Back when Sony and Marvel leveraged the rights to Spider-Man, paving the way for the web-slinger to return to his native home, both studios cast the net to find an actor to supplant Andrew Garfield in the lead role. As that search gained traction, we began to learn of the criteria that Marvel in particular had in mind when selecting a new Peter Parker: younger, for a start, and much more nimble.
Casting on Peter Landesman's historical drama Felt is heating up - and fast. Yesterday brought news that Liam Neeson will portray the role of Mark Felt (AKA Deep Throat), the elusive whistleblower that disclosed all manner of secret information to Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein circa 1972. An instrumental figure in exposing the Richard Nixon administration in what later become known as the Watergate scandal, the series of events are an important fixture in the history of the United States, and Landesman is on the verge of cracking open the archives for his nascent drama.
STX Entertainment may not have an Oscar contender on its hands with the soon-to-be-released Secret in Their Eyes remake - a shame, really, considering its starry cast - but the production house has today rolled out a bevy of images and clips for the FBI thriller.
As one of the director's more eclectic films in a career chock full of idiosyncratic creative ventures, Steven Soderbergh's low-key The Girlfriend Experience attracted its fair share of criticism in 2009, though the somewhat controversial narrative lives on at Starz in the form of a brand new anthology-styled television series.
Arthur Conan Doyle's famed sleuth isn't the only one getting a one-off special this holiday season - Benedict Cumberbatch returns for Sherlock: The Abominable Bride on New Year's Day - now that BBC America has formally confirmed that a three-hour Luther special will air on Thursday, December 17 at 9 pm ET.
From a dark and dinky Room to The Glass Castle, Brie Larson's rise to prominence is appropriately mirrored in her choice of roles. After wowing audiences with her intimate and wholly unique performance for Lenny Abrahamson's mother-son drama, Larson continues on her path to the big time with Lionsgate's drama which, according to Variety, has now attracted the attention of Woody Harrelson.
Ever the one to uphold a sarcastic front during interviews, channeling some good old-fashioned British humor, it's Daniel Craig. Throughout the marketing pizzaz for Spectre - in theaters today - the actor has initiated something of a ping pong match as critics and moviegoers alike attempted to nail down whether Craig would don the tuxedo and Walther PPK one more time as Ian Fleming's legendary agent. Indeed, as things tend to do on promotional rounds, speculation on the actor's future holding the license to kill when Craig claimed he would only reprise his role for the money.
Previously slated for a debut on February 9, publisher 2K Games has confirmed plans to push upcoming MOBA-styled shooter Battleborn back to May 3, 2016.
Riz Ahmed, star of Four Lions and the Jake Gyllenhaal-led thriller Nightcrawler, is teetering on the edge of stardom. In 2016, he'll join Gareth Edwards for a trip to a galaxy far, far away for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, the first installment in Disney's high-profile Anthology series set adjacent to the core trilogy. It's a remarkable coup for the actor and next year is certainly going to catapult him into the limelight now that Variety has confirmed that Ahmed will join the burgeoning cast of Paul Greengrass' Bourne 5.
Not to be confused with Asif Kapadia's acclaimed documentary about the late singer that released earlier this year, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that a second Amy Winehouse biopic has entered pre-production. Irish filmmaker Kirsten Sheridan (Dollhouse, August Rush) will write and direct the biographical feature, which has its crosshairs placed on The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo starlet Noomi Rapace to assume the title role.
