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News Briefs – December 12, 2014

Blair Underwood will play Melinda May’s (Ming-Na Wen) estranged ex-husband, Dr. Andrew Garner on new episodes of “Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D”, to debut in March (The Hollywood Reporter)

Kirsten Dunst and Jesse Plemons will star on the second season of “Fargo” (Lainey Gossip)

Latino Review has more details on Sony’s “Spider-Man” plans.

SEGA are adapting some of their games into live-action and animated films and series. “Altered Beast”, ”Streets of Rage”, ”Shinobi”, ”Rise of Nightmares’, and ‘Crazy Taxi” will be the first cabs off the rank. It’s not yet known what will be a TV show, what will be a movie.. and so on. (Variety)

The first look at Ewan McGregor as Jesus in “Last Days in the Dessert” has been released.
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Warner Bros has pushed Andy Serkis’ “Jungle Book : Origins” back from October 21, 2016 to October 6, 2017, while DreamWorks Animation has moved “Kung-Fu Panda 3” from December 23, 2015 to March 18, 2016.

Four new character posters for The Wachowski’s “Jupiter Ascending” have been released (IGN)

Penny Marshall will return to directing with a biopic on American sport executive Effa Manley (Deadline)

Rocker Rick Springfield has revealed he has a role in “True Detective” next season (Variety)

Irrfan Khan says his character in “Jurassic World” is “…the park owner, a very flamboyant person….He’s trying to entertain the world with good intentions, but sometimes being flamboyant doesn’t mean having much wisdom.”. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Gerard Butler starrer “Geostorm” will open October 21, 2016 (Variety)

Bella Thorne will recreate the famous opening scene of the original “Scream” (reprising Drew Barrymore’s character) for the new MTV series. (Bloody Disgusting)

The new “Star Wars” them park attractions will be based on the new films (Variety)

Jennifer Lawrence as a Ghostbuster!?

Trailer : The Loft