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Image invites us to The Divided States of Hysteria

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Image Comics has announced that this June, creator Howard Chaykin (Satellite Same) is to deliver The Divided States of Hysteria, a pulls-no-punches, dystopic suspense story about the dramatic downfall of the most formidable and globally far-reaching government the world has ever seen. In THE DIVIDED STATES OF HYSTERIA, a deeply troubled America is barely beginning to recover […]

Alcon developing animated Darkmouth movie

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Alcon Entertainment is set to dip its toes into the world of animation, tapping Disney Animation and Pixar veterans David Pimental and Douglas Sweetland to direct an adaptation of Shane Hegarty’s children’s book series Darkmouth. THR reports that the project is described as “a comedic animated fantasy centering on an overeager kid who bites off […]

Patrick Stewart open to playing Professor X in Marvel’s Legion

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A few weeks ago Patrick Stewart announced that he was taking a leaf out of Hugh Jackman’s book and retiring from the role of Professor Charles Xavier following the release of 20th Century Fox’s latest X-Men offering Logan. A week later, Stewart then revealed that a potential appearance alongside Ryan Reynolds’ Deadpool would be enough […]

Stranger Things’ Shannon Purser cast in NBC pilot Drama High

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Deadline is reporting that actress Shannon Purser, who portrayed fan favourite character Barb in Netflix’s Stranger Things, has signed on to star in Drama High, a new NBC pilot from Jason Katims (Friday Night Lights) and Jeffrey Seller (Hamilton). Inspired by the true story of high school drama teacher Lou Volpe and based upon the […]

Russo brothers to follow Avengers: Infinity War with Quantum and Woody

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Joe and Anthony Russo are set to follow up their work on Avengers: Infinity War and the untitled Avengers 4 with another superhero project, as The Wrap is reporting that they are set to produce a TV adaptation of the Valiant comic book series Quantum and Woody. The official description for the comic book series […]

The Inbetweeners’ Simon Bird to direct Days of the Bagnold Summer

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The Inbetweeners star Simon Bird is set to make his feature film directorial debut with Days of the Bagnold Summer, an adaptation of Joff Winterhart’s graphic novel of the same name. Days of the Bagnold Summer tells the story of an idle summer in the lives of a shy fifteen-year-old heavy metal fan and his librarian […]

Legendary and Warner Bros. sets Godzilla vs. Kong writers room

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With Kong: Skull Island smashing its way to a $142.6 million global opening at the box office, Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures have started turning their attention to the big 2020 showdown between the two stars of the MonsterVerse, setting a writers room for Godzilla vs. Kong. According to THR, Terry Rossio (Pirates of the […]

Ridley Scott has an idea on how to bring Russell Crowe back for a Gladiator sequel

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Although he’s probably going to be kept occupied with the Alien franchise for quite some time (perhaps even the rest of his career, if his recent comments about six more instalments are anything to go by), but filmmaker Ridley Scott has revealed that he remains keen to revisit 2000’s Gladiator, and has an idea as […]

IDW Entertainment bringing Alex Delaware to the small screen

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IDW Entertainment has announced that it is bringing Jonathan Kellerman’s bestselling Alex Delaware book series to the small screen. Alex Delaware is a forensic psychologist who works with the LAPD to assist in solving murder cases, and his partner in crime, Milo Sturgis, is a gay homicide detective. The series is America’s longest running contemporary crime […]