The winners of the 2020 Film Independent Spirit Awards were announced last night, with Lulu Wang’s The Farewell taking home the prize for Best Feature, and Adam Sandler shaking off his Oscar snub to take the award for Best Actor for Uncut Gems. Along with Best Actor, Uncut Gems was also honoured with Best Director […]
Barry Keoghan exits Y: The Last Man series adaptation
After suffering multiple setbacks throughout its development, FX’s series adaptation of Y: The Last Man has now suffered one more. Collider brings words that Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) has exited the series as its lead role. The series went through a change of showrunners last year after FX replaced Michael Green (American Gods) with Eliza Clark (The Killing). […]
Tom Hardy to play Ernest Shackleton in exploration biopic
According to Variety, Tom Hardy (Dunkirk) is set to produce and star in the biopic Shackleton, based on the exploits of explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton, from Heyday Films and StudioCanal. The film will be written by Peter Straughan (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy) with Hardy serving as a producer alongside Dean Baker through their Hardy Son […]
Maggie Gyllenhaal joins Baz Luhrmann’s Elvis Presley biopic
Moulin Rouge! director Baz Luhrmann has made another addition to his upcoming musical biopic based on Elvis Presley. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Maggie Gyllenhaal (The Dark Knight) is the latest to join the film and will star as Elvis’ mother, Gladys Presley. Gyllenhaal joins a cast that includes Austin Butler (Once Upon a Time […]
Jesse Eisenberg is Marcel Marceau in trailer for World War II drama Resistance
IFC Films has released a trailer for the upcoming drama Resistance. Written and directed by Jonathan Jakubowicz, the film tells the story of Marcel Marceau (Jesse Eisenberg) before he became a world-famous mime and explores his work with the French Resistance during World War II. Joining Eisenberg in the cast are Ed Harris, Clémence Poésy, […]
Anya Taylor-Joy’s Magik and Charlie Heaton’s Cannonball feature in latest The New Mutants images
We’ve already seen images for Mirage, Wolfsbane and Sunspot, and now the official Twitter account for The New Mutants has unveiled more promo shots, this time offering a new look at Illyana Rasputin/Magik (Anya Taylor-Joy) and Sam Guthrie/Cannonball (Charlie Heaton); check them out below… SEE ALSO: The New Mutants is influenced by A Nightmare on […]
Benjamin Bratt joins Rosario Dawson in DC/Vertigo adaptation DMZ
Deadline is reporting that Benjamin Bratt has signed on to star alongside Rosario Dawson in DMZ, the upcoming HBO Max pilot from Ava DuVernay which is based on the DC/Vertigo comic book of the same name. DMZ takes place in a near future where America is embroiled in a new civil war and Manhattan is […]
The Vampire Diaries’ Kayla Ewell to play DC villain Nocturna in Batwoman
Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The Vampire Diaries actress Kayla Ewell is set to make her Arrowverse debut with a guest appearance in the thirteenth episode of Batwoman, entitled ‘Drink Me’, where she will portray the vampiric DC villain Nocturna. As per the site, Nocturna’s character description for her appearance in Batwoman calls her “an […]
Quibi releases trailer and posters for Most Dangerous Game starring Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz
Quibi has released a teaser trailer and posters for Most Dangerous Game, one of the upcoming short form mobile-targeted streaming service’s “Movie in Chapters”, which sees Liam Hemsworth and Christoph Waltz leading a cast that includes Sarah Gadon, Zach Cherry, Aaron Poole, Christopher Webster, Billy Burke and Natasha Bordizzo. Check them out here, along with […]
Cobie Smulders joins Kevin Feige and the Russos for guest appearance in The Simpsons
Back in October of last year it was reported that Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige and Avengers: Endgame directors Anthony and Joe Russo are set to guest star in an upcoming episode of The Simpsons, and now TV Line has revealed that they’ll also be joined by MCU veteran Cobie Smulders and her husband Taran […]
