A week out from its premiere on Disney+, a new TV spot has arrived online for The Mandalorian, Lucasfilm’s upcoming live-action Star Wars show, which offers our first look at Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star Ming-Na Wen’s character – the mercenary Fennec Shand.“We got our inspiration really from the name. The idea of a fennec fox came […]
Scott Eastwood joins Guy Ritchie’s Le Convoyeur remake Cash Truck
Deadline has revealed that Scott Eastwood (Pacific Rim: Uprising) will star in Guy Ritchie’s upcoming action thriller Cash Truck, which is a remake of the 2004 French film Le Convoyeur. The film will reunite Ritchie with his Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch lead Jason Statham, and also stars Holt McCallanay (Mindhunter).Cash Truck is described as “a […]
New trailer for The Two Popes starring Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce
Ahead of its arrival on Netflix next month, the streaming service has released a new trailer for the upcoming drama The Two Popes. Directed by Fernando Meirelles, the film stars Anthony Hopkins as Pope Benedict and Jonathan Pryce as Pope Francis; check it out below, along with the new poster…From Fernando Meirelles, the Academy Award-nominated […]
Zac Efron to star in John McAfee film King of the Jungle
According to Deadline, Zac Efron (Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile) is set to star in the comedy King of the Jungle. The film is based on a Wired article about McAfee Antivirus creator John McAfee, who isolated himself in a jungle compound after becoming rich.The film has been in development for a long time, […]
Exclusive Interview – The Good Liar director Bill Condon on nasty old people and Ian McKellen dropping C-bombs
Tom Beasley has a chat with director Bill Condon about heist thriller The Good Liar, starring Ian McKellen and Helen Mirren…It’s not often that cinemagoers get to see older people being genuinely horrible on the big screen. But that’s set to change with The Good Liar, in which Ian McKellen portrays a con artist attempting […]
Mayans M.C. has been renewed for a third season by FX
The Sons of Anarchy spinoff Mayans M.C. has been renewed for a third season by FX despite the recent firing of Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter after complaints of a hostile work environment.The third season of Mayans M.C. is expected to arrive in fall 2020 with co-creator and producer Elgin James taking on the role of showrunner.“We’re happy to continue telling […]
The BBC releases first trailer for A Christmas Carol from Peaky Blinders creator Steven Knight
The BBC has released the first trailer for Steven Knight’s (Peaky Blinders) small-screen adaptation of Charles Dickens’ classic novel A Christmas Carol which stars Guy Pearce as the miser Ebenezer Scrooge and Andy Serkis as the Ghost of Christmas Past; watch it here…A Christmas Carol is set to air on BBC One and FX this […]
Fantastic Beasts 3 is heading to Brazil for spring 2020 production start
After the disappointing reaction to Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, we reported earlier this year that production on Fantastic Beasts 3 had now been pushed back to spring 2020. Today, Deadline announced that Warner Bros. has officially green lit production for the third instalment in JK Rowling’s latest expansion of the Wizarding World franchise […]
Sci-fi franchise Skyline continues with third instalment Skylin3s
Vertical Entertainment has announced that it has acquired the distribution rights to Skylin3s, the third instalment of the Skyline franchise, which will reunite series co-creator Liam O’Donnell with Beyond Skyline star Lindsey Morgan, who reprises her role as Captain Rose Corley.The official synopsis for Skylin3s reads:The third film of this successful trilogy focuses on Captain […]
How to Be a TV Creator and Showrunner with Orphan Black co-creator Graeme Manson | The Writer Experience Podcast #74
Listen to the latest episode of The Writer Experience…In this week’s episode of The Writer Experience, Court and Harry are joined by Graeme Manson, the co-creator and executive producer of the acclaimed and award-winning television series Orphan Black and showrunner for TBS’ upcoming Snowpiercer. Previously, he was a TV writer for Rent-A-Goalie, The Bridge, Flashpoint, […]
