Disney has really pulled back the curtain on Star Wars: The Force Awakens this past week, releasing a fantastic international trailer along with a first TV spot, and it seems we’ll be getting more footage this Thursday! Disney-owned ABC has announced that it is set to air an “exclusive special look” at the upcoming blockbuster […]
SDCC: Wade Wilson to get a symbiote makeover in Deadpool: Back in Black
The Merc with a Mouth is set to encounter the alien symbiote in a new five-issue miniseries entitled Deadpool: Back in Black from the creative team of Cullen Bunn (Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars) and Salvador Espin (The Deadpool Killogy). Comic Book reports that the series will take place after Marvel’s 1980 Secret Wars series and explores an […]
Universal sets Shrek 5 and Edgar Wright and David Walliams’ Shadows for 2019
Last month it was reported that NBC Universal was looking to revive the Shrek franchise following its acquisition of DreamWorks Animation, and now Universal’s Jeffrey Katzenberg has revealed to THR that Shrek 5 has been given a 2019 release date. Universal plans on releasing two DreamWorks Animation films each year, beginning in 2019 and starting […]
J.J. Abrams says that Anton Yelchin will not be replaced for Star Trek 4
Last month, young actor Anton Yelchin tragically lost his life in a freak automobile accident, and now producer J.J. Abrams has confirmed that Yelchin won’t be replaced in the role of Chekov for the fourth Star Trek film, which was just announced yesterday. ““I would say there’s no replacing him. There’s no recasting. I can’t possibly […]
Image Comics’ Black Magick heading to the small screen
The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that producer Michael London (The Illustionist) is developing a TV adaptation of Greg Rucka and Nicola Scott’s Image Comics series Black Magick, with a view to launching it on cable or a streaming service. Black Magick “centers on Rowan Black, a robbery-homicide detective in the fictional port city of Portsmouth, […]
Eddie Cahill joins Hayley Atwell in Conviction
Deadline is reporting that Eddie Cahill (CSI: NY) has signed on for the male lead alongside Hayley Atwell (Agent Carter) in ABC’s upcoming legal drama pilot Conviction. Cahill will play “the confident and self-assured New York District Attorney Wayne Wallis. Incredibly handsome, magnetic and charismatic, Wallis radiates charm, smarts and political power; he has a […]
The Fifth Beatle graphic novel being adapted as event series
Last year, it was announced that IM Global and Simon Cowell’s Cyco Entertainment were teaming up for an adaptation of Vivek J. Tiwary’s The Fifth Beatle: The Story of Brian Epstein, but it seems that project has fallen apart as Deadline is reporting that Sonar Entertainment has now optioned the rights to the graphic novel […]
SDCC: It’s an 8 Simple Rules reunion as Katey Sagal joins The Big Bang Theory as Penny’s mother
During the San Diego Comic-Con panel for The Big Bang Theory, executive producer Steve Molaro has announced that the upcoming tenth season will see an 8 Simple Rules reunion, as Katey Sagal joins the cast as the mother of Kaley Cuoco’s Penny. “We are finally going to meet more of Penny’s family,” EP Steve Molaro […]
SDCC: DreamWorks Animation and Netflix announce season 2 of Voltron: Legendary Defender
Following the critically-acclaimed first season of the Netflix and DreamWorks’ Voltron: Legendary Defender, executive producer Joaquim Dos Santos, co-executive producer Lauren Montgomery and writer Tim Hedrick announced during their San Diego Comic-Con panel yesterday that a second season is set to arrive later this year. Here’s a look at the poster given out during the […]
The BBC announces six-part adaptation of Les Miserables
The BBC and Weinstein TV announced that BAFTA-winning screenwriter Andrew Davies (War and Peace) has signed on to adapt Victor Hugo’s classic novel Les Miserables as a six-part drama. “Most of us are familiar with the musical version which only offers a fragmentary outline of its story,” states Davis. “I am thrilled to have the […]
