With The Mandalorian set to premiere this coming week, we take a look at Lucasfilm’s early attempts to bring Star Wars to the small screen, beginning with the Star Wars Holiday Special from 1978… “If I had the time and a hammer, I would track down every copy of that programme and smash it”, Star […]
Office workers battle a killer robot in trailer for sci-fi comedy thriller Automation
Epic Pictures and Dread have released a poster and trailer for Automation, a sci-fi comedy thriller from director Garo Setian which stars Elissa Dowling (We Are Still Here), Parry Shen (Hatchet), Graham Skipper (Re-Animator: The Musical), Sarah French (Art of the Dead) and Sadie Katz (Wrong Turn 6) as office employees battling a spiteful worker […]
Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry gets a Happy Ending update
Publisher Assemble Entertainment and developer Crazybunch have announced the release of the ‘Happy Ending’ update to Leisure Suit Larry – Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, marking the one-year anniversary of the acclaimed point and click adventure game. Serving as an epilogue to Wet Dreams Don’t Dry, Happy Ending explores what happens after Larry Laffer’s dating misadventures […]
The O.C.’s Melinda Clarke joins Gotham season 2
Melinda Clarke is set to reunite with former The O.C. co-star Ben McKenzie on the second season of Gotham, with E! Online reporting that the actress is set to guest star in an upcoming episode of the Batman prequel series. SEE ALSO: Mr. Freeze teaser for Gotham season two Clarke will play the original character of […]
Supergirl gets full season order from CBS, no Flash crossover planned
Ahead of tonight’s episode ‘Red Faced’ [check out a preview and clips here], CBS has announced that it has given a full series order for Supergirl. The Greg Berlanti-produced DC adaptation will get a further six episodes, bringing its first season total up to 20. Just last week, a rumour emerged suggesting that if Supergirl was to […]
Michael Bowen and Lori Petty join Gotham season 2
Fox’s Batman prequel series Gotham has added a couple of new faces to its cast for the second half of season two in Michael Bowen (Breaking Bad) and Lori Petty (Tank Girl). Comic Book reports that Bowen will play Patrick ‘Matches’ Malone, who will be familiar to Batman fans as a small time crook whose […]
Lyndsy Fonseca to return for Agent Carter season 2’s Dancing with the Stars crossover
Having been absent from the official cast list of Agent Carter season 2, Entertainment Weekly has revealed that Lyndsy Fonseca will reprise the role of Angie Martinelli in the second season of the Marvel show, albeit as part of a musical song-and-dance dream sequence that will cross over with the U.S. TV series Dancing with […]
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 scores lowest domestic opening weekend of the franchise, $247 million worldwide
The fourth and final instalment of The Hunger Games franchise exploded into cinemas this past Thursday, and despite some polls claiming it to be more anticipated than Star Wars: The Force Awakens, The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 has scored the lowest domestic opening weekend of the series, pulling in an estimated $101 million […]
George A. Romero’s Empire of the Dead to join The Walking Dead on AMC
Back in May it was reported that a small screen adaptation of George A. Romero’s Marvel comic book series Empire of the Dead was heading to the small screen, and now artist Arthur Suydam has revealed that AMC has picked up the project. “[Empire of the Dead] just got signed to AMC. The new big […]
Matt Ryan on returning to the role of Constantine for Arrow
Following NBC’s cancellation of Constantine back in May, The CW stepped in to bring the supernatural detective back to the big screen, with Matt Ryan set to reprise the role of John Constantine for a guest appearance in this Wednesday’s episode of Arrow, entitled ‘Haunted’ [check out a trailer and promo here and some images here]. […]
