If you cast your mind back to October 2015, you may recall the announcement that Fox and Marvel were teaming up for two X-Men-themed TV shows in Legion and Hellfire. While the former has since aired, with its second season now in production, the latter – focussing on the villainous Hellfire Club from the X-Men […]
Luc Besson denies reports that he’s making Lucy 2
A few days ago it was reported that Luc Besson’s production company EuropaCorp is rejigging its strategy as a result of record losses over the past financial year, with EuropaCorp CEO Marc Shmuger also revealing that Besson is developing a sequel to the Scarlett Johansson-headlined action thriller Lucy, and has already turned in a script. […]
John Boyega says Star Wars: Episode IX will be “the war to end all wars”
John Boyega was at the New York Comic Con yesterday to promote the upcoming release of Pacific Rim Uprising [watch the first trailer here]. However, as you’d expect, Star Wars was high on the agenda as Boyega made the press rounds, and speaking to Coming Soon the British actor shared his thoughts on J.J. Abrams’ […]
Karen Gillan says Nebula “will have her moment” when she confronts Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War
The last we saw of her in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2, Nebula had reconciled with her sister Gamora, but chose to leave the Guardians in order to continue her quest for revenge against their father Thanos. And, according to actress Karen Gillan, Nebula “will have her moment” when she confronts the Mad Titan […]
STX developing action-comedy franchise for Dave Bautista
Former WWE Superstar Dave Bautista has enjoyed a very successful transition from the squared circle to the big screen, appearing in blockbusters such as Guardians of the Galaxy, Spectre and Blade Runner 2049. And now it seems he’s gearing up to headline his own franchise. According to Deadline, STX Entertainment is teaming up with Bautista […]
CBS shuffles its Star Trek: Discovery schedule
Riding high off the early success of the new series, CBS has announced a slight shuffle to its Star Trek: Discovery schedule. Originally, the plan was for eight episodes to air through to November, leading into a midseason break through to January, at which point the final seven episodes would get underway. However, we’ll now […]
Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted scores almost 5 million viewers with premiere
On Monday night, Fox launched its latest comic book adaptation with the premiere of Marvel’s X-Men series The Gifted. Coming off the back of decent reviews [read ours here], the new show managed to score a decent 1.5 rating in the key 18-49 demo, with 4.9 million viewers in Live+ Same Day numbers. Fox will […]
Daisy Ridley to shoot Daddio before Star Wars: Episode IX
Variety is reporting that Daisy Ridley has signed on to star in Daddio, a drama from screenwriter Christy Hall (Yours, Isabel, To Quiet the Quiet), which is looking to shoot prior to Ridley’s commitments to Star Wars: Episode IX next summer. The site reports that Daddio “follows a woman who is picked up by a […]
Rumour: Netflix may delay The Punisher
Earlier this week Marvel and Netflix announced that they had cancelled this weekend’s planned New York Comic Con panel for The Punisher in the wake of the tragic mass shooting in Las Vegas. During our report, we speculated that Netflix may also opt to postpone the release of the show itself, and now Newsday is […]
Timothy Zahn-penned Star Wars: Thrawn sequel coming in 2018, Darth Vader will feature
During yesterday’s Lucasfilm publishing panel at the New York Comic Con yesterday, fan favourite author Timothy Zahn is once again tackling Grand Admiral Thrawn with a sequel to this year’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel. Going by the working title of Thrawn: Alliances, the new book will see the Grand Admiral joined by another iconic Star […]
