With filming on the Tom Hardy-headlined Al Capone biopic Fonzo set to get underway next month, THR is reporting that Kyle MacLachlan (Twin Peaks), Matt Dillon (Wayward Pines), Linda Cardellini (Bloodline) and Kathrine Narducci (The Sopranos) have joined the cast of the gangster drama. Fonzo is being directed by Josh Trank (Fantastic Four), and will […]
Lucas Hedges to play Shia LaBeouf in biopic Honey Boy, with LaBeouf as his father
THR is reporting that Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea, Lady Bird) is set to play a young Shia LaBeouf in Honey Boy, a drama exploring LaBeouf’s relationship with his father. Transformers star LaBeouf has penned the script under the pseudonym Otis Lort, and will also appear in the film as his father, while Hedges […]
Jurassic World’s Owen and Blue get the BrickHeadz treatment from LEGO
A batch of promotional images have arrived online for the LEGO’s Jurassic World Brickheadz set which contains Chris Pratt’s Owen Grady and velociraptor Blue; check it out here… SEE ALSO: LEGO unveils new Jurassic Park and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sets It’s been four years since theme park and luxury resort Jurassic World was destroyed by dinosaurs […]
Pacific Rim Uprising tracking suggests it will dethrone Black Panther
Seeking to do what Red Sparrow, A Wrinkle in Time, and Tomb Raider have all failed to achieve, Pacific Rim Uprising is released next week hoping that it can take the box-office crown from Marvel’s all-conquering Black Panther. Variety is reporting that the sequel to Guillermo del Toro’s underwhelming 2013 monster vs robots smackdown is […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War breaks ticket pre-sales record in just six hours
Following the release of yesterday’s second trailer [which you can watch here], Disney and Marvel are celebrating a new record today, with Avengers: Infinity War shattering Fandango’s pre-sales record in just six hours. Variety reports that tickets for the hugely-anticipated blockbuster went on sale at 6am PDT yesterday, and by noon it had already surpassed […]
Steven Spielberg teases Star Wars references and Easter eggs in Ready Player One
With just a couple of weeks to go until the release of Steven Spielberg’s nostalgia-fuelled sci-fi Ready Player One, the filmmaker has been chatting to Fandango about the challenge of acquiring the rights to reference so many classic franchises and IPs belonging to a variety of movie studios. “It was difficult because we were so […]
Ridley Scott in talks for comic book adaptation Queen and Country
According to The Wrap, Ridley Scott may have found a new project, with the filmmaker in talks to direct the comic book adaptation Queen and Country for 20th Century Fox. Based on Greg Rucka’s Eisner Award-winning series from Oni Press, Queen and Country follows British Secret Intelligence service operative Tara Chace, who is used as bait […]
Melissa Joan Hart will Explain It All again in Clarissa revival
According to THR, Nickelodeon is in early development on a revival of the 90s teen sitcom Clarissa Explains It All, which will reunite actress Melissa Joan Hart with series creator Mitchell Kriegman. The potential show would see Hart back as Clarissa Darling, now the mother of the family, as well as executive producing the series […]
The Lord of the Rings may dethrone The Crown as the most expensive TV show ever
Last year it was announced that Amazon will be developing a fantasy series based upon J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic The Lord of the Rings, and now comes a report that the streaming service will be investing around half a billion dollars to bring Middle-earth to the small screen. Amazon reportedly spent $250 million to secure the […]
Trailer for werewolf thriller Wildling starring Bel Powley, Liv Tyler and Brad Dourif
Following its world premiere at SXSW, IFC Films has released a trailer for director Fritz Böhm’s feature directorial debut Wildling. The werewolf horror is set for a theatrical and VOD release and stars Bel Powley, Liv Tyler, and Brad Dourif; check it out here… A teenage girl’s coming of age comes with a terrifying twist in […]
