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Doomsday Clock’s Geoff Johns and Gary Frank reteam for explosive new series Geiger

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Fresh from DC Comics’ Doomsday Clock event, creators Geoff Johns and Gary Frank are set to reunite for Geiger, a new series from Image Comics which is set to launch in the Spring. “Gary and I have been secretly working away on Geiger since we finished up Doomsday Clock earlier this year and we couldn’t […]

Sylvester Stallone joins James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad

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Director James Gunn is bringing a number of his Marvel Cinematic Universe pals over to the DC Extended Universe for The Suicide Squad, with the likes of Sean Gunn, Michael Rooker, David Dastmalchian, Steve Agee, Nathan Fillion and Taika Waititi all set to feature in the cast of Task Force X’s second big screen outing. […]

Beano Studios developing Skins-style Dennis the Menace live-action series

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The classic Beano character Dennis the Menace may soon be returning to the small screen, with Deadline reporting that Beano Studios is developing a live-action YA adaptation of the iconic British comic book character. The project is being written by Matthew Barry (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) and is said to be similar in tone to […]

Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller reuniting for The Fence

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Deadline is reporting that Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller are set to reunite on The Fence, a political satire from Icelandic director Grimur Hakonarson (Rams). The Fence will see Woodley and Teller as two liberal newlyweds who find themselves increasingly at odds with their ultra-conservative ex-marine neighbour, who insists on building a nine-foot-tall fence around his […]

Selena Gomez set for In the Shadow of the Mountain

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THR is reporting that Selena Gomez is set to portray Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur Silvia Vásquez-Lavado in a biopic entitled In the Shadow of the Mountain, which is being produced by Scott Budnick (Just Mercy) and Donna Gigliotti (Shakespeare in Love). Mayans M.C. co-creator Elgin James is set to write and direct the film, […]

Zack Snyder would have cast Carla Gugino as Catwoman in the DC Extended Universe

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While he never got to fully flesh out his plans for the DC Extended Universe, Zack Snyder has revealed that his Watchmen and Sucker Punch star Carla Gugino would have been his choice for the role of Selina Kyle, a.k.a. Catwoman, if he’d had the opportunity to bring the character into the DCEU. “Probably I […]

Tom Hanks’ News of the World will release internationally on Netflix

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Although plans remain in place for Universal to release the movie in the United States this Christmas Day, Deadline is reporting that the studio has made a deal with Netflix to release the upcoming Paul Greengrass and Tom Hanks film News of the World direct to the streaming service internationally. According to the trade, Universal […]

H.G. Wells’ The Island of Dr. Moreau in development as TV series

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We’ve had a couple of War of the Worlds series lately, and now it seems that The Island of Dr. Moreau will become the next H.G. Wells tale to get the small screen treatment. Independent studio Gunpowder & Sky has announced that Zack Stentz (X-Men: First Class) is writing Moreau, a sci-fi TV series which […]

Hägar the Horrible animated series in development from King Features and The Jim Henson Company

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King Features is teaming with The Jim Henson Company for an animated family sitcom based upon Hägar the Horrible, the comic book character created by Dik Browne who’ll likely be familiar to anyone who’s spent time reading the newspaper funny pages. Eric Ziobrowski (Fresh Off the Boat) is set to write the new series, which […]