Well, it looks like the long-running saga of The Walt Disney Company’s acquisition of 21st Century Fox’s film and TV entertainment assets is now all but a done deal, with shareholders for both companies voting today to approve a deal which is likely to be concluded in early 2019. The takeover will give Disney control […]
HBO has “very, very high hopes” for Damon Lindelof’s Watchmen pilot
HBO’s Television Critics Association presentation has taken place this week, and it has offered up some snippets of information on the current state of Damon Lindelof’s (The Leftovers, Lost, Prometheus) adaptation of Alan Moore’s seminal graphic novel, Watchmen. Deadline is reporting that the network’s programming president, Casey Bloys, discussed the pilot, which has been directed by Nicole […]
HBO’s Watchmen adds Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Sara Vickers
After the recent castings of Jeremy Irons and Tom Mison, you’d think the roster for the pilot for HBO’s Watchmen would be complete, but you’re wrong. Variety has reported Yahya Abdul-Mateen II (The Get Down) and Sara Vickers (Shetland) are now the latest to join the pilot. Like the majority of their fellow cast, their roles for […]
DC’s Aquaman trailer gets a fan-made animated makeover
Warner Bros. and DC Films made quite a splash at Comic-Con this past weekend with the release of the first trailer for Aquaman, and now we’ve got a fan-made animated remake courtesy of the folks at Darth Blender, which pairs the soundtrack from the official trailer for the DC blockbuster with footage from the classic […]
New difficulty levels coming to Vampyr later this summer
Developer DONTNOD has announced they will be releasing a new content update later this summer for their narrative driven action RPG Vampyr. The upcoming update will bring with it a host of optimisation tweaks and 2 new difficulty levels that will provide new options and replayability. The update will introduce a new Story mode that […]
It looks like Nick Fury and Maria Hill will appear in Spider-Man: Far From Home
It looks like we may have confirmation on a couple of Marvel Cinematic Universe cameos for Spider-Man: Far From Home, with new cast addition Numan Acar sharing a post to Instagram which seems to reveal that Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders’ Maria Hill will be making an appearance in the sequel to […]
Showrunner confirms Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot will focus on a new Slayer
One of the biggest pieces of news to emerge from the Hellmouth of this year’s San Diego Comic-Con was the fact that Warner Bros. confirmed that they were to reboot Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This brought with it an understandable level of consternation from a fanbase who cherished the adventures of Buffy Summers […]
Final trailer for Mile 22 starring Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais and Ronda Rousey
With just three weeks to go until Mile 22 arrives in cinemas, STX Entertainment has released the final trailer for director Peter Berg’s upcoming action thriller Mile 22 which stars Mark Wahlberg, Lauren Cohan, Iko Uwais, Ronda Rousey, and John Malkovich; watch it here… SEE ALSO: Mile 22 sequel finds a screenwriter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BEMnozUYnM In a visceral modern […]
Justin Theroux and Ashley Jensen join Disney’s Lady and the Tramp live-action remake
As Disney continue to mine their back-catalogue for live-action adaptations, Collider are reporting that Justin Theroux (The Spy Who Dumped Me) is joining the remake of 1955’s Lady and the Tramp. Theroux, familiar to most as Kevin Garvey in HBO’s stunning The Leftovers, will voice the character of Tramp, the confident stray mongrel who strikes up […]
H1Z1: Battle Royale PlayStation 4 launch date revealed
Daybreak Games have revealed that H1Z1: Battle Royale on the Playstation 4 will be leaving Open Beta and launching as a free to play game on the 7th August. Reimagined specifically for consoles, H1Z1: Battle Royale’s Open Beta has seen huge success with over 10 million players enjoying the action. Along with the game’s launch this August come a host […]
