Dum Dum Dugan is joining the DC universe – well, sort of – with TV Line reporting that Captain America and Agent Carter star Neal McDonough has nabbed the role of Damien Darhk for the upcoming fourth season of Arrow. SEE ALSO: Arrow season 4 poster The site reports that Darhk, who played an unseen […]
SDCC: Marvel announces new Star Wars: Chewbacca limited series
Marvel has announced that everyone’s favourite wookie Chewbacca is set to follow in the footsteps of Princess Leia and Lando Calrissian by headling his own limited series, which comes courtesy of the creatuve team of Gerry Duggan (Deadpool) and Phil Noto (Black Widow). “Chewy is on a very important mission when we first meet him, […]
SDCC: Buck Rogers heading back to the big screen for Armageddon 2419 A.D.
Deadline is reporting that Buck Rogers is heading back to the big screen, with Angryfilms working on an adaptation of the original 1928 novella Armageddon 2419 A.D., which introduced the pulp hero to the world. The new film is being written by Flint Dille (The Transformers: The Movie) and Ed Neumeier (RoboCop) and “will focus […]
SDCC: Marvel’s Joe Quesada says Spider-Man costume will “blow people away”
Given that Marvel Studios has decided to skip San Diego this year, it’s unlikely we’ll get any big reveals from the Marvel Cinematic Universe over the Comic-Con weekend, but Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada did take a moment to discuss the upcoming Spider-Man reboot, teasing the new costume set to be worn by Tom […]
SDCC: Smallville’s Laura Vandervoort may cameo in Supergirl
We already know that two DC veterans are set to feature in Supergirl, with Dean Cain (Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman) and Helen Slater (Supergirl) portraying Kara’s (Melissa Benoist) Earth parents Fred and Eliza Danvers, and now it seems another former Supergirl could make an appearance. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Laura Vandervoort […]
R.I.P. Omar Sharif (1932 – 2015)
Egyptian actor Omar Sharif has passed away aged 83 after suffering a heart attack in Cairo, his agent has revealed. Born Michel Demtri Chalhoub in Alexandria, Egypt in 1932, Sharif began his acting career in the 1950s, appearing in over 20 productions in his home country before making his English-language debut in David Lean’s 1962 […]
The Happytime Murders back on at STX Entertainment
It looks like The Jim Henson Company’s long-gestating puppet crime noir The Happytime Murders is back on, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that the project has found a new home at STX Entertainment, where it’s been put in active development. According to the site, Bruan Henson remains on board to direct the film, with Erich […]
Opening film announced for the second annual Reel East Film Festival
Wunderkind and New Jersey native Emily DiPrimio’s horror film Carver has been selected as the opening night film of the second annual Reel East Film Festival in Oaklyn, New Jersey on August 21 2015 at 19:30. In attendance will be the fourteen year DiPrimio to introduce the film as well as participate in a post-screening […]
Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita set for remake
AMBI Group has announced that it has reached a deal with the estate of Federico Fellini to option the rights to a remake of the Italian director’s 1960 classic La Dolce Vita, which is being described as “a modern update.” “We’ve been approached countless times and asked to consider everything from remakes and re-imaginings to […]
Alison Sudol to star in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that singer-songwriter Alison Sudol (Dig) is set to make her feature film debut in the Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. Sudol is set to portray Queenie, the younger sister of Tina (Katherine Waterston), a character who runs into Eddie Redmayne’s magiczoologist Newt Scamander during his […]
