The East Bay Times have reported that Marvel Studios has received the go-ahead to incorporate the 1990s logo for the Oakland, California-based AC Transit public transportation agency for a flashback scene in the Black Panther movie. Fans familiar with the source material of the character will already have a clue as to what flashback will be featured in […]
HBO orders new political series from Will Ferrell and Adam McKay
Hoping to continue their fruitful run of original series, HBO has ordered a new political drama from Will Ferrell and The Big Short’s Adam McKay. Given a 10 episode series order, the show which is titled Succession will be a political drama about the saga of The Roys, a fictional family that owns an American […]
Will Ferrell drops out of indie comedy Captain Dad days before production starts
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has dropped out of writer-director Sebastian Silva’s indie comedy Captain Dad, mere days before production was due to begin. The project, which had been due to start production on September 26th, “chronicles an increasingly disastrous family vacation sailboat trip through the Caribbean” and has both Michael Cera and Catherine […]
Will Ferrell, Catherine Keener and Michael Cera join Captain Dad
Deadline is reporting that Will Ferrell has signed on to appear in the vacation comedy Captain Dad alongside Catherine Keener and Michael Cera. The project follows “Rich Peelman (Ferrell), who gives his wife Linda (Keener) the gift of a lifetime for her birthday: a trip through the Caribbean on a sailboat with all six of their […]
UPDATE: Will Ferrell to play Ronald Reagan in political satire
He’s played George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live, and now Will Ferrell is set to portray another American president, with Variety reporting that he will take on the role of Ronald Reagan in the politcal satire Reagan. Based on the Black List script from Mike Rosolio, Reagan “begins at the start of the ex-president’s […]
Michael Giacchino to score the Jurassic World sequel
Fresh from his work on Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Michael Giacchino has confirmed to THR that he’s set to return to the Jurassic Park franchise and will compose the score for director J.A. Bayona’s hotly-anticipated Jurassic World sequel. Jurassic World 2 becomes the latest high profile movie on Giacchino’s slate; next year, he has […]
It’s official: Batman will not feature in the Arrowverse
It was rumoured last month that The Dark Knight could make the leap to TV screens once again as part of The CW’s DC output in Arrow, The Flash, Supergirl or Legends of Tomorrow. The original rumour stated that The CW wanted to bring Catwoman, Orcale and Constatine to the Arrowverse, and had approached Fox […]
SDCC: Ben Affleck officially confirmed as Batman movie director
It’s one of the worst kept secrets in Hollywood, but now it’s official, as Warner Bros. kicked off its DC Films panel at the San Diego Comic-Con today by introducing Ben Affleck as director of the standalone Batman movie. Affleck was joined on the stage by fellow DC directors David Ayer (Suicide Squad), Patty Jenkins […]
Blindspot’s Joe Dinicol to play Ragman in Arrow season 5
It looks like Arrow is adding yet another vigilante to its ranks for season five, with Entertainment Weekly reporting that Joe Dinicol (Blindspot) has signed on for a recurring role as Rory Regan, a.k.a. Ragman. The character description for Ragman reads: “Fresh from a personal tragedy, Rory hopes to find answers in Star City, where […]
Cartoon Network renews The Powerpuff Girls for second season
The Powerpuff Girls returns to Cartoon Network earlier this year, with the premiere episode of the revived series pulling in a whopping 81 million viewers worldwide across all platforms, and so it’s little surprise that the network has announced that the revival has bagged itself a second season. “The Powerpuff Girls is on a momentous […]
