Robert Pattison edged out Nicholas Hoult for the coveted role of the Caped Crusader.  After both actors were screen tested, it’s official — Pattison is the new Batman. Warner Bros. confirmed the decision Friday and that negotiations are already underway.  Pattison will take over the role from Ben Affleck, who starred...
List Kudrow has been tapped to headline the Amazon comedy pilot Good People.  The Friends alumna will also executive produce the half-hour comedy from Lee Daniels (Empire) and Whitney Cummings (2 Broke Girls). It is produced by Amazon Studios and Fox 21 Television Studios. Good People centers on three generations of...
The pope is back. HBO received much praise for its 2016 miniseries, The Young Pope, so it makes sense that the network would bring us a follow-up. Entitled The New Pope, the series will once again see Jude Law as the titular character. The disruptive papal figure will have...
Jemaine Clement’s Flight of the Conchords is going a bit further than imagined… all the way to Pandora. The New Zealander has been confirmed to star in the upcoming Avatar sequels which are being helmed by the director of the original, James Cameron. Whilst only two sequels were initially planned,...
Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx, and Peter Dinklage are set to join the remake of the acclaimed Western by Sam Peckinpah. The Wild Bunch remake hails from Mel Gibson for Warner Bros. who is financing and releasing. Gibson also co-wrote the script alongside Bryan Bagby. He will also executive produce the...
Marco Perego-Saldana has set wife, Zoe Saldana, as the lead in his upcoming directorial debut.  Variety exclusively reports that Saldana will topline the romantic comedy Keyhole Garden, which traces “the sprawling romance of a man and woman whose love for each other struggles to overcome the divisiveness of life on...
Multiple outlets confirm that Emma Thompson is in early negotiations to join Disney’s live-action take on the 101 Dalmatians' villain. The Oscar-winner is in talks to star in Cruella. Should she join the project she’ll star opposite Emma Stone, who has been set to play Cruella De Vil, the villain of...
Steve Harvey has been replaced as the host of NBC’s Little Big Shots. Multiple outlets confirm that Melissa McCarthy has been set to replace Harvey as the host of the unscripted talent competition for kids. The series, which hails from Warner Horizon Television and Ellen DeGeneres’ A Very Good Production...
Annette Bening and Michelle Pfeiffer have teamed up for a new psychological drama.  Turn Of Mind is based on Alice LaPlante’s New York Times bestseller of the same name. Adapting the story for the big screen is Pulitzer Prize winner Doug Wright. Gideon Raff will direct the film.  The feature follows...
Bruce Willis has joined Matt Eskandari’s The Night is Long.  The action thriller will be the actor’s and producers Randall Emmett and George Furla sixteenth collaboration.  In The Long Night, “two ruthless criminals break into a disgraced doctor’s home to be given medical attention after one of them is shot during...