Marvel’s latest comic book event Spider-Geddon gets underway this coming Wednesday, and during the annual Spider-Man panel at the New York Comic Con, the publisher released a launch trailer featuring comments from writer Christos Gage, executive editor Nick Lowe and Marvel Editor-in-Chief C.B. Cebulski. “In Spider-Verse, all the Spider characters – every single Spider-Man ever […]
Danny McBride already exploring ideas for Halloween sequel
A few weeks ago Blumhouse Productions chief Jason Blum revealed that he “would love” to do a sequel to Halloween, should the upcoming movie perform at the box office. And, with the film tracking a bumper opening weekend off the back of stellar early reviews, co-writer Danny McBride has revealed to Entertainment Weekly that he […]
The Nun’s Corin Hardy to direct Gareth Evans series Gangs of London
Having departed the long-gestating comic book adaptation The Crow earlier this year, The Nun director Corin Hardy has now signed on for his next project, with Deadline reporting that he will helm Cinemax and Sky Atlantic’s Gangs of London. The drama series is based on an idea from The Raid director Gareth Evans and cinematographer […]
Peter Dinklage joins The Croods 2
Emmy-winning Game of Thrones star Peter Dinklage has been cast in DreamWorks Animation’s upcoming sequel The Croods 2. The sequel to the Oscar-nominated 2013 film will see the return of Nicolas Cage (Grug), Emma Stone (Eep), Ryan Reynolds (Guy), Catherine Keener (Ugga), Cloris Leachman (Gran) and Clark Duke (Thunk) and pits the Croods against their […]
It star Sophia Lillis set for fairy tale thriller Gretel and Hansel
THR is reporting that It star Sophia Lillis has signed on to the cast of Orion Pictures’ Gretel and Hansel, a dark reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairy tale from writer-director Osgood Perkins (The Blackcoat’s Daughter, I Am the Pretty Thing That Lives in the House). According to the site, the film will take place […]
Fast & Furious spinoff Hobbs and Shaw adds Eddie Marsan
As production on the film continues, Deadline is reporting that Eddie Marsan (Ray Donovan) has become the latest addition to the cast of the Fast & Furious spinoff film Hobbs and Shaw, reuniting with his Atomic Blonde and Deadpool 2 director David Leitch. Hobbs and Shaw sees Dwayne Johnson and Jason Statham reprising their roles […]
Janelle Monae joins Disney’s Lady and the Tramp
Singer and actress Janelle Monae has become the latest addition to the cast of Disney’s live-action Lady and the Tramp remake, with the Hidden Figures and Moonlight star set to lend her voice to the wise-cracking pound dog Peg. Charlie Bean (The LEGO Ninjago Movie) is directing the film, which tells the story of Lady, […]
Image Comics’ horror anthology Ice Cream Man in development as a TV series
Deadline is reporting that Universal Cable Productions is looking to follow the success of Happy! by bringing another Image Comics title to the small screen in W. Maxwell Prince’s horror-fantasy series Ice Cream Man. The comic, which launches in January, is an anthology series presented by the titular Ice Cream Man, who peels back the […]
New rumour suggests Avengers 4 is titled Avengers: Annihilation
We’ve had Avengers: Infinity Gauntlet, Avengers: Endgame, and now we’ve got another possible title for next year’s Avengers 4, with a rumour from MCU Cosmic claiming that the Infinity War follow-up is going by the title Avengers: Annihilation. The term ‘Annihilation’ will be familiar to fans of Marvel Comics, having been the title of a […]
J.K. Rowling’s Strike returning to BBC One with Lethal White
The BBC has announced that the detective drama Strike is set to return with a four-episode adaptation of Lethal White, the latest book in the Cormoran Strike series from author J.K. Rowling, writing under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. According to Deadline, the new series “follows Billy, a troubled young man who comes to private eye […]
