After a two and a half year absence, True Detective returned to HBO this past Sunday, although it wasn’t perhaps as triumphant a return as the cable network would have hoped for, with the two-part premiere setting a series low in terms of ratings. The back-to-back episodes were watched by 1.44 million viewers at 9pm […]
Disney’s The Hunchback of Notre Dame to receive a live-action remake
Disney is turning its attention to the 1996 animated musical The Hunchback of Notre Dame for its latest live-action remake. Deadline us reporting that Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) has been tapped to write the script, while composer Alan Menken (who composed the music for the original, along with the likes of Beauty and […]
Bill Skarsgard and Eliza Scanlen join The Devil All the Time
Variety is reporting that Bill Skarsgard (It) and Eliza Scanlen (Sharp Objects) have become the latest addition to the star-studded cast of The Devil All the Time, the latest project from director Antonio Campos (The Sinner). The film is based upon Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel of the same name and takes place in a […]
Rocko faces a zombie apocalypse in Rocko’s Modern Afterlife
Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of Rocko’s Modern Afterlife, a four-issue limited series from writer Anthony Burch (Borderlands 2) and artist Mattia Di Meo (Adventure Time/Regular Show), everyone’s favorite wallaby, Rocko, is trying to survive the zombie outbreak that’s taken over his home of O-Town. “Rocko’s Modern Life has always been laced with […]
TNT sets cast for Ridley Scott’s sci-fi series Raised by Wolves
Back in October it was announced that filmmaker Ridley Scott is set to make his U.S. television directorial debut with the sci-fi series Raised by Wolves, and now TNT has announced the cast for the straight-to-series show. Raised by Wolves is being written by Aaron Guzikowski (Prisoners) and “centers on two androids tasked with raising human […]
Kevin Hart to star in Monopoly movie from director Tim Story
After years of rumours, the big screen adaptation of the classic board game Monopoly looks like it’s finally set to pass go, with Deadline reporting that Kevin Hart has signed on to star in the movie, which will reunite him with his Ride Along director Tim Story. Plot details for the film are being kept […]
The Help’s Bryce Dallas Howard and Octavia Spencer set for Fairy Tale Ending
According to an exclusive report from Deadline, The Help stars Bryce Dallas Howard and Octavia Spencer are set to reunite for Fairy Tale Ending, a female ensemble comedy set up at Universal Pictures. Plot details for the movie are being kept tightly under wraps, but we do know that the project is based on a […]
EA scraps its open world Star Wars video game plans
Back in October of 2017, Electronic Arts announced that it was closing down its Visceral Games studio, with the company revealing that it would be retooling the Dead Space developer’s long-planned Star Wars video game from director Amy Henning (Uncharted). It was said at the time that EA felt the game was becoming too linear, […]
UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie denies reports of turning down DC movies for Mission: Impossible sequels
UPDATE: Christopher McQuarrie has responded on Twitter, stating that the rumours are “inaccurate” and “horseshit”. https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085588255838396416 https://twitter.com/chrismcquarrie/status/1085721834111131648 Original story follows… This week it was announced that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation and Mission: Impossible – Fallout director Christopher McQuarrie will be reuniting with Tom Cruise for two new movies in the blockbuster spy series, with […]
Netflix announces Steve Carell workplace comedy Space Force
Netflix has announced that The Office star Steve Carell is set to reteam with the show’s developer and executive producer Greg Daniels for a new workplace comedy series entitled Space Force. Inspired by President Donald Trump’s Space Force initiative, the series has been co-created by Carell and Daniels and will revolve around the people tasked […]
