Here’s some exciting news for fans of John Carpenter’s 80s classics Big Trouble in Little China and Escape from New York, as Boom! Studios has announced an upcoming six-part crossover series which will see Kurt Russell’s Jack Burton transported to the dystopian future of 1997, where he’ll team up with Kurt Russell’s Snake Plissken! Entertainment […]
Jeff Lemire and Emi Lenox’s coming-of-age superhero tale Plutona heading to the big screen
Waypoint Entertainment has acquired the movie rights to bestselling and award-winning author Jeff Lemire and illustrator Emi Lenox’s comic series Plutona, with Waypoint’s Ken Kao (The Nice Guys) set to produce a big screen adaptation alongside partner partner Dan Kao and Addictive Pictures’ Russell Ackerman (Mama) and John Schoenfelder. “Emi and I are extremely excited to […]
Image cooks up thrills with Cannibal
Image Comics have announced that New York Times bestselling author Brian Buccellato (Sons of the Devil, The Flash, Injustice), Jennifer Young, and artist Matias Bergara (Sons of Anarchy) are teaming up for the southern-gothic horror series Cannibal set to launch this October. “It’s about a Florida town that is just trying to hold onto their everyday lives […]
Viola Davis to star in Steve McQueen’s new film Widows
Viola Davis has signed on to appear in Widows, the next project from director Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), which has been scripted by Gone Girl author Gillian Flynn and is based upon the British TV series created by Lynda La Plante. Widows follows four women who team up to complete a robbery after […]
Dwayne Johnson named highest-paid actor in the world
He was the highest-grossing star of 2015, and now Dwayne Johnson – and his bank balance – have another reason to celebrate, as the former WWE star has been named by Forbes as the world’s highest paid actor, having made $64.5 million in the past year. “Receiving news like this will always serve as my […]
Jay Hernandez joins Suicide Squad in mystery role, rumours suggest El Diablo
As it gears up for its Spring shoot, Warner Bros.’ DC supervillain ensemble Suicide Squad has added another actor to its cast, with The Wrap reporting that Jay Hernandez (Friday Night Lights, Hostel) has signed on for a mystery role, which may possibly be The Joker’s cellmate. According to Latino-Review, Hernandez will play “Chato Santana […]
Ron Howard on bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the screen
After spending years developing the project, producers Ron Howard and Brian Grazer are now less than half a year away from realising their dream of bringing Stephen King’s The Dark Tower to the big screen. However, as we’ve seen and heard, director Nikolaj Arcel’s film is not going to be a direct adaptation of King’s fantasy […]
Carrie-Anne Moss joins Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones
Having secured Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad) for the title role, casting on Marvel’s A.K.A. Jessica Jones is certainly picking up pace; we’ve heard that Mike Colter (The Following) will play Luke Cage, David Tennant (Broadchurch) is set for Zebediah Killgrave and Rachael Taylor (Transformers) has been cast as Trish Walker, a.k.a. Hellcat. Well, we can […]
Mark Millar and Sean Gordon Murphy travel through time with Chrononauts
Writer Mark Millar (Kick-Ass, Kingsman: The Secret Service) and artist Sean Gordon Murphy (Punk Rock Jesus, The Wake) are teaming up this March for a new sci-fi humour series from Image Comics entitled Chrononauts. Here’s a look at the cover to issue #1, followed by the official synopsis… In CHRONONAUTS, Corbin Quinn and Danny Reilly […]
Officer Downe adaptation secures financing, will be directed by Slipknot’s M. Shawn Crahan
The planned live-action adaptation of Joe Casey and Chris Burnham’s Officer Downe has secured financing, with Life Out Loud Films set to fund the project, which is being directed by M. Shawn Crahan, drummer and co-founder of Slipknot. “Very excited to dive back into badass muscular cinema akin to what we did in Crank,” said […]
