As the Marvel Universe as we know it draws to a close this May, Wade Wilson is heading back in time to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for the Warzones! tie-in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars. In 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars was known for debuting Spider-Man’s black costume and featuring Doctor Doom stealing […]
DC announces that The New 52 will come to an end in June
DC Entertainment has announced today that The New 52 is set to come to an end in June following the Convergence event, although the publisher is not rebooting its universe and titles will continue to take place in the same continuity. 25 books will retain their number, while a further 24 titles will relaunch (or […]
Luke Mitchell joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Inhuman role
The Tomorrow People star Luke Mitchell has signed on to the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Marvel.com announcing that the Australian actor is set to play an Inhuman called Lincoln, “who has an important role to play in Skye understanding the true extent of her transformation.” “With the revelations surrounding Skye’s true identity […]
Astro Boy is heading to the big screen for live-action movie
The iconic Japanese character Astro Boy is heading to the big screen, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Animal Logic Entertainment and Tezuka Productions are developing a live-action feature based upon the robot boy who uses his powers to fight evil. Created as a manga in the 1950s by Osamu Tezuka, Astro Boy has been […]
Stargate reboot gets Independence Day 2 screenwriters
Last May it was announced that director Roland Emmerich and producer Dean Devlin are set to reboot their 1994 sci-fi Stargate with a potential new trilogy, and now the duo have found their screenwriters for the new film. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Nicolas Wright and James A. Woods are in final negotiations to pen […]
300 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screenwriter to pen Robotech movie
A big screen adaptation of Robotech has been in various stages of development for the best part of a decade, and it now looks like the movie version of the classic 80s anime series is finally moving forward. According to Deadline, 300 and G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra screenwriter Michael Gordon has signed on […]
Big Hero 6, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and Game of Thrones among the winners of the 2015 VES Awards
The Visual Effects Society held the 13th annual VES Awards in Beverly Hills on Wednesday night, with Disney’s animated Marvel adaptation Big Hero 6 claiming six gongs and 20th Century Fox’s simian sequel Dawn of the Planet of the Apes and HBO’s Game of Thrones taking home three awards apiece. Check out the full list […]
An all-our arms race talks hold of Cybertron in Transformers: Combiner Wars
IDW has announced that the biggest Transformers publishing event of the year, Transformers: Combiner Wars, is set to get underway next month in the pages of the main Transformers title, along with the new series Transformers: Windblade. “We’re blowing the Transformers universe wide open with this series: showcasing new characters and new worlds in a […]
Jimmy Fallon reunites Saved By the Bell cast
Jimmy Fallon took a trip to Bayside High on Wednesday’s episode of The Tonight Show, reuniting the cast of the popular 90s sitcom Saved By the Bell – well, Mark-Paul Gosselaar (Zack Morris), Tiffani-Amber Thiessen (Kelly Kapowski), Elizabeth Berkley (Jessie Spano), Mario Lopez (A.C. Slater) and Dennis Haskins (Principal Belding) at least – for a […]
The Joker to debut in Gotham this season
Prior to the premiere of Gotham, showrunner Bruno Heller suggested that we’d have a lengthy wait on our hands before we saw the introduction of the Clown Prince of Crime, but it seems those plans have changed as Heller has now revealed that The Joker could be making his debut in the first season of […]
