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Actor Jim Parsons, who rose to stardom while playing Sheldon Cooper in the long-running sitcom The Big Bang Theory, has found his next role. After a Broadway run and his work as narrator in the Big Bang spinoff prequel Young Sheldon, Parsons is ready for a major change out of comedy, as the actor has been cast in The Leader, a true-crime biopic that will tell the story of the religious cult known as Heaven's Gate.

Per Deadline, Parsons has joined Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga for the project, which is currently in production. Nelson and Farmiga are set to play the cult's leaders, Marshall Applewhite and Bonnie Nettles, while Parsons' role remains under wraps. Other actors participating in the project include Grace Caroline Currey, Simon Rex, Matthew Glave, William Mapother, Geoffrey Arend, Kelly Lynn Reiter, and Molly Robbins.

Michael Gallagher is writing and directing The Leader. His previous...

Two years ago, we heard that Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring) would be starring in The Leader, a true crime biopic about a story that shocked the world back in 1997, the mass suicide of the members of the Heaven’s Gate cult. That project has finally made it into production, and Deadline reports that Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) has joined the cast. Details on the character he’ll be playing haven’t been revealed – but it’s not difficult to imagine him playing a member of the Heaven’s Gate cult.

Farmiga is playing cult leader Bonnie Nettles, a.k.a. Ti. Nelson’s character is the cult’s infamous frontman, Marshall Applewhite, a.k.a. Do. Also in the cast are Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Grace Caroline Currey (Fall), Matthew Glave (The Wedding Singer), William Mapother (In the Bedroom), Jb Yowell (A Jar Full of Christmas...

Best known for his role on The Big Bang Theory as Sheldon Cooper, Jim Parsons is taking on something very different for his next big role. He is the latest addition to the cast of The Leader, an upcoming thriller inspired by the real-life story of the infamous Heaven's Gate religious group.

Per Deadline, Parsons has officially joined the cast of The Leader, but his role has not yet been disclosed. He won't be playing Marshall Herff Applewhite, referred to as "Do" by his followers, who led the group alongside Bonnie Lu Lettles, also known as "Ti." It was previously announced that Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga were respectively playing Marshall and Bonnie.

The film was written and directed by Michael Gallagher. Other confirmed cast members include Simon Rex (Red Rocket), Grace Caroline Currey (Shazam! Fury of the Gods), Matthew Glave (The Wedding Singer), William Mapother (Lost), Jb Yowell...

Exclusive: Jim Parsons (The Big Bang Theory) is a new addition to the cast of The Leader, the true-crime thriller inspired by the story of the infamous religious group Heaven’s Gate, which is now in production.

Character details are under wraps. Parsons joins an ensemble led by Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga.

Written and directed by Michael Gallagher, The Leader tells the unbelievable true story of UFO cult leaders Marshall Herff Applewhite (Nelson) and Bonnie Lu Nettles (Farmiga), who inspired hundreds of people to abandon their families, drop out of society, and prepare to evacuate planet Earth. Heaven’s Gate, the group that inspired the film, committed the largest mass suicide ever to take place on U.S. soil.

Others in the cast include Simon Rex, Grace Caroline Currey, Matthew Glave, William Mapother, Jb Yowell, Kelly Lynn Reiter, Danielle Vasinova, Blake Robbins, Jana Gallagher, Paten Hughes, Molly Robbins,...

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Emily Bett Rickards & Ash Avildsen speak to MovieWeb's James Melzer about their new film, Queen of the Ring, which has been making the film festival run and premiered at the 25th annual Newport Beach Film Festival.

Queen of the Ring is an extraordinary, true-life tale that follows Mildred Burke, the legendary professional wrestler and single mom who defied incredible odds to become the first million-dollar female athlete and longest reigning champion at a time when the sport was banned across most of America.

Queen of the Ring will be hitting the following film festivals soon:

October 25 Minneapolis, Mn Twin Cities Film Festival

October 27 Wichita, Ks Tallgrass Film Festival

November 8 Ft. Lauderdale, Fl Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival Cast Q&a

November 10 Coronado Island, CA Coronado Island Film Festival

November 16 St. Louis, Mo St. Louis International Film Festival

Emily Bett Rickards has become...

Alf's X-Men parodies are hilariously absurd, poking fun at Marvel's mutants with food-based puns and outlandish twists. Alf comic series extended the TV show's humor to new heights, parroting X-Men lore with creative insight and oversaturated jokes. Alf #22 and #44 showcase wild flights of fantasy in reimagining iconic X-Men characters in a childish, yet endearing way.

Alf's parodies of the X-Men are as over-the-top as the sitcom ever got; to this day, they remain as absurdly hilarious as they were at the time of their release. Along with its cult-favorite TV run in the late 1980s, NBC's Alf had an ongoing comic series, released by Marvel Comics something that gave its creative team the perfect opportunity to parody the publisher's most famous franchise.

Alf #22 and #44 written by Michael Gallagher, with art by Dave Manak featured the series' extensive X-Men parodies, each of which poked fun at Marvel's mutants,...

Reps heading a special committee of the U.S. House of Representatives are questioning Apple CEO Tim Cook about whether the tech giant’s decision to cancel Jon Stewart’s Apple TV+ talk show was because the host may have been planning an upcoming episode about China.

“While companies have the right to determine what content is appropriate for their streaming service, the coercive tactics of a foreign power should not be directly or indirectly influencing these determinations,” the leaders of the House of Representatives’ Select Committee on Competition with the Chinese Communist Party (Ccp) wrote in the letter to Cook, released Wednesday.

News that “The Problem With Jon Stewart,” from the former “Daily Show” host, would not return for a third season on Apple TV+ came out in October. Per the New York Times, Stewart told staff members that possible upcoming topics for the show including China and artificial...

Earlier this year, we heard that Tim Blake Nelson and Vera Farmiga (The Conjuring) would be starring in The Leader, a true crime biopic about a story that shocked the world back in 1997, the mass suicide of the members of the Heaven’s Gate cult. Now Deadline reports that Michael C. Hall (Dexter) and Grace Caroline Currey (Shazam! Fury of the Gods) have joined the cast, which also includes Simon Rex (Red Rocket).

Farmiga will be playing cult leader Bonnie Nettles, a.k.a. Ti. Nelson’s character is the cult’s infamous frontman, Marshall Applewhite, a.k.a. Do. According to Deadline, “Hall will play a key devotee: a wealthy addict who attempts to win favor with Applewhite by financially supporting the cult with his trust fund. Currey will play an Oregon-based boutique owner who drops out of society in the late 1970s to join the cult – leaving her family and fiancé behind.