Walt Disney Pictures’ Zootopia has continued its fine box office run, cracking the $900 million mark this weekend as its pushes its worldwide haul to $907 million and counting. Zootopia is the highest-grossing movie of the year so far, and Disney’s third biggest animated movie of all time behind Frozen ($1.276 billion) and The Lion King […]
LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist (76050) Review
Gary Collinson reviews LEGO Marvel Super Heroes – Crossbones’ Hazard Heist… With Captain America: Civil War launching Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe when it opens in UK cinemas this coming Friday, LEGO has unleashed three tie-in sets as part of its Marvel Super Heroes theme: Super Hero Airport Battle (76051), Black Panther Pursuit […]
New Star Trek TV series to shoot in Toronto in September
CBS is set to boldly go to Toronto this September, with Pop Goes the News reporting that the network has booked out studio space for its new Star Trek series. The show “will introduce new characters seeking imaginative new worlds and new civilizations while exploring the dramatic contemporary themes that have been a signature of […]
Marvel pulls Inhumans from its Phase Three slate
Earlier this month Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige suggested that the Inhumans movie could be pushed back from its original 2019 release date, and now it has been confirmed that the film has been pulled from the Phase Three slate. A new date is yet to be set. Feige had said that the addition of […]
Stephen Amell wants to go back to “the core elements” of Arrow for season 5
Following last night’s season four finale of Arrow [read our review here], star Stephen Amell has been chatting to Entertainment Weekly about the future of the DC series, stating that he’d like to see the fifth season going back-to-basics to focus on “the core elements” that defined the show prior to The CW’s superhero expansion. […]
Alex + Ada creative team launching fantasy series Eternal Empire
The Alex + Ada creative team of Jonathan Luna and Sarah Vaughn are reuniting for the new epic fantasy series Eternal Empire, which is set to launch in May from Image Comics. “I’m very excited to finally release this series,” said Luna. “Sarah and I have spent the past year immersed in building this story […]
Boom! announces new horror series Destroyer from Victor LaValle
Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming launch of Destroyer, an all-new monthly comic book series from bestselling horror novelist novelist Victor LaValle (The Ecstatic, The Devil in Silver, Big Machine) and artist Dietrich Smith (Shaft, Incredible Hercules). When Dr. Jo Baker loses her son as the tragic result of an encounter with the police, she […]
Archie Comics and Warner Bros. sign deal to develop more original programming based on Archie characters
Following the successful launch of the live-action Riverdale series on The CW, Archie Comic Publications and Warner Bros. Television have signed a deal to develop new original programming and content based on Archie’s vast catalog of characters and properties. “For years, people have been saying ‘Wow, Archie is making moves. They’re fearless. They’re trying new things.’ […]
Baltasar Kormakur developing dystopian volcano drama Katla
Having tackled Everest on the big screen, director Baltasar Kormakur is now turning his attention to the Katla volcano in Reykjavik, Iceland for a new dystopian thriller series, Variety is reporting. Katla will take place in a near future where the volcano “has been erupting for two years, causing damage, health hazards, alarming mutations and […]
Jake Gyllenhaal joins Joaquin Phoenix and John C. Reilly in The Sisters Brothers
Nocturnal Animals star Jake Gyllenhaal has signed on to appear in Jacques Audiard’s (Dheepan) English-language debut The Sisters Brothers, where he’ll appear alongside Joaquin Phoenix (Inherent Vice) and John C. Reilly (Guardians of the Galaxy). Variety reports that the film, which is based upon Patrick deWitt’s novel, takes place in Oregon in 1851 and follows […]
