Castlevania producer Adi Shankar is teaming with creator Alx Preston for a television adaptation of the latter’s frenetic 2D action RPG video game Hyper Light Drifter, with the search currently underway for writers. A homage to classic 8-bit and 16-bit games, Hyper Light Drifter follows a Drifter, a collector of forgotten knowledge, lost technologies and […]
Iron Fist’s Jessica Henwick joins Dylan O’Brien in Monster Problems
Following on from last week’s casting of Michael Rooker (Guardians of the Galaxy), THR is reporting that Iron Fist actress Jessica Henwick has joined Dylan O’Brien (The Maze Runner) in the cast of the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Monster Problems. The film is being directed by Michael Matthews (Five Fingers for Marseilles), with Shawn Levy’s 21 Laps […]
Boyd Holbrook, Kelly Reilly and Alistair Petrie to star in period horror Eight for Silver
Anthropoid director Sean Eillis has enlisted Boyd Holbrook (The Predator), Kelly Reilly (Yellowstone), and Alistair Petrie (Sex Education) to star in his 19th-century set horror Eight for Silver. Produced by LD Entertainment, the film takes place in the French countryside in the 1800s and sees Holbrook as John McBride, a pathologist tasked with determining whether […]
Jake Gyllenhaal teaming with Free Solo filmmakers for The Helicopter Heist
Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, directors of the Oscar-winning documentary feature Free Solo, are set to direct Jake Gyllenhaal in an as-yet-untitled adaptation of Jonas Bonnier’s book The Helicopter Heist, Deadline has revealed. Scripted by Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders), the film will tell “the true story of how four young men from the Swedish […]
Adrienne Barbeau, Giancarlo Esposito and Tobin Bell cast in Creepshow pilot ‘Gray Matter’
Shudder has kicked off casting for its upcoming Creepshow horror anthology series, with Adrienne Barbeau – who starred in the original 1982 movie – set to appear in the first episode of the series alongside Giancarlo Esposito (Better Call Saul) and Tobin Bell (Saw). The debut episode will adapt Stephen King’s short story Gray Matter, […]
Curran Walters’ Jason Todd upped to series regular for Titans season 2
According to Geeks Worldwide, actor Curran Walters has been upped to a series regular for the second season of the live-action Teen Titans series Titans. Walters made his debut as Jason Todd, a.k.a. the second Robin, as a guest star in the first season of the DC Universe show. He now joins returning Brenton Thwaites […]
Marvel’s Doctor Strange 2 reportedly aiming for 2020 release
While Marvel is yet to announce any specific details on its plans post-Avengers: Endgame, beyond the Sony co-production Spider-Man: Far From Home, the studio had previously revealed that Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 was aiming for a 2020 release, until James Gunn’s departure and subsequent return scuppered that plan. Since then, the general assumption […]
Margot Robbie confirmed for The Suicide Squad, Joel Kinnaman also rumoured to return
For something that’s been described as “a total reboot”, James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad is certainly starting to look very familiar… Coming hot on the heels of the news that both Jai Courtney (Captain Boomerang) and Viola Davis (Amanda Waller) are set to return, Variety has revealed that Margot Robbie is now confirmed to reprise […]
Star Trek: Discovery’s Sonequa Martin-Green joins LeBron James in Space Jam sequel
Having officially received the official green light back in February, the long-gestating Space Jam sequel is now moving onto the casting stage, with Variety reporting that Star Trek: Discovery and The Walking Dead’s Sonequa Martin-Green is in talks to portray the wife of producer and star LeBron James. Terence Nance (Random Acts of Flyness) is […]
New poster for Charlie Says starring Matt Smith as Charles Manson
Ahead of its release next month, a new poster has arrived online for the upcoming crime drama Charlie Says featuring Matt Smith as cult leader Charles Manson, and Hannah Murray, Sosie Bacon, and Marianne Rendon as Manson Family members Leslie Van Houten, Patricia Krenwinkel, and Susan Atkins; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Watch the […]
