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Avengers Actor Producing And Starring In Upcoming Netflix Thriller

Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2020
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Has Spawn Cast An Avenger As Twitch?

Jamie Foxx is set to star in writer-director Todd McFarlane‘s Spawn. Now, other casting news is slowly starting to trickle in. According to That Hashtag Show, Jeremy Renner has now been offered the role of Twitch Williams, the films’ other lead character. Twitch is described as “an honest detective who will team up with Spawn as he seeks vengeance for the murder of his young daughter.” This hasn’t been confirmed by Renner or McFarlane, but we’ll let you know when it is confirmed or if it’s denied. Renner, who plays Hawkeye in the Captain America and Avengers franchises, most recently starred in the comedy Tag which is now playing in theaters.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2018
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Joss Whedon Working On A Historical Horror Film

Joss Whedon, the genius behind films such as ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and 2012’s smash horror hit ‘The Cabin in the Woods’, is now hard at work on another script, one for a historical-horror film. The confirmation came during an interview with Complex. I’m in the middle of a screenplay that I am extremely passionate about, and I am going to be extremely passionate about it again on November 9.” Whedon said. “It’s definitely a departure from the things that I’m known for. It’s as dark as anything I’ve ever written … It’s a historical fiction slash horror movie about a time when the world was going insane, World War II. I got to tell you: I was in Germany and Poland doing research for this movie and I was seeing so many parallels [to the U.S.]. And I know it’s a shopworn thing to compare the orange guy to the little guy with the mustache, but you see things,

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2016
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‘Avengers’ Star Chris Hemsworth Joins The Cast Of ‘Ghostbusters’

Avengers hunk Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor, has signed on to play the role of receptionist in Paul Feig’s new version of ‘Ghostbusters’. The female version of the 1984 classic will star funny lady Melissa McCarthy (Spy, Identity Thief), ‘Brides Maids’ star Kristen Wiig and ‘SNL’ beauties Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Leslie Jones. ‘Ghostbusters’ is set to be released on July 22 of 2016. McCarthy and Wiig

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2015

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Avengers Actor Producing And Starring In Upcoming Netflix Thriller

Avengers: End Game actor Anthony Mackie will be both starring and producing Netflix’s upcoming action-thriller The Ogun, Variety reports. Also produced by Jason Michael Berman, the film centers on Mackie’s character Xavier Rhodes, who takes his teenage daughter to Nigeria to find a cure for the rare genetic condition that he passed on to her. When his daughter is kidnapped, Rhodes goes on a rampage through the criminal underworld to find her before it’s too late. The Ogun was written by stuntman-turned-screenwriter Madison Turner. Timber previously worked with Michael B. Jordan’s banner Outlier Society on The Liberators. At this time a director has not been named.

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Nov 28, 2020
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Avengers Actor Chris Evans To Star In The ‘Little Shop Of Horrors’ Remake

Avengers star Chris Evans is set to star as the sadistic dentist Orin Scrivello in Greg Berlantieg’s upcoming remake of 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors, Geek Tyrant reports. Originally played by Steve Martin, the character is the abusive boyfriend of Audrey who enjoys inflicting pain on his patients. Scarlett Johansson is in negotiations to star as Aubrey. Taron Egerton is in talks to play Seymour. Billy Porter has already signed up to voice the killer alien plant that needs blood to survive. Little Shop of Horrors tells the story of Seymour, a meek florist who works at Skid Row Florists, where he is bossed around by the shop’s owner. Secretly in love with Audrey, Seymour becomes an overnight sensation when he discovers the talking alien plant. His life becomes complicated when the plant begins to demand people to eat. Marc Platt and Sarah Schechter and Berlanti are producing the film which will begin filming this summer. Check out the original

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Feb 25, 2020
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Has Spawn Cast An Avenger As Twitch?

Jamie Foxx is set to star in writer-director Todd McFarlane‘s Spawn. Now, other casting news is slowly starting to trickle in. According to That Hashtag Show, Jeremy Renner has now been offered the role of Twitch Williams, the films’ other lead character. Twitch is described as “an honest detective who will team up with Spawn as he seeks vengeance for the murder of his young daughter.” This hasn’t been confirmed by Renner or McFarlane, but we’ll let you know when it is confirmed or if it’s denied. Renner, who plays Hawkeye in the Captain America and Avengers franchises, most recently starred in the comedy Tag which is now playing in theaters.

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jul 7, 2018
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Joss Whedon Working On A Historical Horror Film

Joss Whedon, the genius behind films such as ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’ and 2012’s smash horror hit ‘The Cabin in the Woods’, is now hard at work on another script, one for a historical-horror film. The confirmation came during an interview with Complex. I’m in the middle of a screenplay that I am extremely passionate about, and I am going to be extremely passionate about it again on November 9.” Whedon said. “It’s definitely a departure from the things that I’m known for. It’s as dark as anything I’ve ever written … It’s a historical fiction slash horror movie about a time when the world was going insane, World War II. I got to tell you: I was in Germany and Poland doing research for this movie and I was seeing so many parallels [to the U.S.]. And I know it’s a shopworn thing to compare the orange guy to the little guy with the mustache, but you see things,

Continue reading →
Kelli Marchman McNeely
Oct 25, 2016
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‘Avengers’ Star Chris Hemsworth Joins The Cast Of ‘Ghostbusters’

Avengers hunk Chris Hemsworth, known for his role as Thor, has signed on to play the role of receptionist in Paul Feig’s new version of ‘Ghostbusters’. The female version of the 1984 classic will star funny lady Melissa McCarthy (Spy, Identity Thief), ‘Brides Maids’ star Kristen Wiig and ‘SNL’ beauties Kate McKinnon, Cecily Strong and Leslie Jones. ‘Ghostbusters’ is set to be released on July 22 of 2016. McCarthy and Wiig

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Kelli Marchman McNeely
Jun 11, 2015