Todd Phillips’ The Hangover was one of the biggest comedy successes in recent memory; a runaway success at the box office, it also made stars out of its three leads Bradley Cooper, Zach Galifianakis and Ed Helms. Sadly, it was followed by two abysmal sequels, which virtually everyone agrees should never have seen the light of day. Including […]
Netflix finds its Violet and Klaus for A Series of Unfortunate Events
Earlier this month it was revealed that Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother) is to play Count Olaf for the upcoming Lemony Snicket TV adaptation A Series of Unfortunate Events, and now Netflix has announced that it has found two of its Baudelaire children. Malina Weissman, who plays the young Kara Zor-El in […]
ABC developing Watergate event series
ABC and Entertainment One are developing an event series entitled Watergate, which will take place in the Nixon White House during the 1970s scandal; written by Jon Maas (The Last Debate), the project will use John Dean’s The Nixon Defense: What He Knew And When He Knew It and Alden Duer Cohen’s The Women of Watergate […]
Miley Cyrus and Elaine May to star in Woody Allen’s Amazon series
Last year it was revealed that Woody Allen has signed a deal with Amazing to create a TV series for the streaming service, and now Deadline has details on the first casting. The site reports that Allen will star alongside Miley Cyrus and Elaine May, the latter of whom worked with Allen on the 2000 […]
“Contemporary” Nancy Drew TV series gets pilot order from CBS
CBS has placed a pilot order for Drew, which is being described as a contemporary take on the iconic teen sleuth Nancy Drew from the long-running children’s book series. As per Entertainment Weekly, the logline for Drew reads: “Now in her 30s, Nancy is a detective for the NYPD where she investigates and solves crimes […]
Kevin Spacey joins Nicholas Hoult in J.D. Salinger biopic Rebel in the Rye
Kevin Spacey has joined the cast of the upcoming J.D. Salinger biopic Rebel in the Rye, which will star Nicholas Hoult (X-Men: Days of Future Past) as the famed American writer and author of The Catcher in the Rye. According to Deadline, Spacey “will play Whit Burnett, a professor at Columbia and editor of Story magazine. He became […]
David Simon’s porn drama The Deuce gets a series order from HBO
HBO has given a series pickup to The Deuce, a new drama from David Simon (The Wire), George Pelecanos (Treme) and Richard Price (The Color of Money), which is set to star James Franco (The Interview) and Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight). The Deuce follows the story of the legalization and subsequent rise of the porn industry […]
Prison Break’s Robert Knepper joins Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
Deadline is reporting that Robert Knepper (Prison Break, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay) has signed on to appear in the currently-in-production sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back. Knepper is set to play, “Gen. Harkness, a retired general-turned-CEO of a private military contractor firm [who is] described as a man of power, experience and authority who thinks he’s the hero and […]
Netflix orders sci-fi series Altered Carbon from Laeta Kalogridis
Netflix has picked up the sci-fi drama Altered Carbon, which is based upon Richard Morgan’s 2002 cyberpunk novel of the same name and will be written and executive produced by Laeta Kalogridis (Avatar, Terminator Genisys). Altered Carbon “is set in the 25th century when the human mind has been digitized and the soul itself is […]
Leslie Mann replaces Jennifer Aniston in The Comedian
The Wrap has revealed that Leslie Mann (Vacation) has signed on to appear alongside Robert De Niro (Joy) in The Comedian, replacing Jennifer Aniston who has had to pull out of the project due to scheduling conflicts. “Leslie Mann‘s impeccable timing and ability to inject drama into comedy make her the right choice for the […]
