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Gary Collinson

Freeform scores a ratings hit with Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger

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Freeform ventured to the Marvel Cinematic Universe this past week with the premiere of its young superhero drama Cloak & Dagger, and Deadline is reporting that the show delivered the cable network its best launch in two years, and its highest ratings since the series finale of Pretty Little Liars last year. Cloak & Dagger […]

UPDATE: Comcast makes huge new bid for 20th Century Fox film and TV assets

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UPDATE: Following the news that AT&T’s proposed Time Warner merger has been approved, Comcast has now launched a whopping $65 billion dollar all-cash bid to acquire Fox’s film and TV assets. Disney’s bid currently stands at $52.4 billion in stocks, and it is said that the Mouse House has five days to make another offer. […]

Demi Moore replaces Sharon Stone in Corporate Animals

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Last month it was announced that Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct) would be starring in the new comedy Corporate Animals, and now Deadline is reporting that Stone has had to bow out of the project due to scheduling issues, with Demi Moore (Forsaken) signing on as her replacement. Corporate Animals is being directed by Patrick Brice […]

Viz Media launches My Hero Academia: Vigilantes manga series

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Viz Media has announced the upcoming launch of the new comedy-action manga series My Hero Academia: Vigilantes, with the first volume set to arrive in stores on July 3rd. MY HERO ACADEMIA: VIGILANTES is set in a superpowered society, where there is nothing ordinary about evil anymore. Heroes, trained and licensed to protect and defend the public […]

George R.R. Martin wants Game of Thrones spinoff to be titled The Long Night, confirms three other projects still in development

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Earlier this week, HBO announced that it has given the green light for a pilot to one of its five potential Game of Thrones spinoffs, which comes from writer Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass) and A Song of Ice and Fire creator George R.R. Martin and takes place thousands of years prior to the main series, chronicling […]

Deathstroke movie seems to be on hold, but rumours suggest a Suicide Squad 2 appearance

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Having been dropped as the villain in The Batman following Ben Affleck’s decision to step down from the director’s chair, it was announced this past October that Joe Manganiello’s Deathstroke would be getting his own solo movie courtesy of The Raid director Gareth Evans, with Manganiello’s Slade Wilson then making his DC Extended Universe debut […]

Marvel announces Domino Annual #1 featuring an all-star creative team

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Marvel has announced that Neena Thurman will be taking centre stage this September in Domino Annual #1, which features an all-star creative team including series writer Gail Simone, Fabian Nicieza (Deadpool), Dennis Hopeless (Cloak and Dagger, Spider-Woman) and Leah Williams (X-Men Gold Annual #1), Victor Ibanez (Jean Grey), Juan Gedeon (Secret Wars Battleworld: Ghost Racers), Natacha Bustos […]

Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor returns in first official images from Wonder Woman 1984

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Well, we can finally lay the rumours to rest, as Warner Bros. and director Patty Jenkins have officially confirmed Chris Pine’s return for next year’s DC sequel Wonder Woman 1984, with Jenkins sharing the following image complete with the caption “Welcome to Wonder Woman 1984 Steve Trevor!”. Check it out below, along with a teaser […]

Marvel’s TV shows won’t reference the end of Avengers: Infinity War

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We already know that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.’s season five finale distanced itself from the shocking climax of Marvel’s blockbuster Avengers: Infinity War, and now Marvel’s Head of Television Jeph Loeb has confirmed that the rest of the small screen side of the MCU – Luke Cage, Daredevil, Iron Fist, The Punisher, Cloak & Dagger etc. […]