Deadline is reporting that Me and Earl and the Dying Girl and Power Rangers actor RJ Cyler has signed on for a key recurring role in The CW’s DC series Black Lightning.According to the site, Cyler will play Todd Green, described as a gangly and awkward tech genius who finds himself passed over for a […]
Venom passes $700 million at the global box office
Thanks in no small part to a bumper opening weekend in China (the second-biggest for a superhero movie after this year’s Avengers: Infinity War), Sony’s Venom has now taken its global box office haul beyond the $700 million mark.It’s certainly an impressive feat for the Tom Hardy-headlined film, considering the heavy criticism that Sony came […]
Dark showrunners reuniting with Netflix for 1899
Netflix has announced that Jantje Friese and Baran bo Odar, creators of the first German Netflix original series Dark, are reuniting with the streaming service for the new project 1899.The original series revolves around a migrant steamship heading west to leave the old continent from London to New York. The passengers, a mixed bag of European […]
Pedro Pascal officially in talks for Star Wars series The Mandalorian
If you cast your mind back to the start of October, you may recall a rumour claiming that Game of Thrones and Narcos star Pedro Pascal was wanted for the lead in Lucasfilm’s The Mandalorian, and now comes word from Variety that Pascal is indeed in talks to star in the live-action Star Wars series.Variety […]
Contained thriller Cargo gets a poster and trailer
Coinciding with its release in the States, Wild Eye Releasing has unveiled a poster and trailer for Cargo, a new contained thriller (or should that be containered thriller?) from director James Dylan; check them out here…A man wakes trapped inside a cargo container with only a cell phone and is given 24 hours by his kidnappers […]
Preview of Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess
This Wednesday sees the release of Enola Holmes: The Case of the Missing Marquess, a graphic novel adaptation of Nancy Springer’s bestselling mystery series about Sherlock Holmes’ resourceful younger sister; check out a preview here courtesy of IDW Publishing…Raised by her mother on the family’s country manor, Enola wakes on her 14th birthday to discover […]
Christmas slasher Mrs. Claus gets a trailer and poster
Coinciding with its release on VOD and DVD today, we’ve got a poster, trailer and images for the Christmas slasher Mrs. Claus, which you can check out here courtesy of Wild Eye Releasing…A group of college students attending a Christmas party at a sorority house that has a sinister past are stalked by a bloodthirsty […]
Marisa Tomei joins Liev Schreiber and Alex Wolff in Human Capital
Deadline is reporting that Marisa Tomei (Spider-Man: Homecoming) has joined Liev Schreiber (Ray Donovan) and Alex Wolff (Hereditary) in Human Capital, the next film from director Marc Meyers (My Friend Dahmer).Based on Stephen Amidon’s 2005 novel, Human Capital follows two families — one middle-class and one privileged — whose lives intertwine across the social divide when […]
Sam Worthington to star in action thriller for director Brad Anderson
Avatar star Sam Worthington has signed on for the lead role in an as-yet-untitled action-thriler from director Brad Anderson (Session 9, The Machinist).According to THR, the Netflix film – previously titled Fracture – will see Worthington playing a father how has to find his courage and hold onto his sanity after his wife and daughter […]
Game of Thrones’ eighth and final season gets April 2019 premiere date
The official Twitter account for Game of Thrones has just posted a teaser for the upcoming eighth and final season – and it seems we won’t have to wait until the summer as the climax of the epic fantasy will get underway in April 2019! Every battle. Every betrayal. Every risk. Every fight. Every sacrifice. […]
