Oscar-winning screenwriter Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind) is set to write and produce adaptations of author Marcus Sakey’s bestselling book trilogy Brilliance, Deadline has revealed.Brilliance takes place “in a future world where “brilliants” — the rare 1% born gifted with superior mental abilities — are carefully tracked by the government. Federal agent Nick Cooper, himself […]
Lucy Hale reteams with Truth or Dare director for Fantasy Island
Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale has signed on to the cast of Sony and Blumhouse Productions’ Fantasy Island movie, which will reunite her with her Truth or Dare director Jeff Wadlow.The film, based upon the classic TV series, will see Michael Pena (Ant-Man and the Wasp) taking on the Ricardo Montalban role of Mr. […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix doesn’t feature a Stan Lee cameo, but Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse does
The pop culture world suffered some devastating news this week with the passing of Marvel legend Stan Lee. The comic book icon will of course be a huge miss, not least to fans who’ve enjoyed his many cameos across Marvel’s film and television adaptations.In the wake of his passing, it was confirmed by Marvel studios […]
Filming gets underway on DC Universe’s Swamp Thing
After assembling its cast these past few weeks, filming is now officially underway on DC Universe’s second live-action series Swamp Thing, with actress Crystal Reed – who is set to play the character of Abby Arcane – taking to Instagram to share a behind-the-scenes image of director Len Wiseman (Underworld), who is helming the first […]
Stranger Things’ David Harbour joins Chris Hemsworth in Dhaka
Last week, Chris Hemsworth shared some first look behind-the-scenes photos from the set of the kidnap thriller Dhaka, and now comes word from THR that Stranger Things star David Harbour has signed on to appear alongside Hemsworth in the cast.Dhaka sees Hemsworth portraying Tyler Rake, a skilled mercenary with a death wish who is tasked […]
Chris Pine learned of Steve Trevor’s Wonder Woman 1984 return during production on the first movie
A few heads were scratched when was first rumoured that Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor would be returning for the sequel to Warner Bros. smash hit DC blockbuster Wonder Woman, and this turned to outright confusion when we got our first look at Steve in Wonder Woman 1984, looking pretty much identical to how he did […]
Chris Pratt in talks to play Simon Templar in The Saint
According to Deadline, Guardians of the Galaxy and Jurassic World star Chris Pratt is in early talks to star as Simon Templar in a big screen reboot of The Saint for Paramount Pictures.Created by Leslie Charteris and originating as a series of books starting in the late 1920s, The Saint revolves around Simon Templar, a […]
Godzilla: King of the Monsters director announces that the movie is complete
It may still have some six months to go until its release, but director Michael Dougherty (Krampus) has taken to Twitter to announce that next year’s MonsterVerse sequel Godzilla: King of the Monsters is fully completed and in the can. It is done. With love and gratitude to the thousands of talented people all around […]
Castlevania producer Adi Shankar developing Devil May Cry series
Last month, Adi Shankar – producer on Netflix’s acclaimed anime series Castlevania – revealed that he was partnering up with an iconic Japanese video game company to adapt one of their video game titles as a TV series.On the back on the tease, The Wrap reported that the project in question was an adaptation of […]
ABC renews Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for season 7 as Chloe Bennet reveals Quake’s new season 6 look
The Netflix shows may be dropping like flies, what with the cancellation of both Iron Fist and Luke Cage, but Marvel is set to continue having a presence on ABC next season, with the network announcing that it has renewed Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. for a seventh season.The renewal is somewhat of a surprise given that […]
