It Was 50 Years Ago Today! The Beatles: Sgt Pepper and Beyond, 2017. Directed by Alan G. Parker. SYNOPSIS: IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY! THE BEATLES: SGT. PEPPER & BEYOND examines the twelve months (Aug 1966 – Aug 1967) that would arguably be the most crucial in the band’s career, a year in which […]
Game of Thrones’ Charles Dance joins Godzilla: King of the Monsters, Sally Hawkins returning
The cast of the sequel to 2014’s Godzilla is growing on par with the big beast himself. Deadline reports that Charles Dance has now finalized a deal with Warner Bros., and Legendary Pictures to appear in the upcoming Godzilla: King of the Monsters. Also set to make an appearance is Sally Hawkins, who played Dr. Vivienne Graham […]
Lara Pulver joins Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams
Variety has revealed that Lara Pulver (Sherlock, Da Vinci’s Demons) has joined the cast of Amazon Studios’ upcoming sci-fi anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. Pulver will appear alongside Terrence Howard and Anna Paquin in an episode entitled ‘Real Life’, which will see Paquin as “Sarah, a policewoman living in the future who shares […]
The Mummy projected for $40 million-plus box office debut
Early tracking numbers suggest that The Mummy, the first entry in the Universal Monsters shared universe, will open with $40 million-plus during its debut weekend at the North American box office. The Hollywood Reporter confirmed that two services close to the site’s sources placed the opening at $40 million and $42 million, not including international […]
Benedict Cumberbatch to adapt novel The End We Start From
The novel The End We Start From is going to be adapted into a movie by Benedict Cumberbatch’s production company. Cumberbatch’s SunnyMarch and Hera Pictures have picked up the right’s to the much anticipated debut novel by Megan Hunter. The book was only published this week by Picador and follows an environmental crisis in the […]
Daniel Radcliffe to Escape From Pretoria
Daniel Radcliffe has signed on to star in the film Escape From Pretoria. The true life prison break drama will be introduced to potential buyers at the Cannes Film Festival, and will see Radcliffe reteaming with his Harry Potter producer David Barron. Radcliffe will star as the 20 something South African Tim Jenkin, an anti-apartheid […]
John Hannah, Alan Tudyk and more join season 2 of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency
BBC America has announced that it is expanding the cast of the second season of its Douglas Adams adaptation Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, with John Hannah, Alan Tudyk, Amanda Walsh, Aleks Paunovic and Tyler Labine set to appear as guest stars alongside Samuel Barnett’s Dirk and Elijah Wood’s Todd. Here’s the official character descriptions: […]
Ridley Scott to curate sci-fi programming block for TNT
Having set M. Night Shyamalan to curate a horror programming block, complete with a relaunch of the anthology series Tales from the Crypt, TNT has now turned to Alien and Blade Runner director Ridley Scott to develop a night of original sci-fi programming, which Deadline reports will serve as a showcase for hourlong series, shortform […]
Grey’s Anatomy firefighter spinoff gets straight-to-series order
ABC has announced a spinoff from the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy, with THR reporting that the network has placed a straight-to-series order for a new series based around a group of heroic firefighters. Creator Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers will executive produce the spinoff, with Stacy McKee serving as showrunner, and the first episode will […]
Tracy Morgan’s new TBS series titled The Last O.G., Cedric the Entertainer joins cast
TBS has announced that Tracy Morgan’s new comedy series is going by the title The Last O.G., and will see him starring alongside Cedric the Entertainer (The Soul Man), Tiffany Haddish (Keanu), Allen Maldonado (The Equalizer), Ryan Gaul (Identity Thief), Taylor Mosby (Criminal Minds) and Dante Hoagland (The New Edition Story). Created by Jordan Peele […]
