Although much are Marvel’s Phase Four plans are being kept under lock and key, we do know that the next slate of movies will include the launch of a brand new cosmic franchise in The Eternals. The project recently secured a director in Chloe Zhao (The Rider), who will helm from a script by Matthew and Ryan […]
Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy joins British superhero series The Few
UK production company Praxima have announced that legendary Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy is joining the cast of the award-winning British superhero series The Few, created by actor Sam Benjamin (Peaky Blinders) and director Sam Bradford (Double Cross). Conroy is set to play a special guest star character with a dark past called Bobby ‘Shakespeare’ Smith, […]
Guns, gangsters and ghosts in trailer for British horror-comedy Polterheist
Coinciding with its early DVD release, we’ve got a poster and trailer for Polterheist, a genre-busting British horror-gangster-comedy from director David Gilbank, which stars Jamie Cymbal, Sid Akbar Ali, Jo Mousely and Pushpinder Chani. In Polterheist, two hapless small time criminals kidnap a psychic medium, forcing her to contact the gangster they murdered to find his buried […]
The Witch director wraps filming on The Lighthouse starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson
Back in February of this year it was announced that director Robert Eggers (The Witch) had enlisted Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe for the seafaring horror The Lighthouse, and now comes word from IndieWire that the film has wrapped production ready for release in 2019. Speaking to Interview Magazine, Pattinson and Dafoe have also been […]
Marvel announces weekly series The Man Without Fear
In the wake of Death of Daredevil, Marvel has announced that it is launching the five-issue weekly limited series The Man Without Fear this January as the creative team of Jed Mackay and Danilo Beyrouth attempt to answer the question: how do you live in a world without Daredevil? Check out the cover artwork for the […]
Ben Foster to star in Holocaust boxing drama Harry Haft
Deadline is reporting that Ben Foster (Hell or High Water) has signed on for the title role in Harry Haft, a fact-based drama from director Barry Levinson (Paterno), which is based upon the Alan Scott Haft novel Harry Haft: Survivor of Auschwitz, Challenger of Rocky Marciano. The film tells the true story of Haft, “a […]
Alex Rider TV series finds a director
Earlier in the year, Sony and Eleventh Hour Films announced that they had acquired the rights to Anthony Horowitz’s Alex Rider book series, and had tapped BAFTA Award-winning writer Guy Burt (The Borgias) to script an eight-episode adaptation of the reluctant teen superspy’s second outing Point Blanc. Well, the project has now found itself a […]
Kelly Ripa joins Riverdale for guest role
Kelly Ripa has revealed that she has signed on for a guest role in The CW’s Archie series Riverdale, where she’ll play an alleged mistress of Hiram Lodge, played by her real-life husband Mark Consuelos. Ripa broke the news on Instagram with the following post: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp2zz_pBIMN/?utm_source=ig_embed According to US Weekly, Ripa is set to […]
Paddington 3 in the works, but Paul King unlikely to direct
Given the critical and commercial success of the first two movies, it will come as little surprise that development is underway on a third Paddington movie, although it’s likely we’ll be seeing a new director coming on board given the hectic schedule of filmmaker Paul King. “We’re developing a third Paddington,” producer David Heyman tells […]
Greg Kinnear in talks for War of the Worlds adaptation
Back in July it was announced that Fox and Canal+ are joining forces for a contemporary reimagining of H.G. Wells’ sci-fi classic War of the Worlds, and now comes word from Variety that Greg Kinnear (House of Cards) is in talks for the lead role in the series. The eight-part drama has been created by […]
