Japanese actor and martial artist Hiroyuki Sanada will be joining the cast of HBO’s Westworld in a major recurring role for season 2, TV Guide reports. In addition to the fact that Sanada will be playing a new character named Musashi for multiple episodes, the outlet also did a little bit of digging and discovered that […]
47 Meters Down is getting a sequel titled 48 Meters Down
Prepare for another deep dive into shark-infested waters, as THR has confirmed that 47 Meters Down is getting a sequel, appropriately titled 48 Meters Down. Grossing $44 million domestically and an additional $9 million globally on a $5.5 million budget, the success of 47 Meters Down has truly been unprecedented. The summer 2017 shark thriller’s […]
Damien Chazelle’s First Man adds Jon Bernthal to its cast
Jon Bernthal can soon add Damien Chazelle’s name to the list of Oscar-winning filmmakers he’s worked with (a list that includes Oliver Stone, Roman Polanski, Martin Scorsese and Steve McQueen), as the former Walking Dead actor is the latest addition to the cast of the director’s upcoming Neil Armstrong biopic, First Man. The Tracking Board broke […]
Mark Duplass returns to deliver more scares in first look at Creep 2
Mark Duplass will return to terrify another innocent videographer in Creep 2, the upcoming sequel to 2014’s truly chilling found footage horror-thriller. Distribution company The Orchard has unveiled the first official image from the found footage film, which features Duplass as Josef (although he may go by a different name in the sequel), holding up some sort […]
Death Note actor Lakeith Stanfield wants to play the Joker in origin movie
Ever since it was revealed that Warner Bros. is planning an origin movie built around Batman’s archenemy, the Joker, speculation has been rampant about which actor will fill the character’s clown shoes. The film will be under an entirely new DC banner, one that exists outside of the DC Extended Universe, meaning that Suicide Squad’s […]
Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s Fleabag to return for season 2 in 2019
Phoebe Waller-Bridge isn’t finished telling the story of Fleabag just yet, as she announced at the Edinburgh International Television Festival that her hit comedy is returning to BBC Three and Amazon Prime Video in 2019. The star/creator/executive producer/writer confirmed plans for a second season back in March. “I asked myself if Fleabag has more to say and […]
Disney pegs Numan Acar for villainous role in Guy Ritchie’s Aladdin
The cast of Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin film continues to take shape, as Deadline reports that Homeland’s Numan Acar has joined the project. The actor will take on the role of Hakim, who the outlet describes as “the head of the guards” and “right-hand man” to Marwan Kenzari’s villainous Jafar. While Hakim isn’t one of the […]
Shawn Levy’s Uncharted movie will aim to be Indiana Jones for a new generation
It looks like Nathan Drake’s first on-screen outing will, in fact, be taking a few notes from the film series it’s been likened to several times in the past: Indiana Jones. Shawn Levy (Night at the Museum), the director of the upcoming Tom Holland-led Uncharted movie, sat down with the folks over at Nerdist (via Entertainment Weekly), […]
The Exorcist director to guest on The Simpsons’ Treehouse of Horror episode
The Simpsons has landed an icon in the world of horror (and film in general) to make a guest appearance on its upcoming 28th annual “Treehouse of Horror” episode. One of the three chapters of “Treehouse of Horror XXVIII” will see The Exorcist director/Academy Award winner William Friedkin returning to his horror roots for a chillingly […]
Sony sets release dates for Silver & Black, Sicario 2 and more
Hours ago, Sony decided to announce release dates for a number of films on its slate, all of which are due out in 2018 and 2019. Among the recently dated films, the most noteworthy news is that the sophomore effort in Sony’s Marvel Universe (2018’s Venom will be the lead-off film) will, in fact, be […]
