Lucasfilm has announced that executive producer Jon Favreau is set to bring The Mandalorian to Star Wars Celebration Chicago next month. Favreau will be hosting a special panel discussion on Sunday, April 14th alongside Dave Filoni, creator of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, who is making his live-action directing debut on […]
Jackie Chan and Wu Jing to scale Mount Everest in Climbers
As revealed by THR, Hong Kong screen legend Jackie Chan is teaming with Wu Jing (Wolf Warrior 2) to scale Mount Everest in the Chinese action epic Climbers. The film is being produced by Shanghai Film Group, with Daniel Lee (Dragon Blade) directing, and will tell the true story of the first Chinese team to […]
Work underway on the script for The Meg 2
Having grossed a whopping $530 million worldwide last year, it came as no surprise to hear that Warner Bros. and Gravity Pictures were planning a sequel to the Jason Statham-headlined prehistoric shark thriller The Meg, and now comes word that work is underway on the script. “We’re working on a script. So you never know […]
Zach Braff to direct The Secret Ingredients of Rocket Cola, Florence Pugh attached
Zach Braff is set to get behind the camera to direct The Secret Ingredients of Rocket Cola, which is based upon the Black List script from Mike Vukadinovich (Kidding). As reported by Collider, the film takes place over decades and follows twin rbothers who are separated at a young age and go on to live […]
Kong: Skull Island director teaming with Michael B. Jordan for new monster movie
THR is reporting that Kong: Skull Island director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is teaming with Michael B. Jordan to develop an as-yet-untitled original monster movie for New Regency. Details on the project are being kept tightly under wraps, but the article does reveal that the film is based on an original idea by Vogt-Roberts and will take […]
Perry Mason reboot gets a series order from HBO
After finding their lead back in January in Emmy Award-winner Matthew Rhys (The Americans), it has now been announced that Team Downey’s Perry Mason reboot has received a series order from HBO. Here’s the official description for the series: While the rest of the country recovers from the Great Depression, this city is booming! Oil! […]
Jordan Peele’s Us opens to largest weekend box office for an original horror movie
Two years after the release of the Oscar-winning Get Out, Jordan Peele’s second directorial effort Us arrived in theaters this weekend, with the film scoring the biggest ever opening for an original horror film. Dethroning the superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel, Us grossed a whopping $70.3 million in North America – a weekend only topped by […]
Chelsea Zhang cast as Deathstroke’s daughter Ravager in Titans season 2
Deadline is reporting that actress Chelsea Zhang (Andi Mack) has been cast in the second season of DC Universe’s Titans and will portray the character of Rose Wilson, a.k.a. Ravager – the daughter of Deathstroke (Esai Morales) and sister to Jericho (Chella Man). The official character description for Ravager reads: “Daughter of the deadly assassin, […]
Emily Blunt to star in Not Fade Away
Variety is reporting that Mary Poppins Returns and A Quiet Place star Emily Blunt is in talks to star in Not Fade Away, a drama from Annapurna Pictures, which is being produced by her husband John Krasinski along with David O. Russell (Silver Linings Playbook, American Hustle). Based on Rebecca Alexander’s memoir Not Fade Away: […]
Captain Marvel soars past $900 million at the worldwide box office
Marvel’s latest superhero franchise Captain Marvel has pushed its global haul past the $900 million mark, pulling in $35 million domestically and a further $52.1 million from international markets in its third weekend. With $321.5 million from North America and $588 million overseas, the Brie Larson-headlined blockbuster has earned $910.3 million to date, and is […]
