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Terry Gilliam’s The Man Who Killed Don Quixote begins production (yes, really)

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17 years after the plug was pulled on his first attempt, Terry Gilliam has now commenced production on his passion project The Man Who Killed Don Quixote, IndieWire is reporting. As announced last year (when the project was delayed once again), Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Adam Driver is set to take on the […]

Neal Purvis and Robert Wade reportedly returning for Bond 25

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We still don’t know whether Daniel Craig will be returning as 007 in Bond 25, but it seems that screenwriters Neal Purvis and Robert Wade are officially on board for the next instalment of the long-running spy series, according to Baz Bamigboye of The Daily Mail. Writers #nealpurvis & #robertwade hired to write story for […]

Mustang helmer Deniz Gamze Erguven to direct Anne Hathaway in The Lifeboat

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Deniz Gamze Erguven, director of the Academy Award-nominated Mustang, has signed on to direct Anne Hathaway in an adaptation of Charlotte Rogan’s book The Lifeboat, The Tracking Board is reporting. Erguven replaces Joe Wright (Atonement), who was originally attached to direct. The Lifeboat “follows Grace Winter (Hathaway), a young woman who recounts the tale of […]

Bobby Cannavale joins Mr. Robot for season 3

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Emmy Award-winning actor Bobby Cannavale (Boardwalk Empire, Ant-Man) has signed on to the third season of USA Network’s acclaimed drama Mr. Robot, while BD Wong (Jurassic World, Gotham) has also been upped to a series regular. “Season 3 of Mr Robot will engage viewers in a whole new way, with (director and executive producer) Sam […]

Drew Goddard to direct Bad Times at the El Royale

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Deadline is reporting that Drew Goddard has sold his spec script Bad Times at the El Royale to 20th Century Fox, and will direct and produce the movie. Plot details are being kept tightly under wraps. Goddard’s sole feature directorial effort to date was on 2012’s The Cabin in the Woods, while his screenwriter credits […]

Kit Harington and Isaac Hempstead Wright talk Game of Thrones season 7

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HBO kicked off the promotion for the upcoming seventh season of Game of Thrones this week with the release of the first poster and teaser trailer, and two of the shows’s stars – Kit Harington (Jon Snow) and Isaac Hempstead Wright (Bran Stark) have been chatting about what we can expect from the penultimate season […]

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. star joins The CW’s Black Lightning DC pilot

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Deadline is reporting that Christine Adams has signed on for a role in The CW’s upcoming DC pilot Black Lightning, where she’ll play Lynn Stewart, the ex-wife of former superhero Jefferson Pierce. Adams, whose credits include Batman Begins and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., joins a cast that includes Cress Williams as Jefferson Pierce and Nafessa Williams […]

Fox didn’t realise that X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan both planned to use Caliban

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Although 20th Century Fox attempted to fix much of the continuity issues in the X-Men franchise with X-Men: Days of Future Past, the last two instalments – X-Men: Apocalypse and Logan – threw another spanner in the works by featuring two different versions of the character of Caliban. Fans have wondered if this was supposed […]