Variety is reporting that Zac Efron has signed on to play notorious American serial killer Ted Bundy in Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, which is being directed by Joe Berlinger from Michael Werwie’s Nicholl Fellowship-winning script. The film explores the dysfunctional relationship between Bundy and his long-time girlfriend Liz. Regarded as charming and charismatic, Bundy was responsible […]
Quantico renewed for third season with change in showrunner
Throughout the last couple weeks we’ve seen the fates for several television series decided as networks announced which shows are renewed and cancelled. And we can now add one more to the renewal list as ABC’s Quantico has been renewed for a 13-episode third season. With the renewal, though, comes a change in showrunner: Josh Safran, Quantico‘s creator […]
Colin Firth cast as lead in Benjamin’s Crossing
Colin Firth has just been cast in the lead role in Pat O’Connor’s Benjamin’s Crossing. Per Deadline, the film is based on the true story of Walter Benjamin, a Jewish philosopher who escaped Nazi Germany by crossing the Pyrenees Mountains in 1940. It will be based on the novel of the same name by Jay Parini. […]
Video Game Review – The Surge
Dean Abdou reviews The Surge… The Surge is an action RPG developed by Deck13. The game is designed in the challenging role-playing game style of the Dark Souls series. The players use a newly developed exoskeleton to battle the enemies throughout the game. The exoskeleton can be customized using “modular upgrades” and the combat system […]
Movie Review – Colossal (2016)
Colossal, 2016. Directed by Nacho Vigalondo. Starring: Anne Hathaway, Jason Sudeikis, Dan Stevens, Austin Stowell, and Tim Blake Nelson. SYNOPSIS: A young woman discovers that when she walks through a certain park in her hometown a monster appears in downtown Seoul mimicking her every movement. When a high-concept comedy delivers on its premise, it can […]
Avengers: Infinity War footage review, another new Wonder Woman trailer, Charlie Hunnam for Bond 25 and more – Daily News Roundup
INFINITY REVIEW The epic year-long production of Avengers: Infinity War is still on-going with an incredible cast of characters and actors. And although we’ve not seen anything from the movie yet outside of a few set photos, composer Alan Silvestri has and has been talking about what he was shown. In an interview with MTV […]
The Crown’s Claire Foy favourite to play Lisbeth Salander in The Girl in the Spider’s Web
It looks like Sony may have found its new Lisbeth Salander for The Girl in the Spider’s Web, with Variety reporting that The Crown star Claire Foy is the top choice to play the rogue hacker in the relaunched and rebooted second instalment of the Millennium movie series. Sony has reportedly met with dozens of […]
Movie Review – Whisky Galore! (2016)
Whisky Galore!, 2016. Directed by Gillies MacKinnon, Starring Gregor Fisher, Eddie Izzard, Ellie Kendrick, Kevin Guthrie, Fenella Woolgar and James Cosmo. SYNOPSIS: It’s 1941, rationing is in force and the residents of the Scottish island of Todday are faced with a nightmare. Their supply of whisky has run out and the island is completely dry. […]
Julia Roberts cast in The Bookseller
THR has revealed that Julia Roberts is to headline The Bookseller, an adaptation of Cynthia Swanson’s bestselling novel about a woman in the 1960s who has to reconcile her reality with the tantalizing alternate world of her dreams. Roberts is set to play Kitty Miller, “a single woman who runs a bookshop, who finds herself […]
Modern Family renewed for two more seasons by ABC
It doesn’t appear that Modern Family is going anywhere any time soon, as ABC have unsurprisingly decided to renew their top rated comedy for seasons nine and 10. The show has picked up five Emmy’s during its run so far, and it is yet unclear if season 10 will be the series’ swansong. With 44 […]
