After missing out on the presidency, Hillary Clinton has a new position in mind, with THR reporting that she is set to team with filmmaker Steven Spielberg to executive produce a TV adaptation of Elaine Weiss’ book The Woman’s Hour: The Great Fight to Win the Vote. Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment has snapped up the rights […]
Space Jam 2 finds a new director
With Justin Lin (Fast & Furious, Star Trek Beyond) vacating the director’s chair, it looks like Warner Bros. has turned to Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) to bring the long-gestating Space Jam 2 to the big screen. The Wrap is reporting that Nance is currently in talks with the studio to direct the […]
Marvel’s Black Panther becomes only the third ever movie to pass $700 million at the North American box office
Marvel Studios kicked off 2018 in style back in February with the release of Black Panther, with the Chadwick Boseman-headlined superhero adventure proving to be an enormous success at the box office with $1.346 billion in receipts around the film. The film, directed by Ryan Coogler, already has the distinction of being the highest-grossing superhero […]
FX gives green light to Alex Garland series Devs
Back in March it was announced that FX had ordered a pilot for Devs, a drama from Alex Garland (Ex Machina, Annihilation), and now comes word that the cable network has granted the project an eight-episode limited series order and put it on the fast track. Devs will reunite Garland with Ex Machina’s Sonoya Mizuno, […]
Tom Holland offers a glimpse of his Spider-Man: Far From Home costume
Tom Holland’s Spider-Man got a suit upgrade in Avengers: Infinity War thanks to Tony Stark, but it seems the web-slinger will be dropping the Iron Spider suit when he returns in his second solo movie. Tom Holland has shared a video from the set of Spider-Man: Far From Home where he offers fans the opportunity […]
FX chief says it was Marvel’s decision to scrap Donald Glover’s Deadpool animated series
Back in March of this year, it was announced that the planned Deadpool animated series from Donald Glover and Stephen Glover would not be moving forward, with the network releasing a statement citing creative differences. The news came as a surprise, especially as the project had already received a ten-episode order, and now FX boss […]
Cult horror comic Dylan Dog is heading to the small screen
Italian comic book publisher Sergio Bonelli Editore has announced that it is developing an English language TV adaptation of the cult horror series Dylan Dog. The comic, created by Tiziano Scalvi, launched in 1986 and follows the titular protagonist, a paranormal investigator who explores cases involving various monsters, ghosts, vampires, werewolves and zombies. Dylan Dog […]
Lakeith Stanfield set for graphic novel adaptation Prince of Cats
Atlanta and Sorry to Bother You star Lakeith Stanfield has been cast in the lead role in Legendary Pictures’ big screen adaptation of Ron Wimberly’s graphic novel Prince of Cats. Described as an 80s hip-hop retelling of William Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet, Prince of Cats is told from the perspective of Tybalt, as he and his […]
Skybound options post-apocalyptic sci-fi comic Eclipse for TV adaptation
Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment has optioned the rights to Zack Kaplan’s post-apocalyptic sci-fi comic book series Eclipse from Image and Top Cow, with a view to developing a TV adaptation. The official solicitation for the series reads: “Imagine if sunlight burned you alive. In the near future, a mysterious solar event has transformed the sun’s […]
Peter Segal to direct Dave Bautista in action comedy My Spy
Back in October of last year it was announced that Dave Bautista (Blade Runner 2049, Avengers: Infinity War) had signed on to star in a potential action-comedy franchise with STX Entertainment, and now comes word that Peter Segal (Fifty First Dates, Get Smart) is set to direct. The film, titled My Spy, will see Bautista […]
