Director Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game, The Haunting of Hill House) has taken to Facebook to announced that Doctor Sleep – the upcoming adaptation of Stephen King’s sequel to The Shining – has now wrapped production ahead of its release in a little over a year from now. So that’s a wrap on Doctor Sleep! It’s […]
Taylor Kitsch to star in drug dealer drama for HBO
After appearing in the second season of True Detective, Taylor Kitsch is set to reunite with HBO for an as-yet-untitled drama from writers John Barcheski (Sons of Anarchy) and Robert Munic (Ice), which has Matt Shakman (Game of Thrones) attached to direct. The series is described as “a rich family drama full of revenge, love […]
Robert Kirkman developing ambitious “pre-apocalyptic” TV series 5 Year
Deadline is reporting that Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment is teaming with Entertainment One for a new “pre-apocalyptic” TV drama series entitled 5 Year. According to the site, the project is based upon an original idea from The Walking Dead creator Kirkman, and will reportedly detail the final five years on Earth before a catastrophic extinction-level […]
Michelle Yeoh reuniting with Crazy Rich Asians co-star Henry Golding on Last Christmas
THR is reporting that Michelle Yeoh has signed on to appear alongside her Crazy Rich Asians co-star Henry Golding and Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) in Last Christmas, an upcoming rom-com from director Paul Feig (Ghostbusters, A Simple Favor). Written by Emma Thompson and Bryony Kimmings and set to feature the music of the late […]
Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Jordan Vogt-Roberts team for Console Wars
If you cast your mind back to 2014, you may recall that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg signed on to write a feature film adaptation of Blake J. Harris’ book Console Wars, which explores the battle for video game supremacy between Nintendo and Sega during the 1980s and 1990s. While the movie failed to materialise, […]
Colin Farrell joins Guy Ritchie’s Toff Guys as Kate Beckinsale drops out
Colin Farrell has become the latest addition to the cast of Toff Guys, director Guy Ritchie’s upcoming return to Lock, Stock and Two Smokin’ Barrels and Snatch territory, while Michelle Dockery (Downtown Abbey) has been cast as a replacement for the previously announced Kate Beckinsale (Underworld: Blood Wars). Scripted by Ritchie, Marn Davies and Ivan […]
Tom Hanks in talks to play Geppetto in Disney’s Pinocchio
Having secured a director in Paddington’s Paul King earlier this year, it looks like Disney may be about to make its first casting on the live-action remake of its animated classic Pinocchio, with Variety reporting that Tom Hanks is in talks to portray Geppetto, the puppeteer who creates Pinocchio and becomes his father figure. Pinocchio […]
Fantastic Beasts producer explains why we’re getting five movies
Given the enormous success of the Harry Potter franchise, it came as little surprise when Warner Bros. announced it would be expanding the Wizarding World saga with a spinoff based upon J.K. Rowling’s 2001 faux textbook Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. What did come as a surprise however was that WB and Rowling were […]
Paddington team reunite for magical love story Time’s Fool
Having collaborated on Paddington and Paddington 2, director Paul King, producer David Heyman and co-writer Jon Croker are set to reunite for an adaptation of Glyn Maxwell’s novel-length poem Time’s Fool: A Tale in Verse for Fox Searchlight. Time’s Fool is described as a “magical love story” and follows “a young man who is cursed […]
Aquaman tracking $100 million Christmas opening ahead of Mary Poppins Returns and Bumblebee
Aquaman director James Wan may have said that he feels “worried” about facing Mary Poppins Returns over the Christmas box office, but if tracking is any indication the DC superhero blockbuster is set to score a comfortable victory over the Disney sequel and the Transformers spinoff Bumblebee during the stacked festive period. According to Deadline, […]
