U.S. President Barack Obama is getting the film treatment, but curiously, the pic in question takes place before the politican ever entered the Oval Office - Southside With You is an indie romance that will center on the first date of the President and his future First Lady. Tika Sumpter (Ride Along) had already been cast in the latter role, and now it's been revealed that Parker Sawyers has been tapped to channel a young Barack Obama.
As someone who still doesn't really see the point in a Vacation reboot, I can at least acknowledge that the first red-band trailer for Warner Bros.' new take on the classic comedy seems to have its head in the right place.
Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) will fight alongside the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, the first official synopsis for Marvel's upcoming Phase Three film has confirmed.
What a relief it is that Quentin Tarantino went ahead with The Hateful Eight, even after a nasty episode involving a script leak that was once thought to have turned the director off the project for good. After licking his wounds, Tarantino found that he still felt strongly enough about the story to proceed, and as a result, this fall is about to get rocked by a tornado of bloody, badass mayhem - the kind only Tarantino could dream up. Today brings our first look at The Hateful Eight, via an unveiled cover for Entertainment Weekly.
Rest easy, Clone Club - Orphan Black isn't going anywhere. BBC America's watercooler hit has been renewed for a fourth season, the network announced today.
We've watched Meryl Streep play as a Polish immigrant, famed chef, British politician and scheming witch over the years, but this summer will find the three-time Oscar winner in a role that's different from any we've seen her take on before: that of a hard-rocking guitarist whose greatest love is her music. The first trailer for Ricki and the Flash finds Streep jamming out with a passion and prowess that is surely going to get whispers of the O-word (Oscar, of course) going into the fall.
The long-gestating Beverly Hills Cop 4 is still alive but seemingly re-entering the depths of development hell. Paramount, which had previously booked the fourquel for March 25, 2016, has removed the pic from its schedule and is not re-slotting it, suggesting that the project is no longer on track for completion, if it ever was.
Fresh off her biggest dramatic showcase yet in The Age of Adaline, former Gossip Girl star Blake Lively has joined the cast of Woody Allen's next feature film.
Let's do the bad news first - critically acclaimed comedy The Mindy Project has been terminated by Fox after three low-rated seasons. But hold the tears, because here's the good news - online streaming giant Hulu is already angling to bring the series back, potentially for multiple seasons.
Let the brain-munching antics continue! iZombie, The CW's quirky comedy/detective/horror hybrid, has struck enough of a chord with network brass to earn a second season pickup, Deadline has confirmed.
