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Taapsee Pannu is working as a producer for the new suspense thriller, Blurr. Adapted from director Guillem Morales’ Spanish film Julia’s Eyes, the film revolves around twin sisters and Taapsee is set to play a blind woman as well as her twin in a double role. The movie will have a direct OTT release on Zee5 this December. She has also worked on Sujoy Ghosh’s Badlaa which was also a Spanish remake...

Amazon Studios are set to produce an untitled ROTC coming-of-age drama series, and Spike Lee is coming on board as the director. The script is being provided by military veterans Jalysa Conway and Rebecca Murga and revolves around the ROTC program of a major university which accommodates students from different social strata. ROTC or the Reserve Officers' Training Corp is a university-based progra...

Jonah Hill already has his next directorial project lined up, and studios are determined to win the rights for its production. This is understandable since the film, Outcome, comes with an A-list star to lead it, and it's none other than Keanu Reeves. The movie is set to be produced under Hill’s production company, Strong Baby with Hill also contributing to the script alongside writer Ezra Woods....

After Elvis and Rocketman became an immense hit, musicians are looking to dip their toes in the film market with biopics of their own. This time it's Snoop Dogg, whose life and rhymes are headed to the big screen. It's been reported that the enigmatic rapper’s biopic is in the works at Universal Pictures and they are bringing Black Panther writer Joe Robert Cole on board the team. Snoop is set to...

An Indiana Jones television series is currently in development with Disney+. The iconic character of Indiana Jones has had a religious fan following since Harrison Ford debuted the character in Raiders of the Lost Ark in 1981. Disney is set to expand on this dynamic character and maybe take it in an alternative direction. These revelations followed closely after Harrison Ford stated that he will b...

The hit DC TV series Titans is back with the fourth season and with new faces such as Joseph Morgan portraying Sebastian Blood aka Brother Blood. The new season will also be focusing on Joshua Orpin’s Connor Kent aka Superboy and his origins. Fans will also be eagerly waiting for Titus Welliver’s debut as the supervillain Lex Luthor in the show. Fans have been speculating that a version of Superma...

With only a week left for the new season premiere of Netflix’s The Crown, there is plenty surrounding the series. Netflix just released a behind-the-scenes video revealing the new faces of the season. The biggest additions are definitely Imelda Staunton as Queen Elizabeth II and Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana. Imelda Staunton portrayed the infamous Dolores Umbridge in the Harry Potter films w...

The Hemsworth brothers, Liam and Luke, are set to star alongside Russell Crowe in the upcoming Australian action thriller Land of the Bad. New promotional images for the film reveal the two brothers wielding guns and scouring through a forest. Directed by William Eubank, the film will revolve around a fighter pilot named Reaper who is leading a special ops mission in a jungle. When the mission goe...

Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D’Souza recently announced their forthcoming film Mister Mummy, a comedy where a man seems to have gotten pregnant in mysterious circumstances. The film has already courted controversy for allegedly plagiarizing the story. Kolkata-based producer Akash Chatterjee has accused the makers of stealing the concept of the movie which he had originally written and pitched unde...

Netflix has finally announced the much-awaited fourth season of The Witcher. But to our collective dismay, Henry Cavill won't be returning as the Geralt of Rivia on the show. The news was announced via Instagram that Liam Hemsworth is set to replace Henry Cavill in the upcoming season of the fantasy drama series.

Aldis Hodge who recently appeared as Carter Hall aka Hawkman in the DC film Black Adam has been cast to play the titular character Alex Cross in the upcoming Prime Video thriller Cross, based on the novels by James Patterson. The plot revolves around Cross, a detective and forensic psychologist who solves dangerous mysteries.

Antonio Campos has been roped in as the new showrunner for the spin-off series to the 2022 film The Batman. The new series will be set around the infamous Arkham Asylum, and it is one of the two spin-offs in development from the universe created by Matt Reeves. It is one of the first projects set to be produced under the banner of the newly formed DC Studios.

The iconic British sci-fi fantasy series, Doctor Who has been snapped up by Disney+ in a global streaming partnership. The streaming giant will have exclusivity for upcoming seasons of the hit TV series globally while BBC will continue to stream it in the U.K. and Ireland. It was revealed earlier this year that Sex Education star Ncuti Gatwa will take over the reins of the character from David Ten...

