Ahead of its one-night-only theatrical release in the UK this March, CinEvents has released a poster and trailer for director Kit Monkman’s (The Knife That Killed Me) Shakespeare adaptation Macbeth. Shot entirely against a green screen and using background matte painting and computer modelling to generate the world in which the action plays out, the film […]
Disney announces The Rocketeer animated series
While development continues on the planned female-led movie reboot, The Walt Disney Company has announced that it is bringing The Rocketeer to the small screen with a new animated series set to air on Disney Junior. The Rocketeer is being executive produced by Nicole Dubuc (Transformers: Rescue Bots) and is targeted towards young children aged 2-7, […]
Horror title Don’t Knock Twice brings the fear to PlayStation 4
Developer Wales Interactive and publisher Perp Games have announced the retail release of the psychological thriller title Don’t Knock Twice on PlayStation 4, which has been optimised for PSVR with realistic and detailed visuals, fully immersing players in an all-new interactive horror experience. “The horror genre includes some of the most riveting videogames out there,” […]
Enter The Twilight Zone with Dynamite’s build-a-bundle
Following on from their Battlestar Galactica and Army of Darkness offers, Dynamite Entertainment and Groupees are offering The Twilight Zone fans the chance to get their hands on 19 digital comics, valued at over $42.00, for the low price of only $3.99! The Twilight Zone bundle includes: Twilight Zone #1-12 (by Babylon 5 creator J. Michael […]
Gone Baby Gone pilot casts Joseph Morgan as its lead
Earlier this month it was announced that Fox has given the green light to a pilot for a new TV adaptation of Dennis Lehane’s novel Gone Baby Gone, and now we have our first piece of casting news. Variety is reporting that Joseph Morgan (The Vampire Diaries, The Originals) has signed on to play Patrick […]
Chrono Trigger hits PC, mobile versions receive major update
Square Enix has announced that the classic video game Chrono Trigger is now available for the very first time on Steam, with the publisher promising the definitive edition, including: Two Extra Dungeons – Includes the mysterious ‘Dimensional Vortex’ dungeon and the forgotten ‘Lost Sanctum’ dungeon that first appeared in the DS and mobile releases Updated Graphics […]
The Purge TV series finds its leads
Casting is underway on Blumhouse’s small screen spinoff of the hit movie franchise The Purge, with Deadline reporting that Gabriel Chavarria (East Los High) and Jessica Garza (Six) have been cast as the male and female leads in the USA Network and Syfy series. Chavarria will play Miguel, “a US Marine with a hard edge […]
Amazon renews Lore for a second season
Amazon has announced that it has renewed its supernatural anthology series Lore for a second season, which will see Sean Crouch (The Exorcist, Numb3rs) coming in to serve as showrunner. Based on the award-winning podcast by Aaron Mahnke, Lore features narration, archive footage, cinematic footage and animation in order to explore disturbing real life tales […]
R.I.P. Benjamin Melniker (1913 – 2018)
If you’ve seen a Batman movie – live-action or animated – over the past thirty years, you’ll have seen the name Benjamin Melniker listed as an executive producer alongside Michael E. Uslan. And sadly, Uslan has taken to Facebook today to announce that Melniker has passed away at the age of 104. https://www.facebook.com/TheMichaelUslan/photos/a.654623804600744.1073741825.385460978183696/1751485604914553/?type=3&theater Inspired by […]
X-Men: The New Mutants to undergo significant reshoots, will add an extra character
Last month 20th Century Fox announced that it has decided to push back the release of its X-Men spinoff The New Mutants almost a year, with the Josh Boone-directed film now set to open in February 2019 rather than April of this year. Officially, the reason given was to “avoid an overlap with X-Men movies in certain overseas […]
