Streaming giant Netflix is teaming with Nickelodeon to develop a live-action series based upon the beloved animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender, Deadline has revealed. Premiering in 2005 and running for 61 episodes across three seasons, Avatar follows Aang and his friends as they battle to save the world by defeating the Fire Lord Ozai, […]
Chris Evans to lead Apple’s Defending Jacob TV series
Captain America star Chris Evans is set to executive produce and star in Defending Jacob, a limited series from Paramount Television and Anonymous Content which is set up at Apple and follows a father whose teenage son is accused of murder. The Amazon description for the book reads: Andy Barber’s job is to put killers […]
Marvel’s Spider-Man becomes the fastest selling first-party PlayStation title ever
Marvel, Sony and Insomniac Games are celebrating this week; not only has the new PlayStation exclusive Spider-Man game scored huge amounts of praise from fans and critics alike, but it has also shattered sales records, shifting more than 3.3 million copies in its first three days to become the fastest selling first-party PlayStation title ever! […]
Angelina Jolie to produce and star in frontier revenge thriller The Kept
Angelina Jolie is set produce and star in an adaptation of James Scott’s 2014 frontier revenge novel The Kept, which is being scripted by Alice Birch (Lady Macbeth) for Imperative Entertainment. The Kept is set in the winter of 1897 and will see Jolie portraying midwife Elspeth Howell, who returns to her isolated farm home […]
Jamie Dornan and Anthony Mackie set for sci-fi thriller Synchronic
Jamie Dornan (Fifty Shades of Grey) and Anthony Mackie (Avengers: Infinity War) have been cast as the leads in Synchronic, a sci-fi thriller from directors Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead (The Endless). THR reports that the film will see Dornan and Mackie playing “two New Orleans paramedics whose lives are ripped apart after a series […]
Patrick Stewart to play (a) Bosley in Charlie’s Angels reboot
According to THR, Patrick Stewart is in final negotiations to join the upcoming big screen reboot of Charlie’s Angels, which is being directed by Elizabeth Banks (Pitch Perfect 2) and sees Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper), Naomi Scott (Power Rangers) and Ella Balinska (Midsomer Murders) starring as the new team of Angels. The reboot updated the […]
Zack Snyder reveals that Atom was cut from Justice League
While it seems likely at this point that we’ll never learn just what exactly Zack Snyder had in store for us with his version of Justice League, we do keep getting occasional nuggets of info regarding the filmmaker’s original plans for the superhero team-up, and now comes word of another DC hero who almost appeared […]
Ryan Coogler will produce Space Jam 2 with LeBron James, filming to get underway in 2019
After smashing box office record with Marvel’s Black Panther earlier this year, filmmaker Ryan Coogler has now signed on to produce Warner Bros.’ long-gestating Space Jam follow-up, which has NBA superstar LeBron James attached to star. “I loved his vision [for Black Panther], so for Ryan to be able to bring that to kids, it’s […]
Eddie Murphy to star in Grumpy Old Men remake
Eddie Murphy has signed on to star in a remake of the Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau comedy Grumpy Old Men, which is in development at Warner Bros. and New Line Cinema. The film is set to be directed by Tim Story (Ride Along), and will see Murphy portraying one of two ageing neighbours whose […]
The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep adds Bruce Greenwood and Emily Alyn Lind
Deadline is reporting that Bruce Greenwood (Gerald’s Game) and Emily Alyn Lind (Revenge) have become the latest additions to the cast of Warner Bros.’ The Shining sequel Doctor Sleep. The Stephen King adaptation is being directed by Mike Flanagan (Gerald’s Game) and sees Ewan McGregor (Christopher Robin) starring as the now adult Danny Torrance, who […]
