Ahsoka Tano made her hotly-anticipated live-action Star Wars debut this past week with an appearance in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, and while Rosario Dawson’s portrayal of the fan-favourite former Jedi Padawan won plenty of plaudits, there still remains some disappointment that Star Wars: The Clone Wars and Star Wars Rebels voice actress Ashley Eckstein […]
Ray Fisher believes Joss Whedon’s exit from The Nevers is due to Justice League investigation
Earlier this week it was announced that HBO has “parted ways” with Joss Whedon on The Nevers, an upcoming sci-fi series he’s created and co-written with his Buffy The Vampire Slayer colleagues Jane Espenson and Doug Petrie, which would have marked his first foray into TV since 2009’s Dollhouse.Whedon released a statement blaming exhaustion and the challenges […]
Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests LEGO Art set revealed
LEGO has revealed promotional images for its next LEGO Art set, Harry Potter Hogwarts Crests (31201), which gives you the choice to build one of four of the house crests for Gryffindor, Ravenclaw, Hufflepuff or Slytherin. The set goes on sale on January 1st, priced at $119.99/£114.99; check it out here…SEE ALSO: LEGO unveils Harry […]
R.I.P. David Prowse (1935 – 2020)
Some sad news this morning as it has been announced that British actor David Prowse – best known for his role as Darth Vader in the original Star Wars trilogy – has passed away aged 85 after a short illness.“May the force be with him, always” said Prowse’s agent Thomas Bowington. “Though famous for playing […]
Sasha Banks reveals how she was cast in The Mandalorian
Sasha Banks swapped the Squared Circle for the Galaxy Far, Far Away earlier this month with her guest appearance in The Mandalorian, and now the WWE Superstar has revealed how she came to be cast in Disney’s live-action Star Wars series.“One day, for some reason, I was going through my Instagram DMs, which I normally […]
Anthony Mackie to star in Netflix thriller The Ogun
Having worked with the streamer on the likes of Black Mirror, Altered Carbon and Point Blank, Anthony Mackie is set to reunite with Netflix for the new thriller movie The Ogun.As reported by THR, Mackie will produce the movie and star as Xavier Rhodes , a man “who brings his teenage daughter to Nigeria to […]
Marvel unveils Eternals #1 variant covers
With Kieron Gillen and Esad Ribic’s Eternals set to launch this January, Marvel has unveiled a selection of variant covers for the next issue from artists Art Adam, Jenny Frison, Khary Randolph, Greg Land, John Romita Jr. and Frank Cho; check them out here…SEE ALSO: Thanos returns in trailer for Marvel’s Eternals seriesNEVER DIE. NEVER […]
Marvel’s Hawkeye series to begin shooting this week
Having wrapped production on WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier after coming out of lockdown, Marvel TV Studios has now shifted its attention to its second wave of Disney+ shows.We learned earlier this month that Ms. Marvel has commenced filming in Atlanta, Georgia [see the first set photos of Iman Vellani as Kamala […]
Amazon cancels Utopia after a single season
Amazon has opted against renewing its sci-fi conspiracy thriller series Utopia, with the show coming to an end after just a single season.Adapted from the cult British drama of the same name (which was itself cancelled after two seasons), Utopia follows a group of comic book fans who find themselves targeted by a shadowy organisation after […]
Casting reportedly underway for The Mandalorian’s Boba Fett spinoff series
A little over a week after his cameo appearance at the conclusion of The Mandalorian’s season two premiere ‘The Marshal’, it was reported in the trades that Disney and Lucasfilm were readying a Boba Fett miniseries starring Temuera Morrison and looking to potentially begin production before the year end.We’ve heard nothing official since, but if […]
