Deadline is reporting that Nicholas Stoller’s (Neighbors) upcoming Netflix comedy series Friends from College has secured its cast, with Cobie Smulders (How I Met Your Mother), Keegan-Michael Key (Key & Peele) and Fred Savage (The Wonder Years) set to appear alongside Annie Parisse (Vinyl), Nat Faxon (Married) and Jae Sug Park (The Mindy Project). Friends […]
Steve McQueen to receive BFI Fellowship at the London Film Festival
The British Film Institute and the BFI London Film Festival have announced today the Steve McQueen, the Turner Prize-winning video artist and Oscar-winning producer, director and screenwriter, is to receive the BFI Fellowship during the London Film Festival’s annual Awards Ceremony on Saturday, October 15th. “I first walked into the BFI library and cinema 28 […]
Rumoured plot details for Ben Affleck’s solo Batman movie
Despite Ben Affleck’s recent comments suggesting he’s yet to get involved with a solo Batman movie, rumours persist that Affleck and DC Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns are busy developing a feature for the DC Extended Universe incarnation of The Dark Knight. Fresh from their rumoured plot details about 2017’s Wonder Woman, the folks at Joblo […]
Kevin Smith has already asked to direct part of The CW’s DC crossover next year
Kevin Smith may have made a name for himself directing independent feature films, but he’s been quickly adding episodes of the CW’s various DC Comics adaptations to his resume. He’s already helmed two episodes of The Flash and Supergirl, and is now setting his sights on next season’s inevitable four-show “Arrowverse” crossover event. When questioned about whether he’d be […]
Wil Wheaton cast in Powers season 2
IGN is reporting that Star Trek: The Next Generation and The Big Bang Theory’s Wil Wheaton has signed on for a role in the upcoming second season of the PlayStation Network series Powers, where he’ll play an “exciting, mysterious and powerful” new character soon to be introduced to the comic book. The second season of […]
Ruben Fleischer to direct a COPS movie
Ruben Fleischer (Zombieland, Gangster Squad) has signed on to direct a big screen adaptation of the long-running police reality series COPS, in what is being described as “an edgy narrative with a buddy comedy bent on the order of a Lethal Weapon.” The script for COPS is being written by Cameron Fay, who recently penned […]
Amazon gives pilot order to The Tick reboot
Back in 2014 it was reported that a reboot of the cult comedy series The Tick was in the works, with creator Ben Edlund set to reunite with star Patrick Warburton, who played the title character in the short-lived live-action series in 2001. Well, Amazon has now granted the project a pilot order, although Deadline […]
Ben Affleck to direct and star in Witness for the Prosecution
20th Century Fox is in talks with Ben Affleck to direct and star in an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Witness for the Prosecution. Affleck will also produce the film alongside Matt Damon, Jennifer Todd and the Agatha Christie estate. The film follows a lawyer representing a man accused of murdering a wealthy widow who had […]
Joey King joins The Flash as Magenta
Yesterday it was revealed that Ashley Rickards (Awkward) is set to play The Top in the third season of The Flash, and now comes word from Comic Book that the show has cast another DC supervillain, with Fargo star Joey King signing on to play Magenta. The character description for Magenta reads: “A teen with a […]
Clayne Crawford cast as Riggs in Lethal Weapon TV series
Fox has announced that Clayne Crawford (Rectify) has joined its Lethal Weapon TV pilot in the role of Martin Riggs, played by Mel Gibson in the four feature films. Crawford joins a cast that also includes Damon Wayans (My Wife and Kids) as Roger Murtaugh, Jordana Brewster (Fast & Furious) as LAPD hostage negotiator and […]
