Joe Manganiello (True Blood) has joined Uma Thurman (Kill Bill) and Samuel L. Jackson (The Hitman’s Bodyguard) in the cast of the dark comedy thriller The Kill Room. The Kill Room follows “a hitman (Manganiello), his boss (Jackson) and an art dealer (Thurman) whose money-laundering scheme accidentally turns the hitman into an overnight avant-garde sensation, […]
Predator comes to Marvel Comics this July with new series
Predator is returning to comic books this July as Marvel launches a brand new series from writer Ed Brisson (Iron Fist, Ghost Rider) and artist Kev Walker (Doctor Strange, Star Wars: Doctor Aphra) which promises to “deliver all the explosive action and relentless horror that fans have come to expect from this pop culture icon”. […]
The Wheel of Time season 2 adds Ayoola Smart
The second season of Amazon’s fantasy series The Wheel of Time has added Ayoola Smart (Killing Eve) to its cast. Showrunner Rafe Judkins made the announcement at Jordancon while discussing the second season. Smart will play Aviendha, “a Wise One of the Nine Valleys sept of the Taardad Aiel and one of the three lovers of Rand al’Thor.” […]
Funko’s Thor: Love and Thunder Pop! Vinyl figures unveiled
With the promotion for Thor: Love and Thunder kicking up in the wake of the first trailer, Funko has now unveiled its wave of Pop! Vinyl figures for the Marvel Studios sequel which includes Thor, Mighty Thor,Valkyrie, Gorr, Korg and Miek, along with a Pop! Ride featuring Thor on The Goat Boat pulled by Toothgnasher […]
James Wan produced Salem’s Lot remake will swoop into theaters this September
In this time of streaming deals and theatrical release date reshuffles, news has emerged that the vampires of Salem’s Lot will finally swoop onto the big-screen when the James Wan produced remake of the Stephen King classic gets an exclusive theatrical release on September 9th. Warner Bros. adaptation of the 1975 horror novel will be […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves title and logo revealed by Paramount
Paramount Pictures and Hasbro’s eOne have announced that their live-action Dungeons & Dragons movie is officially going by the title Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves. The fantasy film is being written and directed by Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley (Game Night), and will reportedly “take a subversive approach to the game”, with leading […]
Netflix not moving forward with Bright 2
As the fallout from ‘the slap’ continues to see Will Smith’s future projects cancelled, you can now add the sequel to David Ayer’s Bright to the pile, because it has been revealed that Netflix have cancelled plans to move forward with a follow-up to the 2017 action-fantasy. One Netflix’s first big-hitters, Bright was critically mauled […]
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness banned in Saudi Arabia due to ‘LGBTQ issues’
Doctor Strange might be able to tackle multi-dimensional versions of himself in Marvel’s forthcoming Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, but he hasn’t been able to defeat the narrow-minded censors in Saudi Arabia, where Sam Raimi’s long-awaited sequel has been banned for what’s believed to be ‘LGBTQ issues’. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Doctor […]
Jason Momoa to star in Minecraft movie from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess
There’s been several blocks in the road for Warner Bros. long-planned Minecraft movie, and it seems the studio is now prepping a fresh take on the adaptation of the video game phenomenon, this time with the added star power of the studio’s Aquaman, Jason Momoa. As per THR, Momoa has signed on to lead the […]
Paul Verhoeven is disappointed that Bond ditched sex in No Time to Die
While No Time To Die marked the end of Daniel Craig’s time as 007, it also signalled a new direction for the long-running spy series as Eon looked to modernise the character and his approach towards the opposite sex. However, it seems the decision to do away with one of the franchise’s hallmarks – James […]