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 […]
Tye Sheridan on how X-Men: Dark Phoenix will “shake up” the superhero genre
Following his lead role in Steven Spielberg’s Ready Player One, Tye Sheridan will next be seen reprising the role of Scott Summers, a.k.a. Cyclops, in 20th Century Fox’s superhero sequel X-Men: Dark Phoenix. The film, which has recently been pushed back from its original November date to February next year, marks the directorial debut of […]
Hugh Laurie joins George Clooney’s Catch-22
Deadline is reporting that Hugh Laurie (House, The Night Manager) has signed on to star alongside George Clooney and Christopher Abbott in Clooney’s upcoming TV adaptation of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 for streaming service Hulu. Catch-22 stars Abbott as U.S. Air Force bombadier Yossarian, “who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are […]
R.I.P. Isao Takahata (1935 – 2018)
Some sad news this evening, as it has been revealed that Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata has passed away aged 82. Beginning his career in the 1960s at Toei Animation, Takahata made his directorial debut with the 1968 anime feature The Great Adventure of Horus, Prince of the Sun, which also marked the first major […]
Red Sonja movie finds a screenwriter
Back in November it was announced that Millennium Films was looking to capitalise on the success of Wonder Woman with its own female-fronted comic book adaptation Red Sonja, and now the project has found a screenwriter. According to Deadline, Ashley Edward Miller (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, Black Sails) will pen the script for the […]
The Beatles’ Yellow Submarine returning to cinemas for 50th anniversary
In celebration of its 50th anniversary, The Beastles’ legendary animated film Yellow Submarine is returning to the big screen this July courtesy of Picturehouse Entertainment. Released in 1968, Yellow Submarine sees John, Paul, George and Ringo embarking on the technicolour adventure of a lifetime and features some of the most-loved songs from The Beatles including […]
Fox renews spy series Deep State for second season
Ahead of its premiere tonight, Fox has announced that it has renewed the Mark Strong-fronted spy series Deep State for a second season of eight episodes. The show, created by Matthew Parkhill (Rogue), is described as “a grounded, visceral thriller, moving between the deeply personal story of a family man fighting to escape his past […]
Netflix orders Paradise, P.D. adult animated series
Netflix has announced that it has given a ten-episode order to Paradise, P.D., a new adult animated series from Waco O’Guin and Roger Black, the creators of Brickleberry. The show revolves around a small town police department, with a logline that reads: “They’re bad cops. Not bad like no-nonsense. Not bad like cool. Bad like […]
