Quick News: Karoshi, Legend, Sugar, Summer

Karoshi Emmy nominee Takehiro Hira (“Shogun,” “Monarch: Legacy of Monsters”) will play the villain opposite Teo Yoo (“Past Lives”), Cynthia Erivo (“Wicked”) and Isabel May (“1923”) in the cast of the action thriller “Karoshi” at Lionsgate and 87Eleven Entertainment. The project is dubbed a corporate thriller with a samurai twist

New “Avengers” Set Photos, Wolvie Video

Filming is getting underway on Marvel Studios’ “Avengers: Doomsday” and already there’s leaks from the set with a video going up showing off a photo of what appears to be a garden courtyard-turned-battlefield covered in both small and large craters. The video, which appeared on the channel of YouTuber UnBox

Plemons Rumored For “Star Wars” Villain

Jesse Plemons (“Civil War,” “Zero Day,” “Killers of the Flower Moon”) reportedly “has the offer” for the role of the lead villain in the new “Star Wars” film being directed by “Free Guy” and “Deadpool and Wolverine” helmer Shawn Levy at Disney and Lucasfilm. DanielRPK reported the scoop which follows

Emma Thompson Eyed For “Hunger Games”

Emma Thompson is reportedly in talks to portray Drusilla Sickle in the upcoming prequel film “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping” at Lionsgate reports Nexus Point News. The sixth film in the overall saga, the story is a midquel set forty years after the events of “A Ballad of