StudioCanal Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated “The Thick of It,” “In the Loop” and “Veep” creator Armando Iannucci has been set to co-write a fourth “Paddington” movie at StudioCanal. Iannucci will be joined by his long-standing and fellow Emmy-winning and Oscar-nominated writing partner Simon Blackwell, who worked with him on all those aforementioned projects. The hiring was […]

Lucasfilm The final numbers are coming in, and the opening of “The Mandalorian and Grogu” is heading for what’s expected at the box-office – an $81 million three-day and a $100 million four-day Memorial Day holiday weekend haul. While that’s the softest start for a “Star Wars” title behind “Solo: A Star Wars Story” at […]

Adult Swim Hot on the heels of the “Rick and Morty” ninth season debut, Adult Swim has premiered the teaser trailer for the spin-off series “President Curtis”. The title was revealed back in July last year. In the series, Keith David will reprise his longtime role on the show as President Andre Curtis. Stephanie Beatriz […]

Paramount+ After two well-received seasons, the third season run of “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” slipped in quality – the episodic nature allowing for tonal variations from episode to episode seemed to be overembraced by the production team. That resulted in too many ‘gimmick’ episodes, quite a few of which seemed undercooked, such as the […]

Disney Alan Cumming is set to lend his voice for a key cameo in Disney and Pixar’s upcoming “Toy Story 5”. Speaking with LADbible, “The Traitors” host confirmed he will be voicing Woody and Jesse’s horse Bullseye in the project and calls it an ‘incredible honour’. The toy horse has appeared in all the films […]

Marvel A new study in the United Kingdom has examined the top films from the past three years at the local box office and found that audiences are choosing movies with lead actors named Chris rather than those led by a woman aged over 60. The study was conducted by the University of West London […]

20th Century Studios Filmmaker James Gray has spoken more about how his 2019 Brad Pitt-led sci-fi film “Ad Astra” was the subject of studio interference. The film reimagined Joseph Conrad’s “Heart of Darkness” as a story spanning the solar system and dealing with one astronaut’s serious daddy issues. The film notably went through extensive reshoots […]

Marvel The Florence Pugh-led $70 million budget fantasy drama “The Midnight Library” is looking to have the biggest deal of the Cannes market this year. Paramount, Focus and Sony are reportedly in the mix for domestic and select international markets, while producer-financier Studiocanal will hold onto it in its own territories, including UK, France, Australia, […]

Amazon Nicolas Cage says that turning down offers in the past has led to him being dismissed from future projects by certain filmmakers. Out doing promotional rounds for the launch this week of the “Spider-Noir” series on Amazon, Cage says he’s turned down job offers from several notable directors at some point, and only one […]

Amazon MGM Studios Idris Elba says that despite all the speculation over the years, he was never really in contention to play James Bond. Amazon MGM Studios announced earlier that the “search for the next James Bond is underway” with the casting process expected to take place this Summer. The Golden Globe-winning “The Wire” and […]