After great success with 2013’s Frances Ha, and his latest effort While We’re Young set for an Easter release, it seems that writer/director Noah Baumbach can do no wrong. And this weekend, Fox Searchlight Pictures Presidents Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula have announced that the company has acquired worldwide rights to Baumbach’s next comedy Mistress […]
Rodrigo Santoro to play Jesus in Ben-Hur remake
Rodrigo Santoro (300: Rise on an Empire) is in final negotiations to play Jesus Christ in the upcoming MGM and Paramount Pictures in Ben-Hur, the remake of the 1959 Charlton Heston classic. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch) is directing the movie, which is an adaptation of the Lew Wallace novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the […]
BBC announces start of production on Doctor Who series 9, guest stars revealed
The BBC has announced that the new series of Doctor Who has begun filming ready for its return to the small screen this autumn. In addition, they have also revealed a selection of guest stars who will feature in the two-part opening episode. Paul Kaye (Game of Thrones) is one of those guests involved, and […]
SDCC: M. Night Shyamalan is still keen on an Unbreakable sequel, but “it has to be a completely original take”
Despite the fact that the movie was released fifteen years ago, it seems that M. Night Shyamalan can’t go a couple of months without being asked about the possibility of a sequel to Unbreakable, and sure enough IGN put the question to the filmmaker once again this weekend at the San Diego Comic-Con. “The short […]
M. Night Shyamalan still holding out hope for Unbreakable sequel
During an interview with Collider to promote his new television series Wayward Pines, M. Night Shyamalan got onto the topic of the long-rumoured sequel to 2000’s Unbreakable, stating that he’s still holding out hope that it could become a reality. “I love those characters and I love that world. Of course, the whole world makes […]
World War Z sequel receiving a rewrite, director was courted for Jurassic World 2
Paramount Pictures is pressing ahead with its plans for a sequel to World War Z, after almost losing director J.A. Bayona (The Impossible) to Universal for the upcoming Jurassic World 2. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Universal wanted Bayona to succeed Colin Trevorrow on the blockbuster dinosaur franchise, although the filmmaker is tied to a […]
Abbey Lee joins Elle Fanning in Nicolas Winding Refn’s The Neon Demon
Australian supermodel-turned-actress Abbey Lee (Mad Max: Fury Road) has signed on for a role in The Neon Demon, the upcoming female-led horror from director Nicolas Winding Refn (Drive), where she’ll join the previously announced Elle Fanning (Maleficent). According to Deadline, Lee will play Sarah, “a cool ringleader that other girls want to follow. Envious, emotionally […]
Saw: Legacy adds Laura Vandervoort and Hannah Anderson, release set for October
Saw: Legacy, the next instalment of the Saw franchise, is coming and much sooner than expected. Variety has announced that Smallville and Bitten actress Laura Vandervoort and Shoot the Messenger’s Hannah Anderson are set to star in the horror sequel, and not only that, but the film was secretly shot last November for an October 27th, 2017 release date. This is surprising […]
Steven Soderbergh developing Panama Papers movie
Well, so much for his retirement… The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Steven Soderbergh is set to follow-up the currently-in-production Logan Lucky with a movie based upon the Panama Papers scandal, which he is producing with an eye to direct. The movie will be based upon Jake Bernstein’s upcoming book The Secrecy World, and will explore […]
John Barrowman’s Malcolm Merlyn promoted to series regular across all of The CW’s DC shows
John Barrowman fans rejoice, as it looks like we’ll be seeing a lot more of his Malcolm Merlyn on The CW, with the British actor signing a deal to appear as a series regular across all of the network’s Arrowverse shows. Barrowman’s deal is similar to that signed by Wentworth Miller back in May, and […]
