Deadline is reporting that up and coming filmmaker Cathy Yan (Dead Pigs) has signed on to direct “an untitled girl gang movie” for Warner Bros. and DC Films, which will be based upon the Birds of Prey comic book series. Margot Robbie is confirmed to reprise her Suicide Squad role as Harley Quinn, and she […]
Champion Eleven football management game coming to mobile devices
Football Manager Touch is set for some competition in the run up to the World Cup, with MeoGames’ Champion Eleven set to hit mobile devices, bringing with it the FIFPro licence, a luscious 3D engine, and the endorsement of Manchester City coach Pep Guardiola. The Champion Eleven mobile game allows players to realize their dreams […]
Bad Boys TV spinoff titled L.A.’s Finest
NBC has announced that its upcoming Bad Boys spinoff pilot starring Gabrielle Union and Jessica Alba is going by the title L.A.’s Finest. L.A.’s Finest has been written by Brandon Sonnier and Brandon Margolis (The Blacklist), and sees Union reprising her Bad Boys II role as Syd Burnett, sister of Martin Lawrence’s Marcus Burnett. The former DEA agent […]
Ian Somerhalder to star in vampire drama V-Wars at Netflix
Deadline is reporting that Netflix has placed a ten-episode order for V-Wars, an adaptation of Jonathan Maberry’s bestselling book from IDW Entertainment, which has tapped Ian Somerhalder of The Vampire Diaries fame to star. The 2012 book chronicles the first Vampire War, and will see Somerhalder as Dr. Luther Swann, “who enters a world of […]
Kevin Sorbo joins The Penitent Thief
Kevin Sorbo (Let There Be Light, God’s Not Dead) has joined the cast of Don Willis’ The Penitent Thief, which follows the rigorous journey of two unnamed men who were crucified with Jesus. Co-directed by Jon Blaze and Lucas Miles (Crowing Jules), the film also stars James Russo (Django Unchained, Donnie Brasco), Jay Giannone (Patriots Day, American Hustle), Stelio Savante […]
Classic British superheroes return as The Vigilant launches the Rebellion-verse
Rebellion has announced that it is launching the ‘Rebellion-verse’, a new interconnected world of British superheroes, beginning with The Vigilant, a special one-shot title which resurrects classic heroes from the Fleetway/IPC comics of the 1970s such as the likes of Adam Eterno, Blake Edmonds, Thunderbolt the Avenger, and The Leopard from Lime Street! When the […]
Marvel to bridge the gap between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back in Star Wars #50
Marvel Entertainment has released the cover to the milestone Star Wars #50, which kicks off what promises to be writer Kieron Gillen’s biggest Star Wars story ever in comics as the publisher looks to bridge A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back. “When I was asked to take over the book, having a big […]
SPOILERS: Stan Lee’s Avengers: Infinity War cameo may have been revealed
Potential Stan Lee cameo spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War follow. You have been warned… Stan Lee has been having a rather tough time of late, what with the passing of his wife Joan, various health issues, and some rather disturbing and saddening reports of elder abuse. Nevertheless, the comic book legend will once again be […]
Dwayne Johnson thanks fans as Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle becomes Sony’s biggest ever domestic release
Despite coming under fire when it was first announced that a reboot of the beloved 1995 Robin Williams movie was in development, Sony scored a huge success with December’s Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, with the film proving a hit with audiences and critics alike. Holding its own at the box office despite competition from […]
Sacha Baron Cohen to star in Netflix drama series The Spy
Netflix has tapped Sacha Baron Cohen to lead the cast of its upcoming espionage series The Spy, which is being written and directed by Gideon Raff, creator of Prisoners of War, the series which Homeland is based upon. Variety reports that Cohen will play Eli Cohen, an Israeli spy in the early 1960s who “managed […]
