Academy Award winner Forest Whitaker will soon be starring on the small screen, having been cast in the fourth season of FOX’s Empire in a multi-episode arc. Whitaker will portray Uncle Eddie, a “charismatic music icon and bonafide hitmaker, who gave an unknown Lucious (Terrence Howard) his first radio airplay. Decades later, Eddie steps up for Lucious […]
Sons of Anarchy spin-off Mayans MC pilot to be recast and reshot
The pilot for Mayans MC, FX’s spin-off of Sons of Anarchy, will be undergoing some extensive reworking. Variety has reported that the pilot will be entirely reshot and key roles will even be recast as FX continues development on the spin-off. Additionally, Mayans MC will get a shift in its production lead. Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter was originally set […]
UPDATE: David Lynch is not retiring from filmmaking
David Lynch is returning to the town of Twin Peaks this month, having directed all eighteen episodes of Showtime’s revival of his cult 90s series, but if you were hoping he might follow this up by getting back behind the camera for another feature film, we have some bad news for you Asked by The Sydney Morning Herald […]
Netflix cancels The Get Down
Netflix has announced it will not be renewing Baz Luhrmann’s The Get Down for a second season, Deadline has revealed. The Get Down recently aired the second part of its first season on the streaming service last month, with the first being made available last August. The reasons for its cancellation are apparently because of its budget – […]
Bloodline’s final season leaves no dangling threads
The final ever season of Bloodline will leave viewers with no dangling threads according to executive producer Todd A. Kessler. The third and final season of Bloodline is set to drop its last set of episodes on Netflix this Friday and will look to wrap up the traumatic events surrounding the much troubled Rayburn family. There […]
Dwayne Johnson says Black Adam will battle Superman, wants Armie Hammer to play Shazam
With everyone’s attention on DC’s Wonder Woman and Justice League, its easy to forget some of the other plans in the DC Extended Universe post-Justice League. Two of those movies will be based upon Shazam, with one focusing on the hero and the other the villainous Black Adam, played by Dwayne Johnson. In an interview with Fandango, Johnson offered a little […]
Person of Interest’s Greg Plageman joins Taken as new showrunner for season 2
NBC’s prequel adaptation of the Liam Neeson-led film series Taken has just hired a new showrunner for its second season. Person of Interest executive producer and co-showrunner Greg Plageman will take over the reins from former showrunner Alex Carey. The second season of Taken is said to be much more of a procedural series, in the vein of NBC’s hit […]
Alcon Entertainment could lose $80 million on Blade Runner 2049
Despite garnering near-universal acclaim from critics, Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049 struggled to make much of an impact at the box office, with the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece having grossed just over $240 million worldwide. Given its production budget of $155 million, not to mention millions in advertising, THR is reporting that […]
Peter Capaldi to exit Doctor Who after series 10
Peter Capaldi has announced that he’s following in the footsteps of showrunner Steven Moffat by stepping down as the Doctor following the upcoming tenth series of Doctor Who. “I feel it’s time to move on,” Capaldi told the BBC. “I feel sad, I love Doctor Who, it is a fantastic programme to work on. It can’t […]
Full list of winners for the 2017 SAG Awards
With awards season in full swing ahead of next month’s Academy Awards, the Screen Actors Guild presented the 2017 SAG Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles last night, with big wins for Fences, Hidden Figures, La La Land, Moonlight, The Crown, Stranger Things, Orange Is the New Black, Game of Thrones and more. […]
