Deadline is reporting that producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura has teamed with writers Bob Quinn and Andy Shapiro to develop a graphic novel entitled Guntown, which he plans to produce for multiple platforms, including film, TV and video games. According to the site, Guntown is set in “a not-too-distant future where the federal government passes the […]
Ed Skrein exits Hellboy reboot over whitewashing controversy
Last week it was announced that Ed Skrein had joined the cast of the Hellboy reboot in the role of Major Ben Daimio, a member of the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense, and an Asian character. As one might expect, Skrein’s casting caused some controversy over the whitewashing of the character, and the actor […]
Evangeline Lilly suits up in first image from Marvel’s Ant-Man and the Wasp
To mark what would have been the 100th birthday of legendary comic creator Jack Kirby, Evangeline Lilly has taken to Twitter to unveil the first image from the Marvel sequel Ant-Man and the Wasp, which sees her character Hope Van Dyne suited up as The Wasp (sans helmet and wings). Check it out here… SEE […]
Game of Thrones sets new ratings record with season 7 finale
Despite being plagued by leaks, HBO has enjoyed enormous success with the seventh season of Game of Thrones, and that continued last night as the finale ‘The Dragon and the Wolf’ set a new ratings record. The super-sized episode was watched by 12.1 million viewers live on HBO, with 16.5 million viewers in total when […]
Marc Webb to direct Westboro Baptist Church film This Above All
According to Variety, Marc Webb (The Amazing Spider-Man, Gifted) has signed on to direct This Above All, a feature film based on the life story of Megan Phelps-Roper, a former member of the infamous Westboro Baptist Church. The granddaughter of Westboro founder Fred Phelps, Phelps-Roper grew up preaching the church’s hate speech, before coming to […]
Robert Downey Jr.’s Perry Mason reboot gets new writers
In August of last year, it was announced that Robert Downey Jr. was teaming with True Detective creator Nic Pizzolatto for a reboot of the classic legal drama Perry Mason, with Downey set to take on the role made famous by Raymond Burr. However, with Pizzolatto’s focus now on a third season of True Detective, Deadline […]
First-look preview of Dark Nights: Metal #3
DC Comics has unveiled a first-look preview of Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights: Metal #3 ahead of its release this October; check it out here… Superman is pulled into the mystery of the Dark Multiverse while the Justice League follows the trail to a weapon that could keep the forces of the Dark […]
Wonder Woman clip features a bonus Etta Candy scene
Ahead of the digital HD release of Wonder Woman tomorrow, Warner Bros. has debuted an exclusive bonus scene from the DC blockbuster which sees Etta Candy (Lucy Davis) recruiting Steve Trevor’s band of militants for a new mission to recover a mysterious artifact. “We started to have these incredible materials that started to come together […]
Vincenzo Natali to direct the Tremors TV pilot
Deadline is reporting that director Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Splice) has signed on to direct the pilot episode of Syfy’s Tremors TV series. The pilot is written by Andrew Miller (The Secret Circle) and will take place 25 years after the original movie, as Perfection, NV once again comes under threat from the killer Graboid worms. […]
Amazon renews Transparent for season 5
Amazon has announced that it has renewed the Golden Globe and Emmy Award-winning series Transparent for a fifth season, which is expected to hit the streaming service in 2018. “Over the past few seasons the Pfeffermans have gone across the world, back in time and made many, many trips to the deli,” said Joe Lewis, […]
