Before he got to play with giant monsters and machines with the upcoming Pacific Rim Uprising, former Daredevil showrunner Steven S. DeKnight spent several years working as a co-executive producer on the fan favourite Superman prequel series Smallville. During an interview with Screen Rant to promote the release of the Pacific Rim sequel, DeKnight has been […]
Kyle MacLachlan, Matt Dillon, Linda Cardellini and Kathrine Narducci join Tom Hardy in Fonzo
With filming on the Tom Hardy-headlined Al Capone biopic Fonzo set to get underway next month, THR is reporting that Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Matt Dillon (Wayward Pines), Linda Cardellini (Bloodline) and Kathrine Narducci (The Sopranos) have joined the cast of the gangster drama. Fonzo is being directed by Josh Trank (Fantastic Four), and will […]
Lucas Hedges to play Shia LaBeouf in biopic Honey Boy, with LaBeouf as his father
THR is reporting that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a drama exploring LaBeouf’s relationship with his father. Transformers star LaBeouf has penned the script under the pseudonym Otis Lort, and will also appear in the film as his father, while Hedges […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War breaks ticket pre-sales record in just six hours
Following the release of yesterday’s second trailer [which you can watch here], Disney and Marvel are celebrating a new record today, with Avengers: Infinity War shattering Fandango’s pre-sales record in just six hours. Variety reports that tickets for the hugely-anticipated blockbuster went on sale at 6am PDT yesterday, and by noon it had already surpassed […]
Steven Spielberg teases Star Wars references and Easter eggs in Ready Player One
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]
Ridley Scott in talks for comic book adaptation Queen and Country
According to The Wrap, Ridley Scott may have found a new project, with the filmmaker in talks to direct the comic book adaptation Queen and Country for 20th Century Fox. Based on Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning series from Oni Press, Queen and Country follows British Secret Intelligence service operative Tara Chace, who is used as bait […]
Melissa Joan Hart will Explain It All again in Clarissa revival
According to THR, Nickelodeon is in early development on a revival of the 90s teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, which will reunite actress Melissa Joan Hart with series creator Mitchell Kriegman. The potential show would see Hart back as Clarissa Darling, now the mother of the family, as well as executive producing the series […]
The Lord of the Rings may dethrone The Crown as the most expensive TV show ever
Last year it was announced that Amazon will be developing a fantasy series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, and now comes a report that the streaming service will be investing around half a billion dollars to bring Middle-earth to the small screen. Amazon reportedly spent $250 million to secure the […]
Demian Bichir and John Cho join Andrea Riseborough in The Grudge
Earlier this month it was reported that Andrea Riseborough (Oblivion) was joining Ghost House Pictures’ horror remake The Grudge, and now comes word from Variety that the actress is being joined by Demian Bichir (A Better Life) and John Cho (Star Trek Beyond). The film, a new take on the 2004 movie (which was itself […]
Peyton List cast as female lead in Gone Baby Gone TV series
Deadline is reporting that Frequency actress Peyton List is set for the female lead in Fox’s as-yet-untitled TV adaptation of the Dennis Lehane novel Gone Baby Gone. List – who is currently portraying Poison Ivy in another Fox series, Gotham – will take on the role of Angela Gennaro, played by Michelle Monaghan in Ben […]
