Get ready to enter the brick arena, as LEGO Star Wars Battles is coming to mobile devices next year, bringing with real-time multiplayer PvP arena battles featuring characters, vehicles and locations from every era of the Star Wars saga. LEGO Star Wars Battles combines competitive combat, character collecting, and tower building with the classic charm […]
Tom Hanks heading to space for Major Matt Mason movie
Variety is reporting that Tom Hanks is set to star in a new movie based upon the 1960s action figure line Major Matt Mason, which is in development at Paramount Pictures and Mattel Films. Launching in 1966 at the height of the space race, Major Matt Mason is an astronaut who lives and works on […]
It Chapter Two opens to $185 million worldwide
Pennywise the Dancing Clown returned to cinemas this weekend for his final confrontation with The Losers’ Club in It Chapter Two, and while the Stephen King adaptation fell slightly short of box office tracking, the sequel has delivered the second biggest ever opening for a horror movie behind its 2017 predecessor. Domestically, It Chapter Two […]
Halloween Kills bringing back yet another character from John Carpenter’s original film
It looks like director David Gordon Green and co-writer Danny McBride are bringing back another character from the 1978 original for next year’s Halloween Kills, with Bloody Disgusting reporting that Robert Longstreet (The Haunting of Hill House) has been cast in the role of Lonnie Elam. Lonnie was played by Brent Le Page in John […]
Marvel’s Hawkeye enlists Mad Men writer as showrunner
Having officially announced the series at the San Diego Comic-Con back in July, Marvel Studios has enlisted Jonathan Igla to write and executive produce the Jeremy Renner-healdined Hawkeye series for Disney+. Igla was a writer and executive story editor on AMC’s Mad Men, while his other credits include Masters of Sex, Pitch, Shut Eye and […]
Jonah Hex to appear in Arrowverse crossover Crisis on Infinite Earths
The CW is adding another familiar face to the roster of Crisis on Infinite Earths, with Johnathon Schaech set to reprise his DC’s Legends of Tomorrow role as Jonah Hex in the five-part DC crossover event. In addition to the main casts of the five shows – Supergirl, Batwoman, The Flash, Arrow and DC’s Legends […]
Shazam! director reveals original plans for Henry Cavill’s Superman cameo
While Warner Bros. and DC Films were unable to reach a deal with Henry Cavill to have him make Superman a cameo appearance in this year’s DC superhero adventure Shazam!, that didn’t deter the filmmakers from including the Man of Steel in the film’s final scenes. As it turns out, we only got to see […]
Joker wins top prize at the Venice Film Festival
After scoring an eight-minute standing ovation following its premiere last weekend, Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Joker has been selected for the top prize, the prestigious Golden Lion, by the jury at the Venice Film Festival. “They took a comic book mythology that has been done in so many ways and overturned it and revitalized […]
Adam Devine, Rachel Bloom, Zazie Beetz and Ken Jeong set for animated feature Extinct
Adam Devine (The Righteous Gemstones), Rachel Bloom (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Zazie Beetz (Deadpool 2) and Ken Jeong (Crazy Rich Asians) have signed on to the voice cast of Extinct, an animated feature from director David Silverman (The Simpsons) and China Lion, HB Wink, Huayi Tencent Entertainment Ltd, Tolerable Entertainment and Timeless Films. The adventure comedy follows […]
Justin Timberlake to star in drama feature Palmer
Justin Timberlake has signed on for the lead role in Palmer, a new drama from actor and director Fisher Stevens (Before the Flood) and producer Charles B. Wessler (Green Book). According to Deadline, the film will see Timberlake starring as Eddie Palmer, ” a former college football phenomenon who, after a stint in prison, returns […]
