Synopsis – The rise of the Guadalajara Cartel as an American DEA agent learns the danger of targeting narcos in Mexico. Episodes – S01E01 to S01e10 My Take – Back in 2015 when Netflix introduced us to Narcos, a show documenting the rise and fall of Colombian drug lord and narco-terrorist, Pablo Escobar in dramatic form, there was nothing like it, hereby taking the world … Continue reading Narcos: Mexico (2018) Season 1 Review!!
Lionsgate and Common’s Freedom Road Productions have acquired the rights to Barracoon: The Story of the Last ‘Black Cargo’, the critically praised, recently discovered book by 20th century writer Zora Neale Hurston, to develop as a limited television event series. Barracoon centers on 86-year-old Cudjo Lewis, the last known survivor of the Middle Passage who was brought to America in 1927. The book, which was … Continue reading ‘Barracoon’: Limited TV Series Adaption In Development From Common and Lionsgate!!!
Synopsis – 2150 A.D. The Essex, a deep space fishing vessel for industry giant, AmberCorp, is ready to make its final harvest of the season. The ship brushes with a rare creature, mammoth in size and highly territorial. Could this be the same leviathan that killed Richard and Owen’s father? To make matters worse, a vicious band of scavengers intercept the transmission and infiltrate the … Continue reading ‘Beyond White Space’: New Trailer Sees Holt McCallany Hunts a Giant Space Beast!! Check It Out!!
As a filmmaker, Jon Favreau is slowly making his way around the all the branches of the Disney empire. The director launched the Marvel Cinematic Universe back in 2008 with Iron Man and returned two years later for Iron Man 2, before heading over to Disney’s live-action outfit for his remakes of The Jungle Book and The Lion King. Now, Favreau is headed to a galaxy far, far … Continue reading ‘The Mandalorian’: MCU Directors Reunite on the Set in New BTS Photo!!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has given a 10-episode series order to Cowboy Bebop, a live-action adaptation of the cult Japanese animated series. The Space western hails from Tomorrow Studios, Marty Adelstein’s joint venture with ITV Studios, which last year teamed on the project with Midnight Radio (Josh Appelbaum, Andre Nemec, Jeff Pinkner & Scott Rosenberg), writer Chris Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) as well as Sunrise, the studio behind the … Continue reading ‘Cowboy Bebop’ Live-Action Remake Of Cult Anime TV Series Picked Up By Netflix!!!
Acclaimed Indian filmmaker Vishal Bhardwaj (Haider) has been tapped as showrunner and executive producer on Midnight’s Children, Netflix’s upcoming series based on Salman Rushdie’s seminal novel. Midnight’s Children follows the life of Saleem Sinai, born on the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the time of India’s independence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of India’s national … Continue reading ‘Midnight’s Children’: Vishal Bhardwaj Named Showrunner For the Netflix Series!!!
In today’s most confident news by a country mile, Activision Blizzard Studios has hired Black Panther co-writer Joe Robert Cole to pen a sequel to its Call of Duty feature film, which does not yet have a cast or a distributor. The studio brought on Sicario 2: Day of the Soldado director Stefano Sollima earlier this year to man the first film, written by Kieran Fitzgerald (Snowden) and based on the … Continue reading ‘Call of Duty’: ‘Black Panther’ Writer Joe Robert Cole Tapped for Movie Sequel!!!
Hot off the Netflix sensation Set It Up, Zoey Deutch has signed on to join the cast of Zombieland 2, Collider has confirmed. Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, Emma Stone and Abigail Breslin are reprising their roles in Sony’s sequel, which will once again see Ruben Fleischer directing from a script by Paul Wernick and Rhett Reese. Gavin Polone returns to produce, while Wernick and Reese will executive … Continue reading ‘Zombieland 2′: Zoey Deutch Joins The Highly Anticipated Sequel!!
Ava DuVernay’s relationship with Warner Bros Television Group just got a lot deeper and richer, literally and figuratively. The Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated director has signed a multi-year and multi-genre overall deal with the Peter Roth-run studio. It’s a big leap for a filmmaker primary known as a director — the sprawling WBTV production and development deal for DuVernay and her Forward Movement shingle covers drama … Continue reading Ava DuVernay Signs Multi-Genre Warner Bros TV Deal For $100M!!!
The two Paddington films are, without hyperbole, the most delightful things ever put to film in the entire history of the medium, so we’ve eagerly followed whatever director Paul King takes on next. That answer, according to THR, is a fantasy film titled Time’s Fool at Fox Searchlight, based on Glyn Maxwell’s 2002 novel, Time’s Fool: A Tale in Verse. The project will re-team King with writer Jon … Continue reading ‘Time’s Fool’: ‘Paddington’ Director Paul King to Helm the Fantasy Novel Adaptation!!
Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon’s signature cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants, died on Monday. He was 57. The animator and former marine biology instructor created a powerhouse property with the quirky SpongeBob SquarePants — the global merchandise sales alone have gone north of $13 billion for a brand that has also yielded two animated feature films — with a third due in 2020 — nine music albums, … Continue reading ‘SpongeBob SquarePants’ Creator Stephen Hillenburg Passes Away!!!
YouTube has given a pilot order to drama Dark Cargo, from Entertainment One and Canada’s Counterfeit Pictures and SEVEN24 Films. The project, which will be in consideration for YouTube Premium, is written by Adam and Max Reid (Sneaky Pete) and will be executive produced by Ben Stiller and Nicky Weinstock via their Red Hour Productions banner. eOne serves as the studio. Dark Cargo is described … Continue reading YouTube Orders Neo-noir Thriller Pilot ‘Dark Cargo’ From Ben Stiller!!!
Christmas romances may be all the rage this year, but Netflix and Lifetime can take a backseat, because this is now officially the only holiday rom-com I care about. Variety reports that Kristen Stewart is in talks to star in TriStar Pictures Happiest Season, a new holiday film from Clea DuVall. DuVall is set to direct the film from a script she co-wrote with Mary Holland. The film follows a … Continue reading ‘Happiest Season’: Kristen Stewart to Star in LGBTQ Holiday Romance!!!
Someone at Metro Goldwyn Mayer done went and said that name five times in front of a mirror because Candyman is back. The studio has partnered with co-producers Jordan Peele and Win Rosenfield to create a “spiritual sequel” to the three-film franchise, based on a Clive Barker short story, that starred Tony Todd as the vengeful spirit who you don’t want to get into a discussion with … Continue reading ‘Candyman’ Sequel in the Works at MGM with Jordan Peele Producing!!!
It was 57 years ago that Rita Moreno won an Oscar for her turn as Anita in the 1961 classic West Side Story, and now the EGOT winner has signed on to co-star in and executive produce Steven Spielberg‘s new film adaptation of the seminal Broadway musical. Ansel Elgort will star as Tony, while Moreno will play Valentina, a reconceived and expanded version of the … Continue reading ‘West Side Story’ Remake: Rita Moreno Returning to Play a New Character!!!
DC Universe has released the first look at the highly-anticipated Young Justice: Outsiders, the direct follow-up to the animated Young Justice that ran for just two all-too-brief seasons on Cartoon Network. Outsiders will pick up the threads left dangling by the 2013 finale’s achingly unresolved cliffhangers, which saw—*spoilers*—Wally West’s Kid Flash (Jason Marsden) being erased from existence, Vandal Savage (Miguel Ferrer) striking up a bro-deal with Darkseid on … Continue reading ‘Young Justice: Outsiders’: New Trailer Reveals a Ton of DC Comics Characters!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – Post World War II, a British colonel and his wife are assigned to live in Hamburg during the post-war reconstruction, but tensions arise with the German who previously owned the house. Directed – James Kent Starring – Alexander Skarsgård, Keira Knightley, Jason Clarke Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘The Aftermath’: New Trailer Further Reveals The Keira Knightley Led War Drama!! Check It Out!!
Sony Pictures Animation is feeling confident as Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse prepares to swing into theaters. Joaquim Dos Santos (Avatar: The Last Airbender) has been tapped to direct a sequel to the animated superhero movie, while Lauren Montgomery (Batman: Year One) is in negotiations to direct a spinoff led by the female heroes in Spider-Man universe. THR and Deadline report that Bek Smith, a writer on the … Continue reading ‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Sequel and Spinoff in the Works at Sony Animation!!
Synopsis – Unknown Directed – Bhushan Patel Starring – Nargis Fakhri, Mona Singh, Sachiin Joshi Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘Amavas’: First Teaser Reveals the Nargis Fakhri and Sachiin Joshi Lead Bollywood Horror!! Check It Out!!
Netflix has released the first trailer for its 3D CG anime series Ultraman. Directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex) and Shinji Aramaki (Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars), it is based on the 12th volume of the Ultraman manga, and is set to arrive on the streaming service on April 1st; watch it here: “Several years have passed since the events of Ultraman, … Continue reading ‘Ultraman’: Netflix Releases First trailer For The Upcoming Anime Series!! Check It Out!!
