Earlier this week Universal Pictures and Legendary Entertainment kicked off production on Detective Pikachu, the first live-action Pokemon movie, and now we have word from THR of a new addition to the cast. The site is reporting that Suki Waterhouse (The Bad Batch, Assassination Nation) has signed on to appear in an as-yet-unrevealed role, where […]
Kaya Scodelario, Jim Parsons, Haley Joel Osment and more join Ted Bundy thriller Extremely Wicked
With filming on the Zac Efron-headlined Ted Bundy thriller Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile now underway, Variety is reporting that director Joe Berlinger has rounded out the cast of the film with the addition of Kaya Scodelario (Maze Runner: The Death Cure), Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory), Haley Joel Osment (The Sixth Sense), […]
Larry Fessenden directing contemporary Frankenstein reimagining Depraved
IndieWire is reporting that director Larry Fessenden (Habit, Wendigo, Beneath) is set to begin production on Depraved, a contemporary reimagining of Mary Shelley’s classic Gothic horror tale Frankenstein. Check out the teaser poster here… According to the site, the film will revolve around a field surgeon suffering from PTSD after deployment in the Middle East, who creates […]
Dwayne Johnson takes a leap of faith on the first Skyscraper poster
Following a brief teaser and ahead of tomorrow’s trailer, the first poster has arrived online for the Dwayne Johnson-headlined action thriller Skyscraper; take a look here… Global icon Dwayne Johnson leads the cast of Legendary’s Skyscraper as former FBI Hostage Rescue Team leader and U.S. war veteran Will Ford, who now assesses security for skyscrapers. On assignment […]
Netflix releases poster and trailer for Irreplaceable You
With just two weeks to go until it arrives on Netflix, the streaming service has released a poster and trailer for Stephanie Laing’s feature directorial debut Irreplaceable You. The romantic comedy drama features a cast that includes Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Michiel Huisman, Steve Coogan, Tim Simons, Jacki Weaver, Kate McKinnon, Christopher Walken, and Brian Tyree Henry; take a […]
Riverdale’s Cole Sprouse to star in Five Feet Apart
THR is reporting that Riverdale actor Cole Sprouse, who plays the character of Jughead Jones, is set to headline the romantic drama Five Feet Apart, which is being directed by Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni for CBS Films. According to the site, the film follows “two young people who meet and fall in love […]
The Hitman’s Bodyguard director to helm Unsafe House
According to Variety, director Patrick Hughes is set to follow up the hit action comedy The Hitman’s Bodyguard with another action flick, Unsafe House, which is being produced by Lionsgate. The film, penned by Adam J. Epstein and Andrew Jacobson, reportedly “follows three friends who rent a Bahamas beach house over the summer for some […]
Denzel Washington may direct A Journal for Jordan
Variety is reporting that Sony has tapped Oscar-nominated screenwriter Virgil Williams (Mudbound) to pen an adaptation of Dana Canedy’s A Journal for Jordan, which has Denzel Washington producing and circling the director’s chair. The book tells the true story of Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Canedy’s love affair with First Sgt. Charles Monroe King, who was serving […]
Brandon Routh to play Czar Nicholas II in fantasy Anastasia
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow star Brandon Routh is set to take on the role of Czar Nicholas II, the last Emperor of Russia, in the live-action fantasy Anastasia. Variety is reporting that the film, directed by Blake Harris, revolves around Nicholas’ daughter Anastasia Romanov, who escapes through a portal when her family is threatened by […]
John Logan to script Leonardo DiCaprio’s da Vinci biopic
Back in August it was reported that Paramount Pictures had snapped up the rights to Walter Isaacson’s book Leonardo da Vinci as a star vehicle for Leonardo DiCaprio, and now comes word from Deadline that the project has secured a writer. The site is reporting that Paramount has tapped John Logan, the Oscar-nominated screenwriter of […]
