AMC has given a straight-to-series order for The Terror, a ten-episode anthology drama series from Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions, which is based upon the bestselling 2007 novel by Dan Simmons. David Kajganich (True Story) has written the script and will serve as co-showrunner with Soo Hugh (The Whispers). Deadline reports that the series “is […]
Josh Brolin and Miles Teller cast in Joseph Kosinski’s No Exit
Variety is reporting that Josh Brolin and Miles Teller have signed on to star in No Exit, a firefighter action movie from Tron: Legacy and Oblivion helmer Joseph Kosinski. No Exit has been written by Ken Nolan (Black Hawk Down) and will tell the true story of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, “a group of firefighters […]
Devon Terrell to play young Barack Obama in biopic Barry
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Devon Terrell (Codes of Conduct) has signed on to play a young Barack Obama in the upcoming biopic Barry, where he will star alongside Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch). The site reports that the film will revolve around Obama’s time as a college student and takes place in 1981 as […]
Matt Lanter to star in NBC time-travel pilot
Deadline is reporting that Matt Lanter (Star Wars: The Clone Wars) has been cast as the lead in Time, a new sci-fi action adventure pilot from NBC, which has been created by Eric Kripke (Supernatural) and Shawn Ryan (The Shield). Described as Back to the Future meets Mission: Impossible, Time is “a high-octane drama following […]
Teen Wolf’s Tyler Hoechlin joins Fifty Shades Darker
The Wrap is reporting that Teen Wolf star Tyler Hoechlin has joined the cast of the Fifty Shades of Grey sequel Fifty Shades Darker, where he’ll play Boyce Fox, a work colleague of Anastasia Steele. James Foley (Glengarry Glen Ross) is directing the film, which is being shot back to back with the third instalment […]
J.K. Simmons joins Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day
Variety is reporting that Oscar-winner J.K. Simmons (Whiplash) has signed on to appear alongside Mark Wahlberg in Patriot’s Day, a drama based upon the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings. Patriot’s Day reunites Wahlberg with Lone Survivor and Deepwater Horizon director Peter Berg, and sees Wahlberg as ” a composite Boston Police Department officer who is central […]
The Soska Sisters to remake David Cronenberg’s Rabid
Soska sisters Jen and Sylvia Soska (American Mary, Dead Hooker in a Trunk) have signed on to direct a remake of David Lynch’s classic 1977 horror film Rabid, Variety has revealed. The original film starred Marilyn Chambers as a woman who undergoes a surgical operation after a motorcycle accident and develops a phallic stinger used […]
Jesse Eisenberg says Zombieland 2 “would be wonderful to do”
A few days ago it was reported that Zombieland 2 is still in development at Sony, although it would likely only go into production if director Ruben Fleischer and screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick feel like they’ve got it “exactly right”. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly to promote the release of his new films Batman v […]
Razzie Awards: ‘Winners’ of the 2016 Golden Raspberry Awards announced
As is customary on the eve of the Oscars, The Golden Raspberry Award Foundation “celebrated” the very worst in cinematic achievement over the past twelve months with the 36th annual Golden Raspberry Awards. Worst Picture was a tie between Fantastic Four and Fifty Shades of Grey, with both films sharing the majority of the remaining […]
Disney hires screenwriters for It’s a Small World movie
It looks like The Walt Disney Company is planning on turning another of its theme park attractions into a movie, with Deadline reporting that Tim Rasmussen and Vince Di Meglio (License to Wed, Marmaduke) to pen a script for director Jon Turteltaub (National Treasure, Last Vegas). Disney has had mixed success with its previous attraction-to-movie […]
