Who would have thought that there was a connection with the birth of rocket science and the occult? In the new trailer for the forthcoming CBS All Access drama Strange Angel we see this fascinating story of Jack Parsons pan out as he goes from blue-collar worker to rocket engineer. Based on George Pendle’s book of the…

CBS All Access is giving us the first look at Strange Angel, its drama series from Mark Heyman that stars Jack Reynor as an early rocket scientist who gets tangled up with Aleister Crowley. Check out the first-look trailer above and poster below. The series is based on the true story of Jack Parsons (Reynor), a…

Jack Reynor has been tapped to star in CBS All Access’ drama series Strange Angel from Ridley Scott’s Scott Free Productions. Created by Mark Heyman (Black Swan, The Skeleton Twins) and based on George Pendle's book of the same name, Strange Angel is inspired by the real-life story of Jack Parsons and explores the…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Reynor (Free Fire, Jungle Book) and Benedict Wong (Doctor Strange, The Martian) have been set to star in the second installment of Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams, a 10-episode anthology series from Ronald D. Moore, Michael Dinner, Bryan Cranston and Sony Pictures TV. The show, which is based on the…

EXCLUSIVE: In the second giant Toronto pre-buy deal in as many days, Lionsgate has won a vigorous auction and has acquired and will distribute Kin, the sci-fi action thriller that will star Jack Reynor, James Franco, Zoe Kravitz and Dennis Quaid. Just like yesterday’s splashy deal for the untitled Paul Thomas Anderson…

EXCLUSIVE: Jack Reynor, James Franco, Zoe Kravitz and Dennis Quaid will star in Kin, a sci-fi action thriller that Jonathan and Josh Baker will direct based on their short film Bag Man. Daniel Casey wrote the script, and 21 Laps’ Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen will produce with Jeff Arkuss, David Gross and Jesse Shapira…

Will Poulter, Ben O'Toole and Jack Reynor are joining John Boyega in Kathryn Bigelow's untitled film about the 1967 Detroit race riots. Mark Boal wrote the screenplay for the film and will produce with Bigelow, Annapurna's Megan Ellison & Matthew Budman and Colin Wilson. Greg Shapiro is exec producing. Set against…

EXCLUSIVE: Much-in-demand Brit actress Rosamund Pike is circling long-gestating project Guernsey, with Harry Potter director Mike Newell also in the mix to direct. The project, previously known by the more unwieldy The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, has previously attracted a string of high-profile…

Film Movement has acquired U.S. rights to Glassland, the Irish drama starring Toni Collette, Jack Reynor and Will Poulter that premiered this year at the Sundance Film Festival. The pic, the second feature from Gerard Barrett (Pilgrim Hill), will get a theatrical and VOD release next year. The film centers on a young…

EXCLUSIVE: Shortly after Jeff Robinov’s Studio 8 and Bona Film Group partnered with Tom Rothman’s Tristar and Film4 on the Ang Lee-directed Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk, the filmmaker has boiled down to a shortlist his options for actors to play the title role. Lee wants a discovery and will surround him with a …

EXCLUSIVE: Casey Affleck has found a young star he hopes will play Josh Hamilton, the slugger who recovered from a drug descent to become a baseball superstar now clubbing homers for the Los Angeles Angels. After a lengthy search, the writer-director has set his sights on Jack Reynor, the What Richard Did star who’ll…

Glassland is the second feature from Irish director Gerard Barrett, who made this year’s drama Pilgrim Hill. He starts shooting on the new film January 8 with Toni Collette, Jack Reynor (Transformers: Age Of Extinction), Will Poulter (We’re The Millers) and Michael Smiley (A Field In England) aboard. The Dublin-set…