Wolf Warrior 2 may have been knocked off the top spot in China by the release of Luc Besson’s Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, but the hit action film managed to add another $15.8 million to its haul, pushing its takings in the Middle Kingdom to an incredible $810 million. The film, […]
Orlando Bloom to lead Amazon’s fantasy series Carnival Row
Back in May it was announced that Amazon has given an eight-episode order to Carnival Row, a new fantasy-noir series from Rene Echevarria (Star Trek), Travis Beacham (Pacific Rim) and director-producer Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), and now comes word that Orlando Bloom has signed on to lead the cast of the show. Variety reports that […]
Starz picks up Black Samurai from Common and RZA
Last year it was announced that Common (John Wick: Chapter 2) and RZA (The Man with the Iron Fists) are producing a TV adaptation of Marc Olden’s novel Black Samurai, with Common set to take on the lead role of Robert Sand, and now Starz has announced that it has boarded the action-drama series. “We […]
Charlie Cox says that Daredevil season 3 could include elements of Born Again
Warning: Spoilers for The Defenders follow… With Charlie Cox preparing to go into production on the third season of Marvel and Netflix’s Daredevil, the actor has been chatting to THR about what’s in store for the Devil of Hell’s Kitchen following the events of The Defenders. The Marvel team-up series ending with the world believing […]
R.I.P. Tobe Hooper (1943 – 2017)
Some sad news this morning, as it has been announced that American filmmaker Tobe Hooper has passed away aged 74. A cause of death is yet to be revealed. Beginning his career as a documentary cameraman in the 1960s, Hooper’s breakthrough came in 1974 with the release of The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, a horror […]
Preview and trailer for Image and Skybound’s new series Gasolina
Image Comics and Skybound Entertainment have released a first-look preview and trailer for its new crime/horror adventure Gasolina from the creative team of Sean Mackiewicz and Niko Walter; check them out here… “Skybound is the most creatively stimulating environment I’ve ever experienced, so in creating this comic with Niko Walter, I’m putting to use everything […]
Lockjaw gets an Inhumans character poster
A few days ago we got a batch of character posters for Marvel’s Inhumans featuring Black Bolt, Medusa, Maximus, Crystal, Karnak, Gorgon, and Triton [see here]. There was however one major omission – the teleporting bulldog Lockjaw – but thankfully that has now been rectified! Check out Lockjaw’s character poster here… Marvel’s Inhumans explores the never-before-told […]
DC launches new digital first series Bombshells: United
DC has launched its latest digital first series, Bombshells: United, from the creative team of Marguerite Bennett and Marguerite Sauvage; check out a preview of the first issue here… The Bombshells are back! It’s now 1943, and because of Executive Order 9066, Wonder Woman is called to Arizona to help two young girls named Cassie […]
Microsoft announces Age of Empires IV
Some twelve years after the last instalment, Microsoft Studios has announced the return of Age of Empires, releasing a trailer for the fourth instalment of the real-team strategy series. ”We can’t wait to tap into our strengths as a studio to fuse historical context with deep strategic gameplay, and to bring this franchise back to […]
Ryan Reynolds wants an R-rated Deadpool and Avengers crossover
This is one we can presumably file away safely in the “ain’t gonna happen drawer”, but Ryan Reynolds has revealed that he’d like to see Deadpool teaming up with The Avengers for an R-rated crossover between the Merc with a Mouth and Earth’s Mightiest Heroes. “That sounds like a great idea but a very expensive […]
