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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 time […]

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 CW’s […]

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 this […]

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 her […]

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 Isabel […]

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 July, […]

Kit Harington to play Frankenstein’s Monster in Mary’s Monster

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Kit Harington is coming back from the dead again, with the Game of Thrones and Eternals star set to star as The Monster in Mary’s Monster, a “strikingly original, high-concept rock n roll take on Mary Shelley’s mental struggle to write her seminal novel Frankenstein.”Farren Blackburn (The Innocents, Daredevil) is directing the film from a […]

DCeased: War of the Undead Gods trailer teases the final chapter of the DCeased saga

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DC Comics has announced that writer Tom Taylor and artist Trevor Hairsine are set to complete their DCeased saga with the eight-issue limited series DCeased: War of the Undead Gods, set to launch this August. Check out the cover artwork to the first issue below, along with a trailer for the final chapter of DC’s […]

Bat-Villains to take centre stage in Batman – One Bad Day one shot comics

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DC Comics has announced that several members of the Dark Knight’s Rogues Gallery are set to take the spotlight in a new series of eight standalone, 64-page, one-shot comics under the banner of Batman – One Bad Day. Check out the cover artwork, creative teams and details here…Batman – One Bad Day: The Riddler by […]