While Game of Thrones has propelled Emilia Clarke into the A-list with her role as Daenerys Targaryen, it’s widely known that she wasn’t the first choice to play the Mad Queen, with Tamzin Merchant (Pride and Prejudice, The Tudors) actually portraying the character in the 2009 pilot.Merchant was ultimately dropped from the show once it […]
Paramount looking to get in on the superhero movie business with Atlas Comics
Paramount Pictures is looking to get itself in on the superhero business, with producer Steven Paul (Ghost Rider, Ghost in the Shell) announcing at Cannes that he has acquired a majority holding in Atlas Comics and signed a co-production and co-financing deal with the studio to develop, produce and distribute superhero movies based upon the […]
Jemaine Clement joins Avatar sequels
The official Twitter account for the Avatar franchise has revealed that Flight of the Conchords and What We Do In the Shadows’ Jemaine Clement has become the latest addition to the cast of the sequels, with the New Zealand actor and comedian set to play Dr. Garvin, a marine biologist on Pandora. 📣 Casting announcement! […]
Masters of the Universe movie gets new March 2021 release date
Last month, Sony Pictures announced that it had pushed back the December 2019 release date for its long-planned Masters of the Universe movie to “some time in 2020”, and now comes word that we’ll actually have to wait a little longer than that.Variety is reporting that the studio has set an official release date of […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix tracking record low box office opening for the X-Men franchise
UPDATE: Official tracking numbers are now in, with X-Men: Dark Phoenix said to be looking at a domestic opening weekend of $50 million – a series low for 20th Century Fox’s X-Men franchise. Original story follows…20th Century Fox pulls the curtain down on its near-20 year long X-Men franchise this June with the release of […]
Watch an exclusive clip from people smuggling drama Cargo
Thanks to Artist Rights Distribution, we’ve got an exclusive clip from director Kareem Mortimer’s people smuggling drama Cargo, which features a cast that includes Warren Brown, Jimmy Jean-Louis, Gessica Geneus, and Persia White. Check it out below…When his income as a fisherman proves woefully insufficient to cover his son’s school fees, Kevin turns to human […]
Matt Groening’s Disenchantment Part Two gets poster and premiere date
Netflix has released a poster for Disenchantment Part Two, the second half of the first season of Matt Groening’s animated high fantasy comedy series, which reveals that the show will be making its return to the streaming service on September 20th.SEE ALSO: Read our review of Disenchantment hereSet in the crumbling medieval kingdom of Dreamland, […]
Sebastian Stan and Edgar Ramirez join female-fronted spy thriller 355
The upcoming female-led ensemble spy thriller 355 has added a couple of male cast members, with Variety reporting that Sebastian Stan (Avengers: Endgame) and Edgar Ramirez (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story) have been cast in the film.Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is directing 355 from a script by Theresa Rebeck (Smash), and […]
Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal gets a trailer and series order
Samurai Jack and Dexter’s Laboratory creator Genndy Tartakovsky is returning to the small screen for with a brand new half-hour animated show entitled Primal, which has received a series order from Adult Swim. Check out the first trailer here…Primal follows a caveman at the dawn of evolution and a dinosaur on the brink of extinction. Bonded […]
Nicolas Cage to star in cop thriller 10 Double Zero from Green Book writer
Deadline is reporting that Nicolas Cage is set to star in the cop action thriller 10 Double Zero, which has been written by Oscar-winning screenwriter Nick Vallelonga (Green Book) along with Paul Sloan (I Am Wrath) and Christian Sesma (Vigilante Diaries).Sesma will direct the film, which “is set in the stifling heat of Louisiana and […]
