Coinciding with its panel at the New York Comic Con today, ABC has announced that the fifth season of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. is set to get underway on Friday, December 1st with a two-hour premiere at 8pm, before moving to its regular 8pm slot the following Friday. SEE ALSO: Disney reportedly blocked ABC from cancelling […]
Scott Eastwood keen on Wolverine role
Having enjoyed a supporting turn in the DC Extended Universe last year, portraying Lt. GQ Edwards in Suicide Squad, Scott Eastwood has now thrown his hat in the ring for another comic book movie role, and this time he’s gunning for the lead. During an interview with Comic Book at the New York Comic Con, […]
Warner Bros. unveils illustrated steelbooks for Man of Steel, Batman v Superman and Suicide Squad
As the countdown to Justice League continues, Warner Bros. has announced the upcoming release of illustrated steelbooks for the first three instalments of the DC Extended Universe – Man of Steel, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad – featuring artwork from DC’s Jim Lee; check them out here… The illustrated steelbooks will […]
Danny Elfman reportedly using his classic Batman theme in Justice League score
Back in June it was revealed that Joss Whedon had enlisted Danny Elfman to compose the score for Justice League, with Elfman coming on board the DC blockbuster as a replacement for Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’s Junkie XL. Elfman has since revealed that he’s using parts of John Williams’ classic Superman theme in […]
Michael B. Jordan to star in Netflix superhero drama series Raising Dion
Netflix is expanding its superhero output beyond its Marvel shows, with the streaming service tapping Michael B. Jordan (Fantastic Four, Black Panther) to star in and produce a new ten-part superhero drama series entitled Raising Dion. The series will be based upon a 2015 short from music video director Dennis Liu and comic book of […]
X-Men producer reveals why the Hellfire TV series was abandoned
If you cast your mind back to October 2015, you may recall the announcement that Fox and Marvel were teaming up for two X-Men-themed TV shows in Legion and Hellfire. While the former has since aired, with its second season now in production, the latter – focussing on the villainous Hellfire Club from the X-Men […]
Luc Besson denies reports that he’s making Lucy 2
A few days ago it was reported that Luc Besson’s production company EuropaCorp is rejigging its strategy as a result of record losses over the past financial year, with EuropaCorp CEO Marc Shmuger also revealing that Besson is developing a sequel to the Scarlett Johansson-headlined action thriller Lucy, and has already turned in a script. […]
John Boyega says Star Wars: Episode IX will be “the war to end all wars”
John Boyega was at the New York Comic Con yesterday to promote the upcoming release of Pacific Rim Uprising [watch the first trailer here]. However, as you’d expect, Star Wars was high on the agenda as Boyega made the press rounds, and speaking to Coming Soon the British actor shared his thoughts on J.J. Abrams’ […]
CBS shuffles its Star Trek: Discovery schedule
Riding high off the early success of the new series, CBS has announced a slight shuffle to its Star Trek: Discovery schedule. Originally, the plan was for eight episodes to air through to November, leading into a midseason break through to January, at which point the final seven episodes would get underway. However, we’ll now […]
Timothy Zahn-penned Star Wars: Thrawn sequel coming in 2018, Darth Vader will feature
During yesterday’s Lucasfilm publishing panel at the New York Comic Con yesterday, fan favourite author Timothy Zahn is once again tackling Grand Admiral Thrawn with a sequel to this year’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel. Going by the working title of Thrawn: Alliances, the new book will see the Grand Admiral joined by another iconic Star […]
