With Lois Lane making her Arrowverse debut this week alongside Tyler Hoechlin’s Man of Steel in The CW’s Elseworlds crossover and Jon Cryer set to play Lex Luthor in an upcoming episode of Supergirl, there’s been a lot of speculation that we may not be too far away from the arrival of a new Superman […]
Morbius, the Living Vampire finds its female lead in Adria Arjona
Now that Venom has proven to be a smash hit at the box office, Sony is moving full steam ahead with its ‘Universe of Marvel Characters’, beginning with the Jared Leto-headlined Morbius, the Living Vampire movie. With filming slated to begin in February, Deadline is reporting that Sony and director Daniel Espinosa (Life) have found […]
Peter Jackson looking to help out with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series
Although it was rumoured earlier this year that Peter Jackson could be set for a return to Middle-earth with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, the director subsequently debunked the reports, and confirmed that he’ll have no creative input into the hugely ambitious fantasy series. Well, with his latest project Mortal Engines now in […]
Benicio del Toro to voice Swiper in the Dora the Explorer movie
THR is reporting that Sicario star Benicio del Toro has signed on to lend his voice to Swiper, the villainous thieving fox, in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Dora the Explorer from director James Bobin (The Muppets). The film, which wrapped principal photography earlier this month, sees del Toro’s Sicario: Day of the Soldado co-star […]
Talks underway for expanded second season of Roseanne spinoff The Conners
It may not have managed Roseanne-level ratings, but the spinoff series The Conners has proven to be a solid hit for ABC, and so it comes as little surprise to hear that the network has opened talks over a second season. According to TV Line, cast members Sara Gilbert, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Michael […]
Sterling K. Brown to lead The Fence
Fresh from his SAG Awards nomination earlier this week, This Is Us star Sterling K. Brown has signed on to star in The Fence, a drama in the works at Fox Searchlight. Variety reports that the film will tell the true story of Michael Cox, an African-American undercover police officer who is mistaken for a […]
Vin Diesel executive producing cop drama Conway for NBC
Vin Diesel is set to produce a new cop drama entitled Conway, which is being produced by One Race TV and Universal Television for NBC. Deadline reports that the show will follow Cal Conway, a St. Louis detective “who finds his world turned upside down when he wakes up from a coma with exceptional cognitive […]
NBC adapting graphic novel The Blacksmith for the small screen
NBC is developing a TV adaptation of Malik Evans and Richard Sparkman’s graphic novel series The Blacksmith, which is being scripted by Jeff Wadlow (Kick-Ass 2, Truth or Dare). The Blacksmith revolves around Alex Malloy, a man who builds high-tech weaponry for U.S. government agents. However, when he discovers some of the files containing his […]
Logan Lerman to hunt Nazis in Jordan Peele-produced The Hunt
Last year it was announced that Get Out helmer Jordan Peele’s Monkeypaw Productions is teaming with Sonar Entertainment to produce The Hunt, a ten-episode Nazi-hunting drama which was subsequently picked up by Amazon. Well, we now have our first piece of casting news, with Variety reporting that Logan Lerman (Fury, The Perks of Being a […]
DC’s Birds of Prey adds two more to its cast
With filming set to get underway next month, DC’s girl gang movie Birds of Prey (And the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) has made two more additions to its cast in comedian Ali Wong (Black Box) and Robert Catrini (Jack Reacher: Never Go Back). According to The Wrap, Wong will play an associate of Detective […]
