2014 has marked a year of expansion for the local cinema powerhouse Ster-Kinekor with new cinema complexes and IMAX theaters opening left right and center. When it was announced that another Ster-Kinekor cinema complex was opening, a few might have found themselves thinking “yeah whatever”. What has peaked interest about the new cinema complex is […]
EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black entertainment and lifestyle network, has launched in Southern Africa (including South Africa). The channel which was hitherto available to DStv customers in 44 countries in West, East and Central Africa, now brings the best of homegrown programming to audiences in Southern African region. Since its launch in July 2013, EbonyLife TV […]
Paramount Television is again reaching into the studio archives, announcing that it is partnering withJerry Bruckheimer on a television adaptation of the 1980 Richard Gere-Lauren Hutton film “American Gigolo.” Bruckheimer, who was a producer on that crime drama centered around a superficial male escort in Los Angeles, will exec produce the project. Paul Schrader, the film’s director and writer, […]
Although she’s been on two long-running sitcoms like “The Big Bang Theory” in her brief 29 years,Kaley Cuoco says film roles are still somewhat elusive for her. So when she had the opportunity to audition for the role of a troubled twentysomething in independent drama “Burning Bodhi,” she was eager to prove herself. Surprising audiences might […]
Chadwick Boseman is set to star in Marvel’s “Black Panther,” it was revealed Tuesday. Boseman has signed a five-picture deal with Marvel, an individual with knowledge of the deal has told TheWrap. Boseman joined Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans onstage, where the established superheroes bucked-up for his services for “Captain America: Civil War.” Black Panther is also getting his own […]
After a nearly two-year gestation period, MTV is finally taking a concrete step toward getting their TV series adaptation of the Scream slasher franchise on the air. The network once famous for music videos has today granted a 10-episode first season pick-up to Scream’s small screen reboot, with plans to debut the series in fall 2015. The road to […]
The box office saw low returns for the majority of the films in the top 10 this week. Out of six of the new released features, 1 made it to the top 5. Judging by the box office performance of features for the year, South African audiences seem to vie for the blockbuster action packed […]
Glow TV is excited to announce that from 17 November 2014, the channel will be available on MultiChoice’s DStv platform. South Africa’s first free to air channel to offer eastern-inspired content will launch on DStv channel 167. The channel brings a wide range of high quality internationally produced programmes to South African audiences. Yusuf Nabee, […]
Marvel has released a lengthy new synopsis for Agent Carter, the Hayley Atwell-starring spin-off from the Captain America series. The new synopsis reveals a boat-load of new plot details, outlining the challengers facing Peggy Carter, as well as the alliances she forms with both Howard Stark and his butler, Jarvis… “It’s 1946 and peace has dealt Peggy a serious […]
True Detective remains the breakout freshman TV hit of 2014, and now season two of HBO’s crime drama anthology is gearing up to bring production this fall in California. Up to now, Colin Farrell and Vince Vaughn had been confirmed for series creator Nic Pizzolatto’s next installment of True Detective, while Rachel McAdams remains all but set to play season two’s female lead. That […]
