Comedian and actor Marlon Wayans is reportedly in advanced talks to play comedy legend Richard Pryor in an upcoming biopic. Eddie Murphy had previously been attached to play the groundbreaking stand-up in Bill Condon’s Richard Pryor: Is It Something I Said? but left the project after a conflict with Paramount Pictures, which at that point [...]

Actor John Hurt is to be made a fellow of the British Film Institute (BFI) as part of the Times BFI 53rd London Film Festival. The Alien actor, who can be seen in two films at this year’s festival – 44 Inch Chest and Limits of Control – will receive the honour at a ceremony [...]

Academy award winner Adrien Brody is to take the lead role in the new instalment in the Predator franchise, it has been announced. The Darjeeling Limited star will act alongside Alice Braga and Danny Trego in Predators, Nimrod Antal’s relaunch of the series featuring the dreadlocked alien killing machine. Antal is shortly due to begin [...]