Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Jordan Peele (Get Out) is set to produce a new four-part docudrama series for Amazon entitled Lorena, which will explore the infamous 1993 case of John Wayne Bobbitt and his wife Lorena. If you’re unfamiliar with the story, Lorena severed her husband’s penis while he was sleeping and discarded it […]
Matt Reeves says The Batman is going “really, really well”
Having dismissed talk about his exit from the director’s chair last month, filmmaker Matt Reeves has now taken to Twitter to offer a very brief but reassuring update with regards to his progress on the DC Extended Universe solo offering The Batman. Really, really well, thanks! I could not be more excited! 🦇 — Matt […]
Amazon’s Lord of The Rings TV show has five season commitment, and a billion dollar budget
Last month a report emerged suggesting that Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series looks set to overtake The Crown as the most expensive TV show ever made, with a budget of around $500 million for two seasons. Well, according to The Hollywood Reporter, those numbers aren’t quite accurate, as Amazon has in fact been […]
FX finally grants pilot order to Y: The Last Man adaptation
Having been in development at the network for several years now, FX has announced that it has finally granted a pilot order to Y, an adaptation of Brian K. Vaughan’s acclaimed comic book series Y: The Last Man. The pilot has been written by Michael Green (American Gods, Blade Runner 2049), who will serve as […]
Titan and BBC announce Doctor Who event The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor
Titan Comics and BBC Studios are proud to announce the upcoming Doctor Who event The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor – a three-part comic event beginning this July and leading into Titan’s all-new Thirteenth Doctor ongoing comic series launching in the Fall. The Road To The Thirteenth Doctor features new adventures of the Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth […]
Titan and Hard Case Crime announce Breakneck
Titan Comics has announced the next title in the Hard Case Crime impront, Breakneck, an all-new suspense thriller from celebrated crime and comics author Duane Swierczynski (Cable, Deadpool, The Punisher; Severance Package; The Wheelman) and artists Simone Guglielmini (Near Death), Raffaele Semeraro, and Lovern Kindzierski. In this gritty countdown crime thriller set in modern-day Philadelphia, […]
Zachary Levi hits out at critics of his Shazam costume
Although we still haven’t seen an official image from Warner Bros. and DC Films, a number of high quality spy photos from the set of the DCEU blockbuster Shazam have arrived online over the past few weeks, giving us a clear look at Zachary Levi in costume as the titular superhero. While very comic accurate, […]
Karl Urban to play Billy Butcher in Amazon’s superhero drama The Boys
Dredd and Thor: Ragnarok star Karl Urban has signed on for another comic book-based project, with the actor set to portray Billy Butcher, the leader of the titular organisation in Amazon’s adaptation of Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s The Boys. Thanks to Deadline, we’ve got the following character description for Butcher, which reads: “Mysterious, brutal […]
Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War tracking $200 million plus domestic opening weekend
Three weeks out from its release, Deadline is reporting that official tracking on Marvel’s superhero epic Avengers: Infinity War is pointing to a domestic opening weekend in excess of $200 million. This figure would comfortably surpass the previous April record holder Furious 7 ($147 million), and put it in line with the three-day weekend of […]
Jes Macallan promoted to series regular for DC’s Legends of Tomorrow season 4
Earlier this week it was announced that The CW has renewed all five of its DC superhero shows, and now comes word that actress Jes Macallan (Ava Sharpe) has been promoted to a series regular for the fourth season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow. “Jes has a power to captivate in person as well as […]
