Back in May, it was revealed that True Detective helmer Cary Fukunaga had vacated the director’s chair on New Line’s upcoming big screen adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It, with Andy Muschietti (Mama) subsequently announced as his replacement. Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, Fukunaga has shared his thoughts on the break-up, which was down […]
Cary Fukunaga on adapting It and finding the “perfect Pennywise”
Back in December it was announced that Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) has signed on to direct (at least) the first movie in a two-part adaptation of Stephen King’s horror classic It, and now the filmmaker has been speaking about the project to Brazilian newspaper O Globo (via Bloody Disgusting). “I’ve been on this project for […]
Faran Tahir to play The Commander in Supergirl
According to ComicBook, actor Faran Tahir (Iron Man, Star Trek) has signed on to the cast of the currently-in-production Supergirl pilot, where he’s set to play The Commander, “an alien military expert leading the forces alligned against Supergirl.” The Supergirl pilot is filming now, with Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside […]
The Maestro enters the Battleword arena in Future Imperfect
The lord of Dystopia is heading into the Battleworld arena in June as Peter David and Greg Land join forces for an explosive new Secret Wars tale, Future Imperfect. “It’s really fun to see the Maestro back and the dude is on his home turf so any challengers are going to have a distinct disadvantage […]
The Expendables heading to the small screen for event series
It looks like The Expendables franchise is branching out, with Deadline reporting that Sylvester Stallone is bringing the action to the small screen with a new event series at Fox. The series will be executive produced by Stallone and Avi Lerner, with Shane Brennan (NCIS) serving as showrunner and writing alongside Greg Coolide and Kirk […]
Marvel announces Secret Wars series Weirdworld
Lost track of all these Secret Wars series Marvel is launching this summer? Well, so have we, but here’s another one for you with the publisher announcing that Jason Aaron (Star Wars) and Mike Del Mundo (All-New X-Men) are heading deep inside the strangest domain of all for Weirdworld. “[Arkon] was once a great king […]
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 2 Episode 11 Review – ‘Aftershocks’
Matthew Spencer-Skeen reviews the eleventh episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 2… Following a very good first half to season 2 of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., especially the explosive midseason finale, I have to say I have been excited for the resuming of this oft derided series. This became even more so following the intermission series […]
Dan Stevens to play the Beast in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Following on from the news that Luke Evans (Dracula Untold) is in talks to play the villain Gaston, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed that Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey, The Guest) has now signed on to portray the Beast in Disney’s upcoming live-action version of Beauty and the Beast. Stevens will join Emma Watson (Harry Potter) […]
Production underway on Supergirl pilot
Arrow and The Flash executive producer Andrew Kreisberg has taken to Twitter to reveal that production has kicked off on the pilot for the latest potential DC series in CBS’ Supergirl… Supergirl sees Melissa Benoist (Whiplash) leading the cast as Kara Danvers/Supergirl alongside Chyler Leigh (Grey’s Anatomy) as Alexandra Danvers, Calista Flockhart (Ally McBeal) as […]
Hugh Jackman thinks “there is a possibility” that Wolverine could join the Marvel Cinematic Universe
Before the big announcement between Sony and Marvel Studios concerning Spider-Man and his upcoming debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it seemed a pipe dream that we’d ever see the wall-crawler teaming up with the Avengers on the big screen. Well, as we now know, Spider-Man is set to join the MCU in next year’s […]
