Universal Pictures is looking to snap up the sci-fi spec script Space Race from writer Daniel Kunka (12 Rounds), which has 10 Cloverfield Lane helmer Dan Trachtenberg attached to direct. Plot details for Space Race are being kept under wraps, but Deadline reports that it is being described as “a high concept with four-quadrant tentpole […]
Emily VanCamp to star in Fox medical drama The Resident
Revenge and Captain America star Emily VanCamp has signed on for the lead role in The Resident, a new medical drama pilot from FOX, which has been written by Amy Holden Jones, Haley Schore and Roshan Sethi. The Wrap reports that the series will follow an idealistic young doctor (Matt Czuchry; The Good Wife) as […]
Alyssa Milano cast in The CW pilot Insatiable
Deadline is reporting that Alyssa Milano has signed on to appear alongside Dallas Roberts and Debby Ryan in Insatiable, a new pilot at The CW which is written and executive produced by former Dexter co-executive producer Lauren Gussis. The site reports that the project is inspired by real-life Southern lawyer and top beauty pageant coach […]
Beauty and the Beast opens to $350 million worldwide
Disney’s latest live-action adaptation Beauty and the Beast is off to a stellar start at the global box office, pulling in $350 million around the world and setting itself up for a potential $1 billion plus haul. The film has broken records on both sides of the Atlantic; domestically, it grossed $174 million across the […]
Logan crosses the half billion dollar mark at the worldwide box office
It may have found itself slipping down the charts these past couple of weeks thanks to Beauty and the Beast and Kong: Skull Island, but 20th Century Fox’s latest X-Men offering Logan continues to pull in the cash at the box office, having crossed the half billion dollar mark this weekend. Hugh Jackman’s Wolverine swansong […]
Justin Lin to direct Black Panthers drama The Stand Off for Netflix
Netflix has tapped director Justin Lin (Star Trek Beyond) and screenwriter Mark Heyman (Black Swan) for the upcoming period drama The Stand Off, Deadline is reporting. The film takes place in December 1969 and follows the first major operation of the newly-formed SWAT unit as they raid the los Angeles Headquarters of the Black Panther […]
Hilary Swank and Michael Shannon set for What They Had
THR has revealed that Hilary Swank, Michael Shannon and Robert Forster have joined Taissa Farmiga and Blythe Danner in the cast of What They Had, a drama which centers on a woman (Swank) who must fly back to her hometown and confront her past when her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother wanders into a blizzard. The drama will […]
Pretty Little Liars’ Lucy Hale to play Truth or Dare for Blumhouse
Variety is reporting that Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has joined the upcoming Blumhouse Productions supernatural thriller Truth or Dare, which is being directed by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2). The film has been written by Wadlow, Chris Roach (Non-Stop) and Jillian Jacobs and follows “a college student in Mexico who is conned into playing […]
Kate McKinnon and Mila Kunis teaming up for The Spy Who Dumped Me
According to Deadline, Imagine Entertainment are in talks with Kate McKinnon (Ghostbusters) and Mila Kunis (Bad Moms) for the upcoming comedy The Spy Who Dumped Me, which is being directed by Susanna Fogel (Chasing Life) from a script by Fogel and David Iserson (United States of Tara). The film will see the duo playing “best […]
Universal developing Obama White House workplace comedy
According to THR, Universal Pictures is in development on an workplace comedy centred around the Obama White House administration, which will be based on former White House stenographer Beck Dorey-Stein’s upcoming book From the Corner of the Oval. The site reports from From the Corner of the Oval focusses on the White House as a […]
