Following the exit of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Rob McElhenney last August, Warner Bros. Pictures has now found a new director for its long-planned Minecraft movie in Peter Sollett (Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist).Variety reports that Sollett has signed on to write and direct the video game adaptation, which follows “a teenage girl and […]
Legion season 3 adds Lauren Tsai as the mutant Switch
FX’s X-Men series Legion has cast model and artist Lauren Tsai in the role of Switch, who Variety describes as “a young mutant whose secret ability serves as the key to executing David Haller’s plan.”The news was first reported by Variety, before being confirmed by the official Legion Twitter account: Flip the switch. Welcome, @LaLaChuu. […]
Anne Hathaway, Tim Robbins, Bill Pullman and more join Todd Haynes’ DuPont drama
Deadline is reporting that Anne Hathaway (Ocean’s 8), Tim Robbins (Here and Now), Bill Pullman (The Sinner), Bill Camp (Vice), Victor Garber (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Mare Winningham (The Affair) and William Jackson Harper (The Good Place) are joining Mark Ruffalo in Todd Haynes’ (Carol, Wonderstruck) untitled drama about the DuPont pollution scandal.The film, formerly […]
Aladdin is getting the mockbuster treatment from The Asylum
Indie studio The Asylum, the company behind mockbusters such as Transmorphers, Atlantic Rim, Independents’ Day, Tomb Invader and Snakes on a Train, is kicking off production on its own version of Aladdin.The movie, which will presumably be timed to coincide with the release of Disney’s live-action remake, will be based upon the original public domain […]
British horror Point of Death gets a trailer and poster
The Movie Partnership has announced that the British horror Point of Death will be released in the UK this February; check out the poster, trailer and synopsis here…Alex is a man with everything – the well-paid executive job, the impressive house in the country and the beautiful wife and child. When he inexplicably decides to […]
Al Pacino joins Jordan Peele’s Nazi-hunting drama The Hunt
According to Deadline, Al Pacino is set to join The Hunt, the upcoming direct-to-series Nazi-hunting drama from Jordan Peele (Get Out), which is set up at Amazon.The series takes place in New York City in 1977 and follows Jonah Heidelbaum, played by Logan Lerman (Fury, The Perks of Being a Wallflower), who finds himself swept […]
Wes Anderson’s The French Dispatch adds Henry Winkler
Aaay! Happy Days and Barry star Henry Winkler has become the latest addition to the cast of The French Dispatch, the new film from Wes Anderson (The Grand Budapest Hotel).The film takes place in the 20th century at the Paris office of an American newspaper, and is described as “a love letter to journalists”, weaving […]
Iron Man screenwriters to script Masters of the Universe movie
After launching its own film division last year, Mattel has now enlisted screenwriters Art Marcum and Matt Holoway to write a new draft of the long-planned Masters of the Universe movie, based upon the classic 80s toy line.Marcum and Holoway recently penned the script for Sony’s Men in Black: International, while their past credits include […]
Deadpool’s Brianna Hildebrand joining John Cena in Playing With Fire
Deadpool star Brianna Hildebrand is set to join the cast of Paramount Players’ family comedy Playing With Fire, where she’ll join the previously announced John Cena (Bumblebee).Andy Fickman (Race to Witch Mountain) is on board to direct the movie, which follows a crew of rugged firefighters who meet their match when they have to spend […]
Coming to America 2 to reunite Eddie Murphy with director Craig Brewer
Having just recently wrapped filming on the Rudy Ray Moore biopic Dolemite Is My Name, director Craig Brewer and star Eddie Murphy are set to reunite on the long-rumoured comedy sequel Coming to America 2.According to Deadline, the sequel to the 1988 classic will see Murphy’s Akeem learning about a long lost son and returning to America […]
