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 […]
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 […]
Nebula will “confront some serious daddy issues” in Avengers: Endgame, says Karen Gillan
Having found herself on the surviving side of ‘The Decimation’ following Thanos’ victory in Avengers: Infinity War, Karen Gillan’s Nebula is set to continue her quest for vengeance against the Mad Titan in next year’s Avengers: Endgame. Speaking to People about the hotly-anticipated sequel, Gillan remained tight-lipped about any specifics, but did tease a confrontation […]
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 […]
Matt Reeves will reportedly turn in his rewrite of The Batman before the New Year
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 […]
Transformers spinoff Bumblebee was Steven Spielberg’s idea
During an interview with Yahoo! Movies to promote the upcoming release of Bumblebee, director Travis Knight has credited Steven Spielberg, executive producer on all of the Transformers movies, for coming up with the concept for this first spinoff. “The original idea for this film actually was Steven [Spielberg’s],” said Knight. “We can thank him for […]
Amy Pascal talks Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse sequel and female-led spinoff
Even before Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse debuted to stellar reviews, Sony Pictures had announced that it will be fleshing out its new animated Spider-Verse with both a sequel and a Spider-Women spinoff, and now producer Amy Pascal has revealed some brief details about both projects. During an interview with Vanity Fair, former Sony chief Pascal […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
