FX has announced that it has ordered a third season of Atlanta, its acclaimed comedy drama series created by and starring Donald Glover. The Emmy-winning series sees Glover as Earn, a Princeton dropout looking to launch his cousin Paper Boi’s rap career. Brian Tyree Henry portrays Paper Boi, with Lakeith Stanfield as Darius Epps, Paper […]
James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Clarke Peters cast in His Dark Materials
The BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials has added two more names to its cast in James McAvoy (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Clarke Peters (The Wire). Deadline reports that McAvoy will portray the ruthless adventurer Lord Asriel, played by Daniel Craig in the 2007 movie The Golden Compass, who is the father of the protagonist Lyra […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot picks up sci-fi Aporia amid Cloverfield speculation
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has snapped up the sci-fi spec script Aporia from filmmaker Jared Moshe (The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Moshe is attached to direct the feature, with Abrams and Neda Armian producing. The logline is being kept tightly under wraps, but THR reports that […]
Empire’s Grace Byers joins the Hellfire Club for The Gifted season 2
Marvel has announced the first piece of casting for the second season of its X-Men TV series The Gifted, with Empire’s Grace Byers signing on to portray the Hellfire Club member Reeva. The official description describes Reeva as “smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people. […]
Episode titles for Marvel’s Luke Cage season 2 revealed
Marvel and Netflix are heading back to Harlem this month with the arrival of Luke Cage season 2, and showrunner Cheo Hodari Coker has now taken to Twitter to unveil the episode titles for the new season. Whereas season one featured tracks for Gang Starr as its episode titles, season two is incorporating another hip […]
Orlando Bloom, Freida Pinto, Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. join John Ridley’s Needle in a Timestack
Deadline is reporting that Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings), Freida Pinto (Guerilla), Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale) and Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) have joined the cast of Needle in a Timestack, the new film from John Ridley, the Oscar-winning writer and producer of 12 Years a Slave. Ridley is set […]
Star Wars Celebration coming to Chicago in 2019
Lucasfilm has announced that it is bringing Star Wars Celebration to Chicago next year, with the convention set to run between April 11th and April 15th at McCormick Palace. Accompanying the news is a brief teaser, featuring footage from Celebrations past… It will likely be a while before we get any official details as to […]
Eugenio Derbez joins Isabela Moner in Dora the Explorer movie
Last month it was announced that Transformers: The Last Knight actress Isabela Moner has been cast in the title role in the Michael Bay-produced Dora the Explorer movie, and now comes word that Instructions Not Included and Overboard’s Eugenio Derbez is also joining the project. The Dora the Explorer film reunites The Muppets director James […]
Autobot Jazz comes to Transformers: Forged to Fight
Kabam has announced that the fan favourite Autobot Jazz is now available to add to your ultimate squad in the mobile fighting game Transformers: Forged to Fight. Check out Jazz’s bio and gameplay trailer below… One of Optimus’ closest advisers, Autobot Jazz is the bot to go to if a creative solution is needed. Autobot […]
Jennifer Garner to produce and star in Yes Day
Deadline is reporting that Jennifer Garner is set to produce and star in Yes Day, a comedy which has Miguel Arteta (Beatriz at Dinner) attached to direct for Entertainment 360 and Grey Matter Productions. The project, which is in the early stages of development, is based on Amy Krouse Rosenthal and Tom Lichtenhelp’s 2009 children’s […]
