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Deadline has confirmed that Ready or Not Australian actress Samara Weaving will play the role of counter-intelligence officer Scarlett in Paramount/Skydance/All Spark/MGM’s G.I. Joe spinoff Snake Eyes. The red-haired soldier, who was known to carry a crossbow as her choice of weapon, was originated in the 1980s Hasbro…

Dylan McDermott, Samara Weaving, Jim Parsons, Maude Apatow, Joe Mantello, Laura Harrier and Jake Picking have joined the cast of Ryan Murphy's upcoming Netflix limited drama series Hollywood. They join previously announced Jeremy Pope, Darren Criss, David Corenswet, Patti LuPone and Holland Taylor. Few details are…

Jason Lei Howden's Guns Akimbo drags the gladiator fight into the modern world, with an anonymous hacker group abducting civilians and forcing them to fight to the death in a live-streamed action game. The film is, "about a normal guy that gets thrust into this world of social media, televised violence," says…

One of the first images to appear for Daniel Radcliffe's TIFF pic Guns Akimbo featured the actor in a bathrobe, with giant, furry monster slippers on his feet, being held at gunpoint by police on the sidewalk of some major urban area. In his hands, two guns appeared to have been strapped in place, and the look on his…

Fox Searchlight, home to smart adult specialty films and Best Picture Oscar winners, takes a complete left turn into genre with the often very funny, often very bloody new horror film Ready Or Not. I am not sure if Searchlight’s regular art house audience will be ready or not, but fans of this kind of thing are in for…

Meeting your in-laws can always be a nerve-racking experience, but imagine if they all wanted to kill you…seriously. In the new red band trailer for the thriller Ready or Not, we see that is exactly what happens for a young bride (Samara Weaving) as she meets her new husband’s (Mark O’Brien) rich — and eccentrically…

Brigette Lundy-Paine and Samara Weaving have been cast in Bill & Ted Face the Music, the third installment in the franchise that returns Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter to their iconic roles. The film, from Orion Pictures, has set an August 21, 2020 release date via United Artists Releasing. Lundy-Paine will play Billie…

Samara Weaving, recently seen in the Best Picture Oscar-nominated film, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, and Mr. Robot star Carly Chaikin, and Zach Avery will topline the indie drama, Last Moment of Clarity, which is currently filming in Virginia. The pic marks the debut outing from writer/director siblings…

Samara Weaving and Ismael Cruz Cordova have joined the cast of Showtime’s comedy pilot SMILF. Frankie Shaw writes, directs and stars in the project, which is based on her film that won the Short Film Jury Award at Sundance last year. Set in Boston, SMILF takes a raw look at a single twentysomething (Shaw) whose…