7:45 AM EST 3/6/2015
Problem Child, the 1990 American comedy movie directed by Dennis Dugan and which starred John Ritter, Amy Yasbeck and Michael Oliver, has been given the green light by NBC for adaptation for a TV series, with Scot Armstrong set to write the script for the single-camera project, as well as executive produce with the original film's producer Brian Grazer.Read more
7:39 AM EST 3/6/2015
Season 2 of Deadbeat, the supernatural comedy series created by Cody Heller and Brett Konner that airs exclusively on the Hulu Plus subscription service platform, will be released, all 13 episodes of it, on April 20.Read more
7:35 AM EST 3/6/2015
Allison Janney, 55, best known for her TV roles in the CBS sitcom series Mom and the Showtime period drama series Masters of Sex, is now part of the cast in 20th Century Fox's Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, a film adaptation being directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay written by Jane Goldman based on Ransom Riggs' best-selling novel of the same name.Read more
7:30 AM EST 3/6/2015
Giancarlo Esposito, 56, better known to American audience for his roles on the TV series Breaking Bad, Once Upon a Time and Revolution, has joined the cast of Money Monster, a drama thriller being directed by Jodie Foster from a screenplay written by Alan Di Fiore, Jim Kouf, and Jamie Linden and which is produced and will be distributed by TriStar Pictures.Read more
7:24 AM EST 3/6/2015
Fox is developing an Expendables TV show with the film franchise's star, writer and director Sylvester Stallone and its producer Avi Lerner who will both be executive producing the small-screen adaptation, according to Deadline. Shane Brennan of NCIS fame is named as show runner for the project. He will also be writing for the series along with Greg Coolidge and Kirk Ward.Read more
7:21 AM EST 3/6/2015
Dominic Fumusa, 45, who is currently seen in the TV series Nurse Jackie as Jackie's husband Kevin Peyton, is now the latest confirmed cast member of 13 Hours, a film adaptation of Michael Zuckoff’s book, titled “13 Hours: The Inside Account of What Really Happened in Benghazi.”Read more
7:15 AM EST 3/6/2015
Martha Plimpton, 44, best remembered for playing Virginia Chance on Fox's Raising Hope sitcom, will again star in another comedy TV series in ABC's upcoming pilot Family of the Year, which is loosely based on gay activist and writer Dan Savage's life.Read more
7:07 AM EST 3/6/2015
Harrison Ford, 72, is in serious condition after crash landing a plane in Venice, California on Thursday.Read more
7:03 AM EST 3/6/2015
Maggie, an upcoming independent post-apocalyptic horror drama film directed by Henry Hobson, written by John Scott 3 and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Abigail Breslin, and Joely Richardson is set to have its world premiere at the 2015 Tribeca Film Festival.Read more
9:42 AM EST 3/5/2015
Netflix earlier announced that it will be releasing Beasts of No Nation simultaneously in theaters and on its streaming service later this year. However, major theater chains are refusing to show the film because the company is debuting the film simultaneously on its streaming service, according to Variety.Read more
9:38 AM EST 3/5/2015
HBO is reportedly in talks with Apple to bring Game of Thrones, along with the premium cable service’s other hit shows to its new online service which will be called 'HBO Now' and is expected to cost $15 per month, according to the International Business TimesRead more
9:32 AM EST 3/5/2015
Brook Busey-Maurio, 36, screenwriter, producer, director and ex-stripper, better known by her pen name Diablo Cody, has been hired to write the next draft of the script for Sony’s live-action Barbie movie.Read more
9:14 AM EST 3/5/2015
MGM has acquired the rights to the award winning Robert C. O’Brien 1971 children’s book Mrs. Frisby & The Rats Of NIMH, and has commissioned Michael Berg, best known for his work on Ice Age 5, to write the script for the planned feature film, which will be done as a live-action/CGI hybrid, according to Deadline.Read more
9:10 AM EST 3/5/2015
Focus Features and Working Title will be releasing Tom Hooper's The Danish Girl, starring newly crowned Oscar winner for best actor Eddie Redmayne, beginning November 27, on Thanksgiving weekend. It will be released domestically by Focus Features and overseas by Universal Pictures International.Read more
9:03 AM EST 3/5/2015
Lionsgate which acquired the rights to the cult-favorite Dust, the steampunk-themed tabletop game and graphic novel created by Italian fantasy illustrator Paolo Parente, announced that it will be developed and adapted for the big-screen by Rawson Marshall Thurber, best known for his work on 2013's surprise box office hit ensemble comedy We're the Millers starring Jennifer Aniston, Jason Sudeikis, Emma Roberts, Will Poulter, Nick Offerman, Kathryn Hahn and Ed Helms.Read more