Alfonso Gomez-Rejon‘s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl was a scrappy indie effort populated by character actors and young rising stars. But his next film Collateral Beauty is going for A-list name recognition. Johnny Depp is reportedly being courted to star, as Hugh Jackman unfortunately drops out. More on the possible Johnny Depp Collateral Beauty casting after the jump. Jackman was originally signed for Collateral Beauty back in May, but Deadline now reports he’s had to drop out over scheduling conflicts with the third Wolverine solo movie. Producers are hoping to secure Depp … ...Read full story
Paul Thomas Anderson Is Writing A Live-Action Pinocchio Movie Starring Robert Downey Jr.
Getty Image Live-action retellings of classic stories are all the rage – Maleficent, Wicked, Pan, Tink, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella (twice), Jungle Book, etc. – but I never expected to see Paul Thomas Anderson involved with one. Yet here he is in today’s Hollywood Reporter, attached to write (“with an eye to direct”!) Pinocchio, starring Robert Downey Jr., for Warner Bros. Though the film would seem far outside of Anderson’s wheelhouse, the move shouldn’t come as too much of a… ...Read full story
Bryan Singer Reveals Lucas Till Back as Havok in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’
It’s getting to the point that X-Men: Apocalypse isn’t going to have enough screen time for all the mutants who are slated to appear in the film, and it just so happens that one more has been added to the cast. Director Bryan Singer has taken to Instagram yet again to reveal that franchise star Lucas Till, who played the mutant Havok in a pivotal supporting role in X-Men: First Class and a brief appearance in X-Men: Days of Future Past, will be back for the next film in the mutant franchise. There’s no indication as to how involved he’ll be in this sequel, but this addition really … ...Read full story
Ian McKellen to Play Cogsworth in Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’
British actor Ian McKellen has become very well known for his franchise roles as Magneto in the X-Men films and Gandalf in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies, and now he’s heading into Disney territory for a perfect role. Variety reports McKellen will play the clock Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast. Cogsworth was ...Read full story
Eddie Murphy to Play Richard Pryor’s Father in Comedian Biopic
For those who didn’t know, there’s still a biopic about iconic comedian Richard Pryor in the works from The Butler director Lee Daniels. Taking the lead role is Mike Epps, who played Black Doug in The Hangover franchise, but now a familiar face who was supposed to play Pryor in a film about six years ago has joined the cast. THR ...Read full story