Deadline has revealed that Dominic Monaghan (Lost) is set to star in the action thriller Waldo from British director Tim Kirkby (Veep), joining a cast that includes Charlie Hunnam (Sons of Anarchy), Mel Gibson (Dragged Across Concrete) and Eiza Gonzalez (Baby Driver). Based on Howard Gould’s novel Last Looks, Waldo will see Hunnam taking on the role of former LAPD […]
New Line Cinema wanted to cast a white actor as Blade
While 2000’s X-Men is widely credited as launching the Marvel-era of movies – and indeed, the modern superhero movie – that honour actually falls to 1998’s Blade, which saw Wesley Snipes taking on the role of Marvel’s vampire-hunter Eric Brooks. With the film celebrating its 20th anniversary, EW has been chatting to Snipes and screenwriter […]
Michael Rooker joins The Dark Tower TV series
Guardians of the Galaxy star Michael Rooker has revealed on his website that he has joined the cast of Amazon’s TV adaptation of the Stephen King fantasy epic The Dark Tower. Details on Rooker’s role are being kept under wraps, but the actor joins the previously announced Sam Strike (Nightflyers) as Roland Deschain and Jasper […]
Netflix acquires video game adaptation The Division starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Jessica Chastain
During Ubisoft’s panel at E3, the publisher has announced that its long-gestating feature film adaptation of Tom Clancy’s The Division has been acquired by streaming giant Netflix. David Leitch (Deadpool 2, Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw) is set to direct The Division, which has Jake Gyllenhaal (Spider-Man: Far From Home) and Jessica Chastain […]
Love, Death & Robots renewed for season 2 by Netflix
Streaming service Netflix has taken to Twitter to announce that it has renewed the Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (The Social Network) produced animated anthology series Love, Death & Robots for a second season. "Love, Death and Robots" will be back! Jennifer Yuh Nelson has joined as supervising director for Volume 2 and will […]
SyFy developing Krypton spin-off featuring Lobo
Just as the second season of SyFy’s Superman prequel Krypton is set to premiere, Variety reports the network is developing a spin-off featuring the intergalactic bounty hunter and main man Lobo. Lobo, who was introduced in DC Comics in 1983, is one of the strongest and wildest beings alive in the DC Universe and will make an […]
Jessica Jones season 3 featurette explores the evolution of Trish into Hellcat
Netflix has released a new featurette for the third and final season of Jessica Jones which sees Rachael Taylor discussing the her character Trish Walker’s evolution into a powerful vigilante, along with her relationship with Krysten Ritter’s Jessica; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Jessica confronts Trish in first clip from Marvel’s Jessica Jones season 3 […]
Steven Spielberg writing After Dark streaming horror series
Steven Spielberg is set to try his hand at the horror genre, with the legendary filmmaker teaming with former Disney and DreamWorks chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to write a horror series for Katzenberg’s upcoming mobile-based streaming service Quibi. Titled Spielberg’s After Dark, the series will run for 10-12 ‘chapters’ of between seven and ten minutes apiece, […]
DC Universe’s Titans season 2 casts Natalie Gumede as Mercy Graves
It looks like Lex Luthor may be making his way to DC Universe’s Titans at some point in the near future, as Deadline is reporting that the live-action TV series has cast Natalie Gumede (Doctor Who, Jekyll & Hyde) as Luthor’s right hand woman Mercy Graves. The official character description for Titans’ Mercy Graves reads: […]
Fast & Furious: Spy Racers animated series gets a first look teaser trailer
Last year it was announced that DreamWorks Animation Television would be expanding the Fast & Furious franchise with an animated series revolving around the exploits of Dominic Torretto’s (Vin Diesel) teenage cousin Tony Toretto, and now we’ve got our first trailer for the new show. Based on the hugely successful feature films, Fast & Furious: […]
