The pop culture world suffered some devastating news this week with the passing of Marvel legend Stan Lee. The comic book icon will of course be a huge miss, not least to fans who’ve enjoyed his many cameos across Marvel’s film and television adaptations. In the wake of his passing, it was confirmed by Marvel […]
Akiva Goldsman to adapt Brilliance trilogy for the big screen
Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) is set to write and produce adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling book trilogy Brilliance, Deadline has revealed. Brilliance takes place “in a future world where “brilliants” — the rare 1% born gifted with superior mental abilities — are carefully tracked by the government. Federal agent Nick Cooper, […]
Lucy Hale reteams with Truth or Dare director for Fantasy Island
Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has signed on to the cast of Sony and Blumhouse Productions’ Fantasy Island movie, which will reunite her with her Truth or Dare director Jeff Wadlow. The film, based upon the classic TV series, will see Michael Pena (Ant-Man and the Wasp) taking on the Ricardo Montalban role of […]
Michael Pena and Dave Bautista heading to Fantasy Island
Back in August it was announced that Truth or Dare director Jeff Wadlow is set to reunite with Blumhouse Productions for a big screen reboot of the classic ABC TV series Fantasy Island, and now we’ve got our first casting news on the project. Deadline is reporting that Michael Pena (Ant-Man and the Wasp) is […]
Stranger Things’ David Harbour joins Chris Hemsworth in Dhaka
Last week, Chris Hemsworth shared some first look behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the kidnap thriller Dhaka, and now comes word from THR that Stranger Things star David Harbour has signed on to appear alongside Hemsworth in the cast. Dhaka sees Hemsworth portraying Tyler Rake, a skilled mercenary with a death wish who is […]
Tom Cruise dropped as Jack Reacher for being too short
Although 2012’s Jack Reacher and its 2016 sequel Jack Reacher: Never Go Back both performed well enough at the box office, grossing over $380 million worldwide, author Lee Child has revealed to the BBC that that he has pulled the plug on the movie franchise and is instead looking to produce a rebooted Jack Reacher TV […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters director announces that the movie is complete
It may still have some six months to go until its release, but director Michael Dougherty (Krampus) has taken to Twitter to announce that next year’s MonsterVerse sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters is fully completed and in the can. It is done. With love and gratitude to the thousands of talented people all around […]
Chris Pine learned of Steve Trevor’s Wonder Woman 1984 return during production on the first movie
A few heads were scratched when was first rumoured that Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor would be returning for the sequel to Warner Bros. smash hit DC blockbuster Wonder Woman, and this turned to outright confusion when we got our first look at Steve in Wonder Woman 1984, looking pretty much identical to how he did […]
Chris Pratt in talks to play Simon Templar in The Saint
According to Deadline, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt is in early talks to star as Simon Templar in a big screen reboot of The Saint for Paramount Pictures. Created by Leslie Charteris and originating as a series of books starting in the late 1920s, The Saint revolves around Simon Templar, […]
Chris Hemsworth shares behind-the-scenes photos from kidnap thriller Dhaka
With cameras now rolling on Dhaka, actor Chris Hemsworth has taken to social media to share some behind-the-scenes images from the set of the kidnap thriller, which marks the directorial debut of Sam Hargrave, second unit director and stunt coordinator on Avengers: Infinity War. Week one down here in India. By far some of the most […]
