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Marvel’s Damage Control comedy series in the works at ABC

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Damage Control, a live-action single-camera comedy series set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, has just received a pilot script order over at ABC. The Daily Show writer and producer Ben Karlin is working on the show for the network.  The show will be based on the comic book series of the same name, which centers around […]

Ghostbusters animated movie in development at Sony

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Having confirmed their plans to build a Ghostbusters expanded universe in the past, Sony Pictures Animation is now reportedly developing an animated Ghostbusters movie. The film’s plot is largely unknown at the time, but The Tracking Board says the film will, much like 1984’s Ghostbusters and Paul Feig’s upcoming Ghostbusters, follow a group of scientists who “team up to […]

James Ponsoldt’s The Circle adds Boyhood actor Ellar Coltrane

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In his first post-Boyhood role, actor Ellar Coltrane has been added to the cast of James Ponsoldt’s The Circle.  The Circle, which is Ponsoldt’s follow-up to this summer’s The End of the Tour, already boasts a large and impressive cast that includes Tom Hanks, Emma Watson, John Boyega, Patton Oswalt, Bill Paxton and Karen Gillan. According […]

Jon Hamm will voice Don Draper-inspired character on SpongeBob SquarePants

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Coming off of his first Emmy win for portraying the iconic Don Draper on the final season of Mad Men, it looks like Jon Hamm’s next role will be one alongside everyone’s favorite absorbent and yellow sponge. According to Vulture, Hamm has signed on to voice a character named Don Grouper on Nickelodeon’s SpongeBob SquarePants.  […]

Jordan Peele set to write and direct Blumhouse horror-thriller Get Out

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Jordan Peele, along with his Key and Peele co-star Keegan-Michael Key, has emerged as one the strongest talents working in comedy today, but for his next project he is set to take on an entirely different genre. According to Variety, Peele has been hired to write and direct an upcoming horror-thriller titled Get Out, which […]

Lionsgate developing sequel to Sicario

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Following the film’s strong US box office debut this past weekend, Lionsgate is reportedly developing a sequel to Denis Villeneuve’s Sicario, this time around focusing on Benicio Del Toro’s mysterious hitman character Alejandro.  Villeneuve will be involved with the project in some way, although it is unclear at the time if he will be back […]

Tracy Morgan to return to big screen for Ice Cube-Charlie Day comedy Fist Fight

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Actor/comedian Tracy Morgan may still be recovering from last year’s serious car crash which resulted in the death of his friend James McNair and left him with several injuries, but it looks like he’s ready to return to film. The Wrap reports that Morgan is in talks to join Ice Cube (21 Jump Street) and Charlie Day […]

Resident Evil: The Final Chapter cast and plot synopsis revealed

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The full cast and plot synopsis for Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, the upcoming sixth and final Resident Evil film, has been announced by Sony Pictures’ Screen Gems. Additionally, principal photography has commenced in Johannesburg and Cape Town in South Africa. Milla Jovovich, who has starred in each of the previous films, is returning to the […]

Taken prequel TV series coming to NBC

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Although Taken 3 was Liam Neeson’s final outing as retired CIA agent Bryan Mills, according to Deadline, NBC has given a straight-to-series order to a Taken prequel drama, which will focus on a younger version of Mills. The site states that much of the series will be about how the character developed his “very particular […]