Author: Frank Palmer

Jared Leto will be playing the recently deceased Playboy founder Hugh Hefner in an upcoming biopic, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The film will be directed by Brett Ratner, who had the following to say: “Jared is an old friend,” says Ratner, 48, who will direct the film. “When he heard I got the rights to Hef’s story, he told me, ‘I want to play him. I want to understand him.’ And I really believe Jared can do it. He’s one of the great actors of today.” Robert Downey Jr. was initially attached to play the role of Hefner. If it’s…

We already knew Bill Skarsgård’s Pennywise the Clown in the IT movie has a very unsettling look. What you might not know, however, is part of the reason the character’s eyes look so strange. The character’s eyes look in different directions, something that actually isn’t a CGI effect. Bill Skarsgård did that 100% on his own – according to Andy Muschietti: “I told Bill, ‘I want it in both directions, I want you to send your eyes looking away and give a really unsettling look’. He said, ‘I can do it’, so he did it. What are the chances? It’s one…

The upcoming Vince McMahon biopic, Pandemonium, may have found its lead – and it’s definitely not the choice you were probably expecting. A report from PWInsider says that actor Bradley Cooper has been offered the lead role: The current strategy is to try and attach an “A” level name to the project in order to fast track the project.  An offer was made several weeks ago to representatives of Academy Award nominee Bradley Cooper with the idea of Cooper starring as McMahon, according to a well placed source familiar with the project.   Whether Cooper is receptive to the idea remains to be…

More sad news today, as legendary rock musician Tom Petty has died at the age of 66. Update: CBS says LAPD cannot confirm Petty’s death at this point. Per the TMZ report: Tom Petty was rushed to the hospital Sunday night after he was found unconscious, not breathing and in full cardiac arrest … law enforcement sources tell TMZ. EMTs rushed to his Malibu home and were able to get a pulse. He was rushed to the UCLA Santa Monica Hospital and our sources say he was put on life support. A later update confirmed: We’re told after Petty got…

It was announced earlier this week that IT’s sequel, known as IT: Chapter 2, had officially been given a release date. With that, came all kinds of excitement, but now a big question remains. Who will play The Losers Club in the sequel? Well, last month, the actors actually revealed their choices in an interview with MTV (though in a separate interview, Jaeden Lieberher said he wants Christian Bale to play his character): Finn Wolfhard (who plays Richie Tozier in the film) – Bill Hader Sophia Lillis (Beverly Marsh) – Jessica Chastain Chosen Jacobs (Mike Hanlon) – Chadwick Boseman Jack…

It’s been widely reported that Marvel’s Inhumans has had some behind the scenes drama, but apparently, another Marvel show is dealing with some as well. There were reportedly some people from ABC that wanted to cancel Agents of SHIELD, but a Disney mandate came down ordering the show to stay on – according to Variety: Earlier this year, the mandate came down from Disney for ABC to renew its other Marvel drama, “Agents of SHIELD,” despite the desire by some at the network to end the series after four seasons. Having aired on Tuesdays since its inception, “SHIELD” is shifting…

This year’s DC Extended Universe film Justice League is supposed to mark a change for the DCEU. It’s being said that the film will have a much lighter tone than the dark tone of previous films like Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. Personally, I didn’t mind the dark tone, but fans complained, so Warner Bros. made some changes – though, this was reportedly their plan all along. Regardless, while speaking to Vulture, DC Entertainment President Diane Nelson explained there’s going to be a new approach to the continuity of the DCEU: “Our intention, certainly, moving forward…

If you haven’t heard about Jeepers Creepers 3 by now, you probably aren’t aware of the controversy surrounding the film. The movie’s director, Victor Salva, is a convicted pedophile who molested a 12 year old while filming a movie back in 1988 – and even filmed the incident. He served his time, and was allowed to work in movies again. Though there wasn’t much controversy when Jeepers Creepers came out in 2001 or even over Jeepers Creepers 2, it’s hard to say how it would have been if the internet was back then what it was today. Now, according to…

Fans looking forward to the new upcoming Terminator film now officially have a release date to also mark on on their calendars. A new report with THR reveals that the film will be released on July 26th, 2019, not a super long wait all things considered. James Cameron, producer on this film, talked a great deal about the upcoming film including the origin of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s character: “The beauty of it is: He’s a cyborg. And so, the org part is on the outside, meaning organism. And Reese says it in the first film: “They sweat. They have bad breath.” Because…

Last month, iconic director James Cameron took a pretty big shot at this year’s Wonder Woman, which prompted a response from the film’s director, Patty Jenkins. Cameron said: “All of the self-congratulatory back-patting Hollywood’s been doing over Wonder Woman has been so misguided. She’s an objectified icon, and it’s just male Hollywood doing the same old thing!” He added: “I’m not saying I didn’t like the movie but, to me, it’s a step backwards. Sarah Connor was not a beauty icon. She was strong, she was troubled, she was a terrible mother, and she earned the respect of the audience…