According to Deadline, Lionsgate has set Amanda Lipitz (Step) to direct a remake of Eugenio Derbez’s hit 2013 Mexican comedy-drama Instructions Not Included. Lipitz, a Tony Award-winning producer, will also produce the English-language film with Scott Rudin. The film follows “a playboy jazz musician is upended when a former flame leaves their baby girl for […]
Avengers: Infinity War will show “why Thanos is the biggest and baddest villain in the history of the Marvel Cinematic Universe”
Having made his first appearance in the post-credits scene of The Avengers back in 2012, we’re now just a few short months away from seeing Thanos unleashing his wrath on Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, and speaking at Brazil’s CCXP, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige has promised that the first five minutes of Avengers: Infinity War will […]
Sex Criminals returns this January with new arc
Image Comics has announced that Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky’s Sex Criminals is set to return this January as it enters all new territory with the fifth arc of the award-winning series. Up is down and black is white and the sex isn’t happening and neither is the crime. What is this book even, you […]
A monster hunter for hire joins the Zombie Tramp universe in Black Betty #1
Action Lab has announced the upcoming launch of Black Betty, a new chapter of the Zombie Tramp universe which revolves around a monster hunter for hire; check out a preview of the first issue here… “Black Betty is, essentially, a love letter to the women of my family,” writer Shawn Gabborin comments. “She’s not your […]
Doomsday Clock and Star Wars: Darth Vader top bestselling comics and graphic novels of November 2017
The long-awaited Doomsday Clock #1 topped the chart of the bestselling comic books in November 2017, with DC clocking up eight of the top ten titles as the publisher toppled Marvel Comics in terms of unit share. However, Marvel led the way in terms of graphic novels, with Star Wars: Darth Vader Vol. 1: Imperial […]
Kylie Bunbury to lead Get Christie Love TV pilot
Kylie Bunbury (Pitch) has signed on for the title role in Get Christie Love, a new hourlong music-driven drama from Power creator Courtney Kemp, which is set up with a pilot production commitment at ABC. Based on the cult 1974 blaxploitation-themed TV movie Get Christie Love!, the project centres on Christie Love, “an African American, […]
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opens to $450 million worldwide
As you may have heard, the latest chapter of the Star Wars saga opened in theaters around the world this weekend, with Star Wars: The Last Jedi performing better than expected with a global opening weekend of $450 million (it had been tracking $425 million worldwide). Domestically, Star Wars: The Last Jedi grossed $220 million, […]
James Wan says Aquaman movie does not have three villains
If you’re going into Aquaman expecting to see Jason Momoa’s Arthur Curry battling three villains in Patrick Wilson’s Orm (a.k.a. Ocean Master), Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Black Manta, and Dolph Lundgren’s King Nereus, then think again as director James Wan has told Entertainment Weekly it’s “ridiculous” to cram so many bad guys into an origin movie. […]
The IT Crowd getting a U.S. remake at NBC
NBC is hoping it will be third time lucky in its efforts to remake the British sitcom The IT Crowd for American audiences, with Variety reporting that the network has tapped original series creator Graham Linehan to write and executive produce a reimagining of the cult show. The IT Crowd premiered on Channel 4 in […]
Kevin Hart to go On the Run, wants Mrs. Doubtfire remake
Variety is reporting that Kevin Hart is teaming up with Universal Pictures to produce and star in On the Run, an action comedy which is being scripted by Aeysha Carr (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). Although details are scarce, the film will see Hart taking on the role of a hitman whose assigned target turns out to be […]
