Taken director Pierre Morel has signed on to direct Claes Bang (The Square) in the sci-fi thriller The New Mrs. Keller, Variety has revealed. Based on a spec script by Mark Hogan, The New Mrs. Keller takes place in the near future and “follows the smart, beautiful, and sophisticated titular Keller. She ensnares her husband, […]
Black Panther overtakes The Avengers to become highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the U.S.
It may lose top spot at the North American box office this weekend to Pacific Rim Uprising, but it’s celebration time for Disney and Marvel Studios as Black Panther has officially overtaken 2012’s The Avengers to become the highest-grossing superhero movie of all time in the United States. By close of play on Saturday, the […]
McG to direct sci-fi adventure Rim of the World for Netflix
Director McG (Charlie’s Angels, Terminator Salvation) is gearing up to shoot the Netflix sci-fi adventure movie Rim of the World, with principal photography set to get underway in May. The film follows “four misfit teenagers who become unlikely allies when their summer camp experience is cut short by an alien invasion. The teens must work […]
Star Trek: The Next Generation returns to comics for Terra Incognita
After the success of Star Trek: The Next Generation: Mirror Broken, which introduced the alternate “Mirror” villainous version of the U.S.S. Enterprise crew to comics, and the excitement around the upcoming five-week mega-event Star Trek: The Next Generation: Through The Mirror, IDW has announced that it will be returning to the original “prime” universe this August for Star Trek: The Next Generation: […]
Constantin Film to adapt YA fantasy A Court of Thorns and Roses
Deadline is reporting that German production company Constantin Film has acquired the rights to Sarah J. Maas’ bestselling YA fantasy novel A Court of Thorns and Roses and is in development on a feature film adaptation. Described as a “Beauty and the Beast-esque fantasy drama”, A Court of Thorns and Roses revolves around Feyre, a […]
Birth of a Nation’s Nate Parker to direct Black & Blue
After disappearing from the spotlight after becoming embroiled in a scandal over rape allegations during his time at college, Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker has now resurfaced, with Deadline reporting that he has signed on to helm the feature film Black & Blue. Based on the life of highly-respected LAPD detective Ralph Waddy, […]
IDW announces summer event series Transformers: Unicron
The Transformers are set to face their greatest ever enemy this summer as IDW Publishing launches the new six-issue biweekly event series Transformers: Unicron, which sees the world-eating menace setting his sights on Cybertron as veteran Transformers creators John Barber (Optimus Prime) and Alex Milne (More Than Meets The Eye) are joined by colorist Sebastian Cheng (Revolution) to tell the epic […]
Rian Johnson says Star Wars: The Last Jedi fan reception hasn’t altered plans for his new trilogy
Prior to the release of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, it was announced that Lucasfilm had handed Rian Johnson the keys to his very own Star Wars trilogy. Johnson has recently revealed that he’s started work on said trilogy, which as you’d expect is completely shrouded in secrecy. We have no idea whether it will […]
The Spice Girls animated superhero movie in development
According to Variety, The Spice Girls could be heading back to the big screen for the first time since 1997’s Spiceworld: The Movie, albeit in animated form for a superhero-themed movie with a “girl power” message. The site reports that all five members of the 90s British pop band – Victoria Beckham, Melanie Brown, Melanie […]
WonderCon: DC announces new Justice League Dark and Justice League Odyssey titles
DC kicked off WonderCon this Saturday morning with a Publisher’s Panel hosted by DC Publishers Dan DiDio and Jim Lee. Writer Scott Snyder was on hand to talk about not only the blockbuster finish fans can expect when Dark Nights: Metal reaches its conclusion with issue #6 on March 28th but he also revealed some […]
