Following on from the news that Freeform has given a pilot order to Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists, Deadline is reporting that Pretty Little Liars creator I. Marlene King and author Sara Shepard are reuniting for an adaptation of Shepard’s 2014 novel The Heiresses, which has received a put pilot commitment from ABC. The Heiresses […]
Mia Kirshner cast as Spock’s mother in Star Trek: Discovery
During an interview with TrekMovie, Star Trek: Discovery showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg have revealed that Amanda Grayson – Spock’s mother, and the adoptive mother of Sonequa Martin-Green’s Lt. Michael Burnham – will be making an appearance this season. The showrunners revealed that Amanda is set to be portrayed by Canadian actress Mia Kirshner, whose […]
James Cameron says Terminator 6 views the later sequels as “a bad dream”, will introduce a new female lead
Over the past week or so we’ve heard several details on director Tim Miller and producer James Cameron’s plans for a sixth Terminator movie. We know that both Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton will be returning to the franchise, and that the new movie will serve as a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day. […]
Alan Tudyk has co-written a K-2SO story for Star Wars Adventures
Having starred as K-2SO in last year’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, actor Alan Tudyk has now turned his hand to writing for the former Imperial droid, with Nerdist reporting that Tudyk has co-written a back-up story in IDW’s upcoming Star Wars Adventures #3. Entitled ‘Adventures in Wookiee-Sitting’, the all-ages tale sees Captain Cassian Andor […]
Kaya Scodelario and Josh Hutcherson set for Romeo and Juliet update Die in a Gunfight
The Mark Gordon Company has set Kaya Scodelario (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales), Josh Hutcherson (The Hunger Games), Olivia Munn (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Helen Hunt (As Good as It Gets) to star in the action romance Die in a Gunfight, a modern update on William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Die in […]
Sanaa Lathan joins The Affair season 4
Shots Fired and American Assassin actress Sanaa Lathan has joined the fourth season of Showtime’s Golden Globe-winning series The Affair in a recurring role. Lathan is set to portray Jenelle, “the tough-as-nails principal of the charter school where Noah teaches, who intrigues him. She’s got a lot to prove to her school’s oppositional administration and […]
The Gifted showrunner confirms that Polaris is Magneto’s daughter in the show
With Fox and Marvel’s new X-Men show The Gifted set to get underway on Monday, showrunner Matt Nix has been talking to Comic Book Resources about the series, and more specifically the character of Lorna Dane/Polaris, played by Emma Dumont. As comic book readers will know, Polaris is the daughter of Magneto, and Nix has […]
Men in Black spinoff sets screenwriters and release date
After toying with the idea of a Jump Street crossover, it seems that Sony has decided to dust off its Men in Black franchise by officially moving forward on a spinoff to the blockbuster franchise. Deadline is reporting that the studio has set a May 17th 2019 release date for the as-yet-untitled film, which has […]
NBC to air The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special
NBC has announced that it is set to air The David S. Pumpkins Halloween Special, a half-hour animation based upon the 2016 ‘Haunted Elevator’ sketch from Saturday Night Live, which saw Tom Hanks as the titular David S. Pumpkins, a mystery man in a pumpkin suit alongside two dancing skeleton sidekicks, played by Mikey Day […]
Annabelle: Creation director helming adaptation of Stephen King’s N.
It looks like Stephen King’s N. is going to be the author’s next work to receive a small screen adaptation, with Gaumont Television announcing that Annabelle: Creation helmer David F. Sandberg has signed on to direct a pilot from screenwriters Andrew Barrer and Gabe Ferrari (Ant-Man and the Wasp). Based on the 2008 novella, which […]
