Archie Comics has announced that The CW has renewed its critically acclaimed live-action drama Riverdale for a third season, which will get underway later this year.The modern and subversive take on the classic Archie Comics characters is currently airing its sophomore season on The CW and features a cast that includes KJ Apa as Archie Andrews, Lili […]
Riz Ahmed reportedly wanted for Wonder Woman 2
Last week it was announced that Narcos and Game of Thrones actor Pedro Pascal has been cast in Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Wonder Woman 2, and now comes a rumour from The Tracking Board’s Jeff Sneider that Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’s Riz Ahmed may also be up for a role in the […]
The Walking Dead looking to morph back into “a season 4, season 5 kind of vibe” under new showrunner
As The Walking Dead marches towards its season eight finale, the AMC zombie drama is set for a shake-up ahead of season nine later this year, as current showrunner Scott M. Gimple makes way for the incoming Angela Kang.Given that ratings have been on a somewhat steep decline the past two seasons (dropping to a […]
Rey and Finn won’t be separated in Star Wars: Episode IX
After spending the vast majority of Star Wars: The Last Jedi off on their own individual adventures, John Boyega has confirmed that Rey Finn won’t be separated for the final chapter of Disney and Lucasfilm’s Star Wars Sequel Trilogy.“I haven’t read the script for Star Wars: Episode IX. But Daisy Ridley did shoot me a […]
Al Pacino on being digitally de-aged for Martin Scorsese’s The Irishman
Martin Scorsese is currently in post-production on his latest film, mob epic The Irishman, with the Netflix movie’s budget reportedly ballooning from $100 million to around $175 million thanks in no small part to the extensive visual effects required to digitally de-age its cast.Once such cast member is Al Pacino, who is teaming on the role of […]
Watch an exclusive clip from At Granny’s House
Coinciding with its worldwide release on VOD, we’ve got an exclusive clip from Les Mahoney’s award-winning indie horror At Granny’s House; check it out below, along with the cover artwork and synopsis…A Hitchcockian thriller with twists and turns, made for the YouTube generation with it’s depictions of the ubiquity and downside of cellphone usage and […]
Playground Entertainment to adapt The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock
Playground Entertainment, the company behind the likes of Wolf Hall, The White Queen and Howards End, has won the film and TV rights to Imogen Hermes Gowar’s historical fantasy novel The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock, Deadline has revealed.The book revolves around Jonah Hancock, “a prosperous merchant and widower, whose Captain returns having sold Hancock’s ship […]
Adam Sandler may replace Jonah Hill in Uncut Gems
Hot off his casting alongside Jennifer Aniston in Netflix’s Murder Mystery, The Tracking Board is reporting that Adam Sandler is being eyed as a replacement for Jonah Hill in the thriller Uncut Gems.The film is being directed by Joshua and Benny Safdie (Good Time) from a script by the Safdies and Ronald Bronstein, with Martin […]
Ready Player One opens with $181 million worldwide
Steven Spielberg’s adaptation of Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One has enjoyed a healthy debut at the global box office, pulling in $181.3 million worldwide.Domestically, the pop culture sci-fi grossed $53.2 million across the Thursday to Sunday period to take top spot ahead of Tyler Perry’s Acrimony, and pulled in a further $128 million from international […]
Naruto director gives an update on the planned live-action movie
If you cast your mind back to 2015, you may recall that Lionsgate announced a live action adaptation of the bestselling manga series Naruto, attaching director Michael Gracey to the project.Gracey has since went on to direct the musical hit The Greatest Showman, and during an interview with Collider, the filmmaker offered a brief update […]
