The BBC has announced that it will unveil the new companion for Peter Capaldi’s Doctor in the next series of Doctor Who this Saturday during half time of Match of the Day’s coverage of the FA Cup semi-final between Everton and Manchester United, at approximately 6pm. The new companion will replace Jenna Coleman’s Clara Oswald, […]
Jerrod Carmichael in negotiations to join Transformers 5 cast
Jerrod Carmichael, one of the most successful young comedians working in the business today, is reportedly in negotiations to join the cast of Michael Bay’s Transformers 5. The Wrap learned of the casting from “individuals familiar” with the project, similar to their scoop from around a week ago about Nickelodeon star Isabela Moner being sought after to play […]
Gale Anne Hurd adapting Lore podcast as anthology series
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that The Walking Dead executive producer Gale Anne Hurd is teaming up Propagate Content for a TV adaptation of the popular podcast Lore. Created by Aaron Mahnke, Lore explores the true origins of pop culture’s most legendary horror characters and myths such as vampires, zombies, werewolves, ghosts, serial killers and […]
Jennifer Connelly joins Alita: Battle Angel
THR is reporting that Jennifer Connelly has joined the cast of Alita: Battle Angel, the upcoming manga adaptation from director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron. Based on the Battle Angel Alita series of graphic novels, the film follows an amnesiac cyborg (Rosa Salazar) who is discovered by a scientist (Christoph Waltz) in a junk […]
Eva Green and Gemma Arterton set for Virginia Woolf love story Vita and Virginia
Eva Green (Miss Peregrine’s Home For Peculiar Children) and Gemma Arterton (The Girl With All The Gifts) have been set to play Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West in an upcoming drama exploring the love affair between the two authors. THR reports that the film, titled Vita and Verginia, will explore the sexual relationship between the […]
Michael Sheen and Michelle Monaghan set for The Price of Admission
Deadline has revealed that Michael Sheen (Passengers) and Michelle Monaghan (The Path) have signed on to star in writer-director Peter Glanz’s (The Longest Week) next project, the dramedy-thriller The Price of Admission. The film will centre on “a middling playwright (Sheen) amidst a mid-life crisis and failing marriage. His wife (Monaghan) is tired of being […]
Shailene Woodley to get lost at sea in Adrift
STX Films has snapped up the rights to the sea survival tale Adrift, which will see Baltasar Kormakur (Everest) directing Shailene Woodley (Divergent) in what is being described as “Gravity on the high seas.” The film will tell the true story of Tami Oldham, a woman who sets off on a sailing trip with her […]
Luke Cage hits the streets of New Orleans in new Marvel solo series
Luke Cage is going solo in May with the release of a brand new series from critically acclaimed writer David F. Walker (Power Man and Iron Fist, Occupy Avengers) and rising star artist Nelson Blake II (Romulus), which will see Harlem’s Hero for Hire heading to New Orleans to uncover a mystery dating back to his […]
Peter Jackson’s Mortal Engines finds its female lead in Hera Hilmar
Director Christian Rivers and producer Peter Jackson have found their female lead for Mortal Engines, with Deadline reporting that Hera Hilmar (The Oath, Da Vinci’s Demons) has signed on to appear in the upcoming adaptation of Philip Reeve’s book series. Mortal Engines “is set in a world many thousands of years in the future. Earth’s […]
Brenton Thwaites to star in supernatural thriller Ghosts of War
Australian actor Brenton Thwaites is set to star in Ghosts of War, a new supernatural thriller from writer-director Eric Bress (The Butterfly Effect, The Final Destination), Variety has revealed. The film will follow “five battle-hardened American soldiers assigned to hold a French chateau near the end of World War II. Formerly occupied by the Nazi […]
