Jodie Foster’s latest directorial effort, Money Monster, has just received its first trailer. The brand new footage from the film shows George Clooney (Tomorrowland) portraying a Jim Cramer-esque investment guru/TV personality named Lee Gates who is taken hostage during a live taping of his show by a man with a grudge against him. See the trailer, […]
BBC rebooting Robot Wars
BBC Two has announced that it has commissioned Mentorn Scotland to produce a new series of the classic entertainment show Robot Wars, which will feature a new structure with more robots, more battles and more science than ever before as teams of amateur roboteers battle it out to win the coveted Robot Wars title. “Robot […]
Jamie Foxx to play Little John in Robin Hood: Origins
Deadline is reporting that Jamie Foxx has signed on to the cast of Lionsgate’s Robin Hood: Origins, where he’s set to play the character of Little John alongside Taron Egerton’s Robin and Eve Hewson’s Maid Marian. Foxx’s Little John is described as “a battle-hardened but war-weary veteran of The Crusades who starts out distrustful of […]
Production underway on vampire TV series Age of the Living Dead
Runaway Features and Red Rock Entertainment have announced that filming is underway on their latest TV series Age of The Living Dead, which is directed by Paul Tanter (Jack Falls, White Collar Hooligan) and is described as a cross between Buffy the Vampire Slayer and The Walking Dead. Here’s the official synopsis: Age of The […]
Battlestar Galactica’s Aaron Douglas cast as The Turtle for The Flash season 2 midseason premiere
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica) is set to portray the Golden Age DC villain The Turtle in the upcoming season two midseason premiere of The Flash, where the character will be portrayed as a meta-human who can slow time itself. SEE ALSO: Kevin Smith to direct an episode of The Flash […]
Quantico’s Priyanka Chopra in talks for villain role in Baywatch movie
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Quantico star Priyanka Chopra is in talks for Paramount’s upcoming big screen version of Baywatch, where she would play the film’s main villain. The remake of the classic TV series is being directed by Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) and sees Dwayne Johnson (Fast & Furious 7) leading a cast […]
Hugh Dancy still hoping for a fourth season of Hannibal, teases possible storyline
Despite struggling in the ratings, NBC’s Hannibal was critically acclaimed, and developed a very loyal fanbase during its three years on the small screen, so naturally there were a lot of people upset when the network decided to pull the plug after three seasons. Although it now seems very unlikely, fans are still hopeful that […]
Director Juan Antonio Bayona exits World War Z 2
2013’s Brad Pitt-led zombie movie, World War Z, is well-known for suffering numerous production setbacks, including multiple script rewrites, reshoots and scheduling conflicts, so when the film was successful and Paramount announced a sequel, the studio was probably hoping for smoother sailing the second time around. While everything seems to have been going well, Deadline reports […]
Clark Gregg hoping to see Avengers guest starring in Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Despite the fact that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is now in its third season, so far there’s been no indication that Phil Coulson is alive and well as far as the big screen side of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is concerned, with Avengers director Joss Whedon even stating last year that “in the films, he’s dead.” […]
Fox’s Mark Millar adaptation Superior finds screenwriters
Variety is reporting that 20th Century Fox is pushing ahead with its plans to bring Mark Millar and Leinil Francis Yu’s comic book series Superior to the big screen, tapping screenwriters Brandon and Phillip Murphy to pen the adaptation of the seven-issue series. Superior tells the story of Simon Pooni, a 12-year-old boy suffering from […]
