It’s been a pretty good week for Marvel Studios; its latest superhero blockbuster Captain Marvel retained top spot at the box office, pushing its worldwide haul to $760 million while taking the MCU beyond $18 billion combined.Captain Marvel is of course just the appetiser to next month’s main course, the hugely-anticipated Avengers: Endgame, and Marvel […]
The Snowpiercer saga continues with prequel graphic novel Extinction
Titan Comics and Statix Press have announced Snowpiercer: Extinction, a brand-new prequel graphic novel set before the extinction incident that led to the events of the original Snowpiercer graphic novel trilogy.Written by Matz (Triggerman, The Assignment), with art by the original Snowpiercer graphic novel artist Jean-Marc Rochette, Snowpiercer: Extinction will debut alongside the hotly-anticipated Snowpiercer […]
Dante’s Inferno meets The Wizard of Oz in IDW’s Canto
IDW Publishing has announced the six-issue miniseries Canto from writer David M. Booher and artist Drew Zucker, which is inspired by Dante’s Inferno and The Wizard of Oz and explores a strange and fantastic world in search of the greatest prize of all: a heart.Enslaved for generations, Canto’s people once had hearts. Now they have […]
The Sopranos prequel movie gets a new title and release date
Warner Bros. has announced that The Sopranos prequel movie is set to arrive in theaters in September 2020, with the title also shortened to Newark from the originally announced The Many Saints of Newark.Scripted by The Sopranos creator David Chase and directed by Alan Taylor, the film will take place during the era of the […]
Jon Cryer hopes Lex Luthor role in Supergirl will make up for Superman IV
Tonight, former Two and a Half Men star Jon Cryer makes his debut as the iconic supervillain Lex Luthor in The CW’s Supergirl. This isn’t Cryer’s first DC rodeo however, as he also portrayed the character of Lenny Luthor, Lex’s nephew, in 1987’s widely panned Superman IV: The Quest for Peace. Well, during an interview […]
Captain Marvel scores huge second weekend, global total now at $760 million
After scoring the second biggest global opening for a superhero movie last weekend, Marvel Studios’ latest blockbuster Captain Marvel has now taken its worldwide haul to a marvellous $760 million.Domestically, Captain Marvel dropped 55% from its opening weekend to top the chart with $69.3 million, taking its North American total to $266.2 million in ten […]
Emma Roberts, Justin Hartley and Glenn Howerton to star in Blumhouse’s The Hunt
Deadline is reporting that Universal Pictures and Blumhouse Productions have enlisted Emma Roberts (American Horror Story), Justin Hartley (This Is Us) and Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) to star in the action thriller The Hunt.Directed by Craig Zobel (Z for Zachariah) from a script by The Leftovers‘ Damon Lindelof and Nick Cuse, the […]
Rumour: Marvel Studios to produce What If? animated series for Disney+
If a report from Slash Film is to be believed, the Marvel Cinematic Universe will soon be getting the What If? treatment, with Marvel Studios reportedly in development on an animated series for Disney+ based upon the comic book series of the same name.According to the site, the show will be overseen by Marvel Studios […]
J.K. Simmons doesn’t know if he’ll play Commissioner Gordon again
While we’ve had confirmation that Ben Affleck is handing the cape and cowl over to a new, younger actor for Matt Reeves’ The Batman, one thing we’re unsure about at present is if Reeves plans to completely overhaul the other inhabitants of Gotham City for his solo Dark Knight movie.During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, […]
Michelle Yeoh’s Star Trek series is “a good couple of years away”
As part of its Star Trek expansion, CBS All Access announced last year that it was working on a Section 31-themed Star Trek: Discovery spinoff to be headlined by Michelle Yeoh’s Mirror Universe Galactic Emperor-turned Starfleet operative Philippa Georgiou.However, it seems it’s going to be a while before we get the series, as CBS Television […]
