Despite receiving a straight-to-series order from the Disney-owned network, THR is reporting that Marvel’s half-hour comedy series New Warriors will no longer air on Freeform, and is being shopped to other outlets.According to the site, the New Warriors pilot “is said to have tested through the roof and caught the attention of high-level Disney executives”. […]
Diane Lane confirms Justice League return, defends Batman v Superman’s Save Martha scene
This probably won’t come as much of a surprise, despite Warner Bros.’ best efforts to keep Superman out of the marketing material, but Diane Lane has confirmed that she will be reprising her Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice role as Martha Kent in November’s Justice League.“I don’t think I’m allowed […]
Diane Lane cast in The Romanoffs from Matthew Weiner
Diane Lane has been cast in one of Amazon’s latest projects, from Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner. Lane will star in The Romanoffs, a one-hour anthology series set around the globe featuring separate stories about people who believe they are descendants of the Russian royal family. Weiner is set to direct all the episodes in the series as […]
Steven Soderbergh explains why he came out of retirement for Logan Lucky
Despite announcing his retirement from feature directing following 2013’s Side Effects and Behind the Candelabra, filmmaker Steven Soderbergh is back behind the camera this year for the heist caper Logan Lucky, and during an interview with Entertainment Weekly he has explained what drew him to this latest film.“I was sitting there on [The Knick] set, realizing […]
Zachary Quinto “hopeful” about Star Trek 4, but it’s not a guarantee
Last year, before Paramount’s Star Trek Beyond even hit theaters, producer J.J. Abrams began sharing plans for a fourth installment in the rebooted film series. While he did confirm that much of the Beyond cast would return for another outing, fans’ interests were piqued by Abrams’ reveal that Chris Hemsworth would return to his role […]
Zachary Quinto, Brian Tyree Henry and Kenneth Choi book into Hotel Artemis
Zachary Quinto (Star Trek Beyond), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta) and Kenneth Choi (Spider-Man: Homecoming) have joined the cast of the upcoming sci-fi Hotel Artemis, which marks the directorial debut of Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3). Jodie Foster leads the cast of Hotel Artemis, and plays a nurse in the near future who runs an underground hospital […]
Caroline Cave joins Van Helsing season 2
Caroline Cave (Cra$h & Burn, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency) has been cast in a recurring role on the second season of Syfy’s Van Helsing. She will play Jolene, Vanessa Van Helsing’s wary friend who supports the cause against the vampires. She will work as second-in-command of a small group of Resistance fighters assigned to […]
Kingsman: The Golden Circle tracking $45 million North American opening
With Kingsman: The Golden Circle set to open later this month, THR is reporting that the Matthew Vaughn-directed spy comedy sequel is tracking a North American box office opening of between $40 million and $45 million.The 2015 original Kingsman: The Secret Service debuted in the U.S. with $36.2 million, and went on to gross $128.3 […]
Riz Ahmed joins Joaquin Phoenix and Jake Gyllenhaal in The Sisters Brothers
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story star Riz Ahmed has joined the cast of the Joaquin Phoenix led The Sisters Brothers.Since coming off HBO’s much loved 2016 mini-series The Night Of, British actor Riz Ahmed has seen his career going from strength to strength.Landing a key role in Rogue One, among a bevy of other top […]
Mark Gibbon reportedly cast as General Zod in Supergirl
It looks like Melissa Benoist’s Girl of Steel is set to kneel before Zod, with Bleeding Cool reporting that Canadian actor Mark Gibbon is currently shooting scenes as the Kryptonian warlord in Supergirl.Gibbon has plenty of previous experience with comic book roles, having appeared in the likes of Man of Steel, Arrow and Smallville, along […]
