After kicking off production in New York City this past September, director Todd Phillips has now taken to Instagram to announce that filming has wrapped on Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker, which sees Joaquin Phoenix taking on the role of the Clown Prince of Crime for a gritty, 80s-set standalone origin story for the […]
George Takei joins The Terror season 2 as series regular and consultant
AMC has announced that Star Trek icon George Takei has joined the second season of its acclaimed anthology series The Terror as both a series regular and consultant.Takei joins the previously announced Derek Mio (Lethal Weapon), while other new additions to the cast include Kiki Sukezane (Lost in Space), Miki Ishikawa (9-1-1), Shingo Usami (Unbroken) and Naoko Mori (Everest).Set during World War II, […]
IDW relaunching Transformers with new series
IDW Publishing has announced that a brand-new Transformers comic book series from writer Brian Ruckley, author of the Godless World fantasy trilogy, and artists Angel Hernandez (Star Trek: Discovery – Succession) and Ron Joseph (Micronauts: Wrath of Karza) is set to launch in March 2019 and will explore the very moment when a glorious, peaceful […]
Book Review – I Still Dream by James Smythe
Michelle Herbert reviews I Still Dream by James Smythe…I Still Dream is a thought-provoking novel that will get under your skin. It begins in 1997 with Laura and the computer programme she has created, known as Organon. Laura is in many ways a typical teenage, racking up the phone bill and making meaningful mixtapes. With […]
Preview of Mattéo, Book One: 1914-1915
IDW Publishing releases Jean-Pierre Gibrat’s Mattéo, Book One: 1914-1915 this Wednesday, and we’ve got a preview of the graphic novel for you here; check it out…A beautifully drawn and deeply emotional graphic novel that follows the singular destiny of a man caught up in the fervent passions of a tumultuous period that begins with the […]
Sonic the Hedgehog movie Twitter account wants us to ‘Respect the Legs’
It’s probably fair to say that the release of the first teaser poster for the upcoming live-action/CG-hybrid Sonic the Hedgehog movie didn’t generate quite the reaction that Paramount Pictures would have been hoping for, with the design of the beloved video game character coming in for heavy criticism.Aside from general creepiness, one of the big […]
Detective Comics #1000 cover and details revealed
This coming March sees Detective Comics reaching its milestone 1000th issue, neatly coinciding with the 80th anniversary of Batman, and DC Comics has now unveiled the wraparound cover to Detective Comics #1000 from artist Jim Lee.Detective Comics #1000 will feature an original story from Peter J. Tomasi and Doug Mahnke which launches a new story […]
R.I.P. Penny Marshall (1943 – 2018)
American actress and filmmaker Penny Marshall has passed away aged 75, after suffering complications from diabetes.Marshall began her acting career in the 1960s and rose to fame the following decade as the star of the hit ABC sitcom Laverne & Shirley, a spinoff of Happy Days which ran between 1976 and 1983 and saw her appearing […]
Marvel prepares for The War of the Realms with four lead-in titles
The War of the Realms is coming, but before the award-winning creative team of Jason Aaron, Russell Dauterman and Matthew Wilson ushers in this epic event, Marvel is set to release four lead-in titles in Avengers #16, Avengers #17, Asgardians of the Galaxy #7 and Thor #11. Check out the cover artwork here…Join the Avengers […]
Tom Holland is a big fan of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
After teaming up with Earth’s Mightiest Heroes to battle Thanos earlier this year in Avengers: Infinity War, the friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man returned to the big screen this month as Sony Pictures unveiled its animated adventure Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse.While he was absent from the movie, the MCU’s Peter Parker Tom Holland has taken to Instagram […]
