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UPDATED, 2:30 PM: HBO Max has named Dashaun Wesley as MC/commentator of its upcoming voguing competition series Legendary. The Misery Index host and The Good Place alum Jameela Jamil will head up the judges’ panel alongside Megan Thee Stallion, Law Roach and Leiomy Maldonado. UPDATED, Feb. 4, 12:35 PM: HBO Max has…

Former Starz CEO Chris Albrecht has lined up his next gig — a production company targeting the global TV market. Albrecht will have a stake in the company, majority owned by Legendary. The company will function independently and separately from Legendary Television while Legendary will finance its slate and provide…

Warner Bros/Legendary’s Godzilla vs. Kong is heading to Nov. 20, 2020. Warner Bros. already had the pre-Thanksgiving frame on hold for a major release, and well, this is it.  The pic directed by Adam Wingard will be released in 3D and Imax. After the under-performance of the second film this past summer, Godzilla: King…

Oscar-winner Spike Lee is continuing his Brooklyn-based film saga with his latest project Prince Of Cats, a feature adaptation of Ron Wimberly's graphic novel that is an '80s hip-hop retelling of Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet.  Legendary is producing the new spin, which follows Tybalt's perspective as he and his…

Awkwafina has signed on to star in The Last Adventure of Constance Verity, a film adaptation based on the fantasy adventure novel written by A. Lee Martinez. Legendary picked up film rights and is adapting it from a spec by John Raffo. The project could be a potential franchise-starring vehicle for Awkwafina, who…

EXCLUSIVE: Nigerian-British actress Susan Wokoma has landed a role in the Harry Bradbeer-directed Enola Holmes adaptation at Legendary, joining Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Sam Claflin, Fiona Shaw, and Adeel Akhtar. Wokoma is best known for her roles in Netflix shows Crazyhead and Chewing Gum…

Sam Claflin, perhaps best known for playing Finnick Odair in The Hunger Games films, is the latest to sign on for Legendary’s Enola Holmes movie, based on The Enola Holmes Mysteries books series by Nancy Springer. He is joining star and producer Millie Bobby Brown, Henry Cavill, Helena Bonham Carter, Fiona Shaw, and…

EXCLUSIVE: Adeel Akhtar, who was recently seen opposite Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston in Netflix’s highly-viewed original movie Murder Mystery, has landed a role in the Enola Holmes film adaptation from Legendary. He joins Millie Bobby Brown who will star as the titular character as well as Henry Cavill who is…

Henry Cavill is set to take on the role of the iconic detective Sherlock Holmes in Legendary Entertainment’s film adaptation of Nancy Springer's Enola Holmes Mysteries novel series. Millie Bobby Brown is attached to star as the title character, while it was just announced that Helena Bonham Carter is set to play Enola…

Legendary, Why Not Productions, and Pan-Européenne have closed a deal to create an English-language adaption of bestselling Leila Slimani novel The Perfect Nanny aka Chanson Douce for the screen. The novel centers around Myriam who decides to return to work as a lawyer after having children. Myriam and her husband…

With superhero fever cooled down for about a week until Disney/Fox’s Dark Phoenix, the world is primed for a big spectacle, shifting interest to monsters, and Elton John. Legendary builds out of its Japanese-classic beasts inspired franchise with its third installment Godzilla: King of the Monsters in which the green…

EXCLUSIVE: Global retail giant 7-Eleven and a full team of powerhouse brands led by Burger King, Delta Air Lines, Pillsbury, Menchie's and Build-A-Bear, plus more than 100 international partners, including 45 diverse companies in China — an unprecedented number for Warner Bros. — are bringing an estimated total value…