Marvel is doing it, DC is doing it, Transformers is doing it, Ghostbusters is doing it, so why not Conan the Barbarian and the various characters created by Robert E. Howard? According to Deadline (via Comic Book), Fredrick Malmberg has aquired the rights to Howard’s various creations, including Conan, Kull the Conqueror and Solomon Kane, […]
Chris Morgan talks The Legend of Conan: “Think Unforgiven… with a sword-wielding barbarian”
Back in February, we heard that Will Beall (Gangster Squad) had taken over scriptwriting duties on The Legend of Conan, and now producer Chris Morgan (Fast & Furious) has revealed to The Arnold Fans that the screenplay is complete, and that the film will be a direct sequel to John Milius’ Conan the Barbarian which […]
James Gunn talks Guardians of the Galaxy 2 and Peter Quill’s father
As James Gunn continues development on the sequel to last year’s smash hit space opera Guardians of the Galaxy, the filmmaker has been speaking to Alison Rosen on her podcast Alison Rosen Is Your New Best Friend, during which he touched upon his plans Guardians of the Galaxy 2. “It’s not really based on anything. […]
Kenneth Branagh wants Marvel return
In 2011 Kenneth Branagh took the grounded world established by Iron Man into the Nine Realms as he brought the God of Thunder to the big screen with Thor, and while he didn’t return for the 2013 sequel Thor: The Dark World – reportedly due to his commitments to Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit – the […]
All-female Avengers assemble for Secret Wars in A-Force
Marvel Comics has announced that an all-female team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes is assembling during Secret Wars, as the creative team of writers G. Willow Wilson (Ms. Marvel) and Marguerite K. Bennett (Angela: Asgard’s Assassin) and artist Jorge Molina (X-Men) unleashe A-Force. “She-Hulk, Dazzler, Medusa, Nico Minoru and other fan favorites, will take charge,” says […]
Deadpool joins the original Secret Wars in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars
As the Marvel Universe as we know it draws to a close this May, Wade Wilson is heading back in time to the original 1984 Secret Wars series for the Warzones! tie-in Deadpool’s Secret Secret Wars. In 1984, Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars was known for debuting Spider-Man’s black costume and featuring Doctor Doom stealing […]
DC announces that The New 52 will come to an end in June
DC Entertainment has announced today that The New 52 is set to come to an end in June following the Convergence event, although the publisher is not rebooting its universe and titles will continue to take place in the same continuity. 25 books will retain their number, while a further 24 titles will relaunch (or […]
Ryan Phillipe to star in Shooter TV pilot for USA Network
Remember Ryan Phillippe, one of the “hottest” young actors in Hollywood in the late 1990s, who starred in Cruel Intentions? Well, he is back, and has nabbed the lead in Shooter, a TV pilot for USA network based on the 2007 actioner starring Mark Wahlberg, reports Variety. Wahlberg is still involved with the small screen […]
Luke Mitchell joins Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. in Inhuman role
The Tomorrow People star Luke Mitchell has signed on to the cast of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., with Marvel.com announcing that the Australian actor is set to play an Inhuman called Lincoln, “who has an important role to play in Skye understanding the true extent of her transformation.” “With the revelations surrounding Skye’s true identity […]
William Friedkin to direct The Winter of Frankie Machine
Deadline is reporting that legendary filmmaker William Friedkin is set to direct an adaptation of best-selling novel The Winter of Frankie Machine. Both Michael Mann and Martin Scorsese had previously been linked to the project, as was Robert de Niro, but now it looks like Friedkin is finally getting it off the ground. The adaptation […]
