Fresh from adapting Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One for Steven Spielberg, Deadline is reporting that screenwriter Zak Penn has signed on to write the script for Rom: Spaceknight for Paramount and Hasbro’s Allspark Pictures.ROM is a cyborg from the planet Galador, a utopian society which comes under attack from the invading Dire Wraith. After fending […]
Atari announces new details and specs for the Atari VCS console
Last week, Atari officially announced its upcoming video game console / entertainment system, the Atari VCS (formerly code-named the Ataribox), and now we have some new details on the machine direct from GDC 2018.“The new Atari VCS is a video computer system and platform that lets users enjoy games and the best PC experience on […]
Fox pushes back X-Men: Dark Phoenix and The New Mutants
Fox had big plans for the X-Men franchise in 2018, with the studio originally planning to release a triple-header in The New Mutants, Deadpool 2 and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.However, back in January, the studio announced that it was pushing back the release of The New Mutants from April 2018 to February 2019 – with the […]
Cullen Bunn’s necromantic horror series Bone Parish to launch in July
Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of Bone Parish, a chilling necromantic horror series from superstar writer Cullen Bunn (The Unsound) and debuting artists Şerif & Mustafa Karasu.“Bone Parish is a supernatural crime story, the story of a tenacious family that is determined to carve out their own empire despite overwhelming odds,” said writer […]
Steven Spielberg, Steven Zaillian and Javier Bardem team for miniseries Cortes
Amazon Studios is reteaming Schindler’s List director Steven Spielberg and screenwriter Steven Zaillian for Cortes, a new four-hour miniseries based around the exploits of the legendary Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes.Created for television and written by Zaillian from an original screenplay by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday), Cortes will see Oscar winner Javier Bardem (No Country for […]
Jack Whitehall to take a Jungle Cruise with Dwayne Johnson
British comedian Jack Whitehall (Bad Education) has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s Jungle Cruise, joining Dwayne Johnson (Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle) and Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place).Based on the Disney Parks attraction and directed by Jaume Collet-Serra (The Shallows), Jungle Cruise sees Johnson as Frank, a a witty riverboat captain cursed with […]
Naomi Watts joins Joe Carnahan’s action thriller Boss Level
Back in November of last year it was revealed that Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) has signed on to the the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), and now Variety is reporting that Naomi Watts (Gypsy) has become the latest addition to the […]
Kevin Bacon reunites with Stir of Echoes director for Blumhouse horror-thriller You Should Have Left
Variety is reporting that Kevin Bacon has signed on to produce and star in You Should Have Left, a new horror-thriller from Blumhouse Productions and writer-director David Koepp (Stir of Echoes, Secret Window).Based on Daniel Kehlmann’s 2017 novel of the same name, the film will follow a screenwriter who moves to a remote house in […]
Preview of Star Wars Adventures #8
IDW Publishing releases Star Wars Adventures #8 this Wednesday, and you can take a look at a preview of the issue here; check it out…The crew of The Ghost are trapped on an Imperial ship with no way out! The space pirate Hondo may be their only chance of escape… but can they trust him […]
Sharknado 5: Global Swarming hits DVD in the UK this April
Tribal Films has announced that the latest chapter in the cult comedy-horror-disaster franchise Sharknado 5: Global Swarming is set to hit DVD and Digital here in the UK this coming Monday, April 2nd.With much of North America lying in ruins, the rest of the world braces for the inevitable: a global sharknado. From London to […]
