Oscar-winner Cate Blanchett has signed on to executive produce and star in Mrs. America, a nine-episode limited series at FX, THR has revealed. The series, from writer and showrunner Dahvi Waller (Mad Men), will explore the true story of the movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment, and the unexpected opposition led by a conservative […]
Ubisoft adapting Child of Light and Werewolves Within for the screen
It’s first attempt, Assassin’s Creed, may not have managed to break the video game adaptation curse, but that certainly hasn’t deterred Ubisoft from dusting itself down and giving the green light to two further projects in a Child of Light live-action TV series and a Werewolves Within movie. As Variety reports, both projects are products […]
The Color Purple musical film in development from Steven Spielberg, Oprah Winfrey and Quincy Jones
Director Steven Spielberg, star Oprah Winfrey and producer Quincy Jones are set to revisit The Color Purple, with Deadline reporting that the trio are developing a big screen musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s acclaimed 1982 novel. Spielberg previously adapted the book as a feature in 1985, producing alongside Jones, with Winfrey making her acting debut […]
The Russos team with World War Z writer for ISIS thriller Mosul
While they’ve been hard at work on Avengers: Infinity War and the upcoming Avengers 4, filmmakers Joe and Anthony Russo have also found time to produce a Middle East-set thriller entitled Mosul, which was shot in secret earlier this year. Mosul marks the directorial debut of World War Z screenwriter Matthew Michael Carnahan, and is […]
Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer head to Grand Isle
Nicolas Cage and Kelsey Grammer have been cast in Grand Isle, a thriller directed by camera operator Stephen S. Campanelli, whose C.V. includes the likes of Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, The Maze Runner, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and A Star Is Born. Grand Isle sees Cage as “a trigger-happy ex-Marine living on a […]
Suspense thriller Number 37 gets a poster and trailer
Dark Star Pictures has released a poster and trailer for the award-winning suspense thriller Number 37, director Nospiho Dumia’s gritty homage to Alfred Hitchcock’s Rear Window, which focuses on the residents of a block of apartments in the down-and-out Cape Flats neighborhood of Cape Town which, with its petty thugs, crooked cops, violent loan sharks, and troubled […]
Scorponok joins Transformers: Forged to Fight
Kabam has released the latest update for its Transformers-themed mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight, which introduces one of Megatron’s loyal Decepticons, Scorponok! Check out his gameplay trailer and bio here… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNMH_hjVKeA Scorponok’s seemingly slow wit contrasts sharply with his cunning and inventive nature. Fiercely loyal to his commander Megatron, Scorponok is one of […]
Noomi Rapace and Joel Kinnaman to star in The Secrets We Keep
According to Deadline, Noomi Rapace (Bright) and Joel Kinnaman (Suicide Squad) are set to star in The Secrets We Keep, a thriller from director Yuval Adler (Bethlehem). The film, scripted by Ryan Covington, will see Rapace playing Maja, “a woman rebuilding her life along with her husband Dobie in New York after WWII. When they […]
Iron Fist and Luke Cage reportedly lost two-thirds of their audience between seasons
Although it wasn’t much of a shock that Netflix opted against a season three renewal for Iron Fist, the news that it was also pulling the plug fellow Marvel show Luke Cage after two seasons certainly proved a tad surprising, as it had been thought that the Mike Colter’s Power Man was a near-lock for […]
Hugh Grant joins Guy Ritchie’s Toff Guys
Last month it was announced that Matthew McConaughey (White Boy Rick), Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) and Kate Beckinsale (Underworld: Blood Wars) are set to star in Toff Guys, director Guy Ritchie’s return to the crime genre, and now comes word that Hugh Grant (Paddington 2) has also joined the cast. Toff Guys is set […]
