‘Tiger King’ TV Series Casts Nicolas Cage To Play Joe Exotic For ‘American Vandal’ Showrunner [Updated] Update:The Wrapreports that Cage has been confirmed to star in this series. Amazon Studios will co-produce it, and the show will be available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. Our original post from July 29, 2025 follows.Nicolas Cageis in talks to star in the first television show of his career, and you’re probably familiar with the role he’s set to play....

‘We Are Lady Parts’ Teaser: A Muslim Female Punk Band Puts On A Show In Peacock Original Comedy Peacock has so far been largely catering to the nostalgic orThe Office-loving crowds, but the NBCUniversal streaming platform is branching out in a big way with its newest Peacock Original.We Are Lady Partsis a comedy series created byNida Manzoor(Doctor Who) about a Muslim female punk band just trying to get a proper gig in London – and maybe a proper guitarist, too....

Attack The Block’s Alien Designs Were Inspired By This ’80s Arcade Game There was a time when “hoodie” just referred to a plain old comfy sweatshirt with a built-in hood. But in the UK during the 2000s, the word became a derogatory catch-all term that conjured up images of a young, yobbish, working-class male, often seen hanging around bus shelters and shopping precincts, causing aggro and generally being intimidating. An encounter with a gang of hoodies could be a frightening experience, and people told their tales as if talking about a lucky escape from a pack of hyenas (viaSlate)....

Casting Bits: Colin Firth In ‘Gambit,’ Plus New Casting For ‘Safe House,’ ‘We Bought A Zoo’ And ‘The Hangover: Part II’ Colin Firthis edging closer to genuine leading man status, thanks in part to big awards season recognition for films likeA Single ManandThe King’s Speech. It’s a transformation that will take another big step if he takes the lead role inGambit, a heist thriller remake scripted byJoel and Ethan Coen. We’ve reported on the film in the past, most recently whenThe Last StationdirectorMichael Hoffmancame on to direct....

Cool Stuff: Hot Toys Reveals Amazingly Detailed Baby Groot Collectible It feels like every single week there’s a new story about Baby Groot. Whether it be a newtoy versionof the character, a piece of art, ordiscussion ofthescene itself, everyone just wants more information about the hilarious ending toGuardians of the Galaxy. If you’ve been on the fence about which version of the character to buy, you’re in luck.Hot Toyshas revealed their version of Baby Groot and it’s pretty easy to say this is a close to definitive as we have....

D.J. Caruso Tweets That He’s Directing ‘Preacher’ Despite the poor box office and critic reception on his latest film,I Am Number Four, director D.J. Caruso (Disturbia, Eagle Eye)recently tweetedthe following: My deal just closed on Preacher. Going back to the dark side and pretty f***ing pumped! Whoa! Someone is actually going to make a film version ofPreacher. This fits in withthe rumor Peter ranlast week, saying that Caruso was in talks to direct the big screen adaptation of the famous, dark,Garth Ennis-written,Steve Dillon-drawn Vertigo comic book series....

Denis Villeneuve’s ‘Dune’ Looks To ‘Mission: Impossible’ Star Rebecca Ferguson For Female Lead Denis Villeneuve’sDuneadaptation may have found its Lady Jessica.Mission: ImpossiblebreakoutRebecca Fergusonis in talks to join theDunecast as the female lead, oppositeTimothée Chalamet, who has already been cast as Paul Atreides.Frank Herbert’s epic sci-fi novelDuneis like the filmmaker’s Mount Everest — sprawling, dense, and near-impossible to adapt. But with the right cast, Villeneuve may just be able to pull it off....

Dolph Lundgren Dishes His Role (And Channing Tatum’s) In The Coens' ‘Hail, Caesar!’ Dolph Lundgrenisn’t the kind of guy you’d normally expect to see in aCoen Brothersmovie, and he knows it, too. “It was a bit of a shocker,” he says of his role inHail, Caesar!But now that he’s settled into the part, he has some juicy new details to share about the period comedy, including exactly whatChanning Tatumwill be doing in it....

Early Buzz: Terminator Salvation The first official reviews ofMcG’sTerminator Salvationhave hit over the weekend in the Hollywood trade newspapers and a college website. Variety and College Times say it’s a fun summer action film (not transcendent of the first two films, obviously), but The Hollywood Reporter borderline HATED it. I’ve included spoiler free excerpts from the three reviews after the jump. Variety: “[McG] exhibits an unexpected flair for the dreadful, abrupt and awesome....

Filmmaker Jordan Vogt-Roberts On Why He Loves Star Wars https://twitter.com/robtornoe/status/538473303934263296Jordan Vogt-Robertsis one of the most exciting new filmmakers. We loved his Amblin-esque indie coming of age filmThe Kings Of Summer, which was a breakout film at Sundance a couple years back. Jordan is currently developing a big screen adaptation of the video gameMetal Gear Solidas well as Legendary Pictures’King Kongprequel/sequel/rebootSkull Island. Like many of the rest of us, Jordan spent this holiday weekend thinking about Star Wars and geeking out over theStar Wars: The Force Awakenstrailer....

Fright Night Adds Imogen Poots, Plus Some More Remake Details Update:As a few people have mentioned,Fright Night, which will be in 3D, also now has a release date: June 26, 2025. Amazing it has actually been given an October date. The cast of theFright Nightremake, directed byCraig Gillespie(Lars and the Real Girl), has been shaping up quite nicely. The last major missing piece was an actress to play Amy, the girlfriend of Charlie Brewster (Anton Yelchin), the high school kid who discovers that a vampire has moved in next door....

Gary Ross Won’t Direct ‘The Hunger Games’ Sequel This is why we can never make any assumptions about how a deal is going to go down before the ink is set and dried. Even before the massive success ofThe Hunger Games, most assumed thatGary Rosswould return to direct the sequel,Catching Fire.Simon Beaufoywashired to script the sequel, and said to be working under the supervision of Ross. In the weeks since the release ofThe Hunger Games, we’ve heard aboutnegotiations between Ross and Lionsgate, and while there seemed to be some contention over money, the general takeaway was that Ross and the studio would come to terms and he would once again be in the director’s chair for the sequel....

Global Release Of James Bond Film ‘No Time To Die’ Moved From April To November Due To Coronavirus No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has become the first major Hollywood tentpole film to delay its global release because of the coronavirus outbreak. The movie, which was slated to premiere in London later this month and open globally in early April, has been pushed all the way back toNovember 12, 2020in the U....