Fresh from his role as Johnnie Cochran in FX’s TV series American Crime Story: The People v O.J. Simpson, Deadline is reporting that Courtney B. Vance has signed on to appear in Universal’s reboot of The Mummy. Vance will join a cast that includes Tom Cruise (Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation), Annabelle Wallis (Annabelle), Jake […]
Sam Mendes to direct The Voyeur’s Motel
Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes has signed on for his first post-Bond offering, with Deadline reporting that he is set to direct an adaptation of Gay Talese’s upcoming non-fiction book The Voyeur’s Motel for DreamWorks. The book, which is set for publication on July 12th, tells the story of Colorado man Gerald Foos, “a lifelong voyeur […]
Crispin Glover and Jonathan Tucker join American Gods
Casting continues on Starz’s upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s American Gods, with TV Line reporting that Crispin Glover (Texas Rising) and Jonathan Tucker (Kingdom) signing on to the show.Keeping it as spoiler free as possible, Tucker is playing Low-Key Lyesmith, who is described as a “wiry and fast-talking, with an offbeat sense of humor [who] has a theory for […]
Rumour: Next X-Men film could revisit the Dark Phoenix Saga
Get your pinch of salt at the ready, as Heroic Hollywood claims to have the inside scoop on the storyline being considered for the next X-Men film after X-Men: Apocalypse. According to the site, “studio sources” have revealed that Fox is mulling over the possibility of revisiting the seminal Dark Phoenix Saga for the as-yet-unannounced seventh […]
Neil Gaiman adapting Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens as six-part TV series
Neil Gaiman has revealed that he’s set to bring his Terry Pratchett collaboration Good Omens to the small screen with a six-episode miniseries based upon the 1990 fantasy novel.Gaiman had previously resisted the idea of adapting the book following Pratchett’s passing last year of Alzheimer’s, but he revealed this week that he has changed his mind […]
Samuel L. Jackson reveals when Nick Fury will return to Marvel films
Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury is one of most veteran members of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, first appearing in 2008’s Iron Man and popping up in six other films since then. While he started off as one of the most important members of the franchise, being the lead recruiter of the Avengers, following Phase One of […]
Rumours suggest at least two new seasons of Twin Peaks
Back in 2014, it was confirmed that David Lynch and Mark Frost would be heading back to Twin Peaks courtesy of Showtime, for what was initially announced as a nine episode limited series.That number was extended to an unspecified amount of episodes back in May of last year, and now after a mammoth 140-day shoot, […]
Star Trek Beyond… Anyone Who Cares?
Tony Black discusses Star Trek Beyond, and whether anyone really cares…If you took a straw poll of the general population, how many of them would know there was a new Star Trek movie dropping this summer? The chances are not nearly as many as there should be. Star Trek Beyond, the third movie of the […]
Gary Oldman to play Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour
According to Deadline, Gary Oldman is in talks to play British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in Darkest Hour, an epic drama from Working Title and director Joe Wright (Pan).The project, which has been scripted by Anthony McCarten (The Theory of Everything), takes place in 1940 as Churchill becomes Prime Minister in the midst of World […]
Second Opinion – The Jungle Book (2016)
The Jungle Book, 2016. Directed by Jon Favreau. Starring Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johnasson, Giancarlo Esposito and Christopher Walken. SYNOPSIS: Mowgli, a young boy raised in the jungle by a panther and a pack of wolves, is forced to travel to a man village when Shere Khan, a […]
