Colin Firth has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel, with Variety reporting that the Oscar-winner has signed on to play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. The sequel, which takes place 25 years after the original, will reunite Into the Woods director Rob […]
Colin Firth to star in submarine disaster drama Kursk
Variety is reporting that Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in talks to join the submarine disaster drama Kursk, which also has Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl) attached to star. Kursk is being directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Far from the Madding Crowd) from a script by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), and “tells the […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes gets 10-episode TV series order
Back in January it was announced that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) was adapting Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes as a TV series, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that AT&T’s Audience Network has placed a 10-episode straight to series order, with Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) […]
Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway to lead cast of Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes
AT&T has rounded out the cast of its straight-to-series drama Mr. Mercedes, which is based upon the 2014 Stephen King novel of the same name, and has kicked off production ahead of a premiere in the fall. Deadline reports that Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter) will play Detective Bill Hodges alongside Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) as […]
Amy Schumer set for bachelor party comedy Who Invited Her?
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Amy Schumer is set to star in the bachelor party comedy Who Invited Her? for Universal Pictures. The Trainwreck star will also produce alongside her sister and Inside Amy Schumer producer Kim Caramele, while Inside Amy Schumer writer Tami Sagher is also rewriting the script for the project, which […]
Rumoured shortlist for the next James Bond
Despite the fact there’s been no official word on whether Daniel Craig is retiring his license to kill following last year’s Spectre, sites have been going crazy with speculation as to who could be the next actor to take over as Ian Fleming’s 007. Well, according to The Sun, EON Productions and MGM have identified a […]
Kevin Smith’s Mallrats sequel is now a 10-episode TV series
Back in March of last year, Kevin Smith announced that he was developing a sequel to Mallrats, spending much of the year reassembling the cast of the 1995 cult classic (minus Ben Affleck). Since then, we’ve heard very little in the way of news on the project, with Smith diverting his attention to the upcoming Yoga […]
Hayden Christensen would return to Star Wars “in a heartbeat”
He’s been linked to a return to the Star Wars franchise for both Star Wars: Episode VIII and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and while we’re yet to hear if there’s any truth to those rumours (although we do know he definitely won’t be in the Darth Vader suit in the latter), Prequel Trilogy […]
Disney’s The Jungle Book hits $900 million worldwide
It’s certainly been a stellar year for Disney at the box office so far; Captain America: Civil War leads the way with over $1.1 billion, while Zootopia just reached the billion dollar mark last week. Well, Disney is celebrating another milestone today, with Jon Favreau’s live-action adaptation of the animated classic The Jungle Book reaching […]
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 wraps production, confirmed for San Diego Comic-Con appearance
Director James Gunn has taken to Facebook to share a video of himself and Chris Pratt announcing that filming has wrapped on next year’s hotly-anticipated Marvel sequel Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, as well as confirming that he’ll be bringing the movie – and the cast – to San Diego Comic-Con next month. “We, […]
