Variety is reporting that Forest Whitaker (The Last King of Scotland) and Vince Vaughn (True Detective) have signed on to appear in The Archbishop and the Antichrist, a post-apartheid drama from director Roland Joffe (The Killing Fields). Based on the play by Michael Ashton, The Archbishop and the Antichrist is “a fictionalized account of Archbishop […]
Greg Germann and Katherine Castro join Andrés Curbelo’s drama Reinbou
Actress Katherine Castro (The Summoning) has joined award-winning American actor Greg Germann (Ally McBeal), in the Andrés Curbelo (Biutiful) and David Maler (Codigo Paz) co-directed Dominican Republic drama movie Reinbou, set to start filming this week in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The fantasy feature film is based on the popular fiction novel Maceta by Puerto Rican-born […]
Syfy acquires female Van Helsing series
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Syfy has acquired Van Helsing, a new series from Neil LaBute, which will follow a female version of the vampire hunter in a near-future where vampires have taken over the world. The site reports that the series centres on “Vanessa Helsing, the next in a lineage of warriors who […]
Burger Wars to return in full to Judge Dredd: The Cursed Earth
For any Judge Dredd and 2000AD fans out there who remember the classic story The Cursed Earth on its original run, yet felt on its republishing and reprints that something was missing and you’ve put it down to your failing memory, well you shouldn’t have – because there was! Now thanks to the Law those fuzzy […]
The Greatest American Hero remake gets pilot production commitment
It looks like The Greatest American Hero is heading back to TV screens, with Deadline revealing that The LEGO Movie directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller are teaming with Dope helmer Rick Famuyiwa for a single-camera comedy remake of the cult 1980s TV series for 20th Century Fox TV. The project will be written and […]
Becky Gomez rounds out Power Rangers cast, original character names confirmed
Lionsgate and Saban Entertainment have round out their Mighty Morphin’ team for the Power Rangers reboot, revealing that Becky Gomez – a.k.a. singer Becky G – has joined the cast of the film as the Yellow Ranger. Gomez joins the previously announced Dacre Montogomery (Betrand The Terrible) as the Red Ranger, Naomi Scott (The Martian) […]
Dan Aykroyd says Ghostbusters reboot may be “better than” original
While Dan Aykroyd, star of 1984’s Ghostbusters, is confirmed to be making a cameo in Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters reboot, the actor has remained rather silent on whether or not he likes what he has seen from the film so far. That is, of course, until now, as during a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly […]
BD Wong to play Professor Hugo Strange in Gotham, Kristen Hager cast as Nora Fries
Earlier this week it was announced that Nathan Darrow (House of Cards) is set to play Dr. Victor Fries – a.k.a. Mr. Freeze – in the second season of Gotham, and now USA Today has revealed that Jurassic World’s BD Wong has secured the role of another iconic DC villain, Professor Hugo Strange. Gotham’s version […]
Pom Klementieff reportedly playing Mantis in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
A couple of days ago it was revealed that Pom Klementieff (Oldboy) has become the first new addition to the cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, in what was being described as a “key role”, although one that was being kept under wraps. Well, according to Deadline, the up-and-coming actress is portraying the character […]
Billy Bob Thornton returning for Bad Santa 2, release set for Christmas 2016
Having been teased for a couple of years now, Variety is reporting that Bad Santa 2 is finally moving forward, with Billy Bob Thornton set to reprise the role of Willy Soke for the sequel to the cult 2003 comedy. “We’ve been waiting far too long to see Billy Bob’s Willie Soke mess with the […]
