Hivemind, the company behind The Expanse, has announced that it is partnering up with William M. Gaines Agent, Inc., the proprietors of EC Comics, for a number of film and television projects based on the hugely influential comic book publisher’s groundbreaking legacy and library, beginning with a Weird Fantasy TV show. A lynchpin of the […]
Get ready for the Celestial Ball in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery
Jam City has announced the new Celestial Ball social event for the hit mobile game Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, which will allow fourth-year players and above to participate in the after-class planning and preparations for this first formal dance at Hogwarts. In the quest, players will help other Hogwarts classmates with their own Celestial Ball aspirations. For […]
Disney+ eyeing The Grimm Legacy as a potential movie franchise
As Disney continues to plot out its quest for streaming domination with the upcoming launch of Disney+, Deadline is reporting that the Mouse House has tapped David Gleeson to write a feature adaptation of Polly Shulman’s fantasy book series The Grimm Legacy with a view to launching a potential franchise on the platform. Shulman’s YA […]
Imogen Poots joins Nicolas Cage in Prisoners of the Ghostland
Imogen Poots (Green Room, I Kill Giants) has signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in the post-apocalyptic action horror Prisoners of the Ghostland, which marks the English-language debut of Japanese director Sion Sono (Midnight Madness, Tag, Love Exposure). Prisoners of the Ghostland will see Cage portraying the notorious criminal Hero, “who is sent to […]
Danai Gurira exiting The Walking Dead in season 10
Earlier in the week, following the announcement that AMC has renewed the show for a tenth season, it was reported that Danai Gurira’s time on The Walking Dead could be coming to an end soon, and now we have confirmation that the actress is set to become the latest star to depart the ailing zombie […]
Freddie Highmore to lead heist movie Way Down
In news coming out of Berlinale, it has been announced that Bates Motel and The Good Doctor star Freddie Highmore has been cast as the lead in Way Down, a heist movie which is being directed by [REC] helmer Jaume Balaguero. The English-language film will see Highmore playing a gifted engineering graduate student “who masterminds […]
Ruby Rose to star in action thriller Doorman
Orange Is the New Black and The Meg star Ruby Rose has signed on to star in the action thriller Doorman, which is being directed by Ryuhei Kitamura (Midnight Meat Train) and will start production in April. Deadline reports that the movie follows “an officer in the Marines who becomes traumatized while serving her country […]
Rumour: Chris Evans could direct episodes of Marvel’s Disney+ TV shows
Given that his contract with Marvel Studios has expired, it’s expected that Chris Evans could hang up his Captain America shield for good following his next outing in April’s Avengers: Endgame. Evans, who’ll make his seventh full appearance as Cap in Endgame (not including his cameos in Thor: The Dark World, Ant-Man and Spider-Man: Homecoming), […]
Marvel’s Black Widow will reportedly start shooting in June
Last week it was reported by Production Weekly that filming on Marvel’s long-awaited Black Widow solo movie was set to get underway in the UK at the end of February, but now comes word that production isn’t actually slated to begin until June. The news is widely being reported as Marvel delaying production for unspecified […]
Freeform gives series order to Party of Five reboot
Freeform has announced that it has picked up the immigration-themed reboot of the 90s family drama Party of Five with a full series order. The new show has been written by Chris Keyser and Amy Lippman, creators of the original Golden Globe-winning series, and follows the five Acosta children as they look to navigate family […]
