Last month it was announced that Syfy had given a pilot order to Deadly Class, an adaptation of Rick Remender and Wes Craig’s Image Comics series, and now the network has announced details of the cast for the TV series, along with their character descriptions (via Deadline): Benedict Wong is set for the series regular […]
Dark Nights: Metal and The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan top bestselling comics and graphic novels of October 2017
Diamond Comics Distributors has unveiled the comic book and graphic novel sales figures for October 2017, and while DC didn’t quite manage to dethrone Marvel overall, it did dominate the comic book chart with its Dark Nights: Metal event and Batman titles occupying seven of the top ten spots. Dark Nights: Metal #3 coming in […]
Ben Affleck explains the Mother Boxes and how they factor into Justice League
While much of the plot of Justice League has been kept under wraps, we do know that the villain Steppenwolf is looking to get his evil hands on three Mother Boxes, which have been separated between humans, Atlanteans and Amazons following an ancient war against the forces of Apokolips. We got a brief glimpse of […]
Mark Millar and Netflix announce The Magic Order
Mark Millar has announced his first comic book project for Netflix, with THR reporting that the Kick-Ass and Kingsman writer is penning a six-issue series entitled v, which will be illustrated by Olivier Coipel. “We wanted to make a splash with our first book for Netflix and this is it,” said Millar. “I love dark fantasy […]
Rebecca Rittenhouse and Morgan Spector join Gina Torres in the Suits spinoff
USA Network has announced that Rebecca Rittenhouse (The Mindy Project) and Morgan Spector (The Mist) have been cast in key roles in the planned Suits spinoff revolving around Gina Torres’ character Jessica Pearson. Both will make their debut in the season seven finale of Suits, which is serving as a backdoor pilot for the spinoff. […]
Meet the Blacks sequel The House Next Door adds Danny Trejo and Rick Ross
Last month it was announced that Friday After Next co-stars Mike Epps and Katt Williams are set to reunite for The House Next Door, a sequel to the 2016 comedy Meet the Blacks, and now Deadline is reporting that Danny Trejo (Machete) and rapper Rick Ross (Magic City) have signed on to appear in the […]
Steve Pink to adapt Hunter S. Thompson’s The Curse of Lono
Deadline is reporting that Steve Pink (Hot Tub Time Machine, About Last Night) has signed on to direct an adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s book The Curse of Lono. Published in 1983, The Curse of Lono follows the exploits of Thompson and illustrator Ralph Steadman as they are sent to cover the marathon in Waikiki […]
Toni Collette to lead the cast of the BBC and Netflix’s Wanderlust
The BBC and Netflix have announced that Toni Collette (The Sixth Sense) is set to lead the cast of the upcoming Netflix series Wanderlust, where she will star alongside Steven Mackintosh (Stan Lee’s Lucky Man), Zawe Ashton (Fresh Meat) and Royce Pierreson (Line of Duty). The series, created by Nick Payne (Constellations, The Sense of […]
Colossal director teaming with The Walking Dead’s Robert Kirkman for The Comeback
THR is reporting that Timecrimes and Colossal director Nacho Vigalondo is teaming with The Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman to develop Image Comics’ time-travel thriller series The Comeback as a feature film for Sony Pictures. Penned by Ed Brisson, The Comeback follows Seth and Mark, “two agents of Reconnect, a company that, for a hefty […]
Mark Millar teases a big Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl announcement
Comic book writer Mark Millar has taken to Twitter to tease a big announcement concerning the characters of Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl, complete with an image of Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Chloe Grace Moretz in character. Right, this brilliance won't write itself. Time to help get a press release together for the big Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl news […]
