Since signing on to the project last summer as a replacement for Ben Affleck in the director’s chair, Matt Reeves has been hard at work shaping his vision for Warner Bros. and DC Films’ long-planned The Batman solo movie.Official updates on the film have been hard to come by – instead we’ve mainly just had […]
Child’s Play creator Don Mancini isn’t happy about the upcoming remake
Earlier this year, Child’s Play creator Don Mancini revealed his plans to bring Chucky to the small screen for a TV series continuation of the cult horror franchise, only for MGM to subsequently announce its own rival project with a reboot of the original 1988 film.Mancini – who has written all seven Child’s Play films […]
Picard series will be very different in tone to Star Trek: Discovery
As part of its expansion of the Star Trek franchise, CBS All Access is developing a sequel to Star Trek: The Next Generation which will see Patrick Stewart reprising his fan favourite role as Jean-Luc Picard.The new series will catch up with the former U.S.S. Enterprise captain some twenty years after we last saw him […]
Aquaman director James Wan explains why he wanted to tell “a standalone story”
While it remains firmly entrenched in the DC Extended Universe, director James Wan has revealed to Den of Geek that he deliberately set out to tell “a standalone story” with Aquaman – one that wasn’t “necessarily part of a ‘cinematic universe.’”“We’ve seen him in other films, but I really wanted to tell a standalone story,” said Wan. “People […]
Elseworlds’ Lois Lane actress says Superman spinoff show is possible
With Lois Lane making her Arrowverse debut this week alongside Tyler Hoechlin’s Man of Steel in The CW’s Elseworlds crossover and Jon Cryer set to play Lex Luthor in an upcoming episode of Supergirl, there’s been a lot of speculation that we may not be too far away from the arrival of a new Superman […]
Morbius, the Living Vampire finds its female lead in Adria Arjona
Now that Venom has proven to be a smash hit at the box office, Sony is moving full steam ahead with its ‘Universe of Marvel Characters’, beginning with the Jared Leto-headlined Morbius, the Living Vampire movie.With filming slated to begin in February, Deadline is reporting that Sony and director Daniel Espinosa (Life) have found their […]
Peter Jackson looking to help out with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series
Although it was rumoured earlier this year that Peter Jackson could be set for a return to Middle-earth with Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings series, the director subsequently debunked the reports, and confirmed that he’ll have no creative input into the hugely ambitious fantasy series.Well, with his latest project Mortal Engines now in cinemas, […]
Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan to play lovers in Ammonite
Deadline is reporting that Kate Winslet (The Mountain Between Us) and Saoirse Ronan (Mary, Queen of Scots) have signed on to star in the romantic drama Ammonite, which is being written and directed by Francis Lee (God’s Own Country).Ammonite will take place in the 1840s in a UK coastal town, and will follow “the unlikely […]
Benicio del Toro to voice Swiper in the Dora the Explorer movie
THR is reporting that Sicario star Benicio del Toro has signed on to lend his voice to Swiper, the villainous thieving fox, in the upcoming live-action adaptation of Dora the Explorer from director James Bobin (The Muppets).The film, which wrapped principal photography earlier this month, sees del Toro’s Sicario: Day of the Soldado co-star Isabela […]
Talks underway for expanded second season of Roseanne spinoff The Conners
It may not have managed Roseanne-level ratings, but the spinoff series The Conners has proven to be a solid hit for ABC, and so it comes as little surprise to hear that the network has opened talks over a second season.According to TV Line, cast members Sara Gilbert, John Goodman, Laurie Metcalf, Lecy Goranson, Michael Fishman, […]