The National Board of Review—one of the awards season’s inaugural voting bodies—has announced its Top 10 Films of the Year list, along with other superlatives. If you’re looking for a correlation between NBR and the Oscars, well you’re not gonna find it. The winner of Best Film from the National Board of Review hasn’t won the Best Picture Oscar since 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire, and as … Continue reading ‘Green Book’ Named Best Film of 2018 by National Board of Review!!!
Get ready for more goofy and gory mythological murders, because one of horror’s longest-running and downright deliciously absurd franchises is heading back to screens. Leprechaun Returns arrives on Digital and On Demand this month, and we’ve got some exclusive first look images at the little mayhem-spreading king of the one-liners in action. Leprechaun Returns finds the Leprechaun on the hunt for his gold once again after t … Continue reading ‘Leprechaun Returns’: New Images Promise a Gory Return for the Killer Creature!! Check It Out!!
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment has released the Blu-ray trailer for Venom, and they’re having a little fun with the impossibly successful Marvel Comics adaptation. While the Ruben Fleischer-directed film was a mostly serious take on the antihero, the movie did show shades of self-awareness here and there, especially when it came to Tom Hardy’s lead performance as both Eddie Brock and the symbiote Venom. Hardy … Continue reading ‘Venom’: Blu-ray Trailer Teases a Love Story for the Ages!! Check It Out!!
Roald Dahl’s books are no stranger to adaptations, but they will be new when they come to Netflix. The streaming giant has announced that “Netflix is extending the Roald Dahl universe of stories for global family audiences with an exclusive new slate of original animated event series, based on the books from the acclaimed and award-winning author’s best-selling library, including Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, … Continue reading Works of Roald Dahl Head to Netflix As a Bunch of Animated Series!!!
Netflix has released the first trailer for Springsteen on Broadway, which brings Bruce Springsteen’s critically acclaimed Broadway stage show to the masses. Indeed, if you heard everyone raving about the iconic artist’s Broadway show and were insanely jealous that you didn’t get a chance to see it in person, Springsteen—man of the people—is offering up a recorded version of the show on Netflix. It’s very … Continue reading ‘Springsteen on Broadway’: First Trailer Reveals Netflix’s Presentation of the Acclaimed Stage Show!!! Check It Out!!
At long last, we have the first rumblings of a To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before sequel in the works at Netflix. This seemed like a foregone conclusion. Not only was the rom com a massive hit for the streaming service earlier this year, but Jenny Han’s source material is the first in a trilogy of books that continue the story of Lara Jean. So … Continue reading ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’ Sequel in the Works!!!
Synopsis – A woman in Harlem desperately scrambles to prove her fiancé innocent of a crime while carrying their first child. Directed – Barry Jenkins Starring – KiKi Layne, Stephan James, Regina King Check out the trailer: Continue reading ‘If Beale Street Could Talk’: Final Trailer Trusts Love!! Check It Out!!
Zack Snyder has taken to social media site Vero to share another tease of his original plans for Justice League and the DC Extended Universe, with the filmmaker posting an image of ancient artwork which depicts the super-villain Darkseid, the tyrannical ruler of Apokolips, along with what looks to be one of the Mother Boxes. I can’t take these teases anymore!! pic.twitter.com/yaaigbJwFD — -/George- (@kryptonscodex) … Continue reading ‘Justice League’: Zack Snyder Teases Darkseid With New Image!! Check It Out!!
Synopsis – A war-hardened Crusader and his Moorish commander mount an audacious revolt against the corrupt English crown in a thrilling action-adventure packed with gritty battlefield exploits, mind-blowing fight choreography, and a timeless romance. My Take – It is quite clear that if you have never heard the tale of Robin Hood, the nobleman who robbed from the rich to give to the poor, you … Continue reading Robin Hood (2018) Review!!!
Synopsis – Artemis Fowl II, a young Irish criminal mastermind, kidnaps the fairy LEPrecon officer Holly Short for ransom to fund the search for his missing father. Directed – Kenneth Branagh Starring – Miranda Raison, Hong Chau, Judi Dench Check out the teaser: Continue reading ‘Artemis Fowl’: First Teaser Reveals Disney’s Take on the Anti-Hero!! Check It Out!!
Chloe Zhao’s “The Rider,” a tiny indie about a rodeo rider trying to recover from a serious injury, has been named the best independent film of 2018 at the Gotham Independent Film Awards, which were handed out on Monday night in New York. On a night in which many of the categories had upset winners, the film best out several better-known films, including Yorgos Lanthimos’ … Continue reading The Rider’ Wins Top Prize at 2018 Gotham Awards!! Check It Out The Full List!!
