Deadline is reporting that X-Men and Taken star Famke Janssen has signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in director Nick Powell’s upcoming indie action thriller Primal. The film sees Cage playing a big game hunter for zoos “who has booked passage on an Hispanic freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals […]
Production underway on Disney’s Artemis Fowl
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures has announced that filming is now underway on Artemis Fowl, director Kenneth Branagh’s (Murder on the Orient Express) adaptation of the first book of Eoin Colfer’s best-selling series of the same name. Here’s the official press release from Disney: Descended from a long line of criminal masterminds, 12-year-old genius Artemis Fowl […]
Exclusive: Listen to a song from the documentary Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story
Following its world premiere at SXSW, we’ve got an exclusive song from the documentary Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story, which tells the extraordinary story of maverick British comedian and artist Chris Sievey and his alter ego – Frank Sidebottom. The song, titled ‘I’m in Love with The Girl on the Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout […]
Kristen Stewart to play Jean Seberg in Against All Enemies
Deadline is reporting that Kristen Stewart will be taking on the role of actress Jean Seberg (Breathless) in the upcoming political thriller Against All Enemies, which is being directed by Benedict Andrews (Una). American actress Seberg divided her time between Hollywood and France, where she became a darling of the French New Wave. However, due […]
Ross Lynch to play Sabrina’s boyfriend in Netflix reboot
The cast of Netflix’s upcoming Sabrina the Teenage Witch reboot continues to grow, with Variety reporting that Ross Lynch (My Friend Dahmer) has signed on for a lead role. Lynch will play Harvey Kinkle, the boyfriend of Kiernan Shipka’s Sabrina. His character description reads: “the prince charming of a dark fairy tale, Harvey is the […]
Domhnall Gleeson says his next film The Little Stranger is “a very unsettling psychological ghost story”
The ever-busy Domhnall Gleeson is set to reunite with his Frank director Lenny Abrahamson for his next movie The Little Stranger, and during an interview with Digital Spy the Irish actor has teased what we can expect from their upcoming collaboration: “”I wouldn’t say [it’s a] horror,” said Gleeson. “It’s a ghost story – a […]
Madonna set to direct Taking Flight
MGM has announced that Madonna will be getting back behind the camera to direct Taking Flight, an adaptation of Michaela and Elaine DePrince’s memoir of the same name. Scripted by Camilla Blackett (Fresh Off the Boat, New Girl), Taking Flight tells the true story of Michaela DePrince, an ophan from war-torn Sierra Leone who overcame […]
The Ranger Slayer brings a new Zord to Power Rangers: Shattered Grid
Boom! Studios and Saban Brands have announced new chapters of Power Rangers: Shattered Grid in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #28 and Saban’s Go Go Power Rangers #10. As the battle rages across time and space, the Mighty Morphin team must form new teams to battle Lord Drakkon – a twisted, alternate-reality version of Tommy Oliver, the Green Mighty […]
Cagney & Lacey reboot finds its new Cagney and Lacey
Back in January it was announced that CBS had placed a pilot order for a reboot of the classic 80s cop show Cagney & Lacey, and now comes word that Sarah Drew (Grey’s Anatomy) and Michelle Hurd (Blindspot) will be following in the footsteps of Sharon Gless and Tyne Daly. Written by Bridget Carpenter (Westworld), […]
Karl Urban says Alex Garland was responsible for directing Dredd
Although the film is officially credited to Pete Travis, it has long been rumoured that Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland was responsible for helming 2012’s cult favourite Dredd, and that has now seemingly been confirmed by star Karl Urban. “A huge part of the success of Dredd is in fact due to Alex […]
