussen’s Prince Anders
Given the billion dollar success of Aladdin, it will come as little surprise to hear that Disney has announced a spinoff from this year’s live-action reimagining of the classic animated movie – although what may come as a surprise is that it’s set to revolve around the minor character Prince Anders, played by Billy Magnussen. […]
