James Wan is currently in Australia and England shooting DC Extended Universe outing Aquaman, but another adaptation on his plate is the live-action reboot of Mortal Kombat. Wan was announced as the producer on the movie in August 2015, with Simon McQuoid in talks to direct. Not a lot has been said on the movie […]
The Riddler will have a major “Identity Crisis” in Season 4 of Gotham
The Riddler, above all, has always been known to push Batman intellectually. They don’t call Batman “The World’s Greatest Detective” for nothing. We need The Riddler to show off Batman’s awesome problem-solving skills. However, what if The Riddler loses the very attribute that makes him iconic? Well, in Gotham season 4, we will see a Riddler […]
Jason Bateman teases start of production on Arrested Development season 5
The one man who kept them all together will do it again very shortly. Actor Jason Bateman has teased on Twitter that production for the fifth season of Arrested Development will begin in the beginning of August for Netflix. In his post, he shared a photo of a very familiar looking living room to fans of the […]
Captain Marvel concept art, Deathstroke not in Batman anymore, Wonder Woman Oscar campaign and more – Weekend News Roundup
SUPER SKRULL After last week’s reveal that Captain Marvel would take place in the 1990s and feature classic Marvel villains the Skrulls, illustrator Jerad S.Marantz has taken to Instagram to reveal official concept art for them. Interestingly, in his caption Marantz includes the hashtag #SuperSkrulls, making reference to Super-Skrull, a character possessing the combined abilities of […]
Spanish thriller The Fury of a Patient Man set for U.S. remake
Albert Hughes, co-director on the likes of Menace II Society and The Book of Eli, has signed on to direct a remake of the Goya Award-winning Spanish thriller The Fury of a Patient Man, THR has revealed. The film is scripted by Javier Gullon and “centers around a quiet man who seeks revenge on the […]
Christopher McQuarrie to direct con man thriller The Chameleon for Netflix
It looks like Christopher McQuarrie may have found his next directorial project after the upcoming spy sequel Mission: Impossible 6, with Deadline reporting that he is attached to an adaptation of David Grann’s 2008 New Yorker feature The Chameleon, which is being scripted by Terence Winter (The Sopranos) and Carl Capotorto. Described as a psychological […]
Stephenie Meyer series The Rook coming to Starz
Starz has given a series order to Lionsgate and Liberty Global for a new supernatural spy thriller entitled The Rook, which comes from Twilight creator Stephenie Meyer and executive producer Stephen Garrett (The Night Manager) and is based upon the novel by Daniel O’Malley. Deadline reports that The Rook is set in London and follows […]
Aaron Taylor-Johnson joins Chris Pine in Outlaw King
Deadline is reporting that Aaron Taylor-Johnson is set to join Chris Pine in Outlaw King, the new film from Starred Up and Hell or High Water director David Mackenzie. The Netflix film will see Pine as Robert the Bruce, the Scottish king and national hero who led his country during the First War of Scottish […]
The Week in Spandex – Avengers: Infinity War, Thor: Ragnarok, Captain Marvel, Justice League, Wonder Woman 2, The Batman, Flashpoint, Watchmen
Rounding up all the big superhero news from the past week… Unfortunately, due to some major technical issues (resulting in a switch to a brand new server), it’s another abridged edition of The Week in Spandex this weekend. Apologies. Barring any more gremlins in the system, we’ll be back to normal next weekend… MARVEL CINEMATIC […]
X-Men: Dark Phoenix may have cast its young(er) Jean Grey
It would appear that director Simon Kinberg and the folks over at 20th Century Fox have zeroed in on an actress to portray a young(er) Jean Grey in 2018’s X-Men: Dark Phoenix. According to IMDb (via Screen Rant), Summer Fontana will take on the role that actresses Famke Janssen, Haley Ramm and Sophie Turner all filled before her. […]
