Universal Pictures launched its new approach to its vault of classic monster characters this past weekend as Blumhouse Productions’ The Invisible Man arrived in cinemas, with the horror reboot debuting to a solid $49.2 million worldwide in its opening weekend. Domestically, the Leigh Whannell-directed film topped the box office charts with $29 million (just $2.5 […]
Y: The Last Man TV series finds its new Yorick
Earlier this month it was announced that Barry Keoghan (Dunkirk) has left FX’s long-planned comic book adaptation Y: The Last Man, but the network has wasted little time in finding his replacement. Variety reports that Warcraft actor Ben Schnetzer has signed on for the lead role in the series, Yorick Brown, who along with his […]
Promo images for Black Lightning Season 3 Episode 15 – ‘The Book of War: Chapter Two’
The CW has released a batch of promo images from this coming Monday’s fifteenth episode of Black Lightning season 3, entitled ‘The Book of War: Chapter Two’; check them out here… THE PIERCE FAMILY PREPARES FOR WAR – After learning that Gravedigger (guest star Wayne Brady) and the Markovians are coming to attack Freeland, the […]
First trailer for The High Note starring Dakota Johnson and Tracee Ellis Ross
Focus Features has released a poster and trailer for the upcoming music drama The High Note. Directed by Nisha Ganatra, the film stars Tracee Ellis Ross as superstar singer Grace Davis and Dakota Johnson as her overworked assistant Maggie, who are presented with a choice that could alter their careers and change their lives forever; […]
Courteney Cox to star in horror-comedy pilot Shining Vale
Friends and Cougar Town star Courteney Cox is heading back to the small screen for the lead in Shining Vale, a half hour horror-comedy pilot set up at Starz. As revealed by EW, the potential series will see Cox playing Patricia “Pat” Phelps, “a former wild child who rose to fame by writing a raunchy […]
Liev Schreiber joins King Richard alongside Will Smith
With his schedule now a little lighter following the surprise cancellation of Ray Donovan, actor Liev Schreiber has now signed on to star alongside Will Smith in King Richard, the upcoming drama based upon Venus and Serena Williams’ father Richard Williams. The film is being directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green from a script by Zach […]
Olivia Liang to lead The CW’s gender-swapped Kung Fu reboot
The CW has found its star for the upcoming gender-swapped reboot of the classic TV series Kung Fu, with Variety reporting that Olivia Liang (Legacies) has been cast in the lead role in the pilot. Liang will play Nicky Chen, a Chinese-American woman who drops out of college and decides to go on a life-changing […]
Marvel announces X-Men: X of Swords crossover event
During the X-Men panel at C2E2, Marvel has announced that House of X and Powers of X writer Jonathan Hickman is to oversee the next big X-Men event – a 15-part crossover entitled X of Swords which will run through Marvel’s various X-titles. “One of the cool things we are able to do now, because […]
J.J. Abrams’ discusses the First Order’s Starkiller Base from Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Last month, we got our first look at the First Order’s new superweapon Starkiller Base with the release of the theatrical poster for Star Wars: The Force Awakens, with the design of the planet-sized weapon evoking the Empire’s feared battle station the Death Star. And speaking to Entertainment Weekly, J.J. Abrams has pretty much confirmed […]
Paramount reworking Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters sequel as TV series
According to Deadline, Paramount Pictures has decided to scrap its plans for a big screen sequel to 2013’s Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters, and is instead looking to rework the project as a television series through Paramount TV and MGM. SEE ALSO: Rejected pitch art for Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters sequel The news is […]
