Yesterday we brought you the news that Matt LeBlanc is set to star in a new sitcom pilot entitled I’m Not Your Friend at CBS, and now his former Friends co-star Courteney Cox has landed a comedy pilot of her own, with CBS placing an order for the single-camera comedy Charity Case. Written by Robert […]
Josh Gad to star in comedy Heavy Duty
Josh Gad (Frozen, Pixels) has signed on to star in Heavy Duty, a new comedy from Paramount Pictures, which is scripted by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit (1600 Penn, Super Fun Night) from an original idea by Gad. The film will see Gad as “an ordinary guy who believes losing weight will help him live a […]
Starz greenlights The White Queen sequel The White Princess
Deadline is reporting that Starz has given the green light to The White Princess, an eight-episode sequel to the 2013 historical drama The White Queen, which will be adapted from Philippa Gregory’s novel of the same name. The White Queen writer Emma Frost (no, not the X-Men character) will serve as showrunner on the project, […]
Gravity Falls creator says a revival “is not inconceivable”
Back in November, Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch announced that he was bringing the popular Disney XD animated series to an end with the season two finale. However, speaking to EW ahead of the final episode, Hirsch has now given fans hope of that the show may return at some point in the future. “[A […]
Lee Majors to play Ash’s dad in Ash vs. Evil Dead
The Six Million Dollar Man is joining the cast of Ash vs. Evil Dead, with Starz announcing that Lee Majors has signed on to portray Ash’s (Bruce Campbell) father in the second season of the Evil Dead TV series. Meanwhile, having appeared in all three Evil Dead movies, Sam Raimi’s brother Ted Raimi has nabbed a […]
Matt LeBlanc sitcom I’m Not Your Friend gets pilot order and series commitment
Following hot on the heels of the announcement that Matt LeBlanc has joined the BBC’s revamped Top Gear as a present, the former Friends star has now landed himself another project at CBS. Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the network has given a pilot order and series commitment to I’m Not Your Friend, which will […]
Lupita Nyong’o joins sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 12 Years a Slave and Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to star in the sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment. The film will follow “a U.N. worker in a department that was created to represent humankind in the event of […]
Bryce Dallas Howard teases “totally different” Claire for Jurassic World 2
With Jurassic World shattering box office records upon its release this past summer, Universal Pictures wasted little time in green lighting a sequel to Colin Trevorrow’s franchise revival, with Jurassic World 2 set to arrive in cinemas in 2018. Speaking to E! Online (via ScreenRant) at the Sundance Film Festival, Bryce Dallas Howard has been […]
Nicolas Cage to star in Vengeance: A Love Story
Variety is reporting that Nicolas Cage is set to star in the thriller Vengeance: A Love Story from Hannibal Classics, who produced Cage’s upcoming World War II Movie USS Indianapolis: Men of Courage. The project “centers on the aftermath of a victim of gang rape, left for dead in a park boathouse. The victim is […]
Fast and Furious writer penning Thai prison action thriller Champion
Storyscape Entertainment and Pioneer Pictures are teaming up for a new action thriller entitled Champion, which will take place in Thailand’s underground prison fighting world. The project has been written by Gary Scott Thompson, screenwriter behind the original The Fast and the Furious, and “follows the journey of an American locked up abroad who must […]
