The 1980s action classic Rambo is the latest piece of cinematic nostalgia to get a reboot. Nu Image/Millennium Films is working on bringing the one-man army back to the big screen with the title Rambo: New Blood. However, Sylvester Stallone, who originated the role in 1982, isn’t expected to return to the titular role.
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FX’s critically acclaimed Fargo has tapped Jim Gaffigan for season three. He joins previously cast Ewan McGregor, Carrie Coon, and Mary Elizabeth Winstead.
Sons of Anarchy alum Charlie Hunnam and Spectre star Lea Seydoux are set to topline the romance Zoe from Equals director Drake Doremus.
Life in Pieces executive producer Jason Winer’s hourlong legal dramedy Token White Male has landed at Fox, while CBS is developing a CBS spy drama from the team behind Scorpion.
Veep actor Timothy Simons is ready to go on some awkward dates at Freeform while ABC is developing a single-camera comedy from Christina Lee, who wrote and produced Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp for Netflix.
An upcoming eight-episode family comedy series from Netflix has added Jennifer Jason Leigh, Keir Gilchrist, and Michael Rapaport to its cast. Atypical from The Goldbergs executive producer Robia Rashid follows a family with an autistic son.
Project is part of a two picture deal between Lionsgate and Flula Borg.
Golden Globe winner Jimmy Smits has signed on to join the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine for Thanksgiving. The NYPD Blue alum is set to play Amy’s (Melissa Fumero) father, Mr. Santiago in an upcoming holiday episode.
Martha Marcy May Marlene director Sean Durkin may have found his lead for his upcoming biopic Janis. Currently in talks to take on the iconic role of Janis Joplin is Michelle Williams.
Starz renews Ash vs Evil Dead for Season 3 while Comedy Central gives @Midnight with Chris Hardwick a 40-week pickup, taking it through 2017.
Academy Award-winning actor Forest Whitaker has officially joined the all-star cast of Marvel’s Black Panther. Whitaker is set to join Chadwick Boseman, who stars as the titular superhero, in a role that has been kept under wraps.
The film will mark Rachel Weisz’s first run as a producer. Element Films’ Ed Guiney will also produce alongside Frida Torresblanco of Braven Films and Film 4. Sebastian Lelio is set to direct the script adapted by him and Rebecca Lenkiewicz.
Late night host Seth Meyers is stepping away from the desk and behind the camera to work on two new scripted comedies at NBC, the network he has been with since the beginning.
The popular ’80s action series Magnum P.I. starring Tom Selleck is making a comeback complete with Hawaiian shirts and probably less mustache. ABC has picked up Magnum from Eva Longoria’s UnbeliEVAble Entertainment and John Rogers. The new series will serve as a female-driven sequel to the classic series, following Magnum’s daughter Lily.
Amazon has ordered Toy Wars to pilot, a limited drama series from Frozen star Josh Gad and Josh Schwartz based on G Wayne Miller’s 1998 non-fiction Toy Wars: The Epic Struggle Between G.I. Joe, Barbie, and the Companies that Make Them.
Jay Chandrasekhar’s cop comedy Super Troopers 2 has landed Rob Lowe to join the cast. The $4.5 million funding for the film was raising through an Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign last year and reunites the original creative team
NBC has purchased a script for First Responders, a procedural drama from executive producer Vin Diesel. Diesel will produce the hourlong series through his One Race Television banner which has a first-look deal with Universal Television.
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The Expendables 3 helmer Patrick Hughes is set to direct Mark Wahlberg in the thriller Home Invasion for Paramount Pictures. The script comes from Aaron Guzikowski.
From the minds of Pumpkin directors Adam Larson Broder and Tony R. Abrams comes a brand new feature film, Spivak, which has found its first two cast members in actors Rob Kazinsky and Maggie Lawson. The film is in production at BN Films and Super Crispy Entertainment, with Broder and Abrams set to both write and direct.
Academy Award-winning actor Anna Paquin has been tapped to star opposite Sarah Gadon and Zachary Levi in Alias Grace, a Netflix and CBC miniseries inspired by the true story of murderer Grace Marks based on the novel by Margaret Atwood.
The rumor mill is buzzing with casting reports for two favorite characters from the Marvel comics in Deadpool. If all of the reports are true, we might be seeing Kyle Chandler step into the role of the time-travelling, cyber-armed, telekinetic soldier Cable, while Mackenzie Davis is being considered for the role of badass gunslinging mutant Domino.
The sequel to World War Z has hit many speed bumps as of late. Most recently, J.A. Bayona, who was signed on to helm the follow-up, stepped down and decided to direct the Jurassic World sequel instead. Now, star Brad Pitt is attempting to bring his zombie apocalypse movie back to life with Gone Girl director David Fincher.
Bret McKenzie of Flight of the Conchords is re-teaming with Muppets director James Bobin for a fantasy film at Warner Bros. Pictures titled Moonland.
A precocious 11 year-old girl travels to a strange, magical world via a homemade flying bike, where she gets wrongfully imprisoned and escapes to go on a mission to help a knight rescue a pr
The Amy Adams dramedy An Object of Beauty has tapped screenwriter Mike Goldbach to adapt Steve Martin’s 2010 book. Goldbach inherits the writing duties from scribe Ned Benson, who penned the first draft of the adaptation.
The cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming continues to grow — and it’s pulling talent from the most unexpected places. The latest to join the cast are comedian Martha Kelly from FX’s Baskets and UFC Welterweight Champion Tyron Woodley
The Parks and Recreation alum and Captain America: Civil War star will enter the world of social media obsession in Mike Spicer’s dark comedy Ingrid Goes West.
Three more actors have RSVP’d for the upcoming indie Beatriz at Dinner. The dinner party dramedy has added Salma Hayek, Chloe Sevigny, and Jay Duplass to its cast which includes John Lithgow, Connie Britton, and Nino Arianda.
