With Star Wars: Darth Vader set to end next month, Marvel has announced that it is launching a new ongoing series in December entitled Star Wars: Classified. The new series will join the main Star Wars title and Star Wars: Poe Dameron as Marvel’s third ongoing Star Wars series, and will see Darth Vader writer […]
The Weinstein Company to explore the life of Elvis Presley with TV biopic
The Weinstein Company is set to explore the life of the King of Rock n Roll with an Elvis Presley biopic which is being produced in full partnership with the Presley Estate, and Priscilla Presley on board as an executive producer alongside Harvey Weinstein and Jerry Schilling. The eight-to-ten part series is based upon author […]
Universal bringing Joe Hill’s new horror novella Snapshot 1988 to the big screen
Universal Pictures beaten out 20th Century Fox to snap up the rights to author Joe Hill’s upcoming horror novella Snapshot 1988, and has tapped Mike Flanagan and Jeff Howard (Ouija 2: Origin of Evil) to pen the script for a movie adaptation from Akiva Goldsman’s Weed Road and Jason Blum’s Blumhouse Productions. The novella, which […]
Mini-Dinobots to feature in Transformers: The Last Knight
We already know that Michael Bay is throwing Merlin and Nazis into the mix for Transformers: The Last Knight, and now we can add the Dinobots to the list, with Mark Wahlberg revealing during a Facebook chat that Grimlock and company will be returning for the fifth instalment of the franchise, along with the new Mini-Dinobots. […]
AMC chief thinks The Walking Dead can last as long as Star Trek
With Fear the Walking Dead’s second season drawing to a close and the seventh season of The Walking Dead due to get underway next month, AMC’s zombie franchise is showing little sign of slowing down – and according to AMC Networks President and CEO Josh Sapan, the end is far from in sight. Speaking at […]
Brenda Strong joins Supergirl season 2 for recurring role
Supergirl has added a new cast member for season two, with EW reporting that Brenda Strong (Twin Peaks, Desperate Housewives) has joined the DC superhero show in a recurring role, and will make her debut in the season two premiere. “The season 2 premiere is definitely a fun mix of comedy and action, along with […]
Batgirl creative team launching creator-owned series Motor Crush
Image Comics has announced that the New York Times bestselling creative team of Brenden Fletcher, Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr (Batgirl) are set to launch the creator-owned series Motor Crush this December. In MOTOR CRUSH #1 readers meet Domino Swift. By day, Domino competes for fame and fortune in a worldwide motorcycle racing league. By […]
John Wick: Chapter 2 has twice the action of the first movie, reveals director Chad Stahelski
Following on from this week’s first poster and news of a New York Comic-Con panel, director Chad Stahelski has been chatting to Collider about the upcoming sequel John Wick: Chapter 2, stating that it has “twice the action” of the first movie, as well as teasing what’s in store when Keanu Reeves’ retired hitman heads […]
Sam Neill reuniting with Taika Waititi (and Jeff Goldblum) on Thor: Ragnarok
Hunt for the Wilderpeople star Sam Neill has revealed in an interview with Shortlist that he’s reuniting with director Taika Waititi on next year’s Marvel threequel Thor: Ragnarok. “Oddly enough, I’m not really allowed to say this, and I can’t tell you what it is [but] I did a couple of days on Thor, just […]
Dave Filoni on introducing Grand Admiral Thrawn to Star Wars Rebels
Star Wars Rebels returns to Disney XD tonight as its third season gets underway, and it is bringing with it one of the most beloved characters from the Expanded Universe, as Grand Admiral Thrawn is introduced to the official Star Wars canon. During an interview with Comic Book, Rebels showrunner Dave Filoni has been discussing […]
