History has announced that its eight-part docudrama Barbarians Rising – which charts the rise and fall of the Roman Empire – is set to premiere in the States on June 6th, before making its way to the UK in June. Deadline reports that “the series chronicles a wave of rebellions against absolute power by those […]
Duracell’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens commercial features a Battle for Christmas Morning
No need for the Duracell bunny in your batteries this Christmas, as all of the world’s toys will be powered by The Force thanks to a new TV advert for Star Wars: The Force Awakens. In the advert, a young boy changes his batteries to Duracell and soon enough his lightsaber is ready for action […]
Jonathan Rhys Meyers set for WWII drama The 12th Man
Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tudors) has signed on to star in the World War II drama The 12th Man, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The 12th Man tells “the story of Jan Baalsrud, a Norwegian resistance fighter, one of a dozen saboteurs trained by British intelligence to carry out a raid on an air traffic control […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson could take lead in Doug Liman’s The Wall
Variety is reporting that Godzilla and Avengers: Age of Ultron star Aaron Taylor-Johnson is being lined up to take the lead role in upcoming Amazon thriller The Wall. The Wall, which will be the first original film created by Amazon Studios, is being directed by Doug Liman (Edge of Tomorrow) from a script by Dwain Worell […]
Andrew Garfield teaming with It Follows director David Robert Mitchell for Under the Silver Lake
Variety is reporting that Andrew Garfield has signed on to star in Under the Silver Lake, a “modern-day crime thriller set in Los Angeles”, which will be directed by David Robert Mitchell, the filmmaker behind the critically-acclaimed horror It Follows. “David Robert Mitchell is one of the great new voices in cinema and I am […]
Tim Matheson and Cynthia Nixon to play Ronald and Nancy Reagan in Killing Reagan
Having enjoyed huge success with their adaptations of Killing Lincoln, Killing Kennedy and Killing Jesus, the National Geographic Channel is now set to adapt Bill O’Reilly’s book Killing Reagan, with Tim Matheson (The West Wing) signing on to portray President Ronald Reagan alongside Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) as First Lady Nancy Reagan. “We […]
Jessica Biel and Clive Owen sign on for Invisible
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Jessica Biel and Clive Owen have signed on to star in the relationship drama Invisible, whcih is being directed by Danis Tanovic (No Man’s Land). The film “follows Felix (Owen) and Ann (Biel) who, despite their perfect lives, find themselves wanting more. On the other side of London — Anton, Hana […]
Colin Farrell to reteam with The Lobster director Yorgos Lanthimos
Variety is reporting news from Cannes that Colin Farrell is set to reteam with director Yorgos Lanthimos for The Killing of a Sacred Deer. Farrell and Lanthimos had previously collaborated together on last year’s The Lobster and the two will reunite on the new film, which is set to go into production this summer. Ed Guiney and […]
Jack O’Connell to headline Netflix’s new show Godless
Jack O’Connell (Money Monster, Unbroken) is set to lead the cast of Godless, the new Western drama series from Netflix. Steven Soderbergh (Behind the Candelabra) and Scott Frank are behind the new show which is reportedly set in 1884 and “centers on Frank Griffin, a menacing outlaw who is terrorizing the West as he hunts […]
Cecily Strong to join Jessica Chastain in Plus One
Saturday Night Live star Cecily Strong is in talks to join Jessica Chastain (The Huntsman: Winter’s War, The Martian) in the upcoming comedy Plus One. Patrick Brice (The Overnight) is directing the film which follows “a single woman (Chastain) who realizes she has limited choices in girlfriends who can join her on the singles scene because […]
