After months of speculation finally today, at the close of the Wimbledon, it has been revealed by the BBC that the Thirteenth Doctor will be played by the actress Jodie Whittaker. Millions will already know Whittaker from the hugely successful crime drama Broadchurch, which also starred former Time Lord David Tennant. Numerous guesses had been […]
George A. Romero says Road of the Dead is “The Fast and the Furious with zombies”
Back in May it was announced that legendary filmmaker George A. Romero is set for a return to the zombie genre with Road of the Dead, which he is producing and writing with Matt Birman, second unit director on Land of the Dead, Diary of the Dead and Survival of the Dead., who will also helm the film. And […]
Daniel Craig reportedly signs on for Bond 25
If reports are to be believed, the saga over the next James Bond is at an end, with The Mirror reporting that producer Barbara Broccoli has convinced Daniel Craig to sign on for a fifth outing as 007 in Bond 25. Craig had originally cast doubt over his future as the super spy when he […]
Ron Frenz variant cover for Amazing Spider-Man #800 revealed
Following on from the Mark Bagley, John Romita Sr. and Richard Isanove, and Terry Dodson variants, we now have a look at Ron Frenz’s variant cover to Marvel’s The Amazing Spider-Man #800, which features inks by Brett Breeding and colors by Dave McCaig. Check it out here… It’s all been building to this – the biggest Peter Parker […]
Netflix responds to Bright’s critical mauling
Will Smith’s Netflix blockbuster Bright might have had a record breaking eleven million views in its first three days, but that didn’t stop it from being labelled as one of the worst films of 2017. The flawed fantasy currently sits at 26% on Rotten Tomatoes, but with plans for a sequel well underway, Netflix CEO […]
Castlevania season 2 to hit Netflix this summer
It’s rare that there’s much to write home about when it comes to video game adaptations, but Netflix managed to avoid the curse last year with its critically acclaimed animated series Castlevania. The streaming service wasted little time in renewing the series, doing so on the very day it was released last July, and now writer […]
ABC boss discusses The Jetsons live-action series
Back in August of last year it was announced that ABC has given the green light to a pilot episode of The Jetsons, a live-action adaptation of the classic Hanna-Barbera animated series from executive producers Robert Zemeckis, Gary Janetti and Jack Rapke. During the Television Critics Association press tour, ABC’s Channing Dungey has confirmed to […]
Halo TV series is apparently “still in very active development” at Showtime
If you cast your mind back to 2013, you may recall that Microsoft announced it was teaming up with Steven Spielberg to develop a TV series based around the Halo video game franchise. Given that we’ve heard absolutely nothing since, you’d be mistaken for assuming that the project was dead, but it seems that isn’t […]
Netflix renews Spike Lee’s She’s Gotta Have It for second season
Spike Lee has taken to Instagram to announce that Netflix has given a season two order to its half-hour comedy series based upon his cult 1986 debut feature film She’s Gotta Have It. Check out his post here… https://www.instagram.com/p/BdbLnSGjnzr/ The first season hit Netflix this past November and stars DeWanda Wise as Nola Darling, […]
Neill Blomkamp has confirmed that he’s moved on from his Alien movie
We now have confirmation from Neill Blomkamp that his proposed Alien movie is no longer a project that he is thinking about. When Ridley Scott brought back the Alien franchise with Prometheus a number of years ago there was indeed a lot of excitement about where the series could go, and Blomkamp was being lined […]
