Fans of The Expanse should be pleased as SyFy has announced that it has renewed the series for a third season. Currently in its second season, The Expanse will return with 13 episodes in early 2018. “The Expanse is a gorgeous, thrilling, emotional series that has quite simply raised the bar for science fiction on television,” said Chris McCumber, President, […]
Warner Bros. wants The Legend of Tarzan writer for Suicide Squad 2
As Warner Bros. searches for a director for the sequel to Suicide Squad – even going so far as to offer Mel Gibson the job – it seems the studio is now close to hiring a writer for the script. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Adam Cozad has entered negotiations with the studio to pen the […]
Alexander Skarsgård joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation
AMC has found its male lead for its upcoming miniseries The Little Drummer Girl, the adaptation of John leCarré ‘s spy novel of the same name from director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård will be joining Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) for the six-episode series. Skarsgård will portray Becker, an Israeli intelligence officer, who ropes Pugh’s […]
The Get Down star cast in Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
For all its faults, the now defunct Netflix series The Get Down gave us a stunning ensemble cast, and according to Variety, one of the breakouts, Justice Smith, has been given the lead in the first live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu. Goosebumps and Monsters vs. Aliens director Rob Letterman will work from a script written […]
The LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures Wave 2 revealed
Last month it was revealed that a new wave of Collectible Minfigures based upon The LEGO Batman Movie is set for release in 2018, and while we don’t have any promotional images just yet, the folks at EuroBricks have revealed a list of the twenty LEGO Minifigures which will be included in the series: Friends […]
Jamie Bell would like to see Andy Serkis directing a Tintin movie
When a Tintin movie series was first officially announced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson back in 2007, the original plan was for Spielberg to direct the first – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – with Peter Jackson then helming a second movie after he completed work on The Hobbit. The […]
Mark Ruffalo to produce and star in HBO’s I Know This Much Is True adaptation
Mark Ruffalo has a new project lined up with HBO. After its success of their adaptation of Big Little Lies, the network will work on another adaptation, this time on the 1998 novel I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, Deadline reports. Ruffalo will not only star in the miniseries, but produce it as well. […]
Operation Finale grows with additional casting
MGM’s Nazi-hunt drama Operation Finale, starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, has gained several more actors for its cast according to Deadline. Chris Weitz (A Better Life) is directing from a script by Matthew Orton. It is currently filming in Argentina. Joining Isaac and Kingsley in the film are Ohad Knoller (Munich), Greg Hill (The Wolfman’s […]
Daisy Ridley to shoot Daddio before Star Wars: Episode IX
Variety is reporting that Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in Daddio, a drama from screenwriter Christy Hall (Yours, Isabel, To Quiet the Quiet), which is looking to shoot prior to Ridley’s commitments to Star Wars: Episode IX next summer. The site reports that Daddio “follows a woman who is picked up by a […]
BBC casts David Oyelowo, Dominic West and Lily Collins in Les Miserables adaptation
Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is one of the most well known and adapted stories, being turned into a hit play and numerous adaptations on the big and small screen, the most recent of which was the 2012 feature film starring Hugh Jackman and Anne Hathaway. Now it is getting another adaptation on the BBC as a […]
