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Daniel Radcliffe Cast as “Weird Al” Yankovic in the Singer’s Roku Channel Biopic

Daniel Radcliffe has been cast as “Weird Al” Yankovic in an upcoming biopic about the prolific parody singer. The film, which is titled Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, is set to stream exclusively on The Roku Channel, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Yankovic co-wrote the script for the movie with Eric Appel, who will also…

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer’s Imagine Entertainment May Sell Majority Stake to Investment Firm Centricus

Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are in discussions to sell a majority stake in their film and television production company, Imagine Entertainment, to the investment firm, Centricus Asset Management Ltd. The London-based firm may pay between $600 million to $800 million for a minimum 70 percent stake in the company, the Wall Street Journal is…

Y: The Last Man Fails to Find New Home After FX on Hulu Cancellation

Y: The Last Man has been officially cancelled, after its potential second season failed to be picked up by a new network, Collider is reporting. The news comes after the post-apocalyptic series’ first season premiered on September 13, 2021 on FX on Hulu, which later took the project off of its slate of content the…

Denzel Washington Has An Exciting Update On What’s Happening With The Equalizer 3

Is Denzel Washington poised to reprise his role of mercenary Robert McCall in Antoine Fuqua’s Equalizer series? In an interview with Steve Weintraub published this week in Collider, the Oscar-winning actor was caught waxing absolutely macho about the prospect, saying with just a whiff of Trumpian bravado: “They have written the third Equalizer, so I’m scheduled…

Pete Davidson Cast in The Purge Director James DeMonaco’s New Horror Thriller The Home

Pete Davidson has been cast in Miramax’s upcoming horror thriller, The Home, which will be directed by The Purge series creator, James DeMonaco. The Saturday Night Live star is set to play Max in the film, whose production is set to begin later this month, Deadline is reporting. The Home will follow Max, a troubled…

‘A Quiet Place’ Spinoff Finds ‘Pig’ Director Michael Sarnoski

Despite its soft-pedaling title, a lot of noise is emanating from Hollywood these days over “A Quiet Place.” Industry insiders this week are reporting that Paramount is negotiating with “Pig” director Michael Sarnoski to write and direct the anticipated third installment to the series, described by Deadline as “not being a threequel but rather a…

SAG Nominations Led by ‘House of Gucci’ and ‘The Power of the Dog’

Nominations for the 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards were announced this morning by Rosario Dawson and Vanessa Hudgens. The acting group honors film and television projects but does not differentiate between lead and supporting performances. Its film prizes are often seen as a crucial benchmark on the way to Oscar attention. House of Gucci…

Cate Blanchett to Star in Pedro Almodóvar’s First English Film, “A Manual For Cleaning Women”

Cate Blanchett will star in A Manual for Cleaning Women, the first English-language feature by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. The film, now in the early stages of development, is based on Lucia Berlin’s 2015 short-story collection about women working in subservient jobs, such as laundresses, switchboard operators, and housecleaners. During her career, Blanchett captured two…

‘The Batman’ Still On Track for March Release and Exclusive 45-Day Theatrical Window

The effects of the Omicron surge and many people testing positive for COVID-19 on sets has understandably led to delays for numerous projects. One that doesn’t appear to be experiencing them, at least for the moment, is The Batman, from director Matt Reeves. According to Variety, WarnerMedia CEO Jason Kilar has stated that there the…

Michael Bay, Gareth Evans and Patrick Hughes Remaking The Raid For Netflix

Three of Hollywood’s biggest action filmmakers – Michael Bay, Gareth Evans and Patrick Hughes – are working on a new remake of the 2011 cult classic action thriller, The Raid, for Netflix. Hughes, who’s known for directing the The Hitman’s Bodyguard series, is set to helm The Raid‘s upcoming reimagining, Deadline is reporting. Bay will…

New The Batman Pictures Reveal Fresh Looks at Riddler, Penguin, and Batman

Warner Brothers had released a fresh new image of a highly anticipated Matt Reeves’ The Batman film ahead of March release, giving us a look at some of Gotham’s most anticipated villains. The new images separate from the previous Batman iterations, combining the Tim Burton’s colorful vision and Christopher Nolan’s dark and gritty The Dark…