Ahead of its premiere tomorrow at the Downtown Los Angeles Film Festival, we’ve got an exclusive clip from director Jean Lee’s Original Sin, a new comedy revolving around a love triangle between a sexually frustrated housewife, her uptight husband, and a freewheeling artist. The clip features a game of Rock Paper Scissors between the artist […]
The Conners delivers biggest series debut of the season but ratings well short of Roseanne
After parting ways with its main star and pulling the plug on the hit revival following Roseanne Barr’s racist tweets earlier in the year, ABC launched its Roseanne-less Roseanne spinoff The Conners last night. The series premiere episode ‘Keep on Truckin’ – which saw the Conner family facing up to life after the death of […]
Mel Gibson says his Wild Bunch remake “was a bad idea at first”
While some might say it still is, Mel Gibson has revealed during an interview with Deadline that he thought his recently-announced remake of Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch was ” bad idea at first”, before he found his own take on the classic 1969 western. “I thought it was a bad idea at first,” said Gibson, […]
Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga confirmed for Annabelle 3
This was to be expected, seeing as young actress Mckenna Grace (Gifted) was cast as their daughter just last month, but now we have official confirmation that Patrick Wilson and Vera Farmiga are set to reprise the roles of Ed and Lorraine Warren in Annabelle 3. The next chapter of The Conjuring Universe will mark […]
Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker is under arrest in latest set photos from the DC movie
In scenes reminiscent of The Dark Knight, the latest set photos for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker movie show Joaquin Phoenix’s Clown Prince of Crime laughing maniacally as he’s hauled away in the back of a Gotham City Police Department patrol car. Of course, there hasn’t been a prison designed that can hold The […]
Netflix sets its cast for October Faction TV series
Earlier this month it was announced that Netflix has placed a series order for a TV adaptation of Steve Niles’ comic book series October Faction, and now comes word that the series has set its cast. As per THR, Tamara Taylor (Bones) and J.C. MacKenzie (Murder One) have signed on to portray the globetrotting monster hunter […]
Martin Freeman to lead parental comedy series Breeders for FX
FX has announced that it has given a ten-episode series order to Breeders, a parental comedy series which will star Martin Freeman (Sherlock, Black Panther) and Daisy Haggard (Episodes, I Give It a Year). Breeders has been created by Freeman, Simon Blackwell (The Thick of It, Veep) and Chris Addison (The Thick of It, In […]
Sam Claflin joins Charlie’s Angels
Variety is reporting that Sam Claflin is set to reunite with his The Hunger Games co-star Elizabeth Banks on the Charlie’s Angels reboot, which is filming now ahead of a 2019 release. Details on Claflin’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actor joins a cast that includes Kristen Stewart (Personal Shopper), Naomi Scott (Power […]
Michael Crichton adaptation Micro enlists new screenwriters
Back in 2015 it was announced that Amblin Entertainment had secured the rights to Micro, the final novel from the late Michael Crichton (Jurassic Park, Westworld), and now comes word from Deadline that the project has enlisted new writers. Neil Widener and Gavin James (Liberty Road, Battle of Alcatraz) have signed on to work on […]
John Cena will be Playing With Fire in new family comedy
WWE Superstar John Cena is close to booking another comedy role, with Variety reporting that he’s in talks with Paramount Players to join Playing With Fire. The family comedy will follow “a group of rugged wildfire fighters who meet their match when they rescue a trio of rambunctious children.” Playing With Fire is based on a […]
