During Electronic Arts’ big EA Play presentation at E3 today, EA DICE announced that it is bringing The Clone Wars to Star Wars Battlefront II with a brand new season which will focus heavily on the period between Attack of the Clones and Revenge of the Sith. Variety reports that the content will include the […]
Valiant announces new line-up including Bloodshot Rising Spirit, Faith: Dreamside, Livewire and Incursion
Valiant Entertainment has announced its ‘Beyond’ initiative, a new wave of series born from the aftermath of Harbinger Wars 2, which will round out 2018 and take the publisher onward into 2019 and beyond. Take a look at four of the new titles here: BLOODSHOT RISING SPIRIT #1 Written by LONNIE NADLER & ZAC THOMPSON […]
Eddie Murphy to play Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name
Having been absent from the big screen since 2016’s Mr. Church, Eddie Murphy is gearing up for a return with Deadline reporting that he is set to portray Rudy Ray Moore, star of the blaxploitation film Dolemite, in a biopic entitled Dolemite Is My Name. Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) is set to direct the […]
Atlanta renewed for a third season by FX
FX has announced that it has ordered a third season of Atlanta, its acclaimed comedy drama series created by and starring Donald Glover. The Emmy-winning series sees Glover as Earn, a Princeton dropout looking to launch his cousin Paper Boi’s rap career. Brian Tyree Henry portrays Paper Boi, with Lakeith Stanfield as Darius Epps, Paper […]
Ryan Reynolds to battle Sharks, Vikings and Nazis in Sam Raimi’s Bermuda Triangle
You may recall that last year it was announced that Sam Raimi (Spider-Man, Evil Dead) was announced as directing a mystery thriller entitled Bermuda Triangle from Skydance Productions, and now That Hashtag Show is reporting that Ryan Reynolds (Deadpool 2, Life) is set to take on the male lead in the film. In addition to […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot picks up sci-fi Aporia amid Cloverfield speculation
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has snapped up the sci-fi spec script Aporia from filmmaker Jared Moshe (The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Moshe is attached to direct the feature, with Abrams and Neda Armian producing. The logline is being kept tightly under wraps, but THR reports that […]
Empire’s Grace Byers joins the Hellfire Club for The Gifted season 2
Marvel has announced the first piece of casting for the second season of its X-Men TV series The Gifted, with Empire’s Grace Byers signing on to portray the Hellfire Club member Reeva. The official description describes Reeva as “smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people. […]
Orlando Bloom, Freida Pinto, Cynthia Erivo and Leslie Odom Jr. join John Ridley’s Needle in a Timestack
Deadline is reporting that Orlando Bloom (The Lord of the Rings), Freida Pinto (Guerilla), Cynthia Erivo (Bad Times at the El Royale) and Leslie Odom Jr. (Hamilton) have joined the cast of Needle in a Timestack, the new film from John Ridley, the Oscar-winning writer and producer of 12 Years a Slave. Ridley is set […]
James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Clarke Peters cast in His Dark Materials
The BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials has added two more names to its cast in James McAvoy (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Clarke Peters (The Wire). Deadline reports that McAvoy will portray the ruthless adventurer Lord Asriel, played by Daniel Craig in the 2007 movie The Golden Compass, who is the father of the protagonist Lyra […]
Star Wars Celebration coming to Chicago in 2019
Lucasfilm has announced that it is bringing Star Wars Celebration to Chicago next year, with the convention set to run between April 11th and April 15th at McCormick Palace. Accompanying the news is a brief teaser, featuring footage from Celebrations past… It will likely be a while before we get any official details as to […]
