Streaming service Hulu has granted a straight-to-series order for Wu-Tang: An American Saga, a ten-episode drama detailing the story of the influential hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan, Deadline has revealed. Created by Wu-Tang frontman RZA and Alex Tse (Superfly), the series is “set in early ’90s New York at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, […]
World War Z sequel aiming for June 2019 production start date
Now, we’ve been down this road before on a couple of occasions, so you may not want to get too excited just yet, but it seems the oft-delayed World War Z sequel may finally be about to escape Development Hell. Speaking to Variety, producers Dede Gardner and Jeremy Kleiner have revealed that a June 2019 […]
Rebecca Romijn to play cult leader in horror comedy Satanic Panic
Rebecca Romijn (X-Men) is set to play the leader of a cult of Satanists in the upcoming horror-comedy Satanic Panic, Deadline has revealed. The film, directed by Fangoria’s Chelsea Stardust, will begin production this coming week and sees newcomer Hayley Griffith playing “a pizza delivery girl at the end of her financial rope, who has […]
Bohemian Rhapsody to rock U.S. box office with $30 million opening weekend
We’re just a few weeks away from the release of Bohemian Rhapsody, the upcoming biopic of the legendary British rock band Queen and its iconic frontman Freddie Mercury, and according to tracking estimates the film is set to rock the North American box office. According to Variety, the Bryan Singer/Dexter Fletcher-directed movie – which stars […]
Emma Roberts to star in “edgy” figure skating drama Spinning Out for Netflix
Streaming giant Netflix has given a 10-episode straight-to-series order to Spinning Out, an “edgy” drama set in the world of competitive figure skating. The series, created by Samantha Stratton (Mr. Mercedes), will see Emma Roberts (American Horror Story) taking on the role of Kat Baker, an up-and-coming single figure skater who is taken out of […]
Michael K. Williams heading to Lovecraft Country
HBO’s upcoming horror anthology series Lovecraft Country has made another addition to its cast, with The Wire and Boardwalk Empire’s Michael K. Williams signing on for a key role in the straight-to-series drama. The show, which is being produced by Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot, follows 25-year-old Atticus Black (Jonathan Majors), […]
Feature documentary The Billion Dollar Game to explore Grand Theft Auto phenomenon
Over the past twenty years, Rockstar Games’ Grand Theft Auto series has become one of the biggest brands in the world, shifting over 250 million copies to become the fourth biggest video game franchise of all time behind Mario, Pokemon and Tetris. With the latest instalment, Grand Theft Auto V, recently becoming the most profitable […]
The Equalizer screenwriter working on “re-imagining” of Universal Soldier
Richard Wenk, the screenwriter behind The Equalizer, The Expendables 2 and Jack Reacher: Never Go Back, has revealed that he’s been working on a “re-imagining” of the cult 1992 action sci-fi Universal Soldier starring Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren. “I will say that I’m just finishing up a re-imagining — let’s be clear about […]
MGM is rebooting 80s comedy Mr. Mom for the small screen
As part of its new partnership with the Walmart-owned streaming service Vudu, MGM has announced that it is set to reboot the Michael Keaton-headlined 1983 comedy Mr. Mom as a digital series. The original film, penned by John Hughes, saw Keaton playing an unemployed father who becomes a stay-at-home dad to his three young children […]
Jeffrey Dean Morgan and David Strathairn to lead Walkaway Joe
According to Deadline, Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead) and David Strathairn (The Expanse) have been set as the leads in Walkaway Joe, the feature directorial debut of actor Tom Wright (Transformers: The Last Knight, Ray Donovan). The film “follows Dallas who takes to his bicycle to find his pool-hustling father who abandoned his family. […]
