TNT has announced that Denis Leary (The Amazing Spider-Man, Rescue Me) has signed on for a recurring role in the third season of the acclaimed drama series Animal Kingdom, where he will portray Billy, Deran’s (Jake Weary) drifter dad who Smurf (Ellen Barkin) kicked out years ago. “Denis Leary’s extensive and successful career playing complicated, […]
Ursula K. Le Guin’s The Telling being adapted for the big screen
THR is reporting that writer-director Leena Pendharkar (20 Weeks, Raspberry Magic) is working on an adaptation of the late author Ursula K. Le Guin’s acclaimed sci-fi novel The Telling, which has Rekha Sharma (Battlestar Galactica, Star Trek: Discovery) set to star. Le Guin had been working with Pendharkar on the project before her passing this […]
Alyson Hannigan to star in ABC comedy pilot Man of the House
Buffy the Vampire Slayer and How I Met Your Mother star Alyson Hannigan has signed on to star in a new comedy pilot at ABC entitled Man of the House, which has been written by Vijal Patel (Black-ish) and Frank Pines (Baby Daddy) and is said to be based upon Pines’ real life experience. The […]
Stranger Things season 3 adds Maya Hawke, ups Priah Ferguson to recurring role
As it gears up for production on its third season, Variety is reporting that Netflix’s Stranger Things has added Maya Hawke (Little Women) to its cast as one of the new leads, as well as upping Priah Ferguson (Erica Sinclair) to a recurring role. The site reports that Hawke “‘will play an alternative girl’ bored […]
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. showrunners preparing for the end with season five finale
If rumours are to be believed, ABC planned on cancelling the ratings-challenged Marvel TV series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. last year after its fourth season, only to be blocked from doing so by Disney, who mandated a fifth season renewal. Well, with season five now in full swing and the Avengers spinoff slipping to series lows […]
Razzies 2018: The Emoji Movie leads the “winners” of the 38th Golden Raspberry Awards
Despite some stiff competition from the likes of Transformers: The Last Knight, The Golden Raspberry Awards has “honoured” the animated film The Emoji Movie with the Razzie for Worst Picture of 2017. The tongue-in-cheek awards ceremony, which traditionally takes place every year the day before the Oscars, also bestowed Worst Director, Worst Screenplay and Worst […]
Promo images from the series finale of Star Wars Rebels
This coming Monday marks the series finale of Disney XD’s Star Wars Rebels, and after releasing a couple of trailers during the week [watch them here and here], Lucasfilm has now unveiled a batch of promotional images from the first part of the triple-bill finale, ‘A Fool’s Hope’. SEE ALSO: Star Wars Rebels creator says […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi retired the Wilhelm scream
Following the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was initially thought that director Rian Johnson had opted against including the iconic “I have a bad feeling about this” line from the movie, only for the filmmaker to reveal that it was present, albeit delivered by BB-8 in droidspeak. However, while that tradition was […]
Reese Witherspoon and Kerry Washington team for Little Fires Everywhere
According to Deadline, Reese Witherspoon (Big Little Lies) and Kerry Washington (Scandal) are set to executive produce and star in a TV adaptation of Celese Ng’s bestselling book Little Fires Everywhere. Published in 2017, Little Fires Everywhere follows two families living in 1990s Shaker Heights, Ohio who are brought together through their children. Liz Tigelaar […]
School of Rock’s Tony Cavalero to play Ozzy Osbourne in Motley Crue biopic
Tony Cavalero, star of Nickelodeon’s School of Rock TV series, has signed on to appear in the upcoming Motley Crue biopic The Dirt, where he will portray British rock legend Ozzy Osbourne. The film is being directed by Jeff Tremaine (Jackass) and is based upon Motley Crue’s 2001 autobiography The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s […]
