The Thick of It star Chris Addison is set to make his feature directorial debut with Nasty Women, the upcoming gender-reversed remake of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which has Rebel Wilson and Anne Hathaway attached to star. Written by Jac Schaeffer (The Shower), Nasty Women follows two women – one low-rent and the other high-class – […]
Channing Tatum to star in drug cartel drama Bloodlines
Variety is reporting that Channing Tatum has signed on to produce and star in an adaptation of author Melissa Del Bosque’s upcoming book Bloodlines: The True Story of a Drug Cartel, the FBI, and the Battle for a Horse-Racing Dynasty. Bloodlines follows two FBI agents as they work to take down members of a drug […]
Channing Tatum to voice George Washington in Netflix’s first animated feature America: The Motion Picture
Netflix has set Channing Tatum to lend his voice to the United States’ first president George Washington in America: The Motion Picture, the streaming giant’s first foray into the world of feature animation. Described as an R-rated revisionist history tale about the founding of the country, America: The Motion Picture has been scripted by Dave […]
Paul Greengrass and Brian Helgeland teaming up for Ness
Legendary lawman Elliot Ness is set for a return to the big screen, with Deadline reporting that Paramount Pictures has set Paul Greengrass (Jason Bourne) to direct Ness, an adaptation of Brian Michael Bendis and Marc Andreyko’s graphic novel Torso. The project has been scripted by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential), who previously teamed with Greengrass […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger won’t appear in The Expendables 4 without Sylvester Stallone
Over the weekend it was reported that Sylvester Stallone has exited the Expendables franchise due to creative differences with Image / Millennium Films boss Avi Lerner, and now Arnold Schwarzenegger has confirmed that he won’t be back for The Expendables 4 unless Sly is on board. “There is no Expendables without Sly,” said Arnie in […]
Marvel’s New Warriors gets straight-to-series order from Freeform
Back in August it was reported that Marvel and ABC Studios were developing a New Warriors half-hour comedy series with Squirrel Girl taking centre stage. Well, now it has been announced that Freeform has given the show a ten-episode straight-to-series order, becoming the network’s second Marvel property after the currently in production Cloak & Dagger. “Freeform’s […]
Mondasian Cyberman returning to Doctor Who for series 10 finale
Peter Capaldi’s Doctor is going to find himself going up against one of his oldest foes in the upcoming tenth series of Doctor Who, with the BBC announcing that the original Mondasian Cybermen are returning to the show for an appearance in the two-part series finale. The Mondasian Cybermen made their debut in ‘The Tenth […]
Tracy Morgan and Luke Wilson are The Shitheads
Deadline is reporting that Tracy Morgan and Luke Wilson have signed on to the comedy road movie The Shitheads, which is being written and directed by Macon Blair (I Don’t Feel At Home In This World Anymore). The dark comedy is described as “The Last Detail by way of Bret Easton Ellis” and follows “a […]
John Travolta set to headline Speed Kills
According to Deadline, John Travolta has signed in to portray speedboat racing champion Don Aronow in Speed Kills, a new drama from director John Luessenhop (Texas Chainsaw 3D, Takers) and screenwriter David Aaron Cohen (Friday Night Lights). The film will see Travolta as Aronow, “a womanizing multimillionaire who created the Cigarette and other speedboats and […]
Videogame We Happy Few is getting a movie adaptation
Compulsion Games is partnering with dj2 Entertainment and Gold Circle entertainment for an adaptation of the indie survival horror videogame We Happy Few, Variety has revealed. “[Dmitri M. Johnson, Dan Jevons and Stephan Bugaj of dj2 Entertainment] approached us enthusiastically with really solid ideas about how to adapt our game to film while retaining its […]