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Quantum Leap reboot adds Ernie Hudson and three more

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Having found its lead last week in Raymond Lee (Kevin Can F**k Himself), NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot pilot has now added four more to its cast, with Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson boarding the project along with Nanrisa Lee (Bosch), Mason Alexander Park (Cowboy Bebop) and newcomer Caitlin Bassett. The pilot for the potential follow-up to […]

Embrace the Dark Side with Star Wars Villainous this August

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Ravensburger’s award-winning Villainous board game franchise is set to expand this August as Star Wars fans can embrace the Dark Side and take on the roles of Darth Vader, Asajj Ventress, Kylo Ren, Moff Gideon and General Grievous in Star Wars Villainous. “Fans have been asking for a Star Wars-themed Villainous game for years,” says […]

Renee Zellweger to lead the WASPs in World War II drama Avenger Field

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Oscar-winner Renee Zellweger is teaming with Peacock to executive produce and star in Avenger Field, a World War II drama series inspired by the true story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Avenger Field has been written by showrunner Felicia D. Henderson (Gossip Girl, Empire), with Susanna White (Woman Walks Ahead, Our Kind of […]

Netflix announces cast for One Piece live-action series

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With Cowboy Bebop gearing up to premiere this week, Netflix is turning its attention to another of its live-action manga/anime adaptations, with the streamer announcing the cast of its upcoming One Piece series. Iñaki Godoy (Who Killed Sara?) is set to take on the role of Monkey D. Luffy, a pirate who, along with his […]

Hayden Christensen’s Darth Vader returns in Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi image

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Yesterday we got our first look at Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi with the release of the official trailer for the Disney+ series, and while that ended with a tease for the return of Darth Vader we now have our first look at Hayden Christensen’s Dark Lord of the Sith thanks to a brand new image […]

Mark Ruffalo on “passing the banner” to Tatiana Maslany in Marvel’s She-Hulk

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Fourteen years after the Green Goliath helped Iron Man to launch the Marvel Cinematic Universe, a new Hulk is coming to the MCU this year as Orphan Black star Tatiana Maslany takes on the role of Bruce Banner’s cousin Jennifer Walters, a.k.a. the sensational She-Hulk, for her very own Disney+ series from Marvel Studios. The […]

First-look image from action-horror Dead Zone starring Michael Jai White

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Thanks to Deadline, we’ve got a first look image from Dead Zone, and no, it’s not another adaptation of the Stephen King novel, but rather a new action horror from director Hank Braxtan (Snake Outta Compton, Dragon Soldiers) and starring Michael Jai White (Spawn, Black Dynamite). White is joined in the above image by co-stars […]

Peacemaker is coming to Sky and NOW in the UK this month

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With HBO Max yet to launch in the UK, DC fans on this side of the Pond have been made to wait patiently to continue the (mis)adventures of John Cena’s violent vigilante Christopher Smith with James Gunn’s Peacemaker series, but now we have word that The Suicide Squad spinoff is finally heading to these shores. […]

First image from Disney’s live-action Pinocchio featuring Tom Hanks

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As part of Disney Investor Day, Disney+ has shared the first official image from Pinocchio, director Robert Zemeckis’ live-action adaptation of the animated classic and featuring his Forrest Gump, Cast Away and The Polar Express star Tom Hanks in the role of Geppetto. As per Disney, the live action retelling of the beloved tale of […]

First trailer for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi released by Lucasfilm and Disney+

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Following on from today’s first-look images, Lucasfilm and Disney+ have now shared the official trailer for Star Wars: Obi-Wan Kenobi, the upcoming limited series which sees the return of Ewan McGregor as the now-exiled Ben Kenobi, a glimpse of a young Luke Skywalker, and the live-action introduction of the Empire’s Jedi hunters the Inquisitorius and […]