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Marvel and Lucasfilm unveil Star Wars Pride Month variant covers

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Marvel Comics and Lucasfilm have announced that they are celebrating Pride Month 2022 with a new collection of stunning Star Wars Pride variant covers which will feature across all of Marvel’s Star Wars comic book titles, showcasing the LGBTQIA+ characters and creators of the Star Wars galaxy. Check them out here… “For me it’s one […]

Thomas Haden Church joins Peacock’s Twisted Metal series

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Peacock has announced that Thomas Haden Church (Sideways, Spider-Man: No Way Home) has become the latest addition to its live-action video game adaptation Twisted Metal, where he joins the previously announced Anthony Mackie (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) and Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine). The half-hour action comedy series is based on the hit PlayStation […]

The CW shares first poster for new DC series Gotham Knights

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The CW may have ripped through its DC TV programming like the Anti-Monitor the past few weeks, swinging the axe on Naomi, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow and Batwoman, but the network isn’t abandoning its superhero ambitions, as we now have a brand new DC series to look forward to in Gotham Knights. Check out the official […]

The Crow and Dark City director Alex Proyas returning with horror-thriller Sister Darkness

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Visionary filmmaker Alex Proyas (The Crow, Dark City) is set to get back behind the camera for his first feature since 2016’s God of Egypt with the horror-thriller Sister Darkness. Described as a macabre female-driven fever dream of revenge and gothic terror with deep franchise potential, Sister Darkness takes place in 1930s UK at a […]

Riverdale ending after seven seasons on The CW

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Having pulled the plug on a host of series this year, The CW continues to clear its decks with the announcement from CW president Mark Pedowitz that the live-action Archie Comics series Riverdale is coming to an end with its upcoming seventh season. “Seven years is the right amount,” said Pedowitz (via Deadline) as The […]

Ultraman returns for Ultraman: The Mystery of the Ultraseven

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Following The Rise of Ultraman and The Trials of Ultraman, Marvel Comics has announced that Tsuburaya Productions’ iconic hero is set to return this August for the new five-issue limited series Ultraman: The Mystery of the Ultraseven from writers Kyle Higgins and Mat Groom and rising star artist Davide Tinto. “Kyle and I’s reimagination of […]

Marvel Studios announces Echo cast and start of production

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Marvel Studios has officially announced the start of production on its Disney+ original series Echo, which will see Alaqua Cox reprising her role as Maya Lopez from last year’s Hawkeye series. The logline for the series states that Echo will “revisit Maya Lopez, whose ruthless behaviour in New York City catches up with her in […]

Warner Bros. deactivates DC’s Wonder Twins movie

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It’s been speculated for weeks now that Warner Bros.’ approach to its DC Entertainment content is set for a major shake-up following the completion of the AT&T and Discovery merger, and now it seems we have our first DC casualty of the new Warner Bros. Discover era. Despite having just set KJ Apa (Riverdale) and […]

Marvel shares first look at Star Wars: The Mandalorian comic book series

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The saga of The Mandalorian comes to comic books this July as Marvel launches Star Wars: The Mandalorian, an eight-issue adaptation of the first season of Lucasfilm’s hit Disney+ TV series, and you can check out an early preview of the debut issue below, along with the variant covers for issue #1… Kicking off in […]