Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have announced the full cast for director Julius Avery’s (Son of a Gun) supernatural World War II movie Overlord, which is rumoured to be part of the shared Cloverfield universe, or ‘Cloververse’. Joining the previously announced Jovan Adepo (Fences) and Wyatt Russell (22 Jump Street) are Jacob Anderson (Game […]
Sam Mendes in talks to direct Disney’s Pinocchio
It looks like Disney may have found a director for its live-action Pinocchio remake, with Deadline reporting that Skyfall and Spectre helmer Sam Mendes is in talks to join the project, which has been scripted by Chris Weitz (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story). Pinocchio is one of many animated classics that Disney is remaking; […]
Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, Ian McKellen, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Modern Family set for Family Guy roles
During the Family Guy panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International this past weekend, executive producer Rich Appel revealed that Bryan Cranston, Niecy Nash, Ryan Reynolds, Ian McKellen, Amanda Seyfried and the cast of Modern Family are set to lend their voices to upcoming episodes of the animated sitcom. Cranston and Nash will play Peter’s Griffin’s […]
Tremors TV pilot adds three to its cast
It looks like we have our first three new additions to the cast of Syfy’s Tremors TV pilot, with Deadline reporting that Emily Tremaine (Vinyl), Megan Ketch (Jane the Virgin) and Shiloh Fernandez (Evil Dead) are joining the previously announced Kevin Bacon. The Tremors pilot will serve as a sequel to the cult 1990 film, […]
Vincenzo Natali to direct the Tremors TV pilot
Deadline is reporting that director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) has signed on to direct the pilot episode of Syfy’s Tremors TV series. The pilot is written by Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle) and will take place 25 years after the original movie, as Perfection, NV once again comes under threat from the killer Graboid worms. […]
Martin Scorsese to follow The Irishman with Leonardo DiCaprio reunion Killers of the Flower Moon
Martin Scorsese is gearing up to shoot his next film The Irishman, which will reunite him with Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci, and after that he’s set to team with another of his frequent collaborators, Leonardo DiCaprio, for an adaptation of Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the […]
Official synopsis for M. Night Shyamalan’s Glass
M. Night Shyamalan is gearing up to go into production on his Unbreakable and Split follow-up Glass next month, and to whet our appetites, Universal Pictures has released a brief official synopsis for the film: Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating […]
Amazon’s Galaxy Quest TV series back on track with new writer
Having put its plans for a TV revival of the cult 1999 comedy Galaxy Quest on hold following the death of Alan Rickman, it seems that Amazon is once again turning its attention to the planned small screen series. According to THR, writer, actor and comedian Paul Scheer (The Disaster Artist) has signed on to […]
Warner Bros. hoping to cast Leonardo DiCaprio for The Joker origin movie, Jared Leto unhappy
Last week it was announced that Warner Bros. is in development on an origin story for the iconic DC villain The Joker, which will be separate from the DC Extended Universe, with Todd Phillips (The Hangover) directing, and legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese producing. Scorsese’s involvement was certainly a surprise, and now THR is reporting that […]
Comic book adaptation The Boys lands at Amazon
Back in 2015 it was announced that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg were looking to follow up Preacher with another Garth Ennis adaptation in The Boys, and now comes word that Amazon has placed a script order. The Boys is being written by Eric Kripke (Supernatural) with Rogen and Goldberg set to direct. According to […]