Starz has made two new series orders, picking up Katori Hall’s strip club drama P-Valley (working title) based on her play Pussy Valley, executive produced by Peter Chernin, with Brandee Evans (The Bobby Brown Story) and Nicco Annan (This is Us) attached to star, and confirming a series order for Hightown (fka P-Town), about the opioid crisis, from Rebecca Cutter (Gotham), Gary Lennon (Starz’s Power) and Jerry Bruckheimer … Continue reading Starz Picks Up Series Strip Club Drama ‘P-Valley’ and Opioid Epidemic Drama ‘Hightown’!!!
Just over a year since the mixed critical and audience reception for “Justice League,” fans of the Warner Bros.’ DC-verse are looking for James Wan’s “Aquaman” to get the series back on track. And based on the first round of social media reactions on Monday, their wish might be granted. “Aquaman” received its first screening at a Warner Bros. press event Nov. 14, and critics … Continue reading ‘Aquaman’: DC Film Wins Rave Early Reactions!!!
American Sniper and Turn actor Owain Yeoman and Ready Player One actor Ralph Ineson are joining Katie Holmes and Christopher Convery in William Brent Bell’s horror thriller The Boy 2, from STXfilms and Lakeshore Entertainment. In the sequel to the 2016 film, a young family moves into Heelshire Mansion, unaware of the terrifying history of the estate. Soon, their young son makes an unsettling new friend, an eerily lifelike doll he calls … Continue reading ‘The Boy 2’: Owain Yeoman and Ralph Ineson Board Joins Katie Holmes in the Horror Sequel!!
In a frank and revealing interview, Amanda Bynes talked about her battle with drug addiction, and said that the experience of making her 2006 comedy “She’s the Man” led her into what she describes as “a deep depression.” “When the movie came out and I saw it,” she told Paper Magazine, “I went into a deep depression for four to six months because I didn’t like … Continue reading ‘She’s the Man’: Amanda Bynes Says Film Led Her to a Deep Depression!!!
Life Sentence creators Erin Cardillo and Richard Keith are the most prolific writers this broadcast developing season, selling a third high-profile project. NBC has given a put pilot commitment to 3,000 Hours, a drama from Cardillo, Keith, Greg Berlanti’s Berlanti Prods. and Warner Bros. TV, where Berlanti Prods. is based. The sale gives Berlanti Prods. at least one project with a big commitment at each of the five broadcast networks this … Continue reading ‘3,000 Hours’: NBC Nabs Drama From Erin Cardillo, Richard Keith and Berlanti!!!
North of Two has set a December 7 release date for Nona, Kate Bosworth and Michael Polish’s feature film that the distributor acquired in May. The film, which puts a face to Central America’s sex trafficking industry, was produced under the couple’s Make Pictures Productions. It will be released beginning in Los Angeles and New York. Nona tells the story of a girl from Honduras who meets … Continue reading ‘Nona’: Kate Bosworth and Director Michael Polish’s Film Gets a December Release Date!!!
After dominating last year’s Oscars with “The Shape of Water” and “Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri,” Fox Searchlight is right back at it with “The Favourite,” which has earned the largest per screen average in nearly two years. Released on four screens in New York and Los Angeles, Yorgos Lanthimos’ dark, 18th century satire grossed an estimated $420,000 for a per screen average (PSA) of … Continue reading ‘The Favourite’ Achieves Largest Screen Average In The Last Two Years at the Indie BO!!!
Comedian Amy Sedaris has joined the cast of Disney’s live-action “The Lion King” remake, numerous individuals close to the project tell Variety. She will voice an animal brand new to the kingdom that was established in the 1994 animated classic. Under the purview of director Jon Favreau, Sedaris will play an elephant shrew — so named for long noses that resemble elephant trunks, the tiny mammal … Continue reading ‘The Lion King’: The Live Action Disney Adaption Adds Amy Sedaris in Original Voice Role!!!
JuVee Productions, the shingle headed by Viola Davis and Julius Tennon, has signed a first look deal with Amazon Studios. Under the deal, JuVee will produce feature films for the streaming service. Davis recently worked with the studio on the feature Troupe Zero, starring alongside Allison Janney and Jim Gaffigan. The JuVee pact comes as big name talent continues to be locked down by streaming services. Amazon … Continue reading Amazon Signs First-Look Film Deal With Viola Davis’ Production Company!!!
Amazon has set an all-star cast for its upcoming anthology series “Modern Love,” based on the New York Times column and weekly podcast. The cast includes: Anne Hathaway, Tina Fey, John Slattery, Dev Patel, Catherine Keener, Andy Garcia, Cristin Milioti, Brandon Victor Dixon, Olivia Cooke, Andrew Scott, Julia Garner, Shea Whigham, Gary Carr, Sofia Boutella, and John Gallagher, Jr. In addition, “Shameless” alum Emmy Rossum will … Continue reading ‘Modern Love’: Anne Hathaway, Dev Patel, Tina Fey Among Cast for Amazon’s Anthology Series!!
