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A sequel to “Step Brothers”, reuniting original silly siblings Will Ferrell and John C.Reilly, is still likely. Appearing on Good Morning America, the latter confirmed his interest in a follow-up to the adult laffer. “It requires the cooperation of a few other people but I would love to do another one of those. If possible, yeah.” Director Adam McKay is also keen for it. “It is very possible in five years, because I don’t think the Step Brothers idea gets worse the older these guys get. We could all look at each other and go, ‘all right, let’s go do it.’ A while ago I said, ‘No way we’re doing it.’ But I thought about it. I was like, ‘Why am I saying that? We definitely could end up doing that.’ So who knows?,” he said.” Previous reports suggested the sequel would see Ferrell and Reilly’s characters follow their parents to live in a retirement community. [More…]
John Boyega and Letitia Wright are set to star in Sci-fi love story “Hold Back the Stars”. Mike Cahill’s film adaptation of the Katie Khan novel of the same name centers on a man and a woman who revisit memories of their love affair on a utopian Earth while they are trapped in the vast void of space with only 90 minutes of oxygen. [More…]
“Love Simon” director Greg Berlanti will helm a Rock Hudson biopic for Universal. The Arrowverse EO will captain and produce a film based on the upcoming Mark Griffin book All That Heaven Allows: A Biography of Rock Hudson. [More…]
Will Ferrell is attached to star in Gus Van Sant’s “Prince of Fashion” for Amazon Studios. The project is based on Pulitzer Prize-winner Michael Chabon’s GQ article, “My Son, The Prince of Fashion,” which follows the reporter’s visit to Paris Men’s Fashion Week with his 13-year-old son. [More…]
Mark Ruffalo will star in an untitled film for Todd Haynes about the lawyer who took on chemical company DuPont. The film will chart the true story of corporate lawyer Robert Bilott, who took on an environmental suit that would upend his career and expose a brazen, decades-long history of chemical pollution. Ruffalo will play Bilott. [More…]
Jeremy Irvine and and Brian J. Smith are onboard USA Network’s straight-to-series drama ‘’Treadstone’’, an offshoot of Universal’s ‘’Bourne’’ franchise, from “Heroes” creator Tim Kring and Universal Cable Productions. Written by Kring, ‘’Treadstone’’ explores the origin story and present-day actions of a CIA black ops program known as Operation Treadstone — a covert program that uses behavior-modification protocol to turn recruits into nearly superhuman assassins. The first season follows sleeper agents across the globe as they’re mysteriously “awakened” to resume their deadly missions. [More…]
“Breaking Bad” star Bryan Cranston has confirmed that a movie version of the hit series is in the works. Thing is, he doesn’t know if he’s in it – as far as he knows, the film will fix on Aaron Paul’s Jesse Pinkman character. [More…]
Lionsgate TV Group chairman Kevin Beggs says the indy studio is mulling a potential sequel to the series created by Jenji Kohan and starring Taylor Schilling. [More…]
“Iron Fist” actress Jessica Henwick has nabbed what’s said to be a stout role in the big ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’ movie for Legendary Pictures. [More…]
