This edition of The Week in Star Wars sees more updates on The Force Awakens’ box office totals, casting news for Han Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One rumours and more… We’re going to kick things off this week by looking at Star Wars: The Force Awakens‘ box office totals. The film is still […]
Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen to star in Wind River
Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War co-stars Jeremy Renner and Elizabeth Olsen have signed on to appear in Wind River, a drama from Sicario writer Taylor Sheridan, who is also slated to make his directorial debut on the project. Deadline is reporting that the film centres on “Cory (Renner), who works for […]
Kate Winslet and Idris Elba circling roles in All The Old Knives
A few years back, Neil Burger was attached to direct an adaptation of Olen Steinhauser’s novel All The Old Knives, but the project went off the radar with no progression. It is now popping back up, this time with a pair of major names in Kate Winslet and Idris Elba being seriously looked at for roles. […]
Scream Queens renewed for a second season
Despite struggling in the ratings, Fox has announced that it has renewed the slasher comedy series Scream Queens for a second season. “It’s going to take place in a hospital and explore some of the most interesting medical fascinomas,” states Fox CEO Gary Newman. “This is something Ryan Murphy loves and had a lot of […]
Fox adapting graphic novel Sexcastle
Deadline is reporting that Fox has acquired the rights to Image Comics’ graphic novel Sexcastle by Kyle Starks and has tapped Kyle Newacheck and Blake Anderson (Comedy Central’s Workaholics) to direct and star respectively. Sexcastle is described as “a throwback to 80s action movies” and tells the tale of an assassin (played by Anderson), who leaves the […]
Lauren Cohan joins Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me
Actress Lauren Cohan has signed on to play Leila Steinberg in the upcoming Tupac Shakur biopic All Eyez on Me. The news comes only a few days after Danai Gurira, who is Cohan’s co-star on the hit AMC show The Walking Dead, joined the cast of the film as Tupac’s mother Afeni Shakur. Steinberg was a very […]
Legion nearing series pickup at FX, will not crossover with X-Men movies
This morning we brought you news that Fox has pushed back its X-Men TV pilot Hellfire, but it seems that FX is pushing full steam ahead with Marvel’s other X-series Legion, with the show apparently nearing a season pickup at the network. “We’re already in active prep,” said FX chief John Langraf at the Television Critics Association […]
Guillermo del Toro adapting Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Despite being attached to a remake of Fantastic Voyage and still having hopes of resurrecting Pacific Rim 2, Guillermo del Toro has added another project to his slate, with Deadline revealing that he’s set to develop and potentially direct an adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I start development on a film […]
UPDATE: The Punisher to receive his own series on Netflix
Here’s some exciting news for Marvel fans… According to TV Line, Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle is set to headline his own series following his debut in the upcoming second season of Daredevil, with the site reporting that Netflix is in development on The Punisher and close to giving it the official green light. The new series would […]
Tim Curry returning to The Rocky Horror Picture Show for TV remake
Having made his name as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, Tim Curry is set to a return to The Rocky Horror Picture Show, with Fox announcing that Curry will play the Criminologist Narrator in the network’s upcoming TV remake. “I am very happy and excited to be a part of this new event”, said Curry in a statement […]
