DreamWorks Animation’s Trolls has added Zooey Deschanel, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Baranski, Quvenzhané Wallis and John Cleese to its all-star cast list. They join the likes of Justin Timberlake, Anna Kendrick, Russell Brand, James Corden, Icona Pop and Gwen Stefani. It’s quite a mix of comedic and musically talented performers, with director Mike Mitchell commenting, “Our cast is quite literally bursting with talent. This mix of comedic and musical star-power is…
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Joining the already announced remakes/reboots we have reported on in recent weeks, Winnie the Pooh has just been given the go-ahead by Disney to return in live-action form.

The story will focus on a grown up Christopher Robin returning to his childhood home in Hundred Acre Wood to find Winnie the Pooh. Deadline have also announced that indie filmmaker Alex Ross Perry has been hired to bring AA Milne’s creation to the big screen.

The most recent version of Pooh was the 2011 animated…
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Mike Mitchell and Walt Dohrn have managed to craft a feature that is just self-aware and tongue-in-cheek enough that it’s let off the hook. But only just.
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May well be named after a terrific song by The Clash, but seems intent on hitting all of the wrong notes.
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A down-on-his-luck music manager discovers a teenage girl with an extraordinary voice while on a music tour in Afghanistan and takes her to Kabul to compete on the popular television show, Afghan Star.
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