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First images from Stuber starring Dave Bautista and Kumail Nanjiani

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Thanks to Entertainment Weekly, we’ve got a first look at the upcoming action comedy Stuber starring Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick); check them out here… Directed by Michael Dowse (Goon), Stuber sees Nanjiani portraying Stu, a mild-mannered Uber driver, who picks up a grizzled cop (Bautista) on the […]

Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson star in first Men in Black: International trailer

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Sony Pictures has debuted the first poster and trailer for director F. Gary Gray’s upcoming MiB spinoff movie Men in Black: International, which sees Thor: Ragnarok stars Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson protecting the earth from the scum of the universe; check them out here… “The Men in Black have always protected the Earth from the scum […]

Judy Greer’s directorial debut A Happening of Monumental Proportions gets a poster and trailer

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Ahead of its release this August, a new trailer and poster hasve arrived online for Judy Greer’s directorial debut A Happening of Monumental Proportions. The comedy features a cast that includes Common, Allison Janney, Bradley Whitford, Katie Holmes, Kumail Nanjiani, Storm Reid, Anders Holm, Rob Riggle, and John Cho; check them out here… The all-star […]

Kumail Nanjiani to play a wisecracking alien in Men in Black reboot

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With Sony’s Men in Black reboot moving full steam ahead in advance of its May 2019 release date, That Hashtag Show is reporting that Kumail Nanjiani (Silicon Valley, The Big Sick) is in final talks to join the project as a wisecracking alien character. F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton, The Fate of the Furious) […]

The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle voice cast revealed

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While we’ve got a few more weeks to wait until the release of Avengers: Infinity War, Robert Downey Jr. has taken to his Twitter page to reveal the full voice cast for his next film, The Voyage of Doctor Dolittle. Joining Downey as his animal cohorts is Emma Thompson as Polynesia the parrot, Selena Gomez as Betsy […]

First poster and trailer for Duck Butter starring Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa

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Ahead of its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival next month, the first trailer and poster have debuted for the upcoming comedy drama Duck Butter. Directed by Miguel Arteta, the film sees Alia Shawkat and Laia Costa leading a cast that includes Mae Whitman, Hong Chau, Kumail Nanjiani, Mark Duplass, and Kate Berlant; take a […]

Mark Ruffalo and Kumail Nanjiani to star in The True American

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The Tracking Board is reporting that Mark Ruffalo (Thor: Ragnarok) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick) are in talks to star in director Pablo Larrain’s (Jackie) next film The True American. Based on Anand Giriharadas’ non-fiction book The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, the film takes place in Texas in the days following 9/11 and follows “Rais […]

The Big Sick’s Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V. Gordon developing Little America for Apple

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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 […]

Kumail Nanjiani set for TV adaptation of My Beautiful Laundrette, teases potential sequel to The Big Sick

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Fresh from the hit romantic comedy The Big Sick, Variety is reporting that Kumail Nanjiani is set to co-write and star in a small screen adaptation of Stephen Frears’ 1985 film My Beautiful Laundrette. The project will reunite Nanjiani with Alec Berg, executive producer on Silicon Valley, who will executive produce alongside Stephen Gaghan (Traffic) […]