OHMYGOSSIP — Horror-comedy film ‘Black Sheep’ is getting a sequel.
The 2006 movie, set in New Zealand, followed a group of people who are forced to defend themselves when a genetic engineering experiment turns harmless sheep into flesh-eating zombies.
WTFilms is now working with original writer-and-director Jonathan King who will bring the follow-up to the big screen from a story he wrote with Matthew Grainger and Rosie Howells.
The plot of ‘Black Sheep 2’ will follow a young scientist who discovers a new pathogen which is a threat to humanity. She tracks it to her hometown which is located nearby the farm where the events of ‘Black Sheep’ took place.
Actor Nathan Meister will reprise his role as Henry Oldfield, who in the first film is a farmer living with ovinophobia, a phobia of sheep caused by a sick prank his brother Angus plays on him as a child. It is Angus’ experiments on his livestock which transform the sheep from docile vegetarians to carnivorous killers.
Production on ‘Black Sheep 2’ will begin by April 2025 and Richard Taylor’s award-winning special effects company Wētā Workshop – which provided FX on movies such as ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’, ‘M3gan’ and ‘Pearl’ – will be bringing the zombie sheep to life on screen.
The movie will be produced by King and Grainger and James Partridge and Samantha Braun of Terror-Fi Films.
Executive producers are Richard Fletcher of Libertine Pictures, Philippa Campbell and Ari Harrison and Jasmin McSweeney from Umbrella Entertainment.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Dwayne Johnson has ticked off a bucket list wish by making his first Christmas movie ‘Red One’.
The 52-year-old Hollywood action man stars alongside Chris Evans, Lucy Liu and J. K. Simmons as Santa Claus, who is kidnapped before Christmas and has to be rescued by his security team.
Since swapping wrestling for acting, Dwayne – known as The Rock during his WWE days – has always wanted to appear in a festive film and says ‘Red One’ is a dream come true.
Appearing on ‘The Graham Norton Show’, Dwayne said: “It’s my first Christmas movie and as an actor I feel it’s a bucket list thing now checked off.
Dwayne appeared on the talk show with his co-star Lucy, 55, and for the fight scenes she admits her muscle memory from prior action roles in ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ kicked in.
She said: “For the big fight scene my muscle memory from previous roles in ‘Kill Bill’ and ‘Charlie’s Angels’ just seemed to kick in and it all sort of happened.”
To prepare for the part, Lucy told host Graham that she did not attempt to hit the gym with Dwayne who is famous for his epic and gruelling training regime.
When asked if she worked out with Dwayne for the role, Lucy said: “No not at all. If anything, he could deadlift me!”
To which Dwayne added: “She didn’t have to work out because she is a born bad-a**.”
‘The Graham Norton Show’ can be seen on BBC One at 10.40pm on Friday (08.11.24). It is also available on BBC iPlayer.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Tremors’ could be set for a reboot, according to original writer S.S. Wilson.
The 1990 monster movie starred Kevin Bacon, Fred Ward, Michael Gross and Reba McEntire and focused on the small desert town of Perfection, Nevada, which comes under attack from giant, prehistoric, giant worm-like creatures.
‘Tremors’ became a cult hit upon home release and thanks to repeated TV screenings and spawned six direct-to-video sequels and a 2003 television show, ‘Tremors: The Series’.
The film was co-written by Wilson and Brent Maddock and the pair have secured the rights to their original screenplay with Wilson spilling at the 2nd Annual TremorsFest in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that they can now remake movie.
He told fans: “What we have now, just got, are the rights to our original screenplay. That’s good, we can remake (‘Tremors’) if we want to. We don’t have the rights to ‘Shriekers’, we don’t have the rights to ‘Ass Blasters’, we don’t have the rights to ‘Tremors’ 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7.”
The return of the rights to Wilson and Maddock by Universal Pictures has happened due to the rule that creators can transfer the rights of a given copyright after 35 years.
This means that Wilson and Maddock and their company Stampede Entertainment own that screenplay from the original film but not the whole ‘Tremors’ franchise.
Shrikers and Ass Blasters were creatures that featured in the ‘Tremors’ sequels which explained more about the life cycle of the ‘graboids’ – the name given to the subterranean worm-creatures from the original.
Bacon and the late Ward – who passed away in May 2022 at the age of 79 – played handymen Val and Earl, respectively, the main protagonists of ‘Tremors’.
Back in 2022, Kevin, 66, admitted he would be interested in reprising his role as Val as Valentine McKee only featured in one film.
He said: “It was one film of mine that I wanted to revisit that character. I don’t look back at all.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Terrifier 3’ star Lauren LaVera has had to stop work on her debut screenplay.
The 30-year-old actress has become the newest Scream Queen thanks to her role as Sienna Shaw in Damien Leone’s slasher franchise, which sees her alter ego battle demonic killer Art the Clown (David Howard Thornton).
Sienna had started work on her own movie project but she has had to pause it because she has started filming new horror/thriller film ‘The Monster’.
