Aubrey Plaza has signed on to star in the cast of Hope, a comedy set up at Netflix which is being directed by Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami, the filmmaking and acting duo behind the 2018 New Zealand comedy The Breaker Upperers. Plot details on Hope are being kept under wraps, but the script […]
Awkwafina set for The Last Adventure of Constance Verity
Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell star Awkwafina has added another project to her upcoming slate, with Variety reporting that she is set to lead the cast of Legendary Pictures’ fantasy The Last Adventure of Constance Verity. The film is based upon the book series by A. Lee Martinez, with John Raffo (Dragon: The Bruce […]
Kerry Washington and Sterling K. Brown to produce and star in Shadow Force
Deadline is reporting that studio bidding is underway on Shadow Force, an action-drama package produced by and starring Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us). Shadow Force has been written by Leon Chills (Heaven Hath No Fury), and while specific plot details are being kept under wraps, the film is said to […]
John Wick director to oversee new action sequences for DC’s Birds of Prey
With Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) gearing up for some additional photography, THR has revealed that John Wick director Chad Stahelski has been enlisted to help punch up the film’s action sequences. Stahelski, whose stunt company 87 Eleven was already working on the Margot […]
Mad About You revival finds its grown-up Mabel
Back in March it was announced that Spectrum Originals has picked up the series revival of Emmy Award-winning 90s NBC sitcom Mad About You, and now comes word that Abby Quinn (Landline) has landed the role of Mabel, the now grown-up daughter of Paul Reiser and Helen Hunt’s Paul and Jamie Buchman. The new series […]
Russian World War II movie Iron Fury gets a UK poster and trailer
Writer-director Alexsey Sidorov’s acclaimed World War II film Iron Fury heads to the UK this September after smashing box office records in its native Russia earlier this year; check out a poster and trailer for the film, courtesy of Altitude Film Entertainment. Set in 1944, this is the story of a courageous group of Russian […]
Marvel’s Black Widow casts world’s tallest bodybuilder Olivier Richters, a.k.a. The Dutch Giant
As filming continues on Marvel’s Black Widow, bodybuilder turned actor Olivier Richters has revealed that he’s just finished shooting a role in the Phase Four-launching spy superhero adventure. “I can finally tell you guys,” wroter Richters, a.k.a. The Dutch Giant (an appropriate moniker given that he’s 7 foot 2 inches in height – making him […]
Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass graphic novel gets a trailer from DC Comics
DC Comics has debuted a trailer for Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass, the upcoming YA graphic novel from writer Mariko Tamaki and artist Steve Pugh, which is being released as part of the DC Books for Young Readers Collection. Watch the trailer here… HARLEY QUINN: BREAKING GLASS is a coming-of-age story about choices, consequences, fairness, and […]
Martin Freeman returning for Marvel’s Black Panther 2
Although it was absent from Marvel’s Phase Four slate reveal at the San Diego Comic-Con, we do know that Black Panther director Ryan Coogler is already hard at work developing a sequel to last year’s hugely successful superhero movie, and now Martin Freeman has revealed that his character Everett Ross looks to be heading back […]
Elvis Presley turns super spy in Agent King adult animated series
Netflix has granted a series order to Agent King, an adult animated comedy which will reimagine Elvis Presley as a James Bond-like super spy. Co-created by Priscilla Presley and John Eddie, Agent King will see Evlis ” trading in his white jumpsuit for a jet pack when he is covertly inducted into a secret government […]
