Tag: remakes
Nick Frost Joins Live-Action How to Train Your Dragon
A Hollywood Reporter exclusive reveals that Nick Frost (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz) has joined the cast of the How to Train Your Dragon live-action remake. Gerard Butler is already set to reprise the role of Chief Stoick, and Nico Parker and Mason Thames will portray Astrid and Hiccup. Frost will...
Read MoreGerard Butler Will Reprise How to Train Your Dragon Role
Deadline exclusively reports that Gerard Butler is reprising his role as Chief Stoick in the live-action remake of the DreamWorks animated film How to Train Your Dragon. Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Astrid (America Ferrera) have been recast with Mason Thames and Nico Parker (daughter of Thandiwe Ne...
Read MoreHalle Bailey and Rachel Zegler Discuss Being Princesses
Halle Bailey and Rachel Zegler were featured on Variety’s latest episode of the Actors on Actors series. As the two Disney Princesses bonded over their relatively newfound fame, discussions of online hate and mutual support came up. Check out Bailey’s Tweet supporting Zegler here: And read e...
Read MoreLionsgate Picks up The Crow Remake
A long-gestating remake has returned from the grave. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lionsgate has agreed to distribute the “re-imagining” of The Crow in the US. The film, which was directed by Rupert Sanders, is completed, and it stars Bill Skarsgård as Eric Draven, a rock musician who i...
Read MoreMoana Remake to be Captained By Hamilton Director
Disney and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s Moana remake has found its director. Thomas Kail is known for Broadway’s Hamilton and the most recent rendition of Sweeney Todd starring Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford. However, Kail has also worked on TV projects like Fosse/Version a...
Read MoreHow to Train Your Dragon Remake Casts Leads
The live-action How to Train Your Dragon remake has cast its Hiccup and Astrid. Mason Thames (The Black Phone) will portray the lead Viking youngster, and Nico Parker (Dumbo, The Last of Us) will play dragon expert Astrid. The movie is being directed by Dean DeBlois, who co-directed the original. A ...
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