HBO Max is looking to add to its original content with a new anthology series based upon Scholastic’s hugely successful Point Horror series of Young Adult books, focusing in particular on the stories of prolific writer R.L. Stine. As per Variety, the show is currently going by the working title Point Fear and is described […]
Clive Owen to play Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story
Clive Owen (Gemini Man) has been cast as former U.S. President Bill Clinton in Impeachment: American Crime Story, the third season of FX’s acclaimed anthology drama. Impeachment is set to explore the sex scandal that shook the Clinton administration in the 1990s when it was revealed that Clinton had engaged in a sexual relationship with […]
Joker cinematographer Lawrence Sher to shoot Dwayne Johnson’s Black Adam movie
Having announced earlier in the week that the long-planned Black Adam movie is finally a go and set for release in December 2021, Dwayne Johnson has now revealed that the project will reunite him with Jungle Cruise cinematographer Lawrence Sher, who is coming off another DC project in the billion dollar-grossing Joker. Larry Sher is […]
Colin Trevorrow to receive story credit on Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker
Although J.J. Abrams is said to have started with a blank canvas when he replaced Jurassic World helmer Colin Trevorrow in the director’s chair for Episode IX, it has been revealed that Trevorrow and his writing partner Derek Connolly will still be receiving a story credit on next month’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. […]
Bill Murray reteaming with the Farrelly Brothers for The Now
Bill Murray is set to reunite with Kingpin and Dumb and Dumber To directors Peter and Bobby Farrelly with a recurring role their new comedy series The Now, which is set up at the upcoming shortform streaming service Quibi. The series, which is written by Green Book’s Peter Farrelly alongside Steve Leff (The Ranch) and […]
Alexander Skarsgard joins Rebecca Hall’s directorial debut Passing
Emmy and Golden Globe-winning Big Little Lies star Alexander Skarsgard has signed on to star alongside Tessa Thompson (Thor: Ragnarok), Ruth Negga (Preacher) and Andre Holland (Moonlight) in the cast of Passing, the directorial debut of actress Rebecca Hall (The Gift, Vicky Cristina Barcelona). Scripted by Hall and based on the novel of the same […]
Watch an exclusive clip from The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows
Ahead of its DVD and Digital release next month, we’ve got an exclusive clip from the new family horror adventure The League of Legend Keepers: Shadows, which is directed by Elizabeth Blake-Thomas and features a cast that includes Isabella Blake-Thomas (Once Upon A Time), Richard Tyson (Kindergarten Cop), Jake Brennan (The Orville), Britt Flatmo (Super […]
Disney open to the possibility of a Mandalorian movie
The big screen future of the Star Wars franchise is very much up in the air post-Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, what with Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss exiting their planned project, and Star Wars: The Last Jedi helmer Rian Johnson’s own trilogy seemingly not quite a sure thing at this […]
Black Christmas screenwriter defends the remake’s PG-13 rating
With the MPAA officially rating Blumhouse Productions’ upcoming Black Christmas remake as PG-13 for “violence, terror, thematic content involving sexual assault, language, sexual material and drinking”, screenwriter April Wolfe has spoken out to defend the film for avoiding the R-rating of the 1974 original and the early 2016 remake. Here’s the deal: We wrote it […]
J.J. Abrams says Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker tells the Leia story it would have told had Carrie Fisher lived
Some two years after her passing, Carrie Fisher returns to the big screen next month for one final outing as Princess Leia in Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, with director J.J. Abrams crafting her role from unused footage shot during production on 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens. While Leia was expected to play […]
