Back in August of last year it was reported that Warner Bros. had tapped Todd Phillips (The Hangover) to co-write and direct a Joker movie, separate from the DC Extended Universe, which will explore the origins of the Clown Prince of Crime. Phillips turned in his script late last year, and it seems it has […]
Lone Starr: A Spaceballs Story gets a fan-made trailer
Earlier this month we got our first look at Disney and Lucasfilm’s second Star Wars Anthology movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, and YouTuber Darth Blender has taken that trailer and mashed it up with footage from the Mel Brooks comedy classic Spaceballs to deliver Lone Starr: A Spaceballs Story. Check it out here… Director […]
Teaser posters for werewolf thriller The Shadow Within starring Lindsay Lohan
Having been absent from the big screen since 2013’s The Canyons, Lindsay Lohan is set to make her return this year with the werewolf thriller The Shadow Within. The project is being shopped to buyers at the European Film Market, and we’ve got a look at a couple of teaser posters doing the rounds in […]
Sam Riley, Aneurin Barnard, Anya Taylor-Joy and Simon Russell Beale join Rosamund Pike in Radioactive
StudioCanal and Amazon Studios have announced that Sam Riley (Maleficent), Aneurin Barnard (Dunkirk), Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) and Simon Russell Beale (The Death of Stalin) have joined Rosamund Pike (Gone Girl) in the cast of Radioactive, the new film from Oscar-nominated director Marjane Satrapi (Persepolis, The Voices). Radioactive tells the incredible, true story of Marie Curie […]
Gail Simone to pen Red Sonja / Tarzan crossover for Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment has announced that the acclaimed Red Sonja creative team of Gail Simone and Walter Geovani will reunite for the first-ever crossover between the Hyrkanian warrior and Edgar Rice Burroughs’ legendary Lord of the Jungle, Tarzan, with Red Sonja/Tarzan set to get underway in May. “It’s an odd thing about my career, especially being […]
Jay Hernandez is the new Magnum, P.I.
Suicide Squad and Bright star Jay Hernandez is set to follow in the footsteps of Tom Selleck by taking on the role of Thomas Magnum in CBS’ upcoming reboot of the classic 1980s TV drama Magnum, P.I.. Developed by Peter Lenkov (Hawaii Five-O, MacGyver) , with Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) set to direct, the […]
Katie Holmes signs on for new Fox FBI drama pilot
Katie Holmes is returning to the small screen for her first series regular role since Dawson’s Creek, with the actress signing on to star and executive produce an as-yet-untitled FBI drama pilot from former Empire showrunner Ilene Chaiken and Melissa Scrivner Love. Deadline reports that the drama, formerly titled Mrs. Otis Regrets, centres on “FBI […]
Robert Rodriguez teams with Kong: Skull Island scribe for sci-fi thriller Hypnotic
THR is reporting that filmmaker Robert Rodriguez is teaming up with Godzilla and Kong: Skull Island screenwriter Max Borenstein for the original sci-fi thriller Hypnotic, which is being produced by Studio 8. Although plot details are being kept under wraps, Hypnotic is described as “a grounded cop thriller with sci-fi elements”, and the hope is […]
The world’s greatest detective returns in Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man
Dynamite Entertainment has announced its continuing exploration of a literary icon – and pop culture sensation – with Sherlock Holmes: The Vanishing Man, a new series written by experienced Holmes writers Leah Moore and John Reppion, illustrated by rising talent Julius Ohta, and featuring cover artwork by superstar artist John Cassaday (Astonishing X-Men, Star Wars). […]
Freeform orders Girls Code pilot from Paul Feig
Ghostbusters director Paul Feig is set to get back behind the camera to direct Girls Code, a new female-led comedy which has received a pilot order from Freeform. The potential series has been penned by Kim Rosenstock (New Girl), and follows “the partnership between a brazen, self-centered tech CEO and a community-building social entrepreneur who […]
