Josh Gad (Frozen, Pixels) has signed on to star in Heavy Duty, a new comedy from Paramount Pictures, which is scripted by Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit (1600 Penn, Super Fun Night) from an original idea by Gad. The film will see Gad as “an ordinary guy who believes losing weight will help him live a […]
Starz greenlights The White Queen sequel The White Princess
Deadline is reporting that Starz has given the green light to The White Princess, an eight-episode sequel to the 2013 historical drama The White Queen, which will be adapted from Philippa Gregory’s novel of the same name. The White Queen writer Emma Frost (no, not the X-Men character) will serve as showrunner on the project, […]
Battlestar Galactica film in development
All this has happened before and all this will happen again thanks to a deal Universal has made to develop the long-gestating Battlestar Galactica film.Per The Hollywood Reporter, producer Michael De Luca is teaming up with producers Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark of Bluegrass Films to bring Battlestar Galactica to the big screen. Ever since […]
Gravity Falls creator says a revival “is not inconceivable”
Back in November, Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch announced that he was bringing the popular Disney XD animated series to an end with the season two finale. However, speaking to EW ahead of the final episode, Hirsch has now given fans hope of that the show may return at some point in the future.“[A revival] […]
Scott Snyder departing Batman in April
Since the start of DC’s The New 52 in September 2011, writer Scott Snyder has led the Batman title to some great and interesting places. Amid the rumours of DC’s Rebirth event/re-launch, it has been confirmed Snyder will be leaving the title after April’s Batman #51.Snyder broke the news in an interview with Comic Vine […]
Lee Majors to play Ash’s dad in Ash vs. Evil Dead
The Six Million Dollar Man is joining the cast of Ash vs. Evil Dead, with Starz announcing that Lee Majors has signed on to portray Ash’s (Bruce Campbell) father in the second season of the Evil Dead TV series.Meanwhile, having appeared in all three Evil Dead movies, Sam Raimi’s brother Ted Raimi has nabbed a series […]
Matt LeBlanc sitcom I’m Not Your Friend gets pilot order and series commitment
Following hot on the heels of the announcement that Matt LeBlanc has joined the BBC’s revamped Top Gear as a present, the former Friends star has now landed himself another project at CBS.Entertainment Weekly is reporting that the network has given a pilot order and series commitment to I’m Not Your Friend, which will see […]
Lupita Nyong’o joins sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that 12 Years a Slave and Star Wars: The Force Awakens star Lupita Nyong’o is in talks to star in the sci-fi thriller Intelligent Life from Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment.The film will follow “a U.N. worker in a department that was created to represent humankind in the event of alien […]
Amy Schumer to tackle serious role alongside Miles Teller in Thank You for Your Service
Actress and comedian Amy Schumer has just signed on to join the cast of the upcoming drama Thank You for Your Service in what will be her first serious role. The DreamWorks film, which is based on the book of the same title by journalist David Finkel, stars Miles Teller (Fantastic Four) as Adam Schumann, a […]
Bryce Dallas Howard teases “totally different” Claire for Jurassic World 2
With Jurassic World shattering box office records upon its release this past summer, Universal Pictures wasted little time in green lighting a sequel to Colin Trevorrow’s franchise revival, with Jurassic World 2 set to arrive in cinemas in 2018.Speaking to E! Online (via ScreenRant) at the Sundance Film Festival, Bryce Dallas Howard has been talking […]