Head of DC Films Walter Hamada has left Warner Bros according to reports. Hamada who worked at Warner Bros for 15 years was named head of DC films in 2018. The news comes in the wake of several high-profile exits from Warner Bros this year after the departures of Jason Kilar and Ann Sarnoff. The new leadership at the company under David Zaslav after the merger of Discovery and Warner Bros reported...

Dwayne Johnson recently let it slip that Henry Cavil’s Superman will make his return in Black Adam, releasing this Thursday. Reports have now emerged that Cavil will be involved in a Man of Steel sequel film. It is unlikely that Man of Steel director ZAck Snyder will return to DC to helm a sequel, but Warner Brothers will be keen to bring back a solo Superman film. It is also reported that several...

Killing Eve producers Sid Gentle Films has been acquired by BBC Studios. The British production company is expanding its commercial production-distribution arm and gaining full control of the BAFTA, Emmy, and Golden Globe-winning thriller series Killing Eve will further strengthen its stable of original programming.

Hollywood action legend Sylvester Stallone has teamed up with Bear Grylls to establish a production partnership intended to create a genre-bending and adrenaline-fueled series. Stallone will serve as the executive producer through his Balboa Productions, which has co-produced several projects such as the TV series Tulsa King and feature films, Samaritan and Rambo: Last Blood.

A documentary feature about the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons is in the making. Hasbro‘s Entertainment One is developing the project which will be released on the occasion of the game’s 50th anniversary in 2024. The documentary will explore the game’s creation in the early 1970s and will delve into the famous wizards and elves. Meanwhile, a major Dungeons & Dragons film titled Dungeo...

Quantum Leap actor Walter Perez has been roped in to play a recurring role in the upcoming Paramount+ show Fatal Attraction. Perez will play Jorge Perez, an easy-going deputy district attorney, in the series based on the 1987 thriller of the same name. The original film starred Michael Douglas, Glenn Close, and Anne Archer. Apart from Perez, the series will also feature Joshua Jackson, Lizzy Capla...

Hollywood actor Justin Long has joined the cast of the upcoming Disney+ series Goosebumps. The series is a reboot of the story adapted from R.L. Stine’s iconic young adult novels of the same name. Long will essay the role of a school teacher named Nathan Bratt who develops a link to a terrifying supernatural murder that took place decades earlier.

S.S. Rajamouli's blockbuster RRR has officially launched its For Your Consideration campaign for the upcoming Academy Awards. The film is seeking consideration in 14 categories including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor for Jr NTR and Ram Charan, Best Actress for Alia Bhatt, Best Supporting Actor for Ajay Devgn, and Best Original Song. Last month, the Gujarati film Chhello Show was selected...

Bollywood star Sushmita Sen will play transgender activist Gauri Sawant in her latest web series titled, Taali. She took to social media to share the news and said that the filming for the series has commenced. The six-part series will also feature around 300 transgender artists. For the unversed, Sawant is the founder of Sakhi Char Chowghi, an NGO that helps transgenders and HIV/AIDS patients.

The teaser of the highly anticipated mythological film Adipurush shows Baahubali star Prabhas as Lord Rama. Helmed by Tanhaji director Om Raut, the film is based on the Indian epic Ramayana and is set to hit theatres next year on January 12th. Saif Ali Khan essays the role of Ravana, while Kriti Sanon and Sunny Singh play Sita and Lakshmana, respectively.

Marvel’s Armor Wars which was originally planned to be a series is now being developed as a feature film. As per reports, the studio made this decision after realising that the project was better suited as a film. Don Cheadle will reprise his role as War Machine in the film which is a part of Phase 5 of the MCU. The film will follow War Machine after the events of Avengers: Endgame.

Friends star Lisa Kudrow has been roped in to play the lead role in Academy Award winner Taika Waititi’s upcoming Apple TV+ series, Time Bandits. Kudrow will play a character named Penelope in the series which is an adaptation of the 1981 film of the same name. Kal-El Tuck, Charlyne Yi, Tadhg Murphy, Rachel House, and Rune Temte have also joined the cast as series regulars. Not much is known about...