Deadline is reporting that Academy Award winners Adam McKay (The Big Short) and Jennifer Lawrence (Joy) are to team up on an upcoming medical drama. McKay is behind the film and will write and direct with Lawrence taking on the lead role of Elizabeth Holmes, the 32-year-old founder of medical company Theranos, a start-up blood […]
Jennifer Lawrence tops Forbes list of highest-paid actresses for second year in a row
For the second year in a row, Jennifer Lawrence has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actresses in Hollywood, with the X-Men and The Hunger Games star banking $46 million over the past twelve months. The site reports that the bulk of Lawrence’s income came from her backend deal on The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – […]
Jennifer Lawrence in talks to join Sandra Bullock for Ocean’s 11 reboot
With the release of her new film X-Men: Apocalypse only a few days away, The Tracking Board is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence has lined up a new project, with the Oscar winner in talks to join the all-female reboot of Ocean’s 11. Gary Ross, who directed Lawrence in the first Hunger Games film, is attached to direct the reboot […]
Michael Douglas and Halle Berry join Adrian Lyne’s Silence
Adrian Lyne, director of such hits as Fatal Attraction and 9 1/2 Weeks, is returning behind the camera for the first time in fourteen years to helm Silence. Lyne, whose last effort was 2002’s Unfaithful, is reuniting with his Fatal Activation star Michael Douglas for the new film, while Halle Berry (X-Men: Days of Future Past, […]
FX orders pilot script for Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans MC
Kurt Sutter’s long-rumoured Sons of Anarchy spinoff is moving forward into development, with Variety reporting that FX Networks has ordered a pilot script for Mayans MC, which Sutter has created with Elgin Hames (Little Birds). “I wanted to find a strong, unique Latino voice,” said Sutter on working with James. “I didn’t think a white […]
Eddie Murphy and Kate Hudson join Richard Pryor biopic
Entertainment Tonight has revealed that Eddie Murphy and Kate Hudson are in talks to join The Weinstein Company’s upcoming biopic of legendary comedian Richard Pryor. According to the report, Murphy has been tapped to portray Pryor’s father LeRoy, an alcohol former boxer and hustler, while Hudson is being eyed to play his fourth (and seventh) […]
Avengers: Age of Ultron’s Claudia Kim joins The Dark Tower
The Tracking Board is reporting that Avengers: Age of Ultron actress Claudia Kim has signed on for a role in The Dark Tower, where she’ll play Arra Champignon, “a character known to be kind and who wishes everyone well. She possesses psychic abilities and seems to come from another world – perhaps another time all together.” […]
Disney pulls the plug on TRON 3
Back in March, it was reported that director Joseph Kosinski was gearing up to shoot the long-rumoured follow-up to TRON: Legacy in October, with Garrett Hedlund and Olivia Wilde set to reprise their roles from the 2010 sequel. Well, those plans have now changed, as The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Disney has chosen not […]
Daniel Bruhl shares his excitement for Captain America: Civil War
With excitement building for the release of Avengers: Age of Ultron next month, Marvel Studios is already gearing up to go into production on its first release of 2016 (and Phase Three) in the eagerly-anticipated Captain America: Civil War. Speaking to The Wall Street Journal, Rush star Daniel Bruhl has shared his excitement about joining […]
Kevin Smith teases Mallrats 2
Last week Kevin Smith dropped the announcement that he’s set to follow up Clerks III by revisiting the View Askewniverse once more with Mallrats 2, and now the filmmaker has taken to Twitter to tease the sequel, posting an image of himself alongside Jason Mewes, Michael Rooker and Stan Lee… SEE ALSO: Kevin Smith explains […]
