The cast of Hulu’s Liane Moriarty adaptation Nine Perfect Strangers continues to take shape, with The Shape of Water and Knives Out’s Michael Shannon becoming the latest addition to the limited series. Shannon is set to portray the character of Napoleon, one of the titular strangers, and joins a cast that includes Nicole Kidman (Big […]
Amy Adams to star in Nightbitch
Deadline is reporting that Annapurna Pictures has secured the rights to Nightbitch, the upcoming debut novel from author Rachel Yoder, and has set Amy Adams to star in a feature film adaptation. Described as a darkly comedic expose on the absurd and feral truths of motherhood, Nightbitch will see Adams playing a former artist who […]
How X-Men: Apocalypse disappointment changed The New Mutants
Back when it was first announced that Josh Boone was working on The New Mutants, reports suggested that both James McAvoy (Professor Xavier) and Alexandra Shipp (Storm) were set to feature alongside the crop of youngsters in the X-Men spinoff. Boone has confirmed recently that the long-delayed movie doesn’t feature any X-Men cameos, but it […]
Killer Raccoons 2! trailer is like Die Hard on a Train, with raccoons
Coinciding with its digital release, Indican Pictures has unveiled a poster and trailer for Killer Racoons 2! Dark Christmas in the Dark, writer-director Travis Irvine’s follow-up to the 2005 musical comedy-horror Coons! Night of the Bandits of the Night; check them out here… On a snowy Christmas Eve, former mild-mannered college student Casey Smallwood is […]
Jordan Peele and Issa Rae team for supernatural horror Sinkhole
Get Out and Us director Jordan Peele is set to team with Insecure and The Lovebirds star Issa Rae to produce a new supernatural horror feature for Universal Pictures entitled Sinkhole. Based on a short story by Leyna Krow, Sinkhole follows “a young family who moves into their dream home, except for the gaping sinkhole […]
Regina King’s Cassius Clay film One Night in Miami picked up by Amazon Studios
Following on from the news that the movie will have its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, Amazon Prime Video has announced that it has secured the rights to Regina King’s (If Beale Street Could Talk, Watchmen) directorial debut One Night in Miami, which takes place on the night of Cassius […]
Bryan Fuller recalls NBC originally wanting Hugh Grant or John Cusack as Hannibal instead of Mads Mikkelsen
Although Anthony Hopkins gave an iconic and award-winning performance as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs, Mads Mikkelsen reinvented the character for a whole new generation in NBC’s Hannibal. However, in a recent interview with Collider, Bryan Fuller, the creator of the TV series Hannibal, recalled the network’s original resistance to casting Mikkelsen in the […]
The Sopranos and Goodfellas writers teaming for new mob drama series
THR is reporting that The Sopranos writer and executive produce and Boardwalk Empire creator Terence Winter is teaming with Goodfellas and Casino screenwriter Nicholas Pileggi for a new mob drama series for Showtime. As per the trade, Winter will write the as-yet-untitled series, “which is based on Pileggi’s in-depth chronology of organized crime in America, […]
The Last of Us TV series will expand and enhance the game’s story, says co-writer Craig Mazin
Earlier this year, it was revealed HBO and PlayStation Productions were adapting the hit PlayStation video game The Last of Us into a television series with Chernobyl creator Craig Mazin and The Last of Us video game creative director Neil Druckmann co-writing the project. During an interview on BBC Radio 5 Live’s Chernobyl Special (via IGN), Mazin explained that the series […]
Chernobyl leads winners of BAFTA’s 2020 British Academy Television Awards
The winners of the 2020 British Academy Television Awards were presented virtually last night, with Sky and HBO’s acclaimed limited series Chernobyl picking up the awards for Best Mini-Series and Best Actor (Jared Harris) to add to the seven BAFTA TV Craft Awards it picked up earlier in the month. Other big winners included The […]
