THR is reporting that Warner Bros. TV is in early development on a reboot of the classic 80s sitcom ALF. ALF followed a friendly but sarcastic extraterrestrial nicknamed ALF (“Alien Life Form”), who is taken in by a middle-class suburban family after crash-landing in their garage in Southern California. The reboot has original writers Tom […]
Supergirl adds Hannah James and Kate Burton as Nia Nal’s sister and mother
The CW’s DC superhero show Supergirl has added two new recurring cast members in Hannah James (Mercy Street) and Kate Burton (Scandal), with the duo set to portray Nia Nal’s (Nicole Maines) older sister Maeve and mother Isabel respectively. Deadline reports that Maeve is described as being “driven and focused on maintaining the Nal family’s […]
Power Rangers’ RJ Cyler joins Black Lightning in key role
Deadline is reporting that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Power Rangers actor RJ Cyler has signed on for a key recurring role in The CW’s DC series Black Lightning. According to the site, Cyler will play Todd Green, described as a gangly and awkward tech genius who finds himself passed over for […]
Dark showrunners reuniting with Netflix for 1899
Netflix has announced that Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, creators of the first German Netflix original series Dark, are reuniting with the streaming service for the new project 1899. The original series revolves around a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The passengers, a mixed bag of […]
Pedro Pascal officially in talks for Star Wars series The Mandalorian
If you cast your mind back to the start of October, you may recall a rumour claiming that Game of Thrones and Narcos star Pedro Pascal was wanted for the lead in Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian, and now comes word from Variety that Pascal is indeed in talks to star in the live-action Star Wars series. […]
Contained thriller Cargo gets a poster and trailer
Coinciding with its release in the States, Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled a poster and trailer for Cargo, a new contained thriller (or should that be containered thriller?) from director James Dylan; check them out here… A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his […]
Preview of Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess
This Wednesday sees the release of Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess, a graphic novel adaptation of Nancy Springer’s bestselling mystery series about Sherlock Holmes’ resourceful younger sister; check out a preview here courtesy of IDW Publishing… Raised by her mother on the family’s country manor, Enola wakes on her 14th birthday to […]
Christmas slasher Mrs. Claus gets a trailer and poster
Coinciding with its release on VOD and DVD today, we’ve got a poster, trailer and images for the Christmas slasher Mrs. Claus, which you can check out here courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing… A group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past are stalked by a […]
Godzilla vs. Kong gets an official synopsis as production begins
Two of the biggest monsters in cinema history are set to collide in 2020 as Legendary Pictures brings together the King of the Monsters and the Eighth Wonder of the World for the MonsterVerse crossover Godzilla vs. Kong, and the official Legendary Twitter account has announced that production on the epic showdown is now underway! […]
Marisa Tomei joins Liev Schreiber and Alex Wolff in Human Capital
Deadline is reporting that Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: Homecoming) has joined Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) and Alex Wolff (Hereditary) in Human Capital, the next film from director Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer). Based on Stephen Amidon’s 2005 novel, Human Capital follows two families — one middle-class and one privileged — whose lives intertwine across the social divide […]
