Oscar-winner Brie Larson (Room) has signed on to produce and star as the lead in Victoria Woodhull, which tells the story of the first female candidate for the President of the United States. The film is being written by Ben Kopit (Libertine) for Amazon Studios. The logline from Deadline reads: “Woodhull was a suffragist who […]
Lucifer’s final four season 2 episodes held back to season 3
Fox has announced that it is shuffling its plans for the DC/Vertigo adaptation Lucifer, with the show’s producers revealing that the final four episodes of the current second season will be held back until next season, bumping the total episode count for the third season to 26. ”We designed this season to be an 18 […]
SyFy renews The Expanse for third season
Fans of The Expanse should be pleased as SyFy has announced that it has renewed the series for a third season. Currently in its second season, The Expanse will return with 13 episodes in early 2018. “The Expanse is a gorgeous, thrilling, emotional series that has quite simply raised the bar for science fiction on television,” said Chris McCumber, President, […]
Warner Bros. wants The Legend of Tarzan writer for Suicide Squad 2
As Warner Bros. searches for a director for the sequel to Suicide Squad – even going so far as to offer Mel Gibson the job – it seems the studio is now close to hiring a writer for the script. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Adam Cozad has entered negotiations with the studio to pen the […]
Alexander Skarsgård joins AMC’s The Little Drummer Girl adaptation
AMC has found its male lead for its upcoming miniseries The Little Drummer Girl, the adaptation of John leCarré ‘s spy novel of the same name from director Park Chan-wook (Oldboy). True Blood’s Alexander Skarsgård will be joining Florence Pugh (Lady Macbeth) for the six-episode series. Skarsgård will portray Becker, an Israeli intelligence officer, who ropes Pugh’s […]
The Get Down star cast in Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
For all its faults, the now defunct Netflix series The Get Down gave us a stunning ensemble cast, and according to Variety, one of the breakouts, Justice Smith, has been given the lead in the first live-action Pokémon movie, Detective Pikachu. Goosebumps and Monsters vs. Aliens director Rob Letterman will work from a script written […]
The LEGO Batman Movie Collectible Minifigures Wave 2 revealed
Last month it was revealed that a new wave of Collectible Minfigures based upon The LEGO Batman Movie is set for release in 2018, and while we don’t have any promotional images just yet, the folks at EuroBricks have revealed a list of the twenty LEGO Minifigures which will be included in the series: Friends […]
Jamie Bell would like to see Andy Serkis directing a Tintin movie
When a Tintin movie series was first officially announced by Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson back in 2007, the original plan was for Spielberg to direct the first – The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn – with Peter Jackson then helming a second movie after he completed work on The Hobbit. The […]
Mark Ruffalo to produce and star in HBO’s I Know This Much Is True adaptation
Mark Ruffalo has a new project lined up with HBO. After its success of their adaptation of Big Little Lies, the network will work on another adaptation, this time on the 1998 novel I Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb, Deadline reports. Ruffalo will not only star in the miniseries, but produce it as well. […]
Operation Finale grows with additional casting
MGM’s Nazi-hunt drama Operation Finale, starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley, has gained several more actors for its cast according to Deadline. Chris Weitz (A Better Life) is directing from a script by Matthew Orton. It is currently filming in Argentina. Joining Isaac and Kingsley in the film are Ohad Knoller (Munich), Greg Hill (The Wolfman’s […]
