It looks like 24 could be set for another return to the small screen following last year’s event series 24: Live Another Day, with Fox Television Group CEO Gary Newman revaling that early development is underway on “another version” of the show.“[There’s] nothing immediate, but we have been developing another version of 24, but it’s […]
Tom Hardy is “totally ready” for Mad Max sequels
Mad Max: Fury Road gets its official general release today in the UK and if reviews are to be believed (check our review here) then any of you going to see it are in for a hell of a treat. It’s being described as “mind blowing”, “jaw dropping”, “ferociously insane” and…well you get the gist.Lead […]
Samuel L. Jackson joins The Blob remake
The Hollywood Reporter has broke the news that Samuel L. Jackson is set to join the cast of The Blob, the new remake of the 1958 sci-fi classic which featured Steve McQueen.Simon West (Con Air) is directing the new version, which would see Jackson play a bio-chemistry professor who tries desperately to stop the strange […]
Morena Baccarin promoted to series regular for Gotham season 2
This won’t come as much of a surprise given her level of involvement in the latter half of the first season, but Morena Baccarin has officially been promoted to a series regular for the second season of Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham, which is set to get underway in the fall.SEE ALSO: Gotham showrunner says […]
Sharlto Copley joins Ben Wheatley’s Free Fire
Ben Wheatley’s hotly anticipated upcoming movie High Rise based on the acclaimed novel by J.G. Ballard and starring Tom Hiddleston, Jeremy Irons, Sienna Miller and Luke Evans won’t be hitting the big screen until later this year but already the English director is gathering a stellar cast for his next project Free Fire.Sharlto Copley (District […]
Cult teen horror The Craft eyed for remake
News is spreading that cult teen horror film The Craft is set to get the remake treatment by Sony. Horror director Leigh Janiak is set to direct the new version of the film as well as co-write with her Honeymoon co-writer Phil Graziadei. The remake would also see original producer Douglas Wick on board alongside […]
Rachel Weisz to star in new thriller Snatchback
More casting news from Cannes, this time concerning Oscar winner Rachel Weisz (The Constant Gardener) who is set to star in new thriller Snatchback. The film, which is set in the world of illegal child recoveries, is to be directed by Pete Travis (Dredd) and will see Weisz play a mother whose daughter is abducted, […]
Alex Garland provides an update on 28 Months Later
Back in January, Alex Garland suggested that “serious discussions” had taken place between himself, director Danny Boyle and producer Andrew Macdonald about 28 Months Later, a follow-up to the 2002 horror 28 Days Later and its subsequent sequel 28 Weeks Later. Well, Garland has now provided an update to The Playlist, stating that he’s come […]
Reese Witherspoon to star in sci-fi drama Pale Blue Dot
Variety is reporting that Reese Witherspoon (Wild) has lined-up her next project in Pale Blue Dot, a new sci-fi drama from Fox Searchlight.Based on a script by writers Brian C Brown and Elliott DiGuiseppi, Pale Blue Dot tells the story of a female astronaut whose life begins to unravel after she returns to Earth after […]
Harry Shearer leaves The Simpsons
Last week it was announced that The Simpsons has been renewed by Fox for a twenty-seventh and twenty-eighth season, but the animated series will be missing one of its most prominent voice actors, with Harry Shearer revealing that he’s left the long-running animated sitcom.Shearer, who voices a host of characters including the likes of Ned […]
