After shooting out of the blocks with the biggest worldwide opening of all time, Universal’s The Fate of the Furious crossed the $1 billion mark at the global box office on Saturday, becoming the second film of 2017 to do so after Beauty and the Beast, and the thirtieth film in history to hit the milestone. […]
Marvel rounds out Inhumans cast with five new additions – and Lockjaw!
The official Marvel site has announced five new additions to the cast of ABC and IMAX’s upcoming Inhumans TV series in Eme Ikwuakor, Isabelle Cornish, Mike Moh, Sonya Balmores, and Ellen Woglom. Eme Ikwuakor (Concussion, Extant) as Gorgon – Cousin of Black Bolt (Anson Mount), member of the Royal family, and leader of Attilan’s military. […]
Michael K. Williams in final talks for Han Solo standalone Star Wars movie
According to an exclusive report from Variety, Michael K. Williams (The Wire, The Night Of) is likely to become the latest actor to step into the Star Wars universe, as he’s in final negotiations to join the cast of the still-untitled Han Solo standalone movie. As of now, his exact role in the film is unknown. Williams […]
Toby Kebbell rules out Doctor Doom return, unless it’s as part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe
A few days ago, writer-producer Simon Kinberg suggested that 20th Century Fox isn’t quite ready to give up on Fantastic Four, although the studio is only likely to move ahead with another movie should they be confident that “we get it 100% right”. While Fox and Kinberg aren’t quite ready to rule out a sequel to […]
SDCC: Legion’s Noah Hawley is developing a Doctor Doom movie at Fox
As the San Diego Comic-Con panel for FX’s X-Men series Legion was winding down, showrunner Noah Hawley dropped a massive bombshell that seems to indicate he won’t just be sticking to the small screen to tell stories about comic book characters. Hawley began teasing fans about a movie that he was developing at Fox, and it didn’t […]
Gravity Falls creator boards Sony’s animated Spider-Man movie
Last month it was officially confirmed that Sony’s as-yet-untitled animated Spider-Man movie will revolve around the character of Miles Morales as opposed to Peter Parker, and now comes word that Gravity Falls creator Alex Hirsch has came on board the project as a story contributor. Phil Lord (The LEGO Movie, Han Solo: A Star Wars […]
Ken Leung to play Karnak in Marvel’s Inhumans
Casting for Marvel’s Inhumans TV series is in full swing, and we have word today that Ken Leung (Lost, Star Wars: The Force Awakens) has signed on for the role of Karnak. The cousin of Black Bolt, Karnak possesses the ability to see the fault in all things – people, plans, structures, everything – and […]
The Big Bang Theory spinoff casts young Sheldon Cooper
The spinoff series to TV’s biggest sitcom has cast its lead character, a young Sheldon Cooper. Spinoffs are of course all the rage these days and what popular sitcom hasn’t had a successor series at some point. From Cheers, M*A*S*H, Friends and more, The Big Bang Theory is moving into familiar sitcom territory. The show is […]
Alexander Siddig cast as Ra’s al Ghul in Gotham
Ra’s al Ghul is coming to Gotham City, with Fox announcing that Star Trek: Deep Space Nine and Game of Thrones star Alexander Siddig has been cast as The Demon in the Batman prequel series Gotham. Gotham is currently on a break until April, and Siddig is expected to make his on screen debut soon […]
Excerpt from Timothy Zahn’s Star Wars: Thrawn novel released online
Longtime fans of the old Star Wars Expanded Universe, now known as Legends, received a great gift when fan-favourite villain Grand Admiral Thrawn was brought into actual canon through his role in the Star Wars Rebels television series, voiced by House of Cards‘ Lars Mikkelsen. Timothy Zahn, the author who created him, has been working on Star Wars: Thrawn,a […]
