According to The Hollywood Reporter, New Girl star Jake Johnson is the latest actor to join Tom Cruise (Edge of Tomorrow) and Sofia Boutella (Kingsman: The Secret Service) in the upcoming reboot of The Mummy and Universal’s larger cinematic monster universe. The shared universe, which the studio seems to be building in a fashion similar to the Marvel […]
WGN America gives pilot order to Scalped adaptation
Back in April of last year it was announced that WGN America was in development on an adaptation of the acclaimed DC / Vertigo comic book series Scalped, and now it has been confirmed that the network has placed a pilot order for the project. Created by writer Jason Aaron and artist R.M. Guera and […]
Matt Reeves is “starting over” with The Batman and will not be using Ben Affleck’s script
A lot has changed since Ben Affleck announced that he would be directing and starring in his own Batman film. Obviously, Affleck stepped down as director, and after a brief period of uncertainty it was revealed that Matt Reeves (Rise of the Planet of the Apes) would be stepping in to take over. Reeves has […]
Julia Roberts cast in The Bookseller
THR has revealed that Julia Roberts is to headline The Bookseller, an adaptation of Cynthia Swanson’s bestselling novel about a woman in the 1960s who has to reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Roberts is set to play Kitty Miller, “a single woman who runs a bookshop, who finds herself […]
The Walking Dead’s Elizabeth Ludlow joins Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Filming on Godzilla: King of the Monsters got underway last month under director Michael Dougherty (Krampus), and now Deadline is reporting that actress Elizabeth Ludlow (The Walking Dead) has become the latest addition to the cast of the MonsterVerse sequel. As with much of the cast, her role is being kept under wraps for the […]
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Hugo Weaving to star in Melrose alongside Benedict Cumberbatch
Variety is reporting that Jennifer Jason Leigh (The Hateful Eight), Hugo Weaving (Hacksaw Ridge) and Anna Madeley (The Crown) have signed on to star in Showtime and Sky Atlantic’s upcoming limited series Melrose, which is based upon the Patrick Melrose series of semi-autobiographical novels by Edward St. Aubyn. Benedict Cumberbatch is producing the series, as […]
Renee Zellweger and more join Sarah Jessica Parker in Best Day of My Life
AMBI Group have announced the supporting cast set to join Sarah Jessica Parker in the romantic drama Best Day of My Life, with Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones’s Diary), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Common (John Wick: Chapter 2), Simon Baker (The Devil Wears Prada), Taylor Kinney (Rock the Kasbah) and Gus Birney (The Mist) all signing […]
Gael Garcia Bernal, Rosa Salazar and more join Maggie Gyllenhaal in The Kindergarten Teacher
Variety is reporting that Gael Garcia Bernal (Mozart in the Jungle), Rosa Salazar (Alita: Battle Angel), Michael Chernus (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Anna Baryshnikov (Manchester By the Sea), Daisy Tahan (The Nice Guys), Samrat Chakrabarti (In Treatment) and Ajay Naidu (Office Space) have joined Maggie Gyllenhaal (Crazy Heart) in The Kindergarten Teacher. Written and directed by Sara […]
Moonlight’s Barry Jenkins to direct If Beale Street Could Talk
Director Barry Jenkins has found his next feature following the Best Picture-winning Moonlight, with Variety reporting that he is set to helm an adaptation of James Baldwin’s novel If Beale Street Could Talk, which is being produced by Annapurna Pictures. The project “follows Tish, a newly engaged Harlem woman who races against the clock to […]
Annie Parisse joins Al Pacino in HBO’s Joe Paterno film
Vinyl actress Annie Parisse is set to make a return to HBO for the as-yet-untitled film about Joe Paterno and the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. Directed by Barry Levinson, the film sees legendary football coach Joe Paterno (Al Pacino), who is considered to be the most successful coach in college football history, embroiled in Penn State’s Jerry Sandusky […]
