It looks like Ubisoft is confident that it has a hit on its hands with its upcoming pirate adventure game Skull & Bones, so much so that the publisher’s film and TV department is teaming with Atlas Entertainment (Dirty John, 12 Monkeys) to develop a television series based upon the new IP. According to THR, […]
Gwendoline Christie and Cherry Jones join The Friend
Variety is reporting that Gwendoline Christie (Game of Thrones) and Cherry Jones (Boy Erased) have joined Dakota Johnson (Bad Times at the El Royale), Jason Segel (How I Met Your Mother) and Casey Affleck (Manchester By the Sea) in the cast of The Friend. The fact-based drama is based upon Matthew Teague’s Esquire Magazine article and tells […]
Boom! announces Once and Future from Keiron Gillen and Dan Mora
Boom! Studios has announced that New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (Star Wars) is teaming with Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Klaus) for the limited series, Once and Future, which will “explore the mysteries of the past, the complicated truths of our history and the power of family to save the day…especially if […]
Alita: Battle Angel delivers record opening for Fox in China
It may not quite have set the North American box office alight, but it looks like the international markets may save director Robert Rodriguez and producer James Cameron’s Alita: Battle Angel from all of the early predictions of doom and gloom. The manga adaptation opened in China this weekend, where it secured 20th Century Fox […]
Elizabeth Anweis joins Ruby Rose in Batwoman pilot
As casting continues on The CW’s Arrowverse pilot Batwoman, it has been announced that Elizabeth Anweis (Twin Peaks, The Affair) has joined Ruby Rose in the cast of the superhero spinoff. Anweis is set to portray Catherine Hamilton-Kane, step mother to Rose’s Kate Kane and the wife of her father Jacob Kane (Dougray Scott). The […]
Netflix reportedly cancelled Marvel shows over steep licensing costs and lack of ownership
Last week it was confirmed that Netflix has decided to cancel The Punisher and Jessica Jones, bringing to an end the streaming service’s partnership with Marvel which has also brought us Daredevil, Luke Cage, Iron Fist and the crossover limited series The Defenders. Since the first of the cancellations last year, there’s been a lot […]
The Favourite’s Yorgos Lanthimos to write and direct Pop. 1280
Deadline is reporting that The Favourite director Yorgos Lanthimos is set to write and direct an adaptation of Jim Thompson’s crime novel Pop. 1280 for Imperative Entertainment. The 1964 novel follows “a corrupt sheriff of a small town who manipulates the people in his orbit in order to win the next election.” Lanthimos – whose other […]
If Beale Street Could Talk leads winners of 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards
Ahead of tonight’s Academy Awards, the 2019 Film Independent Spirit Awards were presented last night, with If Beale Street Could Talk taking home the top prize, the Best Feature Award. Beale Street also collected Best Director (Barry Jenkins) and Best Supporting Female Actor (Regina King), while other winners included Sorry to Bother You (Best First […]
Marvel’s War of the Realms variant covers from George Perez and Ryan Ottley
Coming hot on the heels of the covers from Adi Granov and Rom Lim, Marvel has now unveiled another two variants for the upcoming The War of the Realms #1, this time featuring artwork from George Perez and Ryan Ottley; check them out here… SEE ALSO: The War of the Realms variant covers reimagine Marvel […]
Haley Bennett, Riley Keough and Jason Clarke join The Devil All the Time
Antonio Campos (Simon Killer, The Sinner) continues to fill out the cast of his upcoming adaptation Donald Ray Pollock’s 2011 novel The Devil All the Time, with Variety reporting that Haley Bennett (Thank You for Your Service), Riley Keough (Under the Silver Lake) and Jason Clarke (The Aftermath) have boarded the film. Set to feature […]
