The CW has announced that the Ruby Rose-headlined Arrowverse series Batwoman has received a back-nine order, extending its debut season to a full run of 22 episodes. The Arrowverse series, which spins out of last year’s Elseworlds crossover, sees Rose starring as Kate Kane, the cousin of Bruce Wayne, who takes on the mantle of […]
IDW announces Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Blind Prophets miniseries
IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming launch of Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint: Blind Prophets, a five-issue miniseries which will serve as a prequel to Ubisoft’s upcoming video game Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint. Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson (Warlords of Appalachia, Last Sons of America) and illustrated by Paco Diaz (Avengers: Endgame, Deadpool), this […]
Joker surpasses Deadpool to become highest-grossing R-rated movie of all time
The Clown Prince of Crime has just dethroned the Merc with a Mouth, with Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker topping 2016’s Deadpool to become the highest grossing R-rated movie of all time. The Todd Phillips-directed film, which sees Joaquin Phoenix becoming the latest actor to portray the iconic comic book villain, has taken its […]
Carl Weathers will direct an episode of The Mandalorian season 2
Although there hasn’t been an official renewal announcement from Disney or Lucasfilm as of yet, creator Jon Favreau revealed back in July that he was already working on the second season of the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian ahead of the show’s premiere on Disney+ next month. Favreau has stated that he’s hoping to […]
Conan goes up against Mephisto in Marvel’s Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown
Marvel has announced that Conan is set to venture further into the Marvel Universe than ever before with the upcoming limited series Conan: Battle for the Serpent Crown, which will pit Robert E. Howard’s barbarian against the iconic Marvel villain Mephisto. “Getting to write Conan the Barbarian taking on the Marvel Universe is a high-octane, widescreen […]
New Hocus Pocus movie in development for Disney+
After failing to get its TV reboot off the ground back in 2017, Disney is taking another crack at a new incarnation of the 1993 cult classic Hocus Pocus, with Deadline reporting that writer and producer Jen D’Angelo (Happy Together, Workaholics) is developing a new movie for the Disney+ streaming service. According to Deadline’s report, […]
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger cancelled by Freeform
This probably won’t come as too much of a surprise given there’s been radio silence since its season two finale back in May, but Freeform has announced that it has opted against renewing its Marvel series Cloak & Dagger. “We are so proud of Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and the trailblazing stories this series told,” read […]
Gemini Man to lose over $75 million after box office failure
2019 has been a year of ups and downs for Will Smith. Not only did he score the biggest success of his career with Disney’s smash hit live-action Aladdin, but he’s also suffered one of the worst bombs with the Ang Lee-directed sci-fi thriller Gemini Man. The film, based on a high concept, highly-regarded script […]
Ken Loach joins the chorus of superhero movie critics
As the debate surrounding the cinematic quality (or lack thereof) of Marvel movies continues, acclaimed British director Ken Loach (Kes, I, Daniel Blake) has become the latest filmmaker to join the chorus of criticism, slamming superhero films as “a cynical exercise” that “has nothing to do with the art of cinema”. “I find them boring,” […]
UPDATE: Rumours of extensive reshoots on Disney’s Mulan denied
UPDATE: We now have a conflicting report on the Mulan reshoots, which cites the Chinese media source Sina and claims that the additional photography is scheduled to last for one or two weeks, as opposed to the four months claimed by The DisInsider. Original story follows… When Disney unleashed the first trailer for Mulan back […]
