Valiant Entertainment has announced its ‘Beyond’ initiative, a new wave of series born from the aftermath of Harbinger Wars 2, which will round out 2018 and take the publisher onward into 2019 and beyond. Take a look at four of the new titles here: BLOODSHOT RISING SPIRIT #1 Written by LONNIE NADLER & ZAC THOMPSON […]
Eiza Gonzalez, Michael Sheen and Sam Heughan join Vin Diesel in Bloodshot
With filming expected to get underway this July, Sony Pictures and Valiant Entertainment have started filling out the supporting cast of the Vin Diesel-headlined comic book adaptation Bloodshot. Signing on to the project alongside the Fast & Furious star are Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver), Michael Sheen (Passengers) and Sam Heughan (Outlander). Details on their roles […]
Incredibles 2 setting records as biggest animated pre-seller of all time
After the box office disappointment of Solo: A Star Wars Story, Disney looks set to get back to business this month with the release of Pixar’s hotly-anticipated animated superhero sequel Incredibles 2. It has already been reported that the Brad Bird-directed film is tracking a whopping $140 million domestic opening weekend, and now comes word […]
Latest Titans set photos offer a glimpse of the Bat-Signal and Jason Todd
As production continues on DC Universe’s upcoming Titans series, some new set photos have arrived online from the live-action Teen Titans series – the first of which appears to confirm that we’ll be paying a visit to Gotham City. Note the Bat-Signal in the background… Holy Bat Signal! @DCComics Titans filming in #toronto! #batman #superheroes […]
Marvel’s Jeff Loeb confirms Iron Fist season 2 for later this year, but there are no plans for more Defenders
With Jessica Jones season two arriving earlier this year, Luke Cage season two set to land later this month, and Daredevil season three expected later in the year, it had been expected that we’d have to wait until 2019 to see Finn Jones’ Danny Rand back for the second season of Iron Fist. Well, it […]
Eddie Murphy to play Rudy Ray Moore in Dolemite Is My Name
Having been absent from the big screen since 2016’s Mr. Church, Eddie Murphy is gearing up for a return with Deadline reporting that he is set to portray Rudy Ray Moore, star of the blaxploitation film Dolemite, in a biopic entitled Dolemite Is My Name. Craig Brewer (Hustle and Flow) is set to direct the […]
Atlanta renewed for a third season by FX
FX has announced that it has ordered a third season of Atlanta, its acclaimed comedy drama series created by and starring Donald Glover. The Emmy-winning series sees Glover as Earn, a Princeton dropout looking to launch his cousin Paper Boi’s rap career. Brian Tyree Henry portrays Paper Boi, with Lakeith Stanfield as Darius Epps, Paper […]
James McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Clarke Peters cast in His Dark Materials
The BBC adaptation of His Dark Materials has added two more names to its cast in James McAvoy (X-Men: Apocalypse) and Clarke Peters (The Wire). Deadline reports that McAvoy will portray the ruthless adventurer Lord Asriel, played by Daniel Craig in the 2007 movie The Golden Compass, who is the father of the protagonist Lyra […]
J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot picks up sci-fi Aporia amid Cloverfield speculation
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Paramount Pictures and J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot has snapped up the sci-fi spec script Aporia from filmmaker Jared Moshe (The Ballad of Lefty Brown). Moshe is attached to direct the feature, with Abrams and Neda Armian producing. The logline is being kept tightly under wraps, but THR reports that […]
Empire’s Grace Byers joins the Hellfire Club for The Gifted season 2
Marvel has announced the first piece of casting for the second season of its X-Men TV series The Gifted, with Empire’s Grace Byers signing on to portray the Hellfire Club member Reeva. The official description describes Reeva as “smart, charming, authoritative, elegant, beautiful woman who is ruthless in her efforts to fight for her people. […]
