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Disney Eyes Nick Offerman as Smee in ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’

News January 1, 2021 7:10 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, The Illuminerdi announced that Disney has offered Parks & Rec star, Nick Offerman, the role of Smee in their upcoming Peter Pan & Wendy live-action film. He would join Jude Law as Captain Hook as they terrorize Peter & The Lost Boys. It's unknown if Offerman accepted the role of Hook's sidekick at this... Read More...

Amy Adams Returns For ‘Enchanted’ Sequel ‘Disenchanted’

News December 10, 2020 9:05 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, during Walt Disney's Investor Day presentation it was announced that a sequel to the animated-live-action hybrid Enchanted was in the works. Star Amy Adams was announced to be returning for the upcoming sequel. The sequel will debut as an original movie for the Disney+ streaming platform. Not much else is known about the project... Read More...

Director Jon M. Chu Will Helm Disney’s ‘Lilo & Sitch’ Live-Action Film

News November 15, 2020 3:12 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Recently, Variety revealed that director Jon M. Chu has joined Disney's upcoming Lilo & Stitch. The film will be a live-action adaption of the classic animated film of a little Hawaiian girl alongside her sister who befriends an alien fugitive as her pet. Jon M. Chu recently got praise for his film Crazy Rich Asians.... Read More...

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Johnny Depp Exits ‘Fantastic Beasts’ Franchise

News November 8, 2020 9:18 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Earlier this week, it was announced that Johnny Depp had exited the Fantastic Beasts franchise. This comes off the news that he lost a libel lawsuit with The Sun newspaper over abuse claims from his ex-wife Amber Heard. Johnny Depp was revealed to be the sorcerer Grindelwald at the end of the first film. He... Read More...

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Oscar-Nominated Director Barry Jenkins Set to Helm Disney’s ‘The Lion King’ Sequel

News September 29, 2020 6:36 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, it was announced by Varitey that director Barry Jenkins would be taking over as director of Disney's The Lion King sequel. This comes as an unusual choice of to helm a big-budget tentpole film after the director helmed Oscar-caliber films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk; as well as next years The... Read More...

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Yara Shahidi Joins Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ as Tinkerbell

News September 25, 2020 8:01 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Deadline announced that Yara Shahidi (Black-ish) has joined the cast of Disney's upcoming live-action Peter Pan film Peter Pan & Wendy. She joins the cast as Peters trusty fairy Tinkerbell. This will mark the first time a woman of color has played the character as she has been depicted in the past as blonde... Read More...

Disney Interested in ‘Mulan’ Star Liu Yifei For ‘Tron: Ares’

News August 10, 2020 5:02 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Earlier today it was revealed that Lion director Gareth Davis has boarded Disney's upcoming Tron: Ares. The long-awaited pseudo-sequel to Tron: Legacy. While the film is set in the same universe it will not be directly tied to Tron: Legacy. Jared Leto was announced to be a part of the project in 2017 but announced... Read More...

‘Lion’ Director Gareth Davis Tapped To Helm Jared Leto’s ‘Tron: Ares’

News August 10, 2020 9:47 am Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Deadline announced that Lion director Gareth Davis has signed on by Disney direct the next Tron movie (originally titled Tron: Ascension). This comes off The DisInsider report a month ago that search for a director on the previously announced film had picked up the pace. The report also mentioned that actors from the previous... Read More...

Jude Law Boards Disney’s ‘Peter Pan & Wendy’ as Captain Hook

News July 7, 2020 6:45 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Today, Variety announced that Jude Law (Captain Marvel) has joined the cast of Disney's upcoming Peter Pan live-action movie Peter Pan & Wendy. Jude Law will play the role of the villainous arch-enemy of Peter Pan; Captain Hook. Law will follow in the footsteps of Dustin Hoffman who made the role famous in the 1990's... Read More...

Disney’s ‘Tron 3’ Begins Director Search

News July 7, 2020 6:34 pm Caleb Williams 0 Comments

Over the weekend, our friends over at The DisInsider revealed an update on Disney's Tron 3. The upcoming sequel to Tron: Legacy was announced in 2017 with Jared Leto (Suicide Squad) set to star in the film titled Tron: Ascension. The movie was then put on the back burner so it's unknown at this point... Read More...