American Hustle and Amsterdam‘s David O. Russell is set to direct Sacha Baron Cohen and Keke Palmer in 70s-set road trip drama Super Toys. According to Deadline as well as directing Super Toys, Russell has also written the script, which tells the story of two toy sales reps (played by Borat star Sacha Baron Cohen […]
Disney’s long-planned Splash remake gets a new writer
If you cast your mind all the way back to 2016, you may recall that Disney tapped Jillian Bell and Channing Tatum to take on the Tom Hanks and Daryl Hannah roles in a gender-swapped remake of the hit 1984 fantasy rom-com Splash. No sooner had the project been announced than things fell silent, and […]
Universal and Blumhouse’s The Exorcist sequel adds a new pastor
David Gordon Green is currently in production on a new instalment of the Exorcist franchise, as he looks to repeat the formula of 2018’s Halloween by delivering a direct sequel to the iconic 1973 film which also serves as the starting point for a new trilogy. Not too long ago, Peacock and Universal scooped up […]
Cobra Kai’s Peyton List investigates her own death in School Spirits trailer
Paramount+ has debuted the first trailer for the YA drama series School Spirits starring Cobra Kai breakout Peyton List. Based on the upcoming graphic novel of the same name by Nate & Megan Trinrud and Maria Nguyen, the series sees List as Maddie, a teenager stuck in the afterlife who embarks on an investigation into her […]
Nothing is what it seems in trailer for horror-thriller The Burial
Ahead of its digital release this March, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Michael Escalante’s feature debut, the indie horror-thriller The Burial. Starring Faith Kearns, Vernon Taylor, Spencer Weitzel, and Aaron Pyle, the film follows a man and his girlfriend as they find themselves unwittingly dragged into a murder plot by his […]
Creed III featurette goes behind-the-scenes of Michael B. Jordan’s directorial debut
As the release of Creed III approaches, Warner Bros. has shared two new posters for the latest instalment in the Rocky spinoff series featuring director and star Michael B. Jordan as Adonis Creed; check them out below along with a behind-the-scenes featurette which includes interviews with Jordan and his co-stars Jonathan Majors and Tessa Thompson… […]
Spartacus returning with new sequel series at Starz
Steven S. DeKnight wants to revisit the brutal world of Spartacus. Deadline reports that DeKnight will return to his hit Starz series again, this time with a sequel series following the events of the original. For this still-untitled new series, the creators will look to explore uncharted territory and unique journeys of the original series’ […]
Harley Quinn showrunner teases Kite Man spinoff as “Cheers but for B-list supervillains”
Kite Man has gone from one of the most obscure to a fan favorite because of his recent role in Harley Quinn. The character has grown so much that we are gearing up for an upcoming spinoff series based on the B-list supervillain. Harley Quinn showrunners Patrick Schumacker and Justin Halpern recently spoke to Variety […]
George Clooney to direct espionage series The Department for Showtime
Showtime is teaming with George Clooney and Grant Heslov’s Smokehouse Pictures for a U.S. TV adaptation of the French political thriller series The Bureau, which Clooney will direct for the network. Titled The Department, the project – which has received a straight-to-series order from Showtime – will revolve around a security agency tasked with recruiting, […]
Sight is survival in trailer for Blumhouse horror-thriller Unseen
Ahead of its digital release this March, Paramount Home Entertainment, MGM+ have shared a a trailer, poster and images for Blumhouse’s horror-thriller Unseen. Directed by Yoko Okumura, the film stars Jolene Purdy as Sam, a depressed gas station clerk who receives a misdialled call from a terrified, almost blind woman, Emily(Midori Francis) trying to escape […]
