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X-Men: Dark Phoenix director to write and produce Battlestar Galactica film

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After many years of attempting a Battlestar Galactica feature film, The Hollywood Reporter has announced that Universal has hired X-Men: Dark Phoenix director Simon Kinberg to write and produce the big screen reboot. Battlestar Galactica follows the last survivors of humanity after the Cylons, a race of robots humanity created, launched a surprise attack and annihilated their homeworlds, […]

Comic Book Review – Transformers Vol. 2: The Change In Your Nature

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Ricky Church reviews Transformers Vol. 2: The Change In Your Nature… As IDW continues its reboot of the Transformers franchise, the second volume of the series The Change In Your Nature has hit the shelves in a decently sized collection showcasing Cybertron’s march toward all-out war. Writer Brian Ruckley crafts an interesting story with a nice build-up […]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson boards the assassin-filled Bullet Train

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As David Leitch’s action thriller Bullet Train preps for production, it has cast another one of its many assassins. Per Deadline, Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Nocturnal Animals) will join Brad Pitt and Joey King in the upcoming film. Bullet Train – which is based on the Japanese novel Maria Beetle by best-selling author Kotaro Isaka – will be directed […]

Scarlett Johansson to play the Bride of Frankenstein in Bride

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Scarlett Johnansson (Black Widow) is set to star in Bride, a riff on Bride of Frankenstein from A24 for Apple. Bride will be directed by Oscar-winning director Sebastián Lelio (A Fantastic Woman) from a script by Lelio and Wolfman duo Lauren Schuker Blum and Rebecca Angelo. The synopsis for the film reads: A woman created to be an […]

Joe Manganiello will return as Deathstroke in Zack Snyder’s Justice League

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On the heels of Jared Leto’s reprising his Suicide Squad role as The Joker for Zack Snyder’s Justice League, Collider has revealed that Joe Manganiello is also taking part in the film’s reshoots, reprising his port-credits cameo role as DC’s deadliest assassin Deathstroke. Manganiello was cast as Deathstroke and teased early on in Justice League’s initial […]

Superman & Lois casts Stacey Farber in mysterious villain role

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According to The Wrap, The CW has made a new addition to its latest Arrowverse series, Superman & Lois. Stacey Farber (Degrassi: The Next Generation) is set for a recurring villain role of Leslie Larr. Larr is described as “the right hand to one of the most influential people on the planet, she’s gone from a young, idealistic […]

Tegan & Sara memoir High School to be developed as coming-of-age comedy series from Clea DuVall

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Deadline has reported that Canadian rock-pop duo Tegan & Sara’s memoir High School is set to be developed as a coming-of-age comedy series by Clea DuVall (Housebroken) for Amazon’s free IMDb TV streaming service. The series will be written by DuVall, who will also direct the pilot episode. High School is “a transcendent story of first […]

New Power Rangers movie and TV series in the works from It’s The End of the F***ing World writer

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The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that the Power Rangers will morph again as Hasbro has hired It’s The End of the F***ing World creator Jonathan Entwistle to develop both a Power Rangers film and television series for eOne. A Power Rangers film was in the works at Paramount with Entwistle developing, but Hasbro’s acquisition of eOne scuttled those plans […]

Fast & Furious series to end with two more instalments

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One of entertainment’s biggest franchises is set to end. Deadline reports Universal Pictures has not only greenlit two more Fast & Furious films, but will conclude the series with the tenth and eleventh installments to be directed by returning director Justin Lin. The final two films of the franchise will likely be shot in back-to-back […]