Last summer it was reported that Kelsey Grammer is looking to put together a spinoff/continuation of the Emmy Award-winning comedy series Frasier, with the star and producer going on to confirm that he was actively meeting with writers in an effort to come up with a suitable concept for the proposed revival.We’ve heard little in […]
FX developing gender-swapped US remake of Peep Show
Peep Show co-creator Sam Bain has revealed that the U.S. TV network FX is working on a gender-swapped remake of the cult British comedy, which is being written by Karey Dornetto (Portlandia).“People sometimes ask if I look at my earlier work differently now – whether my shows would have been better if they had been […]
Sebastian Stan hoping to show a new side to Bucky in Marvel’s The Falcon and the Winter Soldier
Following their post-Decimation return in last month’s Avengers: Endgame, Anthony Mackie’s Sam Wilson and Sebastian Stan’s Bucky Barnes are set to reunite next year for The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and Stan has been chatting to Comic Book about his hopes for his character in the Marvel Studios-produced Disney+ limited series.“I think it’s time […]
Quentin Tarantino may extend Once Upon a Time in Hollywood following Cannes premiere
Quentin Tarantino has been in Cannes this past week to premiere his new movie Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, the film receiving a standing ovation at its screening and drawing reactions which praised the film as “terrific” and “shocking”.Once Upon a Time in Hollywood still doesn’t open for another couple of months, and it […]
Men in Black: International tracking franchise low opening at the box office
Sony Pictures looks to breathe new life into the Men in Black franchise next month with the release of the spinoff/soft reboot Men in Black: International starring Chris Hemsworth and Tessa Thompson as our new MiB Agents H and M.According to Variety, the F. Gary Gray-directed film is tracking a domestic opening weekend of $40 […]
Disney’s Aladdin opens to $207 million worldwide
Following the underwhelming box office returns for Tim Burton’s Dumbo a couple of months ago, Walt Disney Pictures unveiled the second of its three animated remakes for 2019 this weekend, with the Guy Ritchie-directed Aladdin managing to conjure up a $207 million global opening weekend.Domestically, Aladdin is performing slightly above tracking predictions, with $86.1 million […]
Arnold Schwarzenegger confirms that he’s playing a Terminator in Dark Fate
This week Paramount Pictures gave us our first look at Terminator: Dark Fate, the upcoming reboot-sequel from director Tim Miller and producer James Cameron, which is set to serve as a direct sequel to Terminator 2: Judgment Day, as well as reuniting cast members Arnold Schwarzenegger and Linda Hamilton for the first time since the […]
Hulu orders North American Lake Monsters series
THR is reporting that streaming service Hulu has ordered an eight-episode anthology series based upon North American Lake Monsters, author Nathan Balllingrud’s collection of short stories.The as-yet-untitled series has been created by writer and executive producer Mary Laws (Preacher), and has Babak Anvari (Under the Shadow) attached to direct. It is being described as […]
DC Comics announces Batman/Catwoman series from Tom King
DC Comics has announced that Tom King will be leaving the main Batman title in December 2019 to write a new 12-issue Batman/Catwoman series launching the following month.“Batman and Catwoman is a chance to do what Morrison and Quietly did in Batman and Robin: launch an ambitious, accessible, beautiful, thrilling new series that concludes years […]
Your Name director’s new film Weathering With You picked up for U.S. distribution
GKIDS has announced that it has acquired the North American distribution rights to Weathering With You, the new feature from Makoto Shinkai, director of the hugely-successful and highly-acclaimed anime film Your Name.The official synopsis for Weathering With You reads:The summer of his high school freshman year, Hokoda runs away from his remote island home to […]
