Netflix’s reputation when it comes to original movies has been one of quantity over quality – the streamer posting films up left and right on its service with very little oversight or fanfare. For some filmmakers, this is a blessing as they have been able to make the projects they want for considerable budgets without interference from studio executives. On the other hand, it also aptly demonstrates the problems with this hands off approach with a series of polished yet decidedly mediocre movies from forgettable action movies like “Lift,” “Heart of Stone” and “Red Notice,” to some auteur drive ..read more

Earlier this week came the news that legendary filmmaker Martin Scorsese was working on a new Frank Sinatra biopic which aimed to star Leonardo DiCaprio as Sinatra and Jennifer Lawrence as Ava Gardner. According to World of Reel, Frank’s oldest daughter and accomplished singer Nancy Sinatra apparently doesn’t approve going by the tone of a recent social media posting. Sinatra retweeted an image of her father and his wife, Ava Gardner, on Twitter with the original tweet captioned “Sorry Leo and JLaw, you will never be them.” Scorsese was previously looking to make a biopic of Sinatra back in 20 ..read more

With the odd exception, the rule of thumb with many “Star Trek” series is that they usually don’t find their footing until their third season. Though there’s the occasional exceptional episode like “The Measure of a Man,” “Conspiracy” or “Q Who,” it wasn’t until the third season that “Star Trek: The Next Generation” found its rhythm. Same goes for “Deep Space Nine” and “Enterprise” which finally clicked after galvanising around a larger galactic threat and shake-up of their storytelling structure. “Voyager” and “Picard” similarly didn’t hit their best work until their third year. It could also ..read more

The axe has swung on two primetime series at CBS. Both Skylar Astin and Marcia Gay Harden’s mother-son legal drama “So Help Me Todd,” and the original “CSI” revival “CSI: Vegas” have been cancelled. The recent second season of ‘Todd’ and third season of “CSI: Vegas” have both been averaging 6.2 million total viewers and a 0.5 demo rating (in Live+7). ‘Todd’ has been matching its first season’s numbers, ‘Vegas’ actually saw an uptick in its third season thanks to a new timeslot after recently launched hit “Tracker”. However, both axed shows were the lowest-rated of the fourteen dramas CBS aired ..read more

Josh Appelbaum and Andre Nemec, the writing duo on films like “Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol” and Amazon’s “Citadel” series, have set a new project. Heat Vision reports that the pair will tackle a film adaptation of Disney World and Disneyland’s iconic “Space Mountain” ride. The ride itself is an indoor roller coaster with a space-theme and became a fixture in the Tomorrowland section of at least five of the six Disney parks around the world. First opening in 1975, the ride has no overarching theme or memorable ‘scenes’ allowing the writers fairly free reign for the project beyond it be ..read more

Helen Mirren, Pierce Brosnan and Ben Kingsley are being eyed to take three of four leading roles in “The Thursday Murder Club” feature at Amblin Partners. The project sees the return of filmmaker Chris Columbus, the director of iconic classics like “Gremlins,” “Mrs. Doubtfire,” “Home Alone,” “The Goonies,” “Adventures in Babysitting” and the first two “Harry Potter” films. This will be an adaptation of Richard Osman’s 2020 novel of the same name and follows four septuagenarian friends who live in a retirement community and solve cold cases for fun. When a shady property developer is found dead ..read more

Netflix has released Zack Snyder’s “Rebel Moon: Part Two – The Scargiver” and with that release, the director has set a new record for himself. This second part of Snyder’s sci-fi epic has landed the worst reviews of his career going by Rotten Tomatoes. The film is currently pulling in just 17% from 46 reviews – easily beating out the 21% of the first part and the 22% of “Sucker Punch” which were his lowest-scoring films prior to this. Audience scores aren’t much better and stand at just 44% positive. Whether these scores will be improved by his longer R-rated director’s cut of both parts – it ..read more

George Miller outdid himself with 2015’s “Mad Max: Fury Road,” delivering what is widely considered one of the greatest action films ever made and certainly one of the best films of the 2010s. So it’s no surprise that anticipation is sky high for his return to that world with “Furiosa,” a prequel starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth that will hopefully capture at least some of that ‘Fury Road’ magic. Speaking with Total Film, Taylor-Joy discussed an action sequence dubbed “Stairway To Nowhere” on the set – a 15-minute sequence that reportedly took 78 days to shoot due to its complexity ..read more

Sabrina Impacciatore (“The White Lotus,” “Call My Agent”) and Domhnall Gleeson (“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”) have reportedly been cast in the new “The Office” revival for NBC. They mark the first two actors to join the ensemble comedy which is being dubbed a new iteration of the property. As previously reported, the series that will be set in the same universe as the former NBC hit starring Steve Carell and John Krasinski. Creator Greg Daniels opened up a development room in early January to explore the new series and recently set Michael Koman (“Nathan for You”) to co-create the projec ..read more

Filmmaker Stephan Elliott has confirmed to Deadline that thirty years after his celebrated cult classic “The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert” was released, a sequel is on the way. Elliott indicates Terence Stamp, Guy Pearce and Hugo Weaving are back ‘on board’ for the film which will involve “one helluva journey” that kicks off in Australia. Elliott says he’s: “got a script that everybody likes, we’re still working out deals. … It’s happening… The bottom line is that I’ve just had everybody to the table and we’re hammering out the deal now just so everybody’s happy.” The original ..read more