Variety reports that The West Wing and Juno actress Allison Janney has just been added to the cast of the upcoming Tonya Harding biopic I, Tonya. Janney will portray Harding’s eccentric and tough mother LaVona, who, in real life, mentally and physically abused her daughter as a youngster. The news comes on the heels of the announcement […]
Transformers star Isabela Moner joins Sicario sequel Soldado
Casting continues on Lionsgate’s Sicario sequel Soldado, with Deadline reporting that Transformers: The Last Knight star Isabela Moner has joined the film, which is being directed by Stefano Sollima (Gomorra) from a script by Taylor Sheridan. Moner is set to portray the daughter of a drug cartel leader who becomes the centre of Matt (Josh […]
Trolls director developing Puff the Magic Dragon live-action/animated hybrid movie
Fox Animation is in development on a movie adaptation of Peter, Paul and Mary’s 1963 folk song Puff, the Magic Dragon, with Trolls helmer Mike Mitchell attached to direct a live-action/animation hybrid feature. Puff, the Magic Dragon tells of an ageless dragon called Puff and his playmate Jackie Paper, a young boy who grows up […]
Ruby Rose to join Pitch Perfect 3 cast
Orange is the New Black actress and model Ruby Rose was already looking to have a huge 2017, between roles in xXx: Return of Xander Cage, John Wick: Chapter 2 and Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, but now, Variety reports that she’ll be adding one more major sequel to her schedule. Rose is in talks […]
Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson is back in action-comedy Paying Mr. McGetty
Kickboxing Champion and legendary action star Don ‘The Dragon’ Wilson is back like you’ve never seen him before in Traditionz Entertainment’s action-packed comedy Paying Mr. McGetty from director Michael Baumgarten (The Martial Arts Kid). After a night of drinking and gambling, Tyrell (R. Marcos Taylor, Netflix’s Luke Cage) is awakened by an angry call from his […]
The Most Influential British Director You’ve Never Heard Of
This week Neil Calloway looks at the career of an overlooked director… Imagine a director who gave early roles to Ray Winstone, Tim Roth and Gary Oldman, who had a film remade by Gus Van Sant, who gave Danny Boyle one of his first producing credits, and who inspired Paul Greengrass. Alan Clarke was that […]
Paul Haggis to write and direct YA adaptation Ship Breaker
Oscar-winner Paul Haggis (Crash) has revealed to THR that he is set to write and direct an adaptation of Paolo Bacigalupi’s 2010 YA novel Ship Breaker. “The books are set hundreds of years in the future, after civil wars, after the ice caps have retreated and the world is populated by people who know nothing […]
Taylor Kitsch to write, direct and star in Pieces
Taylor Kitsch is set to make his directorial debut with the drama Pieces, which is based on his own screenplay and will also see him taking on the lead role. Deadline reports that Pieces revolves around three best friends from Detroit who change the course of their lives by intercepting a drug run. Kitsch is producing the […]
Michael Ealy and director David M. Rosenthal sign on for Jacob’s Ladder reimagining
Deadline is reporting that director David M. Rosenthal is set to reunite with his The Perfect Guy star Michael Ealy in a remake of the psychological horror Jacob’s Ladder. Based on a script by Jeff Buhler and Sarah Thorp from a pitch by Jake Wade Wall (When A Stranger Calls), the reimagining is described as […]
Mike Flanagan to write and direct Inherit the Earth
Ouija: Origin of Evil and Hush director Mike Flanagan has signed on to direct Inherit the Earth for Sony Pictures and Platinum Dunes. Flanagan takes over from director Andrew Adamson, who exited the sci-fi project earlier this year, and will also provide a rewrite of the original script. Inherit the Earth follows a servant robot […]
