As pre-production continues on the second season of Marvel’s Jessica Jones, Deadline is reporting that the Netflix series has enlisted The Returned showrunner Raelle Tucker as a replacement for outgoing executive producer Liz Friedman. “We’ve had such an incredible response to our first season, on which I’ve been so fortunate to have an extraordinary team all […]
Rumour: Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy and Alexandra Shipp join Fox’s New Mutants, Simon Kinberg suggests “YA vibe”
It looks like casting may be underway on 20th Century Fox’s latest X-Men spinoff New Mutants, with HitFix reporting that Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones) and Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) have signed on to appear in the Josh Boone-directed project.According to the site, Williams will portray the character of Rahne Sinclair/Wolfsbane, with Taylor-Joy as Illyana […]
Disney planning live-action film about Snow White’s sister
Disney is set to make a new live-action Snow White film, although this one will revolve around her sister, reports The Hollywood Reporter.The new film is set to have a “revisionist” feel that would add Snow White’s sister Rose Red into the story. Justin Merz (The Boxcar Children) has written the script for the proposed project, […]
Kevin Bacon joins the cast of Patriot’s Day
After news broke earlier in this week that Michelle Monaghan had joined the cast of upcoming drama Patriot’s Day, it is now being reported that Kevin Bacon (The Following) has signed on for a key role in the film.Based on the events surrounding the 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing, the film will see Bacon play Special Agent in […]
Goosebumps director Rob Letterman will helm the Dungeons & Dragons movie
Rob Letterman knows a thing or two about directing literature to film adaptations, seeing as he has helmed both 2010’s Gulliver’s Travels (based on a satire by Jonathan Swift) and last year’s Goosebumps (based on R.L. Stine’s popular book series), but he is now setting his sights on something a bit different: a role-playing game […]
The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons to headline magic comedy Man-Witch
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons is set to star in a new magic comedy entitled Man-Witch.The actor, who plays genius physicist Sheldon Cooper in the massively successful sitcom, is in talks for the lead role in the film which has been on Warner Bros. production list for over ten […]
Zack Snyder discusses the death of Robin at the hands of The Joker prior to Batman v Superman
From the moment we caught a glimpse of a defaced Robin costume in the trailer for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, it was assumed by fans that Zack Snyder had chosen to incorporate elements of A Death in the Family into the backstory of Ben Affleck’s Dark Knight – namely, the death of the Boy […]
Scarlett Johansson says she talks to Marvel often about a Black Widow movie
It’s perhaps the most demanded solo movie from fans, but there is still nothing in place for a Black Widow movie. But in a new interview, Scarlett Johansson has revealed that she brings it up with the studio all the time.“I talk to them about it often,” she told Variety. “It would have to fit in the […]
The Boy screenwriter to pen Dennis the Menace remake
Variety is reporting that screenwriter Stacey Menear (Mixtape, The Boy) to pen the script for a remake of Dennis the Menace, which is being produced by Gil Netter (The Blind Side, Life of Pi). Created by Hank Ketcham as a syndicated U.S. comic strip in 1951 – and not to be confused with the […]
BBC and Netflix announce star-studded animated adaptation of Watership Down
The BBC and Netflix have announced that they are partnering up for a four-part animated miniseries adaptation of the beloved novel Watership Down, which will premiere on BBC One in the UK and on the streaming service around the world in 2017. The series, written by Tom Bidwell (Bafta-nominated My Mad Fat Diary) and directed […]
