Well, no surprise here, but the season seven premiere of The Walking Dead has enjoyed a mammoth rating, with ‘The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be’ pulling in 17 million viewers and an 8.4 rating among the 18-49 demographic. EW reports that those figures put it ahead of NBC’s Sunday Night Football in terms […]
AMC renews The Walking Dead for season 8
This won’t come as a surprise, seeing as the network hopes it can enjoy the same kind of longevity as Star Trek, but AMC has announced that The Walking Dead has been renewed for an eighth season, which will begin next year with the 100th episode of the series. “Eeny, meeny, miny, more,” said Charlie Collier, […]
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them tracking $75 million domestic opening weekend
Warner Bros. is set to take us back to the Wizarding World next month for J.K. Rowling’s Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a spinoff prequel to the blockbuster Harry Potter series, which is itself being eyed as the first of a five-film franchise. With no new Potter movie on the horizon (until Warner Bros. […]
Lilli Birdsell joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4 in recurring role
Following its panel at Comic-Con this past weekend – where it was announced that Ghost Rider would be making his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the upcoming fourth season – Deadline is reporting that Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. has now added a new recurring cast member. Lilli Birdsell (Geek Charming) has signed on to portray Lucy, […]
Max Landis writing Pepe Le Pew movie
During his appearance at Comic-Con to promote the upcoming TV series Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency [watch the trailer here], Max Landis revealed that he’s currently writing the script for an animated Pepe Le Pew movie for Warner Bros. Created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese and first introduced in the Looney Tunes and Merrie […]
Elodie Yung’s Elektra returns for The Defenders
As production continues to ramp up for Marvel’s The Defenders, the last week has revealed several cast members from the various Netflix series to reprise their roles for the new show. We can now add one more returning name to the list as Elodie Yung will be coming back as Elektra, the highly-skilled assassin. In Daredevil‘s second […]
Daredevil season 3, Jessica Jones season 2 and The Punisher will air in 2018 after The Defenders
Before we were inundated with trailers and footage from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we were given a couple of trailers and teases for the Marvel Netflix Universe – including the team-up The Defenders. We were told that Daredevil would be getting a third season, and that will join the second season of Jessica Jones and the spin-off […]
Simone Missick will return as Misty Knight for Marvel’s The Defenders
With Luke Cage set to arrive on Netflix in a few short hours, actress Simone Missick has revealed that we’ll be seeing more of Misty Knight next year, as she’ll be reprising the role for Marvel’s big team-up The Defenders. “I believe I’m safe to say that I will be on The Defenders,” said Missick […]
SDCC: Vengeance is coming to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. as Ghost Rider confirmed for season 4
Well, it’s been rumoured since we saw a flaming chain on some promotional artwork last month, and now it’s official: vengeance is coming to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Ghost Rider confirmed to make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in the fourth season of the ABC series. The news was announced at the conclusion of today’s […]
SDCC: IDW announces new post-Revolution titles, including Optimus Prime ongoing series
IDW has announced plans for its post-Revolution titles following the five-part bi-weekly series which will create a cohesive comic book unievrse from Hasbro’s Transformers, G.I. Joe, ROM, Micronauts, Action Man, and M.A.S.K.: Mobile Armored Strike Kommand. The Transformers line will see the launch of two new ongoing titles: Transformers: Lost Light and the first-ever ongoing […]
