Thursday, August 17, 2017
With Disney’s untitled Han Solo “Star Wars” standalone film approaching the finish line, Disney is now looking to tell the story of another iconic character in a galaxy far…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:19PMFriday, August 4, 2017
Marwan Kenzari is in negotiations to play Jafar in Disney’s live-action “Aladdin” reboot from director Guy Ritchie, sources confirmed to Variety. He joins Naomi Scott, who …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37PMWednesday, August 2, 2017
Hayley Atwell is set to co-star with Ewan McGregor in Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” sources tell Variety. “World War Z’s” Marc Forster is directing. ̶…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PMTuesday, August 1, 2017
Thomas Sadoski is set to star in the indie “The Mimic.” Thomas F. Mazziotti wrote and directed the pic. The film also stars Jake Robinson, Gina Gershon, and Austin Pendleton. The…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:03PMMonday, July 31, 2017
“The Shallows” helmer Jaume Collet-Serra is set to direct Dwayne Johnson in “Jungle Cruise,” which is based on the Walt Disney World theme park attraction. Plot detai…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMThursday, July 20, 2017
Bill Hader is in talks to co-star with Anna Kendrick in Disney’s upcoming female Santa Claus film “Nicole,” sources tell Variety. “Miss Congeniality” scribe Mar…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:15PMThursday, May 4, 2017
Mae Whitman is joining MGM’s musical remake of the 1983 romantic comedy “Valley Girl.” The film is toplined by Jessica Rothe and Josh Whitehouse as Julie and Randy — the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMFriday, April 28, 2017
Following its box office success earlier this year, Fox has decided to release a black and white version of “Logan” in theaters on May 16 for a limited run. Director James Mangol…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:59PMWednesday, April 26, 2017
Ewan McGregor is in talks to star in Disney’s “Christopher Robin,” sources confirmed to Variety. “World War Z” director Marc Forster is helming. In line with Di…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:33PMTuesday, April 25, 2017
Seth Rogen and Billy Eichner have been tapped to voice Timon and Pumbaa in Disney’s live-action adaptation of “The Lion King,” sources confirmed to Variety. Donald Glover i…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:08PM“Spotlight” writer-director Tom McCarthy is in talks to direct an adaptation of the children’s book “Timmy Failure” for Disney. McCarthy would also co-write the…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:23PMThursday, March 30, 2017
Disney’s “Lion King” live-action reboot is getting in formation. Sources tell Variety that Beyonce is director Jon Favreau’s top choice to voice Nala in the upcoming�…
SOURCE: Variety at 08:30PMFriday, March 24, 2017
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is eyeing a return to the director’s chair, tackling a movie musical with Channing Tatum by his side. Sources tell Variety that Gordon-Levitt is in early negoti…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:47PMMonday, March 13, 2017
Sony Pictures’ “The Girl in the Spider’s Web,” the sequel to the Oscar-nominated “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” will debut in theaters on Oct. 5, 2018. Fe…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:37PMFriday, March 10, 2017
A fire broke out during the “Kong: Skull Island” premiere in Ho Chi Minh City, engulfing a large model of King Kong in flames. A Vietnamese representative for WB released a state…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:47PMWednesday, March 1, 2017
“Scandal” star Tony Goldwyn and Julianna Margulies will narrate the documentary “Above the Drowning Sea.” The doc is about the Jewish refugee experience in Shanghai …
SOURCE: Variety at 03:51PMFriday, February 17, 2017
Donald Glover and James Earl Jones are ready to sing “Hakuna Matata.” The “Atlanta” star is in talk to play Simba in Disney’s live-action “The Lion King…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:53PMWednesday, February 15, 2017
Mel Gibson and John Lithgow have closed deals to join Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell in Paramount’s “Daddy’s Home” sequel. It had been previously reported that the st…
SOURCE: Variety at 06:14PMFriday, February 3, 2017
John Lithgow, hot off his SAG Awards win for his performance as Winston Churchill in Netflix’s “The Crown,” will be rounding out the cast of Universal’s “Pitch …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:00PMTuesday, January 31, 2017
Colin Farrell is in negotiations to co-star with Denzel Washington in the legal drama “Inner City” from “Nightcrawler” director and scribe Dan Gilroy. Sony recently a…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:00PMThursday, January 26, 2017
After playing President Lyndon B. Johnson in the Broadway play “All the Way,” Bryan Cranston is crossing the pond to play one of the classic characters of 1970s cinema. Cranston …
SOURCE: Variety at 07:04PMFriday, January 13, 2017
Andre Holland is in negotiations to join Viola Davis in the New Regency’s heist thriller “Widows,” directed by Steve McQueen. Cynthia Erivo, known for Broadway’s “T…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:10PMWednesday, January 11, 2017
Anna Kendrick is in talks to star in the untitled Disney Santa Claus film from “Miss Congeniality” scribe Marc Lawrence. Currently going by the running title “Nicole,”…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:41PMTuesday, December 20, 2016
Forest Whitaker isn’t done with his “Rogue One” character Saw Gerrera just yet. The actor will voice the same character in Disney XD’s animated series “Star War…
SOURCE: Variety at 03:49PMWednesday, December 14, 2016
Following the success of Disney’s “Moana,” Lin-Manuel Miranda, who penned the music for the pic, has set up another animated project, “Vivo,” with Sony Animatio…
SOURCE: Variety at 02:03PMFriday, November 18, 2016
Marc Forster will direct “Christopher Robin,” the live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic cartoon “Winnie the Pooh” which centers on boy who befriends the …
SOURCE: Variety at 02:58PMThursday, November 10, 2016
Cynthia Erivo, who won a Tony Award for her performance in “The Color Purple” on Broadway, has joined Viola Davis in New Regency’s heist thriller “Widows,” dire…
SOURCE: Variety at 07:25PMWednesday, November 2, 2016
Walt Disney Pictures has set Adam DeVine and Jeffrey Tambor to star in the family comedy “Magic Camp.” “Mean Girls” director Mark Waters is attached to direct. The st…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:00PMWednesday, October 26, 2016
Kevin Hart is in talks to play Santa Claus in Disney’s “Dashing Through the Snow”, Variety has confirmed. The film is based on an original idea by Scott Rosenberg with Ro…
SOURCE: Variety at 04:48PMFriday, October 21, 2016
Chris Pine is in talks to join the cast of Disney’s adaptation of “A Wrinkle in Time.” He joins newcomer Storm Reid, Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon and Mindy Kaling in th…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:29PMWednesday, October 19, 2016
Colin Firth is in negotiations to join Emily Blunt and Lin-Manuel Miranda in Disney’s “Mary Poppins Returns.” Firth will play William Weatherall Wilkins, president of Fidel…
SOURCE: Variety at 05:10PM 
