Entertainment Weekly has revealed that The CW is teaming up with Nicholas Sparks to develop a series based upon his 1996 novel The Notebook and its subsequent 2004 movie adaptation starring Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. Todd Graff (Camp) is set to pen the script, with Sparks serving as executive producer. This series will follow […]
Marvel announces Secret Wars Too for November
Marvel is set to give Secret Wars a grand sendoff this November as some of the hottest names in the comics industry bid adieu to Battleworld with the oversized one-shot Secret Wars Too #1. Secret Wars scribe Jonathan Hickman himself unites with the likes of Sergio Aragones, Ryan Browne, Al Ewing, Rob Guillory, Kate Leth, […]
Brit Morgan to play Livewire in Supergirl
Variety is reporting that Brit Morgan (True Blood) has signed on to play the DC Comics villain Leslie Willis – a.k.a. Livewire – in the upcoming CBS series Supergirl. SEE ALSO: Three more DC characters coming to Supergirl According to the site, ” Morgan’s Leslie is a confident, abrasive and funny shock-jock who works for […]
Marvel announces Deadpool & Cable: Split Second Infinite Comic
Marvel has announced that Deadpool and Cable are teaming up once again this October for a new Marvel Infinite Comic series entitled Deadpool & Cable: Split Second. Call them a duo with a special kind of dynamics. Call them an odd couple, but with guns. Call them the 1990s distilled down in to two characters. […]
Leo Fitzpatrick joins Gotham season 2
With season two of Gotham being billed as “The Rise of the Villains”, Deadline is reporting that Leo Fitzpatrick (The Wire) has signed on for a recurring bad guy role in the Batman prequel series. According to the site, Fitzpatrick will play the original character Joe Pike, the leader of a notorious gang of arsonists […]
Official details for Frank Miller’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race
Ahead of its arrival this November, DC Entertainment has revealed the official solicitation for the first issue of Dark Knight III: The Master Race, Frank Miller’s follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again… The epic ending you never saw coming is here because you demanded it! The Dark […]
Zach Galifianakis to voice The Joker in The LEGO Batman Movie
It looks like The LEGO Batman Movie has found its Clown Prince of Crime, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Zach Galifianakis is in talks with Warner Bros. to lend his voice to The Joker in the spinoff to The LEGO Movie. The LEGO Batman Movie is being directed by Chris McKay, who served as […]
Wesley Snipes says he’s had “positive and very favorable” discussions with Marvel about Blade return
During the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Wesley Snipes suggested that he’d met with Marvel Studios about a potential return as Blade, and now the action star has spoken briefly to CBR about the alleged talks. “Well, we’ve had some discussions,” states Snipes, who portrayed the Daywalker in New Line Cinema’s trilogy of films […]
CBS explains why it scheduled Supergirl against Gotham
Back in June, CBS announced the premiere date for Supergirl, making the somewhat surprising decision to air in it direct competition with Fox’s own DC series Gotham on Monday nights. Speaking to IGN during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, CBS chairman Nina Tassler took a moment to explain the reason behind the scheduling: […]
New J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo to be published this August
The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien has announced that the unreleased Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo is set for publication this August. Check out the cover art, followed by the official description: Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. ‘Hapless Kullervo’, as Tolkien called him, is […]