When asked by a fan on social media site X what was happening with her screenplay, Lauren answered: “I’ve been so busy filming that I’ve had to put it on the back burner. It’s a good problem to have, I just literally have no time. I’ll get back to it probably after the holidays.”
Lauren recently describer her screenplay – which she is co-writing – as a “coming-of-age comedy”.
She told Swagger Magazine: “I’ve been writing a coming-of-age comedy with my best friend about our time studying abroad in Europe, and just the shenanigans we got into.”
Cameras started rolling on ‘The Monster’ this week in Danbury, Connecticut, and Lauren took to her X account to tell her followers that she’d “had such an amazing first day on set”, adding “God I love my f****** job”.
‘The Monster’ is being directed by Darren Lynn Bousman, best known for his work on the ‘Saw’ franchise, and also stars ‘Blood Diamond’ actor Djimon Hounsou.
The plot focuses on two millennials who make quick money by leasing incredible New York City apartments they don’t own to people who don’t know they are being scammed, but that con comes to an end when they encounter an apartment owner with a dark secret.
Lauren recently admitted she is ready to embrace her Scream Queen status and continue to work in the horror genre, but as well as her role in ‘The Monster’ she has been auditioning for some comedy roles.
Speaking to Swagger Magazine, she said: “I’ve been auditioning like crazy. I’d love to feed my creative love in a different way and try to do something more comedic next, so most of my auditions have been in that vein. I would still do horror, just as long as the story was different from what I’ve already done. Of course, I love horror and would be thrilled to continue in the genre, especially if it means working with Damien again!”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Zendaya is set to star in the new Christopher Nolan movie.
The 28-year-old actress and Anne Hathaway have both been added to the star-studded cast of the acclaimed director’s next film project, Deadline reports.
Zendaya’s casting means she will be reunited on-screen with Tom Holland, her boyfriend and ‘Spider-Man’ co-star.
Anne, meanwhile, is set to reunite with the director, having previously worked with him on ‘Interstellar’ and ‘The Dark Knight Rises’.
Nolan’s latest project will begin shooting in early 2025, and the film is expected to have an Imax release in July 2026.
Despite this, sources have told Deadline that specific details about the project remain a closely-guarded secret, meaning that rumoured descriptions of the film have not been accurate.
In fact, Tom recently confessed that he joined the cast without knowing what the film is about.
The 28-year-old actor admitted it was a “phone call of a lifetime” when he was presented with the opportunity to take part in the forthcoming movie.
Tom – who started dating Zendaya after starring alongside her in the ‘Spider-Man’ film franchise – told ‘Good Morning America’: “All I can say is that I’m incredibly excited. And obviously honoured, but that’s all I can say because, to be honest, that’s all I know.”
Tom – who is also set to star alongside Matt Damon in the upcoming movie – likened receiving the call to being cast as Spider-Man.
He explained: “When the opportunity came in, it was the phone call of a lifetime.
“It was reminiscent of getting the call about ‘Spider-Man’ 10 years ago. It’s an amazing thing for me. I’m super proud and I’m really, really excited.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Tony Todd has died at the age of 69.
The prolific actor – who appeared in the ‘Final Destination’ and ‘Candyman’ horror franchises, passed away earlier this week at his home in Marina del Rey after a long illness, his wife, Fatima, told The Hollywood Reporter.
New Line Cinema, which produced the ‘Final Destination’ franchise, wrote on Instagram: “The industry has lost a legend. We have lost a cherished friend. Rest in peace, Tony, -Your Final Destination Family.”
Virginia Madsen, who starred alongside Todd in the original ‘Candyman’, also wrote: “My beloved. May you rest in power sweet to the sweet in heaven. The great actor Tony Todd has left us and now is an angel. As he was in life. More later but I can’t right now. I love you.”
Rel Dowdell, the director of Film Studies at Hampton University who directed him in 2012’s ‘Changing the Game’, said in a statement: “Tony was a masterful actor who was truly chameleonic; he prepared for every role with the utmost meticulousness. He was truly one of a kind.”
Tony starred in over 100 movies and television shows and made his film debut in 1986, with roles in ‘Sleepwalk’ and Oliver Stone’s Oscar-winning Vietnam War movie ‘Platoon’.
His other notable movie roles included the 1990 remake of ‘Night of the Living Dead’, ‘The Crow’, ‘Candyman’ and the ‘Final Destination’ movies.
On TV, he had a recurring role in ‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’ as the Klingon Kurn and also appeared in ‘Star Trek: Deep Space Nine’.
Tony previously shared how he credited his aunt Clara Elliston – who took custody of him when he was three as his mother was going through “some issues” – for putting him on the pathway to being an actor.
He moved to Hartford, Connecticut, where she worked as a maid and Clara used to bring him on cleaning jobs with her, where he would read books while she worked.
He told The Guardian: “She would bring me to some of her places, and I would stay in the library while she cleaned the house. I loved books at an early age, so I was content.”
