EXCLUSIVE: Ice Cube is in the midst of making deals to star in a pair of movies. He has just closed with Focus Features to join the cast of the Working Title-produced film Covers, directed by Late Night helmer Nisha Ganatra. Production is just getting underway and he is starring alongside Tracee Ellis Ross and Dakota…

STX made a pair of scheduling moves today, shifting its Russo Brothers/Chadwick Boseman actioner 21 Bridges from July 12 to September 27 and dating the Dave Bautista action comedy My Spy for August 23. It’s the first release day for My Spy, which stars wrestler-turned-actor Bautista as a hardened CIA operative (who…

EXCLUSIVE: As Dave Bautista prepares to battle HHH this Sunday in WrestleMania 35, he has just closed a Netflix deal to star in Army of the Dead, the $70 million-budget zombie heist film that Zack Snyder will direct. Scripted by Shay Hatten and Snyder, the adventure is set amid a zombie outbreak in Las Vegas, during…

EXCLUSIVE: Redemption and second chances have long been superhero movie staples, and today it looks like life has imitated art. I’ve learned that Disney has reinstated James Gunn as the writer-director of Guardians of the Galaxy 3, and I’ve confirmed it with Marvel and Gunn’s camp. The decision to rehire Gunn –he was f…

Josh Brolin has joined the epic cast for the Denis Villeneuve-directed film adaptation of Frank Herbert's bestselling novel Dune. Legendary has assembled a lineup of Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, Charlotte Rampling and Javier Bardem. The script was written by Villeneuve, Eric…

EXCLUSIVE: Dave Bautista is set to join Timothée Chalamet and Rebecca Ferguson in Dune for Legendary. His role is being kept under wraps, but this reunites Bautista with director Denis Villeneuve. They worked together on Blade Runner 2049. Bautista is coming out of the contentiousness of standing tall last year for…

EXCLUSIVE: Kristen Schaal (The Last Man on Earth, Bob’s Burgers) is heading north to join Dave Bautista, Ken Jeong, Parisa Fitz-Henley and Chloe Coleman in STXfilms’ action-comedy My Spy, which is now filming in Toronto. Peter Segal is at the helm, directing from a screenplay by Jon and Erich Hoeber. Bautista stars as…

Ken Jeong, known for The Hangover films and most recently seen in Crazy Rich Asians, has come aboard STXfilms’ Dave Bautista-starring action-comedy, My Spy, along with Midnight, Texas star Parisa Fitz-Henley, who played Meghan Markle in the recent Lifetime movie, and Big Little Lies‘ Chloe Coleman. Peter Segal is…

It didn’t take long for Dave Bautista to respond to the news that James Gunn will be writing and possibly directing Suicide Squad 2, as Deadline reported. The wrestler-turned-actor retweeted Deadline’s story shortly after it was posted and said “Where do I sign up!” Bautista worked with Gunn on the first two Guardians…

Danica Smith is exiting PMK*BNC after 14 years and joining Kovert Creative, the marketing and communications agency led by Joe Assad and Lewis Kay. Smith, the veteran publicist was most recently SVP at PMK, has built a client roster that includes Colin Farrell, Zach Braff, Wanda Sykes, Dave Bautista, Ruby Rose…

EXCLUSIVE: Guardians of the Galaxy star Dave Bautista has signed with CAA. For a mixed martial artist still establishing himself onscreen through his role as Drax in Guardians and turns in films Blade Runner 2049, Hotel Artemis, the 007 film Spectre and the Avengers: Infinity War sequels, Bautista has shown an…

Bad news for Drax fans: Dave Bautista might not be coming back to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. During an interview on The Jonathan Ross Show, Bautista remained open and honest about his feelings on Disney and how they fired Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn after controversial tweets surfaced. He continues…