The Great Beauty star Toni Servillo is set to reunite with director Paolo Sorrentino on the filmmaker’s new project Loro, where he will take on the role of Italian media mogul and Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. According to Variety, the Italian-language film will explore Berlusconi and his inner circle, and Sorrentino is putting the finishing […]
Penchant Entertainment adapting Hostage to the Devil
Penchant Entertainment has snapped up the rights to Father Malachi Martin’s bestselling book Hostage to the Devil: The Possession and Exorcism of Five Contemporary Americans, with a view to adapting the source material across various feature and TV projects. “Since its publication, Hostage to the Devil has been the canonical book on possession and exorcism […]
Shane Black’s The Predator script said to have a “wicked sense of humour”
Shane Black’s screenplay for his upcoming take on The Predator franchise is said to have “a wicked sense of humour”, according to one of the film’s stars. Predator seems to be one of those series, like Terminator or Alien, that we will always go back to — either with original directors feeling the urge to continue what […]
Thor: Ragnarok’s Hela could play huge role in Avengers: Infinity War
The villain for this year’s Thor: Ragnarok – Cate Blanchett’s Hela – could be up for a big role in the upcoming Avengers: Infinity War. Fans got their first look at the latest Thor movie this week with the release of a trailer that seems to have gone down a storm. And Hela herself looks […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to star in The Man in the Rockefeller Suit
A report from THR has revealed that Benedict Cumberbatch has a new project on the horizon, with Marvel’s Sorcerer Supreme entering talks with Fox Searchlight to star in The Man in the Rockefeller Suit. There is currently no director attached, but a script has been written by David Bar Katz based on the book by Mark Seal. The […]
Josh Brolin will star as Cable in Deadpool 2
After a very long search, Deadpool 2 has finally found its Cable. The Hollywood Reporter has revaled Sicario actor Josh Brolin has been cast as the mutant mercenary in the hotly-anticipated sequel and the deal is said to include up to four films. Deadpool 2 is one of them while Brolin could reprise the role in Deadpool 3 and the long planned X-Force film. […]
Does knowing too much about a film ruin your enjoyment?
Anghus Houvouras on whether knowing too much about a film can ruin your enjoyment… There are still people who decide what movie they’re going to see in the span of time it takes between arriving at the theater and purchasing a ticket. Carefree film fans who are somehow able to miss (or purposefully avoid) the […]
Jude Law cast as Dumbledore in Fantastic Beasts 2
The search for a young Albus Dumbledore is over, with Variety reporting that Jude Law has been cast as the wizard for Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them sequel. “As fans ourselves, we are thrilled to have Jude Law joining the Fantastic Beasts cast, playing a character so universally […]
Regina King and John Ridley reuniting for No Place Safe
American Crime star Regina King is set to reunite with series creator John Ridley to develop No Place Safe, a new drama for FX which is based on the Atlanta child murders of the 1970s and 1980s. Based on Kim Reid’s memoir and penned by Wendy Calhoun (Empire), the series will take place in 1979 […]
Sophie Turner and Asa Butterfield to star in Time Freak
Sophie Turner (Game of Thrones) and Asa Butterfield (The Space Between Us) have signed on to star in the romantic comedy Time Freak, which marks the feature directorial debut of Andrew Bowler and is based upon his Oscar-nominated short of the same name. According to Deadline, the film follows “Stillman (Butterfield), a heartbroken physics student […]