Upcoming festive comedy Office Christmas Party has added three new actors to its cast, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The People v O.J. Simpson star Courtney B. Vance, Vanessa Bayer (Trainwreck) and Sam Richardson (Veep) are the latest names to join the ever expanding cast of the film, which tells the story of “a hard-partying guy whose CEO/ sister […]
Riddick director David Twohy to helm Ice Moon Rising
David Twohy, the man behind the Chronicles of Riddick franchise, has signed on to write and direct the sci-fi Ice Moon Rising, Variety is reporting. The joint US-Chinese production “is set in space when a Chinese and American task force venture to Jupiter’s moon Europa to awaken an astronaut from a cryogenic stasis, some 24 […]
Eric McCormack to star in Netflix series Travelers from Stargate SG-1 co-creator
TV Line has revealed that Netflix and Canadian broadcaster Showcase have placed a 12-episode order for Travelers, a new time-travel sci-fi drama from Stargate SG-1 co-creator Brad Wright, which is set to be headlined by Eric McCormack of Will & Grace and Perception fame. “My old friend Brad Wright has created a fantastic, complex story […]
James Cameron on shooting all four Avatar sequels together, and avoiding Star Wars
Last week, James Cameron added an extra instalment to its Avatar franchise, announcing that four sequels to the 2009 mega-blockbuster will hit cinemas between 2018 and 2023. Avatar 2 had originally been slated for release in December 2017, only to be pushed back a year to give Cameron more time to prep, as well as avoiding […]
MTV renews The Shannara Chronicles for second season
MTV has renewed the fantasy drama The Shannara Chronicles for a second season, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. The series, which was the most expensive pilot ever produced by MTV, is based upon Terry Brooks’ bestselling book series and centres “on the Shannara family, whose descendants are empowered with ancient magic and whose adventures continuously […]
Maisie Williams addresses New Mutants casting rumour
Late last month, a rumour claimed that Game of Thrones star Maisie Williams would be joining the cast of the Josh Boone-directed X-Men spin-off New Mutants as Wolfsbane, a mutant capable of shapeshifting from a human into a wolf. Although 20th Century Fox almost immediately denied the casting, many were still left wondering if the […]
Kat Foster joins Van Damme in comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson
Deadline is reporting that Kat Foster (Weeds, Your Family or Mine) is set to star alongside Jean-Claude Van Damme as the female lead in Amazon’s comedy pilot Jean-Claude Van Johnson. The pilot sees Van Damme as a “famous actor and martial-arts pro who comes out of retirement to resume his alter-ego: an undercover private contractor by […]
George R.R. Martin pitches Tales of Dunk & Egg as a Game of Thrones spinoff
Earlier this week, Game of Thrones showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss dismissed talk of a spinoff to HBO’s epic fantasy series as rumour. However, that didn’t stop EW from seeking out the thoughts of A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin, who feels there is plenty of material should the network […]
Comic Book Review – Apama: The Undiscovered Animal
Zeb Larson reviews Apama: The Undiscovered Animal… Everyone’s heard stories about a hero based on a spider, a bat, a wolverine, but an apama? Hungarian ice cream truck driver, Iliya Zjarsky, goes hiking one day and discovers the animal spirit of the most powerful creature mankind has never known. Soon he unlocks the powers of the […]
Captain America: Civil War tracking $175 million plus domestic opening
With Captain America: Civil War set to kick off Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Variety is reporting that the latest MCU blockbuster is tracking a domestic opening of $175 million, with some analysts claiming it could go close to $200 million. “It’s tough to predict any movie getting above $200 million, but this […]