He had a turbulent childhood, which he believed drove his career.
Tony said: “That all fuels me as an actor. Because it is part of my DNA, part of my pain, my pleasure, my intellectual zone, my comfort and my discomfort.”
Tony is survived by his wife Fatima and two children, Alex and Ariana.

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OHMYGOSSIP — ‘Sister Act 3’ needs some “readjustments” following Dame Maggie Smith’s death.
The long-awaited movie has been in the works for some time, but star Whoopi Goldberg has confirmed the project has been delayed while scripts are rewritten after her co-star – who played Mother Superior in both the 1992 original and 1993 sequel ‘Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit’ – passed away in September at the age of 89.
Appearing on ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon’, Whoopi said: “We’re having to make some readjustments because we just lost Maggie Smith, as you know.
“And so, we will get it done. We will get it done. It just is a shift.”
Earlier this year, Whoopi – who plays Deloris Van Cartier in the film franchise – teased the film would be around “soon” but had no specific date to offer.
She told ‘Entertainment Tonight’: “I can say it’s coming. It’s coming around the mountain when it comes. It’ll be here soon. I’m excited. It’s time for it, you know, it’s time.”
After years of delays, the 68-year-old star thinks now is the right time for the movie.
She explained: “Because we need to laugh, you know?
“I don’t know what we’re going into, but whatever it is, I’m gonna need to chuckle a lot…I think I’m good when I make other people laugh, too.”
The ‘View’ presenter – who is also producing the movie along with Tyler Perry – previously revealed she had offered Pope Francis a cameo in the film because he seemed to be “a bit of a fan”.
She said: “I offered one. He said he’d see what his time was like.”
In October 2022, the ‘Color Purple’ star admitted she would love Nicki Minaj, Lizzo, and Keke Palmer to be cast in ‘Sister Act 3’.
Speaking to host Charlamagne Tha God on Comedy Central’s ‘Hell of A Week’, she said: “I want everybody. I want as many people who want to have some fun, because I really, desperately need to have some fun.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Ryan Reynolds says Marvel are “obsessed” with Channing Tatum’s Gambit.
The 43-year-old actor plays Deadpool in the MCU and he “fought” for the ‘Magic Mike’ star to land a cameo as the card-flipping mutant with kinetic energy in this year’s blockbuster ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’.
Reynolds is hopeful that Marvel bosses will grant the 44-year-old star his dream solo film as the ‘X-Men’ character after it was shelved, but insists he has no say.
Speaking on Entertainment Weekly’s ‘Awardist’ podcast, he said: “I honestly don’t know what goes on behind closed doors in the bookkeeping sessions at Marvel, but I do know that they’re obsessed with him in that role.
“It’s kind of like the same situation I went through. Once you show that it works well, that’s really what they need. Sometimes they just need to see it in action.
“And Channing is so singular in how he plays that character, but also he’s so beautiful physically, the way he moves and the way he can pick up steps.”
There were talks of Tatum playing Gambit in 2006’s ‘Gambit in X-Men: The Last Stand’.
And because Tatum couldn’t fit it in his schedule, Taylor Kitsch played Gambit in 2009’s ‘ X-Men Origins: Wolverine’ – the first movie featuring Ryan’s Deadpool.
The ‘Proposal’ star recently vowed to suit up again as Deadpool if it will help get his pal’s ‘Gambit’ movie get off the ground.
In a post on his Instagram Stories, Reynolds wrote: “It’s impossible not to love and root for [Channing Tatum].
“When he makes a ‘Gambit’ movie, I’ll return the favour. If he needs someone to carry sandbags, I’m in. If he needs a Deadpool, I can do that. Someone to provide fresh orange slices to the crew, no problem. Name it.”
Tatum recently said that he hoped his cameo in the recent Marvel film would revive the ‘Gambit’ movie.
When Variety asked the ‘Magic Mike’ star if he thinks the overwhelmingly positive reaction to his appearance in ‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ would kick-start work on his own movie, he said: “I sure hope so. From your mouth to God’s ears. Write it into existence, my friend. Please.”
Tatum went on to reveal he’s made it clear to studio boss Kevin Feige and Disney CEO Bob Iger he’s still interested in playing the comic book character.
He shared: “[Of] course I’ve said it. I’ve been saying I want it for the last 10 years. It’s in Bob Iger and Kevin Feige’s hands. I pray to God.”
The ‘Blink Twice’ actor previously thanked Reynolds for allowing him to finally become Gambit.
In a post on Instagram, he said: “There is almost no one that has had my back in this industry more than Ryan. I thought I had lost Gambit forever. But he fought for me and Gambit. I will owe him probably forever.
“Cause I’m not sure how I could ever do something that would be equal to what this has meant to me. I love ya buddy … All things happen for a reason. I’m so grateful to be in this movie. It’s a masterpiece in my opinion. And just pure bad ass joy. I was literally screaming in the theatre.”

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