Filmmaker Roland Emmerich is taking a break from destroying the world to produce a modern-day adaptatin of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute. Variety reports that the film will follow “15-year-old Tim Walker, who is sent from London to the Austrian Alps to attend the renowned Mozart boarding school, where he discovers a centuries-old forgotten passageway […]
Comic book adaptation Stryx coming to the small screen
Varity is reporting that Dynamic Television, Grid Labs and Element 8 Entertainment are teaming up to develop a live-action TV series based upon the bestselling French graphic novel series Le Chants des Stryges. Entitled Stryx, the series is being written by John Harrison (Dune, Residue) and “follows a disgraced American secret agent on the run […]
House of Cards to resume production in December
After suspending production on its sixth season back in October due to the sexual misconduct allegations aimed at Kevin Spacey, it has now been announced that Netflix will resume production on House of Cards this December, with Robin Wright’s Claire Underwood as the central character. Deadline got its hands on a letter sent by Pauline Micelli, Media […]
The Week in Spandex – Justice League, Flashpoint, Batgirl, Arrowverse Crossover, Avengers: Infinity War, The Punisher, X-Men: Dark Phoenix and more
In this edition of The Week in Spandex, we look at Justice League, Aquaman, Flashpoint, Shazam, The Batman, Nightwing, Batgirl, Supergirl, The Flash, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Arrow, Gotham, Watchmen, Harley Quinn, Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Ant-Man and the Wasp, Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, The Punisher, Luke Cage, […]
The Punisher showrunner on possible season 2 villains
Although we’re yet to hear any word on a possible second season for Netflix’s latest Marvel series The Punisher, showrunner Steve Lightfoot has been chatting to The Hollywood Reporter about which villains he’d like to see Jon Bernthal’s Frank Castle going up against in season two should the call come. I haven’t even thought about season […]
Tom Baker returns to Doctor Who to complete abandoned serial ‘Shada’
Some 36 years after his departure, Tom Baker has reprised the role of the Fourth Doctor to complete the abandoned 1979 Doctor Who serial ‘Shada’, penned by legendary author Douglas Adams. Halted due to a strike and never finished, the BBC has now completed ‘Shada’ through a mix of the original footage, state of the […]
Ben Mendelsohn wants to play Doctor Doom, praises him as “the greatest comic character of all time”
Although it’s yet to be made official by Marvel, it seems that Ben Mendelsohn (Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) will be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the actor slated to play the lead Skrull villain opposite Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers and Jude Law’s Mar-Vell in 2019’s Captain Marvel. However, it seems that Mendelsohn […]
James Cameron on the technical challenges of shooting underwater on the Avatar sequels
Although plot details on James Cameron’s four Avatar sequels are being kept tightly under wraps, we do know that the movies will explore the oceans of Pandora, with Avatar 2 and Avatar 3 in particular set to feature a number of underwater sequences. Given that the Avatar movies rely heavily on performance capture, this change […]
Featurette explores Tom Hardy’s training for Venom
Sony Pictures is currently deep in production on Venom, the first of what the studio hopes will be a series of Spider-Man spinoff movies set within their own shared Spidey cinematic universe (one which may or may not contain the wall-crawler himself). Over the past few weeks we’ve seen some set photos, spy video and […]
Rumour: An aborted post-credits scene for Justice League would have featured the Green Lantern Corps
Minor spoilers for Justice League follow. You have been warned… Throughout the production of Justice League, there were several rumours suggesting that members of the Green Lantern Corps would make an appearance in the DC blockbuster, and while we did see an unnamed Lantern battling Steppenwolf in the flashback scene, it seems the original plans […]
