Marvel’s Black Panther has expanded its cast with three new additions in Forest Whitaker (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story), Daniel Kaluuya (Black Mirror) and Florence Kasumba (Captain America: Civil War). Whitaker is set to play Zuri, an elder statesman in Wakanda, with Kaluuya as W’Kabi, a confidant of T’Challa, and Kasumba reprising her Civil War role […]
Chadwick Boseman says Black Panther will be a “grittier” Marvel movie
Having made his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War (which is out today on Blu-ray and DVD here in the UK!), Chadwick Boseman is gearing up to reprise the role of T’Challa for 2018’s Black Panther movie. The actor has been chatting to CBR about the film, suggesting it will have a […]
SDCC: The Vampire Diaries to end with season 8
During its San Diego Comic-Con panel, The CW has announced that The Vampire Dairies is to come to an end with its upcoming eighth season. “I feel so blessed to have been a part of The Vampire Diaries,” said executive producer Kevin Williamson. “It has been a magical, thrilling, life-changing experience. Working with Julie and […]
Black Panther will feature a key 90s flashback
The East Bay Times have reported that Marvel Studios has received the go-ahead to incorporate the 1990s logo for the Oakland, California-based AC Transit public transportation agency for a flashback scene in the Black Panther movie. Fans familiar with the source material of the character will already have a clue as to what flashback will be featured in […]
HBO orders new political series from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
Hoping to continue their fruitful run of original series, HBO has ordered a new political drama from Will Ferrell and The Big Short’s Adam McKay. Given a 10 episode series order, the show which is titled Succession will be a political drama about the saga of The Roys, a fictional family that owns an American […]
Will Ferrell drops out of indie comedy Captain Dad days before production starts
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has dropped out of writer-director Sebastian Silva’s indie comedy Captain Dad, mere days before production was due to begin. The project, which had been due to start production on September 26th, “chronicles an increasingly disastrous family vacation sailboat trip through the Caribbean” and has both Michael Cera and Catherine […]
Will Ferrell, Catherine Keener and Michael Cera join Captain Dad
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has signed on to appear in the vacation comedy Captain Dad alongside Catherine Keener and Michael Cera. The project follows “Rich Peelman (Ferrell), who gives his wife Linda (Keener) the gift of a lifetime for her birthday: a trip through the Caribbean on a sailboat with all six of their […]
UPDATE: Will Ferrell to play Ronald Reagan in political satire
He’s played George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live, and now Will Ferrell is set to portray another American president, with Variety reporting that he will take on the role of Ronald Reagan in the politcal satire Reagan. Based on the Black List script from Mike Rosolio, Reagan “begins at the start of the ex-president’s […]
Michael Giacchino to score the Jurassic World sequel
Fresh from his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Michael Giacchino has confirmed to THR that he’s set to return to the Jurassic Park franchise and will compose the score for director J.A. Bayona’s hotly-anticipated Jurassic World sequel. Jurassic World 2 becomes the latest high profile movie on Giacchino’s slate; next year, he has […]
It’s official: Batman will not feature in the Arrowverse
It was rumoured last month that The Dark Knight could make the leap to TV screens once again as part of The CW’s DC output in Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl or Legends of Tomorrow. The original rumour stated that The CW wanted to bring Catwoman, Orcale and Constatine to the Arrowverse, and had approached Fox […]
