Back in April, Disney and Lucasfilm officially announced the upcoming anime-inspired series Star Wars Resistance from Dave Filoni, creator of Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels, and now we have our first glimpse at some character artwork. Showcased at the Rendez-vous Des Partenaires 2018 event in France, the character art includes our new […]
Matt Damon to star in the John Krasinski-produced The King of Oil
Deadline is reporting that Matt Damon is in early talks to star as fugitive billionaire trader Marc Rich in The King of Oil, a new project from John Krasinski’s Sunday Night Productions and Universal Pictures. Based on Daniel Ammann’s biography The King of Oil: The Secret Lives of Marc Rich, the film will explore the […]
Justice League and Dark Nights: Metal top bestselling comics and graphic novels of June 2018
June 2018 was a good month for DC Entertainment, with the publisher taking top spot in both the direct comic book and graphic novels sales charts from Diamond Comic Distributors. Leading the way in the comic book chart was Scott Snyder and Jim Cheung’s Justice League #1, while the Dark Nights: Metal Deluxe Edition hardcover […]
Dakota Fanning joins Michael B. Jordan in Western anime series gen:Lock
Last month it was announced that Michael B. Jordan is lending his voice to the lead character in gen:Lock, a new Western anime series from Rooster Teeth Animation (Red vs. Blue), and now comes word from Variety that Dakota Fanning (The Alienist) has joined the cast, as well as anime voice actor veteran Kōichi Yamadera […]
Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown, Taylor Russell and Kelvin Harrison Jr. join dramatic musical Waves
Lucas Hedges (Manchester By the Sea), Sterling K. Brown (Hotel Artemis) and Taylor Russell (Lost in Space) have signed on to star in director Trey Edward Shults’ Waves, which will also reunite the filmmaker with his It Comes at Night star Kelvin Harrison Jr. The film, a dramatic musical, is described as “an energetic, affecting […]
Deadpool 2’s Lewis Tan expects to return for X-Force, has had talks with DC about Nightwing
While Deadpool 2 introduced X-Force ahead of the team’s planned spinoff movie, the majority of the roster only lasted a few minutes, with Shatterstar (Lewis Tan), Bedlam (Terry Crews), Zeitgeist (Bill Skarsgard), Vanisher (Brad Pitt) and Peter (Rob Delaney) all dying just moments into their first mission. As we saw in one of the post […]
Rumour: Fox developing an Alien TV series
With Ridley Scott’s Alien sequel plans seemingly on hold following the underperformance of Alien: Covenant and the “ship having sailed” on Neill Blomkamp’s Alien 5, the future of the sci-fi/horror/action franchise appears to be up in the air at the moment. Well, if a new rumour from Omega Underground is to be believed, we may […]
Exclusive: Margot Robbie confirms Harley Quinn girl gang film is titled Birds of Prey
Yesterday we brought you some news direct from actress Margot Robbie about Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Harley Quinn-headlined ‘girl gang’ movie Birds of Prey, with Robbie revealing that filming will hopefully get underway in January 2019, as well as revealing that it will be R-rated, with a smaller budget than previous DCEU entries. Following […]
Netflix announces new Ultraman anime series
As well as revealing the premiere date of the second season of Castlevania, Netflix dropped another big announcement at Anime Expo this week with the streaming service set to unveil a new 3D CG anime series based upon Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi’s Ultraman manga. Ultraman is being directed by Kenji Kamiyama (Ghost in the […]
Rumour: Jeremy Renner wanted for Twitch role in Spawn reboot
Having secured Jamie Foxx for the title role back in March, it looks like director Todd McFarlane may be eyeing another A-list star for his upcoming big screen reboot of Spawn. According to That Hashtag Show, Jeremy Renner is wanted for the role of Detective Twitch Williams, who will team up with Spawn as he […]
