Last week, Marvel officially announced the cast for next year’s Phase Three threequel Thor: Ragnarok, and now two of the stars of the God of Thunder’s next solo adventure have been discussing the film in Mark Ruffalo, who will be reprising the role of The Hulk, and new addition Karl Urban, who is set to […]
Limitless TV series cancelled
Despite the rumour that the Limitless television series was being shopped around to other networks, it is now confirmed the freshman series has been cancelled. Writer and producer Craig Sweeney took to Twitter to announce the news, saying “I’m truly sad to report #Limitless will not continue on any platform. Thanks so much to everyone […]
Colin Firth joins the cast of Mary Poppins Returns
Colin Firth has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s Mary Poppins sequel, with Variety reporting that the Oscar-winner has signed on to play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidelity Fiduciary Bank, in Mary Poppins Returns. The sequel, which takes place 25 years after the original, will reunite Into the Woods director Rob […]
Colin Firth to star in submarine disaster drama Kursk
Variety is reporting that Colin Firth (Kingsman: The Secret Service) is in talks to join the submarine disaster drama Kursk, which also has Matthias Schoenaerts (The Danish Girl) attached to star. Kursk is being directed by Thomas Vinterberg (Far from the Madding Crowd) from a script by Robert Rodat (Saving Private Ryan), and “tells the […]
Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes gets 10-episode TV series order
Back in January it was announced that David E. Kelley (L.A. Law, Boston Legal) was adapting Stephen King’s 2014 novel Mr. Mercedes as a TV series, and now The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that AT&T’s Audience Network has placed a 10-episode straight to series order, with Brandan Gleeson (In Bruges) and Anton Yelchin (Star Trek) […]
Brendan Gleeson and Harry Treadaway to lead cast of Stephen King adaptation Mr. Mercedes
AT&T has rounded out the cast of its straight-to-series drama Mr. Mercedes, which is based upon the 2014 Stephen King novel of the same name, and has kicked off production ahead of a premiere in the fall. Deadline reports that Brendan Gleeson (Harry Potter) will play Detective Bill Hodges alongside Harry Treadaway (Penny Dreadful) as […]
Amy Schumer set for bachelor party comedy Who Invited Her?
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Amy Schumer is set to star in the bachelor party comedy Who Invited Her? for Universal Pictures. The Trainwreck star will also produce alongside her sister and Inside Amy Schumer producer Kim Caramele, while Inside Amy Schumer writer Tami Sagher is also rewriting the script for the project, which […]
Brie Larson reportedly the frontrunner to play Captain Marvel
There has been plenty of speculation about who would play Captain Marvel ever since the Marvel Comics heroine’s solo film was confirmed back in 2014. Though the movie isn’t slated to arrive until 2019, word has it that she’ll show up first in 2018’s Avengers: Infinity War. Kevin Feige recently claimed that we’d be getting big news regarding the […]
Rumoured shortlist for the next James Bond
Despite the fact there’s been no official word on whether Daniel Craig is retiring his license to kill following last year’s Spectre, sites have been going crazy with speculation as to who could be the next actor to take over as Ian Fleming’s 007. Well, according to The Sun, EON Productions and MGM have identified a […]
John Boyega joins Pacific Rim 2, will also co-produce
It looks like Pacific Rim 2 is finally cranking up to go before the camera after a few years of waiting, with news today that Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has signed on to appear in the sequel. Boyega, who played Finn in J.J. Abrams’ Star Wars sequel, is set to play the son […]
