Deadline has revealed that Ben Whishaw has signed on to star alongside Hugh Grant in the upcoming three-part BBC One drama series A Very English Scandal, which is being directed by Stephen Frears from a script by Russell T Davies. The drama begins in the 1960s, when homosexuality had only just been decriminalized in the […]
Noel Clarke and Ashley Walters set for detective series Bulletproof
According to Deadline, Noel Clarke (Kidulthood) and Ashley Walters (Top Boy) are set to star in Bulletproof, a new detective drama for Sky which they have co-created with Nick Love (The Football Factory). The site reports that the series will be a mix of comedy, drama and action, and sees Clarke and Walters as Bishop […]
AMC announces cast and story details for new comedy drama series Lodge 49
Deadline is reporting that AMC has tapped Sonya Cassidy (Humans), David Pasquesi (Veep), Eric Allan Kramer (Mike & Molly), Brent Jennings (Shameless) and Linda Emond (The Big Sick) to star alongside Wyatt Russell (Everybody Wants Some!!, Ingrid Goes West) in Lodge 49, a new comedy-drama series from creator Jim Gavin, showrunner Peter Ocko and executive […]
Tony Gilroy reworking Methuselah for Warner Bros.
Deadline is reporting that Tony Gilroy (Michael Clayton, The Bourne Legacy) is in talks with Warner Bros. to write and potentially direct the studio’s long-gestating thriller Methuselah, which is being produced by David Heyman (Harry Potter). The project was originally set up by James Watkins and recently had Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell […]
Adam Green debuts secret Hatchet reboot Victor Crowley, will screen at FrightFest this Saturday
Victor Crowley lives! During last night’s ‘Hatchet 10th Anniversary Celebration’ at the ArcLight Cinema in Hollywood, director Adam Green unveiled the fourth entry in the Hatchet series, a reboot entitled Victor Crowley, which is set to receive its European Premiere this Saturday, August 26th, at FrightFest. Set ten years after the first three films, Victor […]
Jordan Vogt-Roberts discusses his Metal Gear Solid movie plans
Fresh from the success of Kong: Skull Island, director Jordan Vogt-Roberts is now turning his attention to his next projects, including an adaptation of the acclaimed video game franchise Metal Gear Solid. Vogt-Roberts has been attached to the project for several years now as he attempts to perfect the script with screenwriter Jay Basu (Monsters: […]
Moonlight’s Ashton Sanders in talks for The Equalizer 2
According to Variety, Moonlight star Ashton Sanders is in talks to join the cast of Sony Pictures’ upcoming action sequel The Equalizer 2. The sequel will reunite director Antoine Fuqua, writer Richard Wenk and star Denzel Washington, while Melissa Leo and Bill Pullman are also confirmed as reprising their roles from the first movie. Former […]
Wolf Warrior 2 becomes only the second film ever to gross $800 million in a single market
Wolf Warrior 2 may have been knocked off the top spot in China by the release of Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but the hit action film managed to add another $15.8 million to its haul, pushing its takings in the Middle Kingdom to an incredible $810 million. The film, […]
Orlando Bloom to lead Amazon’s fantasy series Carnival Row
Back in May it was announced that Amazon has given an eight-episode order to Carnival Row, a new fantasy-noir series from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), and now comes word that Orlando Bloom has signed on to lead the cast of the show. Variety reports that […]
Starz picks up Black Samurai from Common and RZA
Last year it was announced that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2) and RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) are producing a TV adaptation of Marc Olden’s novel Black Samurai, with Common set to take on the lead role of Robert Sand, and now Starz has announced that it has boarded the action-drama series. “We […]
