Alita: Battle Angel director Robert Rodriguez is teaming with Terminator: Dark Fate actor Diego Boneta for El Gato Negro, a TV adaptation of the Mexican comic book series by creator Richard Dominguez. The project, which is set up at the Apple TV+ streaming service, tells the intergenerational exploits of two crime fighters in South Texas […]
Ghostbusters 2020 set photos feature Ecto-1 and a Stay Puft Marshmallow Man advertisement
As filming continues on the next instalment in the Ghostbusters franchise, a couple of set photos have arrived online from Ghostbusters 2020, which give us a look at Ecto-1 looking a little worse for wear and an advertisement featuring the original movie’s villain, the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man; take a look here… SEE ALSO: Ghostbusters […]
Toni Collette joins Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley
With filming expected to begin early in the New Year, Oscar-winning director Guillermo del Toro (The Shape of Water) continues to assemble his cast for his next feature Nightmare Alley, with Hereditary and Knives Out star Toni Collette the latest to sign on for the adaptation of the 1946 William Lindsay novel. “Guillermo is a […]
Michael Fassbender to star in Taika Waititi’s Next Goal Wins
Before he returns to the Marvel Cinematic Universe for 2021’s Thor: Love & Thunder, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi is set to direct a feature adaptation of the 2014 football documentary Next Goal Wins, and Deadline brings word that Michael Fassbender (X-Men: Dark Phoenix) is closing a deal to lead the cast. Next Goal Wins […]
Netflix casts its Young Wallander
Back in November of last year it was reported that Netflix is teaming with Yellow Bird UK, the company behind the BBC’s Wallander, for a new original prequel series based upon Henning Mankell’s bestselling book series entitled Young Wallander. Well, we now have the first official casting news on the six-part series, with Swedish actor […]
The Last of the Mohicans TV series in development under Bond 25 director
Variety is reporting that True Detective and Bond 25 director Cary Joji Fukunaga is teaming with Nicole Kassell (Watchmen) for a potential TV adaptation of James Fenimore Cooper’s 1826 novel The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757. The trade reveals that the series will be a retelling of the novel, which “re-centers the […]
First image from Alex Garland’s Devs featuring Sonoya Mizuno
FX has released the first image from Devs, the upcoming limited series from Ex Machina and Annihilation director Alex Garland, which features actress Sonoya Mizuno (Ex Machina) who stars as Lily Chan, a young computer engineer who investigates the secretive development division of her employer, a cutting-edge tech company based in San Francisco, which she […]
Joker director debunks The Batman crossover speculation, Leonardo DiCaprio casting rumour
Last week, Variety reported that incoming Dark Knight Robert Pattinson may have dropped a potential spoiler regarding The Batman, after the actor reportedly requested that some comments about Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker were redacted during an interview. Given that Joker exists separately from the established DC Extended Universe, and The Batman’s DCEU status remains unclear after […]
Hayley Atwell confirms status as female lead in Mission: Impossible 7 and 8
Agent Carter herself will be tackling a very different type of mission as Hayley Atwell has confirmed her new role in the Mission: Impossible franchise, stating that she will portray the female lead in both Mission: Impossible 7 and Mission: Impossible 8. Atwell took to Instagram to give fans this lovely message about her future […]
Absolute Carnage and The Walking Dead lead bestselling comics and graphic novels of August 2019
Marvel enjoyed another big month in August, with the publisher topping the Diamonc Comic Distributors direct sales chart with Absolute Carnage #1, followed closely by its 80th anniversary celebration Marvel Comics #1000. Meanwnile, The Walking Dead Vol. 32 – the final collection in the long-running zombie series – proved unsurprisingly to be the bestselling graphic […]
