According to Deadline, Michael Ellenberg’s Media Res and Bron Studios have come out successful in a bidding war for the TV rights to David Cronenberg’s classic sci-fi horror Scanners, and are currently developing a small screen adaptation of the movie. Released in 1981, Scanners revolves around a group of people with telekinetic powers called “scanners”, […]
Monica Bellucci to star in sci-fi horror Nekromancer
Deadline is reporting that Monica Bellucci has signed on to star in Nekromancer, a new horror movie from Australian filmmakers Kiah and Tristan Roach-Turner (Wyrmwood). Plot details on Nekromancer are being kept under wraps, but the outlet states that the “genre-mashing sci-fi horror [will] see the return of the Wyrmwood directors to the mix of […]
Pretty Little Liars creators set The Heiresses pilot at ABC
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 […]
