Last summer, Telltale Games announced the latest – and last – entry in its acclaimed The Walking Dead: The Telltale Series, and now we’ve got a first look at the key art for The Walking Dead: The Final Season, which promises to deliver a conclusion to Clementine’s story… The key art provides a nice callback […]
Steven Spielberg thinks Netflix films are TV movies and shouldn’t qualify for the Oscars
Out on the promotional rounds for his new film Ready Player One, legendary director Steven Spielberg has been chatting about current trends in filmmaking – and specifically, the rise of original content on streaming services such as Netflix. “A lot of studios today would rather just make branded, tentpole, guaranteed box office hits from their […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War theater standee brings together the MCU heroes
With the marketing campaign in full swing, a promotional image for a new theater standee for Avengers: Infinity War has arrived online which you can expect to see at your local multiplex soon. It features the Avengers, the Guardians of the Galaxy, and pretty much every Marvel character you can think of. Except Hawkeye, of […]
Frank Miller teams with Netflix for King Arthur-themed series Cursed
According to Deadline, Netflix has given a ten-episode series order to Cursed, a new original drama series based on the upcoming illustrated YA book of the same name by Frank Miller (Sin City) and Tom Wheeler (Puss in Boots). A re-imagining of the Arthurian legend, Cursed is told through the eyes of Nimue, “a teenage […]
DC mob drama The Kitchen adds three to its cast
Following on from the castings of Melissa McCarthy (Ghostbusters), Tiffany Haddish (Girls Trip) and Elisabeth Moss (The Handmaid’s Tale), it has now been announced that Margo Martindale (The Americans), Bill Camp (Red Sparrow) and Brian D’Arcy James (13 Reasons Why) have signed on to appear in New Line Cinema’s adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic book […]
Damon Lindelof and Jason Blum team for The Hunt
Variety is reporting that Universal Pictures has picked up the rights to the action-thriller spec script The Hunt from Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse (The Leftovers), with Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions set to produce the film. Plot details for The Hunt are being kept under wraps, but we do know that Craig Zobel (Z for […]
Freeform announces the cast for Paul Feig’s comedy pilot Girls Code
Last month it was announced that Ghostbusters director and Freaks and Geeks creator Paul Feig will be returning to the small screen to direct a female-led comedy pilot at Freeform entitled Girls Code, which has been written and created by Kim Rosenstock (New Girl, GLOW). The workplace comedy pilot follows the odd couple partnership between […]
Kate McKinnon in talks for Danny Boyle and Richard Curtis’ musical comedy
Variety is reporting that Saturday Night Live and Ghostbusters star Kate McKinnon is in talks to join the cast of director Danny Boyle and screenwriter Richard Curtis’ as-yet-untitled musical comedy for Univeral Pictures and Working Title. Assuming a deal is reached, McKinnon will join the previously announced Himesh Patel (EastEnders) and Lily James (Cinderella) in […]
The Handmaid’s Tale director to helm Anne Frank drama
Emmy Award-winning The Handmaid’s Tale director Reed Morano is in talks to helm the Anne Frank drama Keeper of the Diary for Fox Searchlight. The film will detail Anne’s father Otto Frank’s quest to find a publisher for his daughter’s diary, which recounts her family’s experience as they found themselves trapped in Amsterdam during the […]
James Gunn-produced horror movie rounds out its cast
Earlier this month it was announced that Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn is set to produce an as-yet-untitled horror movie reuniting him with his Slither star Elizabeth Banks, and now comes word of four more additions to the cast. Jackson Dunn (Shameless), David Denman (Power Rangers), Meredith Hagner (Search Party) and Matt Jones […]
