Having spent the past few years focussing on the shared DC Extended Universe (and to varying degrees of success), Warner Bros. and DC Films are branching out next year with the standalone Joker movie, which has just started production this past week. The film, which is directed by Todd Phillips (The Hangover), is set to […]
John Carpenter teases a possible Prince of Darkness TV series
Having returned to the Halloween franchise to executive produce and score the new movie from Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions, legendary filmmaker John Carpenter has now suggesting that he could revisit another of his films, albeit on the small screen. Speaking to Consequence of Sound, Carpenter revealed that he’s been in talks with horror streaming […]
Robert Englund returning as Freddy Krueger for The Goldbergs Halloween episode
Back in October of last year, Robert Englund ruled out another appearance as Freddy Krueger, but it seems that must have been limited to the big screen and didn’t include guest roles in hit 80s-set TV sitcoms. As revealed on the show’s official Twitter page, Englund is set to reprise his signature role as the […]
Arrow season 7 adds Shadowhunters’ Katherine McNamara in pivotal role
According to TV Line, Shadowhunters actress Katherine McNamara has joined the cast of The CW’s DC superhero show Arrow for its upcoming seventh season. McNamara is set for what is described as “a pivotal recurring role” in the first half of the season, where she will portray Maya, a scrappy street fighter and thief from Star […]
Wicked movie will “100 percent” happen, but not in 2019
If you cast your mind back to 2016, you may recall that Universal Pictures set a December 2019 release date for Wicked, an adaptation of the smash hit stage musical which presents an alternate retelling of L. Frank Baum’s classic tale The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. Since that announcement, we’ve heard nothing in the way […]
Star Trek’s Short Treks gets a teaser trailer, synopses and premiere date
Back in July during the San Diego Comic-Con International, CBS All Access announced that it would be producing a series of Star Trek: Discovery spinoff shorts under the banner Short Treks, and now the streaming service has revealed that the four episodes will begin airing monthly starting on October 4th and running through to the […]
Female spy thriller 355 may recast missing actress Fan Bingbing
During this year’s Cannes Film Festival, it was announced that Jessica Chastain (Molly’s Game), Marion Cotillard (Allied), Penelope Cruz (Murder on the Orient Express), Lupita Nyong’o (Black Panther) and Fan Bingbing (X-Men: Days of Future Past) would be teaming up for 355, a star-studded espionage film from director Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Dark Phoenix). However, if you’ve been […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Sofia Boutella and more testing for DC’s Birds of Prey
With Warner Bros. and DC Films looking at a January production start for Birds of Prey, it seems we may soon learn who’ll be joining Margot Robbie in the cast of the Harley Quinn-led girl gang movie. According to various reports in the trades, Warner Bros. and director Cathy Yan are currently testing a number […]
New Bumblebee teaser features G1 Optimus Prime and Soundwave
With a new trailer set to arrive at some point today, a brief teaser for the upcoming Transformers spinoff Bumblebee has arrived online and offers up a very first glimpse of Optimus Prime in his classic Generation 1 design, along with the Decepticons Soundwave and Ravage (assuming that is actually Soundwave and Ravage, and they […]
The CW’s Arrowverse crossover adds Jeremy Davies as villainous Arkham Asylum doctor
Deadline is reporting that Jeremy Davies (Justified, Sleepy Hollow) has become the latest addition to this year’s Arrowverse crossover between The Flash, Arrow and Supergirl. Davies is set to play Dr. John Deegan, whose description reads: “a doctor at Arkham Asylum For the Criminally Insane in Gotham City, but he might just be crazier than […]
