According to Deadline, Ben Kingsley has signed on to play the notorious Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Operation Finale, the new thriller from MGM and director Chris Weitz (About a Boy, A Better Life) which sees Oscar Isaac as Peter Malkin, a member of Israel’s Mossad tasked with hunting down Nazis following World War […]
Monica Bellucci and Ben Kingsley set for Spider in the Web
Israeli filmmaker Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree, Dancing Arabs) has tapped Monica Bellucci (Spectre), Ben Kingsley (The Jungle Book) and Itay Tiran (Lebanon) to star in the contemporary spy thriller Spider in the Web, reports Deadline.According to the site, the film will see Kingsley as “a once highly-lauded secret agent, Adereth, who’s is deemed to be […]
Melissa McCarthy set for Christmas comedy Margie Claus
Melissa McCarthy is set to spread some festive cheer, with THR reporting that the actress has signed on to star in the festive family comedy Margie Claus, which is being directed by her husband Ben Falcone. Described as “a broad holiday family musical” in the same spirit as Will Ferrell’s Elf, Margie Claus sees Santa […]
Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted scores almost 5 million viewers with premiere
On Monday night, Fox launched its latest comic book adaptation with the premiere of Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted.Coming off the back of decent reviews [read ours here], the new show managed to score a decent 1.5 rating in the key 18-49 demo, with 4.9 million viewers in Live+ Same Day numbers.Fox will no doubt […]
It star Bill Skarsgard heads to Castle Rock
Bill Skarsgard is set to follow his upcoming turn as Pennywise in It with another Stephen King project, with the actor signing on to appear as a series regular in Castle Rock.The anthology series from Hulu and Bad Robot is described as “a psychological-horror drama set in the Stephen King multiverse that combines the mythological scale and […]
Rumour: Riz Ahmed’s mystery Venom character to appear in Silver & Black
Last week it was announced that Riz Ahmed is in talks to join Tom Hardy in Sony’s SpiderVerse-launching Venom solo movie, with rumours suggesting that he’s being lined up for the role of Carnage or The Chameleon.Well, according to Jeff Sneider of The Tracking Board, Ahmed is indeed playing The Chameleon, and may also appear […]
Spider-Man: Homecoming villain reportedly confirmed for Sony’s Silver & Black
Despite the best efforts of Amy Pascal to convince us otherwise, Marvel’s Kevin Feige has made several statements confirming that Sony’s upcoming Spider-Man spinoffs will not exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.However, if rumours are to be believed, that isn’t going to stop Sony from potentially linking the spinoffs to Spider-Man: Homecoming, with The Hashtag […]
Rumour: Silver & Black to feature Spider-Woman, Kraven the Hunter and more, but no Spider-Man
After tapping star Tom Hardy and director Ruben Fleischer for its Venom movie, Sony announced this past week that it was pressing ahead with another instalment in its non-MCU affiliated Marvel Universe, hiring The Secret Life of Bees director Gina Prince-Bythewood to helm the Silver Sable and Black Cat movie Silver & Black.Now, have your pinch […]
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales opens to $270 million as Baywatch sinks at the box office
The fifth instalment of Disney’s Pirates of the Caribbean franchise set sail this past weekend, with Dead Men Tell No Tales opening to $270.6 million worldwide.The film claimed $62.2 million domestically, the lowest opening for the series since the first instalment Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl opened with $46.6 million […]
Netflix revives Sense8 for two-hour series finale
Well, here’s some rather great news for fans of the cancelled drama Sense8. Just a couple of weeks after ruling out a potential return, Netflix has had a change of heart, and has given the go ahead to a two-hour series finale special which will arrive in 2018.The news was announced by co-creator Lana Wachowski […]
