Fantastic Four star Kate Mara is set to portray Iraq war hero Megan Leavey in an upcoming biopic for director Gabriela Cowperthwaite, reports Deadline. Megan Leavey was a member of a bomb sniffing unit, and was teamed with a dog named Rex. They ended up taking on more than 100 missions together before they were […]
Samuel L. Jackson, John C. Reilly and Tom Wilkinson heading to Skull Island?
After last month’s departure of actors Michael Keaton and J.K. Simmons due to scheduling problems, Deadline is reporting that Legendary Pictures has identified their replacements for the upcoming new King Kong tale Kong: Skull Island. Samuel L. Jackson (The Avengers) is repotedly in talks over the role previously taken by Simmons, with Step Brothers star […]
Josh Trank places blame for poor Fantastic Four reviews on Fox
Director Josh Trank (Chronicle) has responded to the negative criticism aimed at his newest film Fantastic Four by seemingly placing the blame on 20th Century Fox. On Thursday, Trank tweeted out the following, which was then quickly deleted… Trank is obviously unhappy with the film’s final outcome, and he makes it very clear that at […]
David Morse and Stelio Savante join the cast of Invictus Theater’s reading of their new play Jeremiah 5:1
Emmy Nominee & Drama Desk Award winner David Morse (The Hurt Locker, Disturbia, The Green Mile) and SAG Nominee & American Movie Award winner Stelio Savante (The Making Of The Mob, Eisenstein In Guanajuato, American Genius) have joined John Stanisci and Thomas Ryan in the cast of Invictus Theater Company’s reading of their new play […]
Ryan Phillipe to star in Shooter TV pilot for USA Network
Remember Ryan Phillippe, one of the “hottest” young actors in Hollywood in the late 1990s, who starred in Cruel Intentions? Well, he is back, and has nabbed the lead in Shooter, a TV pilot for USA network based on the 2007 actioner starring Mark Wahlberg, reports Variety. Wahlberg is still involved with the small screen […]
William Friedkin to direct The Winter of Frankie Machine
Deadline is reporting that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin is set to direct an adaptation of best-selling novel The Winter of Frankie Machine. Both Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese had previously been linked to the project, as was Robert de Niro, but now it looks like Friedkin is finally getting it off the ground. The adaptation […]
Prison Break returning for limited series
After bringing back 24 and The X-Files, Fox has confirmed that Prison Break is the next show set for a revival on the network, with both Wentworth Miller and Dominic Purcell set to return for a ten episode limited series alongside creator and executive producer Paul Scheuring. “[It’s] a bit of a sequel, it picks […]
Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One set for 2017
Back in March it was revealed that Steven Spielberg is to direct an adaptation of Ernest Cline’s cult sci-fi book Ready Player One, and now its been revealed that Warner Bros., Village Roadshow and DreamWorks have set a December 15th 2017 release date for the film. “Any film from Steven Spielberg is an event film, […]
Fox in negotiations with Marvel for X-Men TV series
Back in October of last year it was rumoured that Fox was developing a TV series set in the X-Men universe, with the reports subsequently confirmed in January when it was revealed that Evan Katz and Manny Coto (24) would serve as showrunners and Star Trek 3 scribes Patrick McKay and JD Payne were tackling […]
Charlize Theron says Mad Max: Fury Road sequel is “news to me”
Back in May following the premiere of Mad Max: Fury Road, director George Miller revealed that he’s already completed the script for the next instalment in the post-apocalyptic action franchise, which is going by the title of Mad Max: The Wasteland. We already know that Tom Hardy is signed on to return as Max Rockatansky […]