Having been rumoured as a potential candidate to succeed Ben Affleck on The Batman (a role now filled by Matt Reeves), THR is reporting that Captain Fantastic helmer Matt Ross has lined up his next project with an adaptation of Tom Sweterlitsch’s 2014 sci-fi novel Tomorrow and Tomorrow. The story takes place in “a near […]
IDW announces Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition
IDW Publishing has announced the upcoming release of Jack Kirby’s Fantastic Four World’s Greatest Artist’s Edition. “People have literally begged for an oversized Kirby Fantastic Four book,” said Artist’s Edition Editor, Scott Dunbier. “This volume will truly live up to the title WORLD’S GREATEST Artist’s Edition!” “Kirby’s artistic style will always be synonymous with the Fantastic Four,” […]
Stephen King’s It adaptation finds its Pennywise in Bill Skarsgard
Entertainment Weekly is reporting that Bill Skarsgard (Hemlock Grove) is set to portray the fearsome Pennywise in New Line Cinema’s two-movie adaptation of the Stephen King horror classic It. In addition to Skarsgard, director Andy Muschietti (Mama) is also said to be close to casting The Losers’ Club, with Jaeden Lieberher (St. Vincent), Finn Wolfhard (Stranger […]
Brian and Mark Gunn to pen Jupiter’s Legacy movie adaptation
Last April it was announced that Lorenzo di Bonaventura is producing a big screen adaptation of Mark Millar and Frank Quitely’s Jupiter’s Legacy comic book series, and now Comic Book is reporting that Journey 2: The Mysterious Island screenwriters Brian and Mark Gunn are set to pen the script. “We love that it’s a superhero […]
Fargo and Legion showrunner Noah Hawley sets up two feature film projects
After his small screen success with Fargo and Legion, Noah Hawley is certainly hot property at the moment, and Deadline is reporting that he has now set up two feature films at Fox Searchlight. First up is Pale Blue Dot, a sci-fi which has Reese Witherspoon attached to star as an astronaut who returns to […]
Games Workshop’s Blood Bowl coming to comics courtesy of Titan
Games Workshop and Titan Comics are partnering up to bring the smash hit board game and video game Blood Bowl to the world of comic books with a brand new series entitled Blood Bowl: More Guts, More Glory. Inspired by the fantasy world of Warhammer, this bone-crunching sports action comic series is written by Nick […]
Christopher McQuarrie on exploring Ethan Hunt’s character in Mission: Impossible 6
This spring sees Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation director Christopher McQuarrie becoming the first filmmaker to return to the franchise as he reunites with Tom Cruise and Rogue Nation’s Rebecca Ferguson for M:I 6 Mission Impossible. During an interview with Empire, McQuarrie revealed that production is set to get underway in Paris on April 10th, while […]
Cary Fukunaga in talks for Atomic Bomb drama Shockwave
According to Deadline, director Cary Fukunaga (Beasts of No Nation) and screenwriter Hossein Amini (Drive) are in talks with Universal Pictures for an adaptation of Stephen Walker’s non-fiction book Shockwave: Countdown to Hiroshima. Here’s the official description of the book: On a quiet Monday morning in August 1945, a five-ton bomb—dubbed Little Boy by its […]
Sons of Anarchy spin off Mayans MC casts John Ortiz
Following the casting of Edward James Olmos and Clayton Cardenas, we have now learned via Deadline that John Ortiz has become the latest addition to FX’s Sons of Anarchy spin-off Mayans MC. The spinoff is set to take place on the Mexico border and will explore the inner workings of the Mayans MC charter through the […]
Michelle Rodriguez joins Steve McQueen’s Widows
According to Empire, Fast & Furious star Michelle Rodriguez has joins the cast of Steve McQueen’s (12 Years a Slave) next film Widows, where she will join the previously announced Viola Davis (Fences) and Cynthia Erivo, star of Broadway’s The Color Purple musical. Widows has been scripted by McQueen and Gillian Flynn (Gone Girl), and […]
