Actor Luke Hemsworth has teased the return of his Westworld character, Stubbs, for the show’s second season. There are all kinds of questions left to be answered regarding last year’s hit HBO drama Westworld. One of the mysteries remaining after the first season’s climax was just what was the status of Luke Hemsworth’s character, Stubbs, […]
Robert Zemeckis, Matthew Vaughn and Sam Raimi top shortlist to direct The Flash
Warner Bros. hasn’t had the best of luck with directors on its Ezra Miller-headline Flash movie, with Seth Grahame-Smith and Rick Famuyiwa both departing the project due to creative differences. However, it looks like the studio may be closing in on another filmmaker to steer the Scarlet Speedster’s solo outing. The Wrap is reporting that Robert Zemeckis […]
Warner Bros. looking at $150 million loss on King Arthur: Legend of the Sword
King Arthur: Legend of the Sword found itself struggling at the box office this past weekend, grossing just $15.4 million from its domestic opening, and a further $29.1 million from international markets, including $5 million from China. According to THR, the Guy Ritchie-directed medieval fantasy is expected to gross no more than $145 million globally. […]
Matt Reeves hints at possible Andy Serkis role in The Batman
The Batman director Matt Reeves has laid down a possible hint of a role for Andy Serkis in the movie. Serkis and Reeves have worked together on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and the upcoming sequel, War for the Planet of the Apes, where Serkis plays the lead, Caesar. Obviously enjoying his time […]
Rosamund Pike set to play Marie Curie in Radioactive
Actress Rosamund Pike is attached to star in new drama Radioactive as Marie Curie. A Working Title production, Radioactive is being billed as a romantic drama, and is to be directed by Frenchwoman Marjane Satrapi. Being financed in its entirety by StudioCanal, Radioactive is being adapted from Lauren Redniss’ biography of Marie and Pierre Curie […]
Power Rangers’ Ludi Lin joins Aquaman as Murk
Deadline is reporting that Power Rangers star Ludi Lin has signed on to portray the character of Murk in Warner Bros.’ currently-in-production DC blockbuster Aquaman. In DC comic book continuity, Murk is the leader of the front-line army of Atlantis known as the Men-of-War and an ally of Aquaman, although he secretly disobeyed Atlantean law and showed […]
Michael Fassbender’s Magneto reportedly set for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, won’t appear in New Mutants
Last year’s X-Men: Apocalypse marked the end of the initial three film contracts for First Class stars James McAvoy (Professor X), Michael Fassbender (Magneto), Jennifer Lawrence (Mystique) and Nicholas Hoult (Beast), and with 20th Century Fox readying the next slate of X-Men movies – including X-Men: Dark Phoenix and X-Men: The New Mutants – it […]
Zac Efron to play serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile
Variety is reporting that Zac Efron has signed on to play notorious American serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which is being directed by Joe Berlinger from Michael Werwie’s Nicholl Fellowship-winning script. The film explores the dysfunctional relationship between Bundy and his long-time girlfriend Liz. Regarded as charming and charismatic, Bundy was responsible […]
Quantico renewed for third season with change in showrunner
Throughout the last couple weeks we’ve seen the fates for several television series decided as networks announced which shows are renewed and cancelled. And we can now add one more to the renewal list as ABC’s Quantico has been renewed for a 13-episode third season. With the renewal, though, comes a change in showrunner: Josh Safran, Quantico‘s creator […]
Colin Firth cast as lead in Benjamin’s Crossing
Colin Firth has just been cast in the lead role in Pat O’Connor’s Benjamin’s Crossing. Per Deadline, the film is based on the true story of Walter Benjamin, a Jewish philosopher who escaped Nazi Germany by crossing the Pyrenees Mountains in 1940. It will be based on the novel of the same name by Jay Parini. […]
