Dave McNary/Variety: Morgan Freeman has signed on to star in action movie “Down to a Sunless Sea,” set up at Focus Features. Focus has bought the script by David Gleeson. The logline is under wraps, […]
Seth Kelley/Variety: Michael Jackson almost played Jar Jar Binks — one of film’s most disliked characters of all time — according to Ahmed Best, the actor who played the clumsy, arguably racist “Star Wars “ […]
Dave McNary/Variety/ Footage of Bill Cosby has been cut from the upcoming documentary “Painted Down “ about black stuntmen. According to producer Nonie Robinson, the decision was made in the wake of recent revelations in […]
Reece Ristau/Variety/ Oscar-winning “12 Years a Slave” director Steve McQueen is bringing his short-film installation “Steve McQueen with Kanye West : All Day / I Feel Like That” featuring rapper West to the Los Angeles […]
Dave McNary/Variety/ Sanaa Lathan will star in and executive produce the movie adaptation of Omar Tyree’s “Flyy Girl “ book trilogy for Lionsgate’s Codeblack Films. Lathan will portray the film’s protagonist, Tracy Ellison — a […]
Dave McNary / Variety / Lionsgate and its Codeblack Films division have tapped hip-hop artist Azealia Banks to star as the title character in music drama “Coco “ with RZA directing. The role marks Banks’ […]
Dave McNary / Variety Skyland Pictures and FireRock Bay Pictures are producing an Emmett Till movie based on the play “The Face of Emmett Till ,” Variety has learned exclusively. Anthony Miller is producing for […]
Mannie Holmes / Variety / Michael B. Jordan is responding to a backlash after being cast as Johnny Storm in the upcoming “Fantastic Four “ reboot. The announcement created a stir from fans of the […]
Justin Kroll / Variety / Method Man is in negotiations to join Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele in the New Line Comedy “Keanu .” Peter Atencio is directing the pic with Key and Peele producing, […]
Patrick Frater / Variety / Former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson has been confirmed as joining the cast of “Ip Man 3.” The film is the final instalment of a biopic of martial arts ace […]