Earlier this year it was revealed that Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal are reuniting for a new film exploring the 1967 Detroit race riots, and now Star Wars: The Force Awakens star John Boyega has taken to Twitter to announce that he’s joined the cast of the project. https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745324400078106626 https://twitter.com/JohnBoyega/status/745327661971542020 The film […]
Jennifer Lawrence in talks for Darren Aronofsky’s new film
Variety is reporting that Jennifer Lawrence is in talks to join Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, Noah) in the filmmaker’s next mystery project, which is described only as an “untitled indie”. SEE ALSO: Jennifer Lawrence slams Hollywood pay gap in online essay With her commitment to The Hunger Games and X-Men franchises now seemingly over, the […]
Rebecca Ferguson in talks to join Michael Fassbender in The Snowman
Variety is reporting that Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation star Rebecca Ferguson is in talks to join Michael Fassbender (Macbeth) in Working Title’s upcoming adaptation of Jo Nesbo’s crime novel The Snowman. The Snowman is being directed by Thomas Alfredson (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), with Martin Scorsese (The Wolf of Wall Street) attached as executive producer alongside […]
Channing Tatum producing buddy cop comedy series Iron Fisting
Entertainment Weekly has got its hands on the first poster for Iron Fisting, a new buddy cop action-comedy series from Channing Tatum’s production company Free Association. Iron Fisting is “billed as an ’80s Romanian cop show that will follow the adventures of a pair of mismatched policemen partners. The series will poke fun at the […]
Mark Millar unveils new black female Kick-Ass
Kick-Ass is set to get a makeover, with Mark Millar revealing to The Hollywood Reporter that Dave Lizewski is set to be replacing by a new black female character for the upcoming series Kick-Ass: The New Girl, which will see Millar once again collaborating with co-creator John Romita Jr. “Comics is not short of white […]
Robert Rodriguez to direct James Cameron’s Battle Angel Alita
With James Cameron seemingly deciding to spend the rest of his career exploring the world of Pandora with his trio of Avatar sequels, it has been announced that Robert Rodriguez (Spy Kids, Machete) has signed on to direct Cameron’s long-gestating manga adaptation Battle Angel Alita. “Robert and I have been looking for a film to […]
Charlize Theron in talks for The Gray Man
It looks like Sony Pictures’ The Gray Man may need a title change, as Deadline is reporting that Mad Max: Fury Road star Charlize Theron has entered talks for the lead role in the upcoming action thriller. The project is based upon the novel of the same name by Mark Greaney, and previously had Brad […]
Leonardo DiCaprio to produce The Outlaw Ocean for Netflix
Having signed a first-look deal with Netflix, Leonardo DiCaprio’s Appian Way production company looks to have found its first project for the streaming giant, with The Tracking Board reporting that the Oscar-winner is set to produce the action thriller The Outlaw Ocean. Based on a series of articles by reporter Ian Urbina for The New […]
Fox partners with Marvel Television for X-Men series Hellfire and Legion
Well, it looks like Fox has secured Marvel’s agreement to take the X-Men franchise to the small screen, as two X-Men TV pilots have officially been announced today by the studio and Marvel Television, with Hellfire set up at Fox TV and Legion at FX. Hellfire will be set in the late 1960s. The series — […]
Tricia Helfer to play Lucifer’s Mother in season 2
TV Line is reporting that Tricia Helfer (Battlestar Galactica) is set to portray Lucifer’s (Tom Ellis) mother in the second season of Fox’s DC / Vertigo TV adaptation Lucifer. Her official character description reads as follows: Trapped in Hell for thousands of years by God (her ex-husband), the Mother of Angels is now free on […]
