Variety is reporting that Netflix has found its Tommy Lee for the Motley Crue biopic The Dirt, with rapper Machine Gun Kelly (a.k.a. Richard Colson Baker) set to portray the band’s drummer alongside the previously announced Douglas Booth (The Limehouse Golem) as Nikki Sixx.The film is based upon The Dirt: Confessions of the World’s Most […]
Freeform developing a Cleopatra TV series
Freeform is looking to get into the period drama business, with the network announcing that it is developing a Cleopatra series from Michael Seitzman, executive producer on Quantico and Code Black, as well as Christina Davis and Lorenzo di Bonaventura.The project is described as “an epic, female-centric adventure series following the life of the most […]
28 Weeks Later director in talks with Disney for live-action The Sword in the Stone remake
It seems that the box office disappointment of Warner Bros.’ King Arthur: Legend of the Sword hasn’t put Disney off its plans for its own Arthurian tales, with THR reporting that Juan Carlos Fresnadillo is in talks to direct a live-action adaptation of the 1963 animated film The Sword in the Stone.The project is being […]
Ken Watanabe joins Ryan Reynolds in Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
The live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu has added another name to its cast, with THR revealing that Ken Watanabe (Batman Begins, Godzilla) is set to portray a character called Detective Yoshida.The film, which is being directed by Rob Letterman (Goosebumps), sees Ryan Reynolds in the title role as Detective Pikachu, portraying the character via performance […]
Bad Boys TV pilot gets the green light from NBC
Back in October it was announced that a TV spinoff from the Bad Boys franchise is in development, and now we have word from NBC that the pilot has received the official go ahead.The as-yet-untitled project is being written and executive produced by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist), and will focus on Syd […]
Paddington 2 becomes the best-reviewed movie of all time on Rotten Tomatoes
StudioCanal’s acclaimed sequel Paddington 2 has set a new record on movie review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, where it has toppled Toy Story 2 to become the best-reviewed movie of all time.The Paul King-directed film, a follow-up to 2014’s box office smash, has scored 168 ‘fresh’ reviews, without a single ‘rotten’. That puts is ahead […]
Preview of Boom! Studios’ Abbott #1
Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s search for the truth that destroyed her family as Boom! Studios’ new series Abbott gets underway this Wednesday; check out a preview here…Hugo Award-nominated novelist Saladin Ahmed (Black Bolt) and artist Sami Kivelä (Beautiful Canvas) present one woman’s search […]
Immigration-themed Party of Five reboot gets pilot order from Freeform
TV Line has revealed that Freeform has granted a put pilot commitment to an immigration-themed reboot of the 90s family drama Party of Five.The original series follows five siblings who become orphans after their parents are killed in a car accident. However, the reboot – which is being produced by original series creators Chris Keyser […]
Jordan Peele quits acting to focus on directing
After making his feature directorial debut last year with the acclaimed horror-thriller Get Out, Jordan Peele has now decided to quit acting in order to focus solely on his directing career.“Daniel Day-Lewis and I are both out (laughing),” Peele told Entertainment Weekly. “Acting is just nowhere near as fun for me as directing.”Peele initially rose […]
First teaser trailer for hacker thriller Assassination Nation
Coinciding with its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, a teaser trailer has arrived online for writer-director Sam Levinson’s upcoming thriller Assassination Nation which stars Odessa Young, Suki Waterhouse, Hari Nef, Abra, Bella Thorne, Bill Skarsgard, Joel McHale, Colman Domingo, Maude Apatow, and Melanie Lynskey; check it out here…“An anonymous hacker begins to terrorize […]
