Having recently signed on to write and direct Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8 back-to-back, Christopher McQuarrie has now added another project to his upcoming slate, with the Oscar-winner set to serve as executive producer on Showtime’s The President Is Missing. Based on the book by James Patterson and former U.S. President Bill Clinton, […]
Sigourney Weaver and Margaret Qualley to star in My Salinger Year
Variety is reporting that Sigourney Weaver (The Defenders) and Margaret Qualley (Donnybrook) are set to star in My Salinger Year, a feature film adaptation of Joanna Rakoff’s bestselling book, which is being written and directed by Philippe Falardeau (The Good Lie, Chuck). The film will take place in New York in the 1990s, with Qualley […]
CBS casts Julian McMahon and Keisha Castle-Hughes in FBI: Most Wanted
CBS’ planned FBI spinoff FBI: Most Wanted has found its leads, with Julian McMahon (Runaways) and Keisha Castle-Hughes (Game of Thrones) signing on to star in the Dick Wolf-produced drama. McMahon will appear in an upcoming episode of FBI, which will serve as a backdoor pilot for the spinoff, and is set to play Jess […]
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part disappoints at the box office
Everything isn’t quite as awesome as Warner Bros. would have been hoping for with The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part, with the follow-up to 2014 animated hit opening soft at the box office with a global weekend haul of just $53.2 million. In North America, the sequel topped the box office ahead of competition […]
The Expanse season 4 wraps filming, new cast additions announced
Having saved the acclaimed sci-fi series from cancellation last summer, Amazon has now made the first three seasons of The Expanse available to stream, as well as announcing that filming has wrapped on season four. The new season will see the return of cast members Steven Strait, Cas Anvar, Dominique Tipper, Wes Chatham, Shohreh Aghdashloo and […]
Blumhouse hires screenwriter for Halloween sequel
After scoring a huge success last year with its Halloween sequel/reboot, it seems that Blumhouse Productions is pushing ahead with its plans for a new instalment in the slasher series (Halloween II again?), with Collider reporting that Scott teems has been hired to write the script. Teems has previously worked with Blumhouse on the scripts […]
Rumour: Mad Max: Fury Road sequel may be revving its engine
During the lengthy development and production stage on Mad Max: Fury Road, franchise creator George Miller revealed that he’d also devised two further scripts for sequels, entitled Mad Max: Furiosa and Mad Max: The Wasteland. In the wake of Fury Road’s critical and commercial success, Miller announced his intention to move forward with The Wasteland, […]
Batman prequel series Pennyworth will be “unhinged” and “R-rated”
After dipping its toes into R-rated territory with the DC Universe live-action series Titans, it seems that DC will be continuing that trend with Epix’s Batman prequel series Pennyworth, with executive producer Danny Cannon (Gotham) revealing at the Television Critics Association press tour that the show will be “unhinged” and “R-rated”. “It’s twentysomething years before […]
Netflix announces cast for Jupiter’s Legacy TV series
Casting is now officially underway on Netflix’s small screen adaptation of Mark Millar’s superhero comic book series Jupiter’s Legacy, with Josh Duhamel (Love, Simon) and Leslie Bibb (Iron Man) set to portray Sheldon and Grace Sampson, a.k.a. the superheroes The Utopian and Lady Liberty. A multi-generational American superhero epic, Jupiter’s Legacy follows the world’s first generation of superheroes […]
Avengers: Endgame directors play down accuracy of recent toy leaks
While Marvel Studios has been going to great lengths to keep Avengers: Endgame under wraps, we’ve seen several toy leaks over the past few weeks which appear to offer up some details on the movie, including new costumes, returning characters – and in the case of a recent LEGO leak – a potential surprise villain. This […]
