As Disney continues to plot out its quest for streaming domination with the upcoming launch of Disney+, Deadline is reporting that the Mouse House has tapped David Gleeson to write a feature adaptation of Polly Shulman’s fantasy book series The Grimm Legacy with a view to launching a potential franchise on the platform. Shulman’s YA […]
Danai Gurira exiting The Walking Dead in season 10
Earlier in the week, following the announcement that AMC has renewed the show for a tenth season, it was reported that Danai Gurira’s time on The Walking Dead could be coming to an end soon, and now we have confirmation that the actress is set to become the latest star to depart the ailing zombie […]
Gotham’s Robin Lord Taylor has a small but important role in John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
During an appearance at the Television Critics Association winter press tour to promote the fifth season of Gotham, actor Robin Lord Taylor (who plays Oswald Cobblepot/Penguin in the Batman prequel series) has revealed that he has a small but important role in the upcoming action thriller sequel John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum. “In the […]
Freddie Highmore to lead heist movie Way Down
In news coming out of Berlinale, it has been announced that Bates Motel and The Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore has been cast as the lead in Way Down, a heist movie which is being directed by [REC] helmer Jaume Balaguero. The English-language film will see Highmore playing a gifted engineering graduate student “who masterminds […]
Ruby Rose to star in action thriller Doorman
Orange Is the New Black and The Meg star Ruby Rose has signed on to star in the action thriller Doorman, which is being directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) and will start production in April. Deadline reports that the movie follows “an officer in the Marines who becomes traumatized while serving her country […]
Rumour: Chris Evans could direct episodes of Marvel’s Disney+ TV shows
Given that his contract with Marvel Studios has expired, it’s expected that Chris Evans could hang up his Captain America shield for good following his next outing in April’s Avengers: Endgame. Evans, who’ll make his seventh full appearance as Cap in Endgame (not including his cameos in Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man and Spider-Man: Homecoming), […]
Marvel’s Black Widow will reportedly start shooting in June
Last week it was reported by Production Weekly that filming on Marvel’s long-awaited Black Widow solo movie was set to get underway in the UK at the end of February, but now comes word that production isn’t actually slated to begin until June. The news is widely being reported as Marvel delaying production for unspecified […]
Freeform gives series order to Party of Five reboot
Freeform has announced that it has picked up the immigration-themed reboot of the 90s family drama Party of Five with a full series order. The new show has been written by Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, creators of the original Golden Globe-winning series, and follows the five Acosta children as they look to navigate family […]
Tom Hanks and Paul Greengrass to reunite for News of the World
THR is reporting that Tom Hanks is set to reunite with his Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass on News of the World, an adaptation of the Paulette Jiles novel, which is set up at Fox 2000. Set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, News of the World follows a widowed news reader who […]
R.I.P. Albert Finney (1936 – 2019)
Oscar-nominated British actor Albert Finney has passed away aged 82, his family has announced. “Albert Finney, aged 82, passed away peacefully after a short illness with those closest to him by his side,” reads the announcement. “The family request privacy at this sad time.” A graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, Finney began […]
