The BBC One’s series “Sherlock” starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman is set to return with a special airing late 2015 and three new, 90-minute episodes arriving in 2016. The special will begin shooting January 2015 with the fourth season shooting later that year.
Tina Fey and her company Little Stranger will reportedly produce Hocus Pocus 2, a sequel to the 1993 supernatural comedy that starred Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy as three witch sisters resurrected on Halloween night, and two teenagers and an immortal cat seeking to put an end to the witches’ reign of terror once and for all. [The Tracking Board]
Warner Bros. has hired Fedor Bondarchuk (Stalingrad) to direct Odysseus based on Homer’s “The Odyssey” and has been in development since Deadline]
Olivia Munn (Deliver Us from Evil) is in talks to join the cast of Ride Along 2 as a tough Miami homicide detective and love interest for Ice Cube‘s character. [THR]
John Cena is joining Tina Fey and Amy Poehler in The Nest alongside James Brolin, Ike Barinholtz, Maya Rudolph and John Leguizamo. The story follows two disconnected sisters summoned home to clean out their childhood bedroom before their parents sell the family house. They duo decide to throw one final rager in their childhood home, which turns into the cathartic experience that a bunch of ground-down adults really need. [Deadline]
David Dastmalchian played one of the Joker’s henchmen in The Dark Knight and he has now joined Ant-Man for director Peyton Reed in an unspecified role. [Deadline]
