Legendary football game designer Jon Hare (Microprose Soccer, Sensible World of Soccer) and Combo Breaker have announced that Sociable Soccer, their much anticipated, fast-paced, arcade take on the beautiful game, will launch on October 12th on Steam Early Access. “We’re hugely excited to be launching on Steam Early Access. This is the first step towards our […]
Amy Jackson cast as Saturn Girl in Supergirl season 3
Model and actress Amy Jackson has been cast in the third season of The CW’s DC superhero show Supergirl, where she will portray the character of Imra Ardeen, a.k.a. Saturn Girl. Deadline reports that Supergirl’s Saturn Girl is described as “a kind, smart, and strong-willed hero who uses her telekinetic ability to help those in […]
The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon gets a full season order
Following the success of its premiere on Monday – which drew a whopping 17.2 million viewers, and a 3.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic – CBS has ordered an additional nine episodes of its The Big Bang Theory spinoff Young Sheldon, for a full-season pickup of 22 episodes. Young Sheldon stars Iain Armitage as a […]
Tim Miller discusses his departure from Deadpool 2
Back in October of last year came the somewhat surprising news that director Tim Miller had left the sequel to the smash hit superhero blockbuster Deadpool owing to creative differences with 20th Century Fox and producer and star Ryan Reynolds. Miller, who had been so instrumental in bringing the Merc with a Mouth to the […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters wraps production
Just a few days after giving us our first glimpse of the titular kaiju in the sequel, director Michael Dougherty has now taken to Twitter to announce that filming has wrapped on Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the follow-up to 2014’s Godzilla reboot, and the third chapter of Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures’ MonsterVerse. Dougherty […]
Chevy Chase, Richard Dreyfuss, Andie MacDowell and more join Netflix’s The Last Laugh
Netflix has announced the cast for its new original comedy series The Last Laugh, which is written and directed by Greg Pritikin (Dummy) and is in production now in New Orleans. Joining the series are Chevy Chase (National Lampoon’s Vacation), Richard Dreyfuss (Jaws), Andie MacDowell (Groundhog Day), Lewis Black (Inside Out), Kate Micucci (The LEGO […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot to adapt hit anime Your Name as live-action feature
Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot have announced that they are teaming up with Toho Co. Ltd to produce a live-action version of the hit Japanese anime feature Your Name, tapping Oscar-nominated screenwriter Eric Heisserer (Arrival) to pen the script. Created, written, and directed by Makoto Shinkai, Your Name tells the story of a teenage […]
Aidan Gillen and Tom Hollander join Freddie Mercury biopic Bohemian Rhapsody
Deadline is reporting that Aidan Gillen (Game of Thrones) and Tom Hollander (Taboo) have become the latest additions to the cast of Bohemian Rhapsody, director Bryan Singer’s biopic of legendary Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Gillen is set to play John Reid, who managed Queen between 1975 and 1978, while Hollander will play his successor Jim […]
Dark Horse Comics announces Black Hammer: Age of Doom
Dark Horse Comics has announced that writer Jeff Lemire and artist Dean Ormston’s creator owned superhero saga Black Hammer will return in 2018 with a new ongoing series titled Black Hammer: Age of Doom, which ill continue to chronicle the adventures of the forgotten champions of Spiral City, following the events of the cliffhanger ending […]
James Cameron stands by his Wonder Woman criticism
Given that he’s just kicked off principal photography on his four Avatar sequels, you’d be forgiven for thinking that James Cameron would be solely focussed on his latest visit to the world of Pandora. However, it seems that’s not fully the case, as the filmmaker has been chatting to THR about his earlier criticisms of […]