Jonathan Majors is in talks to star in writer-director Aaron Sorkin‘s The Trial of the Chicago 7, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. The film is based on the infamous 1969 trial of seven defendants charged by the federal government with conspiracy and more, arising from the countercultural protests in Chicago at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Majors, who broke out on the ABC miniseries When … Continue reading ‘Trial of the Chicago 7’: Jonathan Majors in Talks to Star in Aaron Sorkin’s Film!!
Greg Kinnear will join Keira Knightley in the movie Misbehaviour, starring as Bob Hope in the dramedy about the disrupted Miss World contest in 1970. In further casting additions, Phantom Thread‘s Lesley Manville has come on board to play Hope’s wife, Dolores, with Bodyguard‘s Keeley Hawes, Notting Hill‘s Rhys Ifans and Downton Abbey‘s Phyllis Logan also joining the project. Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Jessie Buckley were previously announced … Continue reading ‘Misbehaviour’: Greg Kinnear Joins Keira Knightley’s Miss World Comedy-Drama!!!
With official info on Star Wars: Episode IX extremely thin on the ground, you can always trust the rumor mill to throw out some wild and crazy speculation, and it doesn’t come much wilder, crazier or more speculative than that of YouTuber Mike Zeroh. Now, you’ll most definitely want to have your pinch of salt at the ready for this one, but according to this … Continue reading ‘Star Wars Episode IX’: Natalie Portman Rumored To Be Returning!!
Anytime Donald Glover and Hiro Murai team up, people kind of lose their shit. Murai directed numerous episodes of Glover’s Emmy and Golden Globe-winning FX comedy Atlanta, including the conversation-dominating episode Teddy Perkins, as well as a few of the music videos for Glover’s alter ego Childish Gambino. Earlier this year, the pair unleashed the music video for This Is America on the world and it was all anybody could … Continue reading ‘Guava Island’: Donald Glover And Rihanna Debut First Trailer for Their Mystery Project!! Check It Out!!
The CW has released yet another official promo for Elseworlds—the three-night crossover between Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl—and by Grodd there’s a whole lot of shenanigans happening over there in the Arrowverse. “Everyone on Earth thinks we’re each other,” Stephen Amell‘s Oliver Queen says to Barry Allen (Grant Gustin), a storyline teased in the crossover’s costume-swapping posters. One of the highlights of the trailer is confirmation … Continue reading ‘Elseworlds’: New Trailer Reveals a Rewritten Reality!! Check It Out!!
Guillermo del Toro loves movies. This much we know for sure. The Oscar-winning filmmaker loves movies so much, that he took a bit of flack in the past for being attached to so many projects at once, only for a select few of them to actually come to fruition. But those who lamented his litany of projects neglected to understand how Hollywood works, nor appreciate … Continue reading Guillermo del Toro Reveals List of Unproduced Screenplays!! Check It Out!!
After giving a glimpse into the worlds of gangsters and mafias, Vice India has finally dropped the official trailer of its non-fictional documentary, क Se Crime. Covering a whole length of crime-related stories of Uttar Pradesh, the series is inspired by Indian crime-thriller- Amazon Prime Original Series Mirzapur. Live in India since April 2018, Vice Media at large is responsible for conceptualizing content programming spanning … Continue reading ‘क Se Crime’: First Trailer Introduces The Documentary Behind The Crimes of ‘Mirzapur’!! Check It Out!!
TNT has released a new trailer for Patty Jenkins’ upcoming limited series I Am the Night. The six-episode drama hails from writer Sam Sheridan and stars Chris Pine as a former Marine-turned hack reporter who seeks redemption in uncovering the truth behind a Hollywood scandal that has ties to the Black Dahlia murderer. India Eisley plays Fauna Hodel, a woman who was given away by her … Continue reading ‘I Am the Night’: New Trailer Has Chris Pine in a Twisty Noir Tale!! Check It Out!!
Seth Rogen is nearly finished putting together the cast for his new Sony comedy, as Molly Evensen, Eliot Glazer, Kalen Allen, Kevin O’Rourke and Succession star Sarah Snook have joined the ensemble, Collider has exclusively learned. Cinematographer Brandon Trost, who has shot several Rogen movies including Neighbors and This Is the End, will make his feature directorial debut with the so-called Pickle picture, which Rogen … Continue reading ‘Pickle’: Seth Rogen’s Comedy at Sony Adds New Members to it’s Cast!!!
