Tuesday sees the release of the third and final chapter of Chuck Wendig’s Star Wars: Aftermath book trilogy, which serves as a bridge between the events of Return of the Jedi and The Force Awakens, and Mashable is reporting that the novel will reveal the fate of one of the most reviled characters from the galaxy far, […]
Megatron joins Transformers: Forged to Fight
The most feared Decepticon of all has become the latest addition to the roster of Kabam’s Transformers: Forged to Fight, with Megatron now available to be added to player squads! Once a renowned gladiator in pre-Civil-War Cybertron, Megatron used his charisma and brutality to fuel the Decepticon uprising. Megatron’s ultimate goal is to rule over […]
Shockwave joins Transformers: Forged to Fight
One of the most feared and powerful of all the Decepticons has joined the fight, with Shockwave the latest character introduced to the hit mobile game Transformers: Forged to Fight. Check out a brief gameplay trailer below showing Shockwave battling Grimlock, along with details of his special abilities and attacks… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H14U17tYVJ4 SIGNATURE ABILITY Undo: Shockwave activates […]
Frank Grillo and Mel Gibson to star in Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller Boss Level
Frank Grillo (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) and Mel Gibson (Daddy’s Home 2) are set to star in the action thriller Boss Level from director Joe Carnahan (The Grey), according to Deadline. The film will be a Groundhog Day-inspired action thriller from a script Carnahan also wrote. The film’s premise reads: “Every day, a retired special forces veteran […]
Mel Gibson sues Voltage Pictures over The Professor and the Madman
A lawsuit has been filed by Mel Gibson against Voltage Pictures over the movie The Professor and the Madman. The movie, which revolves around the creation of the Oxford Dictionary, has been in development by Gibson for years. Based on the book by Simon Winchester, the film sees Gibson as the professor, James Murray – […]
The Purge is becoming a TV series
Deadline is reporting that Blumhouse Productions, the company behind The Purge, is making a move into the television market with ITV Studios and one of their first projects is adapting the franchise into a TV series. Blumhouse will team with franchise creator and director James DeMonaco and Universal Cable Productions to bring The Purge to USA and SyFy. […]
The Purge TV series will explore non-Purge days
During NBC’s upfront presentation, Blumhouse Productions’ Jason Blum offered up a few details on the upcoming small screen continuation of The Purge franchise, which has been described as “an entirely new chapter in America’s 12 hours of annual lawlessness.” Blum revealed that the series, which is being written, directed and executive produced by franchise creator James DeMonaco, […]
Game of Thrones’ Iwan Rheon to play Maximus the Mad in Marvel’s Inhumans
Casting is underway on Marvel and ABC’s new series Inhumans, with Game of Thrones star Iwan Rheon – who portrayed the despicable, unhinged Ramsay Snow / Bolton in the HBO fantasy – set to take on the role of Maximus the Mad, the younger brother of Black Bolt. “Iwan’s ability to be charming, roguish and […]
Ben Affleck welcomes The Batman director Matt Reeves to the Batcave
After a whirlwind of mostly negative rumors and news for Batman’s solo film titled (officially now) The Batman, recently the DCEU blockbuster entry found a replacement for Ben Affleck (who decided to step down from steering the ship). As most of you probably know now, Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes) is […]
Matt Reeves exits talks to direct The Batman
Dear, or dear… Things really just don’t seem to be going right for Warner Bros. with The Batman at the moment. After Ben Affleck decided to walk away from directing duties on the next Dark Knight solo movie, the studio moved quickly to secure a replacement, offering the gig to Cloverfield, Dawn of the Planet […]