With Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. now on its midseason break until January, Marvel and ABC have announced that an online webseries spinoff is set to fill the gap, with Slingshot premiering next week on ABC Go and Marvel.com. Slingshot will revolve around the character of Elena ‘Yo-Yo’ Rodriguez, played by Natalia Cordova-Buckley, and will take place prior […]
Marc Forster to direct Disney’s live-action Winnie the Pooh movie Christopher Robin
Back in April of last year it was announced that among Disney’s numerous live-action remakes of its animated classics is a live-action Winnie the Pooh movie, and now comes word that Marc Forster (Finding Neverland, World War Z) is set to direct the project, entitled Christopher Robin. The film has been scripted by Alex Ross Perry […]
Billy Dee Williams voicing Two-Face in The LEGO Batman Movie
He may not have got to play Harvey Dent’s evil alter-ego in a sequel to Tim Burton’s Batman, but Billy Dee Williams is finally set to portray Two-Face on the big screen next year, with director Chris McKay revealing on Twitter that he’s lending his voice to the villain in February’s The LEGO Batman Movie! […]
David Yates to direct all five Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them movies
Last month it was announced by J.K. Rowling that the upcoming Harry Potter spinoff Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them has expanded from a trilogy to span five movies, and now director David Yates has revealed to THR that he has committed to direct the entire series. “I love making films, and I’ve got […]
Norman Reedus says Daryl will never forgive himself after The Walking Dead’s season 7 premiere
Warning: Spoilers for The Walking Dead season 7’s premiere follow, although if you don’t already know what’s happened, you’re probably not going to be interested in this post anyway… Tomorrow’s episode of The Walking Dead will see us catching up with Daryl for the first time following the events of the season 7 premiere, where […]
The Walking Dead season 7 premiere scores huge rating
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 […]
