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DC Universe’s Swamp Thing pilot to be directed by Len Wiseman

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It was reported as a rumour a few days ago, but has now been made official. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed Len Wiseman (Sleepy Hollow) will direct the pilot for DC Universe’s live-action Swamp Thing. Wiseman will also join the series as an executive producer. Aquaman‘s James Wan is executive producing Swamp Thing and was first sought to direct […]

Henry Cavill cast as Geralt of Rivia in Netflix’s The Witcher series

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Netflix has announced they’ve found their lead star for their series of The Witcher. Henry Cavill (Mission Impossible – Fallout) has been chosen to star as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter who gets caught up protecting a sorceress and young princess from danger. The series is based on the fantasy book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. […]

Daniel Craig to star in Rian Johnson murder mystery film Knives Out

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While we await word on the future of Bond 25, Daniel Craig has a new project for the interim. Deadline has reported he will be starring in Knives Out, a murder mystery from Star Wars: The Last Jedi’s Rian Johnson and producer Ram Bergman, whom he has collaborated with on several films.. The film is expected to receive […]

Spider-Man DLC ‘The Heist’ trailer reveals Black Cat

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We’re just a few days away from the release of Insomniac’s Spider-Man for the Playstation 4, but we’ve already got new info on upcoming DLC for the game. Sony has released a teaser trailer for ‘The Heist’ featuring the Black Cat, one of the best thieves in the world of Marvel. Watch the trailer below… Felicia Hardy […]

Fan Expo 2018: DC Nation highlights Three Jokers, Heroes in Crisis, The Last Knight on Earth, new Swamp Thing series and more

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Over the past year, fans have seen a lot in DC Comics, from Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo’s Dark Nights – Metal, Geoff Johns and Gary Frank’s Doomsday Clock and Brian Michael Bendis taking stewardship of Superman and Action Comics. At the Fan Expo convention, Dan DiDio held a DC Nation panel with Snyder, Capullo, […]

Fan Expo 2018: The enduring legacy of Back to the Future with Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson and Tom Wilson

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Ricky Church reports on the Back to the Future legacy panel at Fan Expo 2018… Every now and then in the movie industry, there comes along one film that breaks through the mould to become a seminal and beloved part of pop culture. Jaws, Jurassic Park, The Matrix, Star Wars are all examples of such […]

HBO releases trailer for first original Japanese series Miss Sherlock

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HBO has released a trailer for their first Japanese original production, Miss Sherlock. A co-production between HBO Asia and Hulu Japan, the series is a homage to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes series of mystery novels that takes place in the present day and switches the genders of the two main characters. The series stars Yûko […]

Fan Expo 2018: Hands on with Marvel’s Spider-Man video game

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Ricky Church gets hands on with Marvel’s Spider-Man at Fan Expo 2018… Marvel’s Spider-Man for PlayStation 4 has been a game long in the making and now it is just a week away from being released worldwide. At the Fan Expo convention in Toronto, PlayStation held a demo of the game open for fans to play, […]

Doom Patrol casts Alan Tudyk as Mr. Nobody

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DC Universe’s upcoming live-action series Doom Patrol has selected a fairly well-known actor to the character of Mr. Nobody, with Alan Tudyk (Firefly, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story) cast in the role of the villain, according to Deadline. After exposure to unknown experiments by ex-Nazis in post-war Paraguay, the man formerly known as Eric Morden emerges as […]