Is Another Season Of ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT On The Way At Netflix? – Big 6 Morning Report
Even though fans were split on Arrested Development Season Four, producer Brian Grazer says that his Imagine Entertainment and Netflix are in discussions for another season of the smartest comedy about dumb people you’ve ever seen. (The Wrap) Sam Mendes may very well have directed the best Bond movie in a generation, maybe two, so it’s good news that he’ll be back to direct the 24th installment of the James Bond franchise. (Badass Digest) Aaron Eckhart‘s abs will be the star of the movie I, Frankenstein if this first set picture is any indication. (/Film) The Martin Luther King, Jr., biopic Selma now has a director in Middle of Nowhere‘s Ava DuVernay. (Deadline) Sorry, Betty White fans. NBC has canceled the 91-year-old comedian’s hidden camera show Off Their Rockers. (THR) While I still need to shotgun the latest season of Parks & Recreation, I can still...
Read MoreLee Daniels finds his MLK for SELMA
Lee Daniels has cast David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. in his upcoming civil rights drama Selma, says THR. The British stage actor isn’t that well known in the States yet, but he’ll be in the George Lucas-produced Red Tails, which is scheduled for release this year. Oyelowo joins Hugh Jackman, who’ll get his Rod Steiger on playing a racist Southern sheriff in the film. THR also says the role of Alabama Gov. George Wallace, who was in office during the 1965 marches, is still up for...
Read MoreLee Daniels in talks for SELMA
Precious helmer Lee Daniels is hot right now. Not only has his name been mentioned as a potential director for the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Miss Saigon, but now he may take on the 1965 Civil Rights marches that originated in Selma, Alabama. (Presumably the Bloody Sunday march.) Variety reports that Daniels is in advanced talks to direct the film for the Oscar-winning producer of Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson. With Precious looking to ride a Slumdog-style wave to Oscar, the Colson-Lee team could be a nice...
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