Colin Farrell Hopes Penguin Series Starts Filming in 2023, and He Still Wants to Star in ‘The Batman 2’

Joe Otterson TV ReporterAmy Ryan is the latest cast member to be announced for the upcoming Apple series “Sugar,” Variety has learned.Ryan joins previously announced series lead Colin Farrell and cast member Kirby Howell-Baptiste in the show, which was first ordered to series in June. Exact plot and character details for the show remain under wraps, aside from the fact that it is described as a genre-bending contemporary take on the private detective story set in Los Angeles.Ryan received both an Academy Award nomination and a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actress for her role in the film “Gone Baby Gone.” Her other feature credits include “Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),” “Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead,” and “Capote.” On the TV side, she is known for her celebrated turns in both “The Office” as Holly Flax as well as the HBO series “The Wire,” in which she played Beatrice “Beadie” Russell.

EXCLUSIVE: Amy Ryan is set as a lead opposite Colin Farrell and Kirby Howell-Baptiste in the Apple TV+ series Sugar.

Kirby Howell-Baptiste (The Sandman, The Good Place) will star opposite Colin Farrell in the Apple TV+ series .

Joe Otterson TV ReporterKirby Howell-Baptiste has signed on to star opposite Colin Farrell in the Apple series “Sugar,” Variety has learned.The project was first ordered to series in June. Exact plot and character details for the show remain under wraps, aside from the fact that it is described as a genre-bending contemporary take on the private detective story set in Los Angeles.Howell-Baptiste was most recently seen in the Netflix series adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s “The Sandman,” playing the role of Death, one of the seven Endless.

“Licorice Pizza” starring the Haim sisters as well as “The Lost City,” which is loaded with stars like Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe and Brad Pitt.Those looking for older classic films won’t be disappointed either as Meryl Streep-studded “The Devil Wears Prada,” and “Mamma Mia! ”will also head to the streamer (with the musical gracing Freevee’s catalog). Nicholas Cage’s “Face/Off” and the late James Caan’s “Thief” arrive August 1 along with “Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion,” which stars the late Paul Sorvino’s daughter Mira.

for the most heroic of reasons.In Ron Howard’s new movie “Thirteen Lives,” streaming on Prime Video Friday, Viggo Mortensen plays Stanton, who co-engineered the rescue of 12 Thai boys and their soccer coach from a monsoon-flooded cave. Along with his diving partner, John Volanthen (Colin Farrell in the film), he was able to navigate the forbidding terrain and locate the boys, who were stranded more than 2 miles into the cave.With Stanton working as an adviser on the film, he said Howard’s depiction is true to life.

“In Bruges” stars Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson reunite with writer-director Martin McDonagh for their latest project, “The Banshees Of Inisherin”.

Some modern artists only need their names said aloud, and heads turn to attention. A successful playwright even before he broke into the world of cinema with consistent critical acclaim, Martin McDonagh is that type of head-turning talent.

TV series set in the universe of the “Alien” franchise, as well Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo’s prodigious reboot of the famed 1980 miniseries “Shogun.” During the Television Critics Association summer press tour, FX Networks chief John Landgraf offered an update on both ambitious projects. “We wrapped physical production on limited series ‘Showgun’ in June, which was by far our biggest and most ambitious production,” Landgraf revealed.

Director Matt Reeves breathed new life into the “Batman” franchise with his gritty, David Fincher-inspired take on Gotham City with “The Batman.” And Warner Bros. is so impressed with Reeves’ work that they have a feature film sequel along with two television spinoffs in development.

Star Wars spin off, Solo: A Star Wars Story.Egerton revealed he auditioned for the part of a young version of Harrison Ford’s iconic character in the 2018 prequel. The part eventually went to Alden Ehrenreich.Speaking on the ‘Happy Sad Confused‘ podcast, Egerton said he ended up pulling out of the process before the final auction.“I’ll be honest: I got on the Falcon.

Colin Farrell is addressing the possibility of returning for another The Batman movie.

Colin Farrell is opening up about filming Thirteen Lives, which is now out in select theaters.

Colin Farrell is definitely up for a sequel to . While on the red carpet for the premiere of at the famed Westwood Village Theater in Los Angeles, Farrell damn near jumped out of his shoes when ET's Will Marfuggi asked him if he'd be in for the sequel should director Matt Reeves give him a ring.«Oh my god, you kidding me?!» Farrell asked rhetorically. «It's so much fun, are you joking [with] me? I've been around the block man. That was an easy sport, I mean… it was a joy.»So far, there's no official word a sequel to the superhero film starring Farrell, Robert Pattinson, Paul Dano and Zoë Kravitz is happening, but Farrell can certainly envision it happening.«Matt's up to his bollocks, you know, hovering over the keyboard and just planning the story because he's just so meticulous,» Farrell says.

Carson Burton The shoot for “Thirteen Lives,” the feature film adaptation of the miraculous 2018 cave-diving rescue mission known as the Tham Luang cave rescue, found all principal cast members taking to the water to navigate long, recreated cave corridors. Tom Bateman, who plays one of the rescue divers in the film, recalls the hours upon hours of underwater training the film required.“We were fucking pruned!” Bateman told Variety at the red carpet premiere of the film at Westwood Village Theater on Thursday night. “It was pretty tough, man.

Colin Farrell and Viggo Mortensen joined the cast of their movie Thirteen Lives for the latest red carpet premiere!

During Amazon Prime Video’s "Thirteen Lives" movie premiere, director Ron Howard told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that none of the cast members "dared complain" while filming on set.  "Fortunately, we had no terrible incidents and nobody complained on this movie because how could you? They were reflecting something that a lot of people had really lived through," Howard remarked. "Nobody would dare complain.They've all felt honored to have the opportunity to… bring it to audiences." "Thirteen Lives" depicts the phenomenal true story of the incredible global effort to rescue a Thai soccer team trapped in the Tham Luang cave during an unexpected rainstorm.  Faced with tremendous challenges, a team of the world’s most experienced divers navigated the maze of flooded, narrow cave tunnels.The divers were joined by Thai forces and more than 10,000 volunteers to complete the mission of rescuing 12 boys and their coach.  Amazon Prime Video’s "Thirteen Lives" director Ron Howard told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview that none of the cast members "dared complain," while filming on set.  (Getty Images) Howard detailed how complex filming "Thirteen Lives" truly was and described how "exhausting" it was to capture the underwater scenes.