Earlier this week it was announced that Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winner Elisabeth Moss has signed on to reunite with her Queen of Earth director Alex Ross Perry for Her Smell, and now comes word that The Handmaid’s Tale star has booked another big screen role. Variety is reporting that Moss will portray Rosemary Kennedy, […]
The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon developing Little America for Apple
Apple has tapped the husband-and-wife duo of Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon, the Oscar-nominated screenwriters of The Big Sick and producers of Master of None and SMILF, to develop a new immigration-themed anthology series entitled Little America. Written by Lee Eisenberg (SMILF), who will also serve as showrunner, Little America is based on true […]
Sci-fi drama Imitation Girl gets a poster and trailer
Ahead of its VOD release next month, a trailer and poster have arrived online for writer-director Natasha Kermani’s upcoming sci-fi drama Imitation Girl which stars Lauren Ashley Carter, Neimah Djourabchi, and Adam David Thompson; take a look here… A mysterious young woman materializes in the middle of the Southwestern desert, where each step teaches her […]
Director Louis Leterrier going on a Monster Hunt for Lionsgate
The Wrap is reporting that French filmmaker Louis Leterrier (The Incredible Hulk) has signed on to direct Monster Hunt for Lionsgate. Plot details for the film are being kept under wraps, but it is being described as “a rural Men in Black action comedy centred on two brothers. The project has apparently been in development […]
American Crime Story’s Cody Fern cast in final season of House of Cards
Filming on the sixth and final season of House of Cards resumed last month following the removal of Kevin Spacey due to allegations of sexual misconduct, and now comes word from Netflix of a new addition to the cast. Australian actor Cody Fern, who recently portrayed David Madson in FX’s American Crime Story: The Assassination […]
Diane Kruger and Eric Bana recruited for spy thriller The Operative
Bethlehem director Yuval Adler has enlisted Diane Kruger and Eric Bana to star in the upcoming spy thriller The Operative. Based on former Israeli intelligence officer Yiftach Reicher Atir’s bestselling book The English Teacher, the film will tell the story of a woman recruited by Israel’s Mossad to go undercover in Tehran, where she becomes […]
Hanna TV series casts Mireille Enos, Joel Kinnaman, and Esme Creed-Miles
Variety is reporting that Amazon Studios has cast its three leads for Hanna, a TV adaptation of the Joe Wright-directed 2011 action film which starred Saoirse Ronan, Eric Bana and Cate Blanchett. Penned by David Farr, the writer of the original movie, Hanna is described as “a high-concept thriller and coming-of-age drama which follows the […]
Thor: Ragnarok’s Tessa Thompson is “highly interested” playing the new Kick-Ass
Next week sees the launch of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s new Kick-Ass comic book, which revamps the series and features the introduction of a new female lead, Patience Lee, a mother and military veteran who takes on the mantle of Kick-Ass, inspired by the heroics of high schooler Dave Lizewski. Last month, Millar […]
Ron Howard was reluctant to replace Phil Lord and Chris Miller on Solo: A Star Wars Story
It’s fair to say that Lucasfilm’s Solo: A Star Wars Story has had a difficult production, with the studio firing original directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller with just weeks of filming to go due to creative differences, and Ron Howard then coming on board to oversee extensive reshoots and complete the Anthology movie. Speaking […]
New poster for Marvel’s Black Panther
With less than a week to go until the release of Black Panther, Regal Cinemas has revealed a new poster for Ryan Coogler’s upcoming Marvel blockbuster featuring Chadwick Boseman’s titular superhero, which will be available free to fans attending a RealD 3D screening at the theater chain next week. Take a look at the poster […]
