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Borys Kit

Senior Film Writer

Senior Film Writer Borys Kit breaks the latest scoops on movies, from acquisitions to castings to the dreaded and they-wish-he-wouldn’t-write-about reshoots (ahem, “additional photography”). He tackles big picture stories by going inside the dealmaking and goings on studio lots, gets nitty-gritty about out-of-control productions, and takes out the scalpel for post-mortems on movies when they underperform at the box office. His specialty is writing about the geek and comic book worlds, a path set for him when he ran away from home at the age of six when his parents wouldn’t let him watch a Spider-Man movie. (Don’t worry, he came back later when it started getting dark.) And he is the creator of THR’s award-winning blog, Heat Vision.

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Lukas Gage, Megan Suri and Harvey Guillén Join Jack Quaid in Sci-Fi Thriller ‘Companion’

Companion, the sci-fi thriller from the team behind last year’s horror hit Barbarian, has found a call sheet’s worth of friends. Lukas Gage, Megan Suri and Harvey Guillén have boarded the feature project that marks the directorial debut of scribe Drew Hancock. The trio join The Boys star Jack Quaid in the story whose plot details […]

Becky G Joins DC Movie ‘Blue Beetle’ in Key Voice Role

Singer and actress Rebbeca Marie Gomez, also known as Becky G, has been tapped to voice a key role in Blue Beetle, Warner Bros.’s family adventure feature based on the DC Comics character. Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the movie stars Xolo Maridueña in the title role and as the character’s alter ego, Jaime Reyes, […]

Surprise: Dwayne Johnson Returning for New ‘Fast and Furious’ Movie

After the surprise tease at the end of Fast X, Universal is making it official: Dwayne Johnson is back for another Fast and Furious movie. Johnson will star in an untitled Fast project, Universal and Johnson announced Thursday. Fast mainstay Chris Morgan penned the script. The return is a major reversal for the star, who […]

Disney’s Live-Action ‘Moana’ Taps ‘Hamilton’ Helmer Thomas Kail as Director

Thomas Kail, the Tony Award-winning director of Broadway’s Hamilton, has been tapped to direct Disney’s live-action take on the studio’s 2016 animated musical sensation Moana. Disney announced the remake earlier this spring and has secured Dwayne Johnson to return to the role of Maui, the grandiose demigod of the wind and sea. Johnson is producing […]

‘How to Train Your Dragon’ Live-Action Remake Finds Its Hiccup and Astrid

Universal’s live-action adaptation of DreamWorks Animation’s How to Train Your Dragon has found its human riders. Mason Thames, who starred in Universal’s horror hit The Black Phone, and Nico Parker, the rising actress who was last seen in HBO’s The Last of Us, are set to star as Hiccup and Astrid in the feature being […]

Veteran Exec Cathy Nam Joins Universal as Senior VP, Global Communications

Longtime communications executive Cathy Nam has joined Universal Filmed Entertainment Group as senior vp, global communications. The executive is moving from New Line Cinema, the Warner Bros. division at which she spent over two decades honing her PR skills. Per Tuesday’s announcement, Nam will help steer the integrated communications strategy efforts across UFEG’s global portfolio, […]

Jack Quaid Set to Star in ‘Companion,’ Sci-Fi Thriller From Zach Cregger, BoulderLight, New Line (Exclusive)

Jack Quaid, one of the stars of Amazon’s The Boys, has signed on to topline Companion, a sci-fi thriller from the team behind last year’s horror hit Barbarian. Drew Hancock wrote the original script and is making his directorial debut with the feature, whose many plot points are being kept hush-hush. Despite the secretive nature of […]

Adeline Rudolph to Play Kitana in New Line’s ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ (Exclusive)

Adeline Rudolph, who made her debut as part of Netflix’s Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, has joined Tati Gabrielle, her co-star on the Netflix series, in New Line’s spine-severing sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat. Simon McQuoid, who directed the previous movie based on the video game franchise, is back behind the console for the new feature, […]

Princess Leia’s Dress, Star-Lord’s Helmet and Batman’s Life-Size Batpod Up for Sale at Historic Prop Auction

Carrie Fisher’s Princess Leia dress from the original Star Wars movies, the hammer used by Tim Robbins to escape prison in Shawshank Redemption and the Batpod motorcycle used by Christian Bale in The Dark Knight will hit the auction block in June in what is being billed as one of the largest memorabilia auctions in […]

Renate Reinsve, Star of ‘The Worst Person in the World,’ Joins Pedro Pascal in ‘Weapons’

Renate Reinsve, who starred in the Oscar-nominated romantic drama The Worst Person in the World, has signed on to star opposite Pedro Pascal in New Line’s Weapons, the newest movie project from Barbarian filmmaker Zach Cregger. Cregger wrote the script and is directing the feature that reunites him with his Barbadian producing team, Roy Lee […]

Ray Stevenson, Actor in the Thor Movies and ‘RRR,’ Dies at 58 

Ray Stevenson, the burly British actor who starred as Volstagg in the Thor movies and as the brutally evil governor in the recent Oscar-winning Indian hit RRR, has died. He was 58. Stevenson died Sunday, four days shy of his birthday, his publicist Nicki Fioravante told The Hollywood Reporter. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported […]

Tati Gabrielle in Final Talks to Play Jade in ‘Mortal Kombat 2’ (Exclusive)

Tati Gabrielle, known for her work in Netflix sensation You as well as The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, is in final negotiations to join the fist-flying cast of New Line’s sequel to 2021’s Mortal Kombat. Simon McQuoid, who directed the previous movie based on the video game franchise, is back behind the joystick for the […]