Fox and Boom! Studios have announced that Rashida Jones and Kerry Washington are teaming up to bring Eisner Award-winning writer Hope Larson and artist Brittney Williams’ comic book series Goldie Vance to the big screen. “Goldie is exactly the kind of fearless, curious, and funny heroine we need right now. I’m so honored to partner […]
Steven Knight to oversee a series of Charles Dickens adaptations for BBC One
The BBC has announced that Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, Taboo) will be bringing a series of Charles Dickens adaptations to BBC One, beginning with the festive classic A Christmas Carol. The TV adaptations will be produced by Ridley Scott’s Scott Free, in association with Tom Hardy’s Hardy Son and Baker. “Any question about narrative storytelling […]
Mindhunter star joins The Girl in the Spider’s Web
Mindhunter star Cameron Britton, who portrayed serial killer Edmund Kemper in the acclaimed Netflix drama, has become the latest addition to the cast of Sony’s The Girl in the Spider’s Web, with Variety reporting that he has secured a “key role” as a computer expert who is a close associate of Lisbeth Salander. The film, […]
Live-action Scooby-Doo spinoff Daphne and Velma set for release in 2018
Warner Bros.’ Blue Ribbon Content has announced that Daphne Blake and Velma Dinkey are set to take centre stage in a new live-action Scooby-Doo spinoff entitled Daphne and Velma, which is currently shooting in Atlanta ahead of a release in 2018. Sarah Jeffrey (Shades of Blue) and Sarah Gilman (Last Man Standing) have been cast […]
UFO drama Rendlesham in development
Variety is reporting that Eleventh Hour Film and Sony are teaming up for a new UFO drama series based upon the real-life Rendlesham Forest incident, a.k.a. ‘Britain’s Roswell’. The incident occurred in 1980, where a series of unexplained lights were seen outside of RAF Woodbridge, a military base occupied at the time by the United […]
World War Hulk II to begin in March from Marvel Comics
Marvel has announced that Hulk writer Greg Pak and artist Carlo Barberi (All New X-Men) will unleash a totally new chapter in Incredible Hulk #714 as Amadeus Cho returns to earth for World War Hulk II. “What follows Planet Hulk II?” asks Executive Editor and SVP Tom Brevoort. “World War Hulk II, of course! To […]
Big Little Lies’ Kathryn Newton joins Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu
Last month it was announced that The Get Down’s Justice Smith has been cast in Legendary’s live-action Pokemon movie Detective Pikachu, and now THR is reporting that Big Little Lies star Kathryn Newton is set for the female lead. Newton will play Lucy, “a sassy journalist who goes on an adventure with the boy, played […]
Alexander Skarsgard and Randall Park join Seth Rogen and Charlize Theron in Flarsky
Back in February it was announced that Seth Rogen (The Disaster Artist) and Charlize Theron (Mad Max: Fury Road) had signed on to star in Flarsky, the new film from 50/50 and The Night Before director Jonathan Levine, and now we have word on two more additions to the cast. The Hollywood Reporter has revealed […]
Boom! Studios prepares for Nuclear Winter
Boom! Studios has announced the upcoming release of Nuclear Winter, a humorous, slice-of-life original graphic novel coming May 2018 from cartoonist Cab. Nuclear Winter follows a young woman just trying to survive her twenties in Montreal—albeit a Montreal that’s been plunged into an eternal winter with radioactive snow, thanks to an accident at the local nuclear power […]
Clark Gregg can’t see Agent Coulson reuniting with The Avengers any time soon
While there was a lot of speculation that Marvel’s Avengers: Infinity War would see the big screen cast of the MCU joined by their television counterparts, we now know that the small screen stars will be absent when Earth’s Mightiest Heroes do battle with Thanos next year. One actor who has traversed both sides is […]
