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Gary Collinson

Showtime axes Penny Dreadful: City of Angels after one season

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Showtime has announced that it has swung the axe on the Penny Dreadful spinoff series City of Angels after just one season. “We decided not to move forward with another season of Penny Dreadful: City of Angels,” reads the official statement from the cable network. “We would like to thank executive producers John Logan, Michael […]

A colossal sea spider is unleashed in posters and trailer for Chinese creature feature Abyssal Spider

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If you’ve a fear of spiders and / or the sea (or more specifically giant sea creatures), you may want to click away now as we’ve got a look at the official posters and trailer for the new Chinese monster movie Abyssal Spider. Check them out here… Abyssal Spider follows the crew of a fishing […]

Pedro Pascal joins Nicolas Cage in The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent

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Wonder Woman 1984 and The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal has signed on to star alongside Nicolas Cage in Lionsgate’s The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent, The Wrap has revealed. Directed by Tom Gormican (Ghosted) from a screenplay by Gormican Kevin Etten, The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent will see Nicolas Cage playing a fictionalised version […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars – Battle Tales #4

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IDW Publishing has unveiled a preview of Star Wars Adventures: Clone Wars – Battle Tales #4 ahead of its release on Wednesday; check it out here… This exciting weekly series explores a time of great upheaval in the galaxy—the Clone Wars! While Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, and other Jedi Knights fight against incredible odds, Commander […]

Comic Book Preview – Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties #3

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IDW Publishing’s comic book adaptation of Stephen King and Owen King’s Sleeping Beauties continues this week with the release of the third issue, and you can check out the official preview here… Based on the horror novel by Stephen King and Owen King and adapted by Rio Youers (The Forgotten Girl) and Alison Sampson (The […]

Comic Book Preview – Star Trek: Hell’s Mirror

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This week sees the release of Star Trek: Hell’s Mirror, a new one-shot from IDW Publishing which sees the Mirror Universe’s Khan Noonien Singh waging war against the Terran Empire; check out a preview here… Legendary writer J.M. DeMatteis returns to Star Trek for the first time in nearly 40 years! And it’ll be well […]

5 Horrifying Scenes in Superhero Movies

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The superhero genre has always been a misnomer. Yes, there are common tropes involving characters in tights fighting against evildoers, but outside of that basic parameter we have seen such radical differences. From western tropes in Logan to the spy thrills of Captain America: The Winter Soldier, there are many facets the genre can explore. […]

Blindspotting producers developing Firewatch adaptation

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Snoot Entertainment, the production company behind Blindspotting and Little Monsters, is partnering up with video game developer Campo Santo for a feature adaptation of the latter’s 2016 title Firewatch. The critically acclaimed game, which has sold over 2.5 million copies, is a first-person mystery taking place in 1989 and follows a fire lookout called Henry, […]

Yelena Belova, Red Guardian and Taskmaster return to Marvel Comics to coincide with Black Widow movie

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Coinciding with their appearances in Marvel Studios’ Black Widow, the characters of Yelena Belova, Red Guardian and Taskmaster are set to make their return to Marvel Comics this November with the launch of two new series, Widowmakers: Red Guardian and Yelena Belova and Taskmaster. Writer Devin Grayson, one of the creators of Yelena Belova — […]