There’s nothing memorable about Katherine Heigl movies, so producers for the thriller Unforgettable have brought Rosario Dawson on board for veteran producer Denise Di Novi’s directorial debut. Described as female-centric, the film is written by Wrath of the Titans and Orphan scribe David Leslie Johnson.
Dawson stars as a woman whose new marriage is threatened by her husband’s psycho-bitch ex (Heigl). Cameras are set to roll on the film Aug. 17 in Los Angeles.
Dawson has starred in a string of notable genre offerings, including Robert Rodriguez’s Sin City, Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof, Barry Sonnenfeld’s Men in Black II, D.J. Caruso’s Eagle Eye, and Danny Boyle’s Trance, in which she performs an unforgettable nude scene.
Dawson can currently be seen in Marvel’s new “Daredevil” series for Netflix.
Annabeth Gish is reprising her role as FBI Special Agent Monica Reyes in Fox’s eagerly anticipated “X-Files” event series, premiering Jan. 24, 2016. Gish played the role of Agent Reyes during the last two seasons of the show.
Gish joins returning leads David Duchovny (Fox Mulder) and Gillian Anderson (Dana Skully), Mitch Pileggi (FBI Assistant Director Skinner), William B. Davis (Cigarette Smoking Man), and Bruce Harwood, Tom Braidwood, and Dean Haglund (The Lone Gunmen).
Gish is coming off the white-knuckle FX crime drama “The Bridge” and A&E’s miniseries adaptation of Stephen King’s “Bag of Bones.” She also starred as Sheriff Althea Jarry on the final season of FX’s “Sons of Anarchy.”
HBO has released its first teaser trailer for “Westworld,” a re-imagining of the 1973 sci-fi classic about androids run amok in an adult themed amusement park where humans indulge in their lust for blood and sex. Bad Robot (”LOST”) and Jonathan Nolan (”Person of Interest”) produce.
“Westworld” stars Anthony Hopkins, Ed Harris, James Marsden (X-Men: Days of Future Past), Rodrigo Santoro (300: Rise of an Empire), and stunners Evan Rachel Wood (”True Blood”), Angela Sarafyan (Breaking Dawn), Thandie Newton (2012) and Ingrid Bolsø Berdal (Hercules).
“Twin Peaks” alumna Mädchen Amick is set to co-star in “American Horror Story: Hotel,” the fifth season in the acclaimed anthology series from Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk. Amick joins Angela Bassett, Kathy Bates, Sarah Paulson, Wes Bentley, Lily Rabe, Naomi Campbell, and Chloe Sevigny.
Set to premiere Oct. 7, the new 13-episode season of “American Horror Story: Hotel” is inspired by the mysterious 2013 death of a Canadian tourist in L.A.’s haunted Cecil Hotel. The story made headlines when surveillance video of the terrified hotel guest hiding in an elevator went viral. She was found dead soon after.
Amick is coming off the short-lived Lifetime supernatural series “The Witches of East End.” She can be seen in Screen Gems’ 2011 vampire-frightener Priest, the 1992 Stephen King-penned Sleepwalkers, and 1993’s psychological thriller Dream Lover.
Those with grey on their nutsack will know her best as abused waitress Shelly Johnson on David Lynch’s groundbreaking TV series “Twin Peaks.”
AMC has released a four minute featurette for “Walking Dead” creator Robert Kirkman’s prequel series “Fear the Walking Dead.” Written by Kirkman and showrunner Dave Erickson, the show is set in Los Angeles and centers on two single parent families attempting to survive the zombie apocalypse.
The featurette includes interviews with leads Kim Dickens and Cliff Curtis, director Adam Davidson, producer Gale Anne Hurd, and effects guru and executive producer Greg Nicotero. There’s also plenty of peeks at footage from the show, which premieres Aug. 23.
Twentieth Century Fox has released a red-band trailer for Marvel Entertainment’s Deadpool. Ryan Reynolds plays the titular antihero in visual effects artist Tim Miller’s feature film debut, releasing Feb. 12, 2016.
Those worried Marvel wouldn’t have the balls to produce an R-rated movie adaptation true to the comic’s tone can now rest easy knowing the film is loaded with irreverent humor, outrageous action, and naked stripper ass!
Deadpool is an unstable, foul-mouthed mercenary with regenerative healing powers acquired after an experimental medical procedure to cure his cancer gets botched. Co-stars are Morena Baccarin (“Gotham”), Gina Carano (Fast & Furious 6), newcomer Brianna Hildebrand, and T.J. Miller (“Silicon Valley”).
Ali Larter is reprising her role as Claire Redfield in the sixth and final installment of Screen Gems hugely successful Resident Evil franchise. Paul W.S. Anderson is once again at the helm with Milla Jovovich toplining as resident ass-kicker Alice.
Resident Evil: The Final Chapter shoots in September in South Africa. The sequel picks up after the events of Resident Evil: Retribution and finds Alice and crew attempting to stop the Red Queen from destroying humanity.
Larter made her horror debut in 1999’s House On Haunted Hill. She starred in Final Destination the following year and its first sequel in 2003 before landing the NBC series “Heroes” in 2006 and Resident Evil: Extinction in 2007.
Posted above is our first look at Lucy Lawless in the new Starz series “Ash Vs. Evil Dead.” The show is produced by Sam Raimi, Rob Tapert, and Bruce Campbell, reprising his role as boomstick bad boy Ashley J. Williams.
“Ash Vs. Evil Dead” picks up 30-years after Ash’s last battle with the Deadites and finds the reluctant hero forced out of hiding to stop a new uprising. Lawless plays Ruby, a mysterious woman out to nix the source of the evil, who she happens to think is Ash.
“Ash vs. Evil Dead” will feature 10 half-hour episodes and premieres this Halloween. Raimi co-wrote and directed the pilot episode.
Lawless is coming off the Starz original series “Spartacus” and can be seen on season two of WGN’s “Salem.” She is, of course, best known as “Xena: Warrior Princess.”
