It looks like Galaga is set to become the latest video game to receive an animated adaptation, with Variety reporting that production company The Nuttery Entertainment has signed a deal with Bandai Namco Entertainment to develop an animated series entitled Galaga Chronicles, along with “other extensions” of the classic arcade game brand.“We are incredibly honored to […]
Three more join new Blumhouse thriller Only You
Last week it was announced that Storm Reid (A Wrinkle in Time) and David Oyelowo (A United Kingdom) have been cast in the upcoming Blumhouse Productions thriller Only You, and now we have word of three more additions to the film.According to THR, Brian Tyree Henry (This Is Us), Alfred Molina (Feud: Bette and Joan) […]
Leonardo DiCaprio developing scripted drama The Right Stuff
National Geographic is developing a scripted television drama with Leonardo DiCaprio called The Right Stuff. The series will serve as an adaptation of Tom Wolfe’s book of the same name with DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson serving as Executive Producers. The project will be written by Will Staples and is part of the new scripted development […]
Amazon picks up Tin Star starring Tim Roth and Christina Hendricks
Deadline is reporting that Amazon has snapped up the U.S. rights to Tin Star, a revenge thriller series written and created by Rowan Joffe (Brighton Rock, Before I Go To Sleep), which stars Tim Roth (The Hateful Eight) and Christina Hendricks (Mad Men). The series from Sky Atlantic is described as “a tale of the […]
Zoey Deutch joins Johnny Depp in Richard Says Goodbye
According to THR, Zoey Deutch (Before I Fall) has signed on to star alongside Johnny Depp in the upcoming dramedy Richard Says Goodbye, which is being written and directed by Wayne Roberts (Katie Says Goodbye).Richard Says Goodbye sees Depp as the titular Richard, “a world-weary college professor who is given a life-changing diagnosis and then […]
Game of Thrones’ Nikolaj Coster-Waldau will guest star on The Simpsons
Game of Thrones star Nikolaj Coster-Waldau is set to make his way over to The Simpsons for a guest appearance.Many a famous face has visited the town of Springfield over the years, from actors like Mark Hamill to comedian Ricky Gervais.Now one of the stars of TV’s biggest series is to get his turn, with […]
Mitch Pileggi will return for The X-Files season 11
One veteran of The X-Files is set to make his return for the series’ upcoming eleventh season. Mitch Pileggi, who starred as FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, will reprise his role for the 10-episode event series, joining lead stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in Mulder and Scully’s search for the truth. Pileggi is one of only […]
Game of Thrones’ David Benioff and D.B. Weiss to develop Confederate for HBO
David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the showrunners behind Game of Thrones, have another series in development at HBO. Titled Confederate, the new show will explore an alternate history of America that depicts the Confederacy successfully seceded from the Union in the American Civil War. Written by Benioff and Weiss, who also will showrun, Confederate chronicles events leading to the […]
Sandra Bullock to star in post-apocalyptic thriller Bird Box
THR has revealed that Netflix has tapped Sandra Bullock to star in Bird Box, a post-apocalyptic thriller from Oscar-winning filmmaker Susanne Bier (In a Better World) and screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival).The project is based upon Josh Malerman’s 2014 novel and takes place in the near future, with Bullock portraying a mother who along with her two […]
David O. Russell is in talks for adaptation of Boy21
Director David O. Russell is in talks to produce an adaptation of Basketball drama Boy21. The man behind American Hustle and The Fighter, is currently in talks to produce Boy21, a film version of Matthew Quick’s basketball novel. Swift has already seen one of his novels adapted by O. Russell, he directed The Silver Linings […]
