Dark Horse Comics has struck a deal with Universal Cable Productions to bring a selection of its comic book titles to the small screen, with adaptations of The Umbrella Academy, Harrow County, Concrete and Back-Up are in the works. “Dark Horse Entertainment has an incredible roster of fantastical, witty and mind-bending stories,” states Dawn Olmstead, […]
The Good Dinosaur scores Pixar’s lowest opening weekend since Toy Story
Pixar’s latest movie, The Good Dinosaur, has scored the studio’s lowest opening weekend since its debut movie Toy Story. Opening second behind The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 in its second week of release, The Good Dinosaur brought home $39.1 million on its opening weekend, which puts it just ahead of Toy Story, which opened to […]
Legion nearing series pickup at FX, will not crossover with X-Men movies
This morning we brought you news that Fox has pushed back its X-Men TV pilot Hellfire, but it seems that FX is pushing full steam ahead with Marvel’s other X-series Legion, with the show apparently nearing a season pickup at the network. “We’re already in active prep,” said FX chief John Langraf at the Television Critics Association […]
Dino Riders movie in development
In a world where a movie based on Transformers can make over $1 billion, it’s surprising that it’s taken this long for this news to come out. According to Tracking Board, toy company Mattel are looking to take on Hasbro by bringing their toyline and short-lived syndicated cartoon series Dino Riders to the big screen. […]
Gugu Mbatha-Raw joins the cast of Star Wars: Episode VIII
Last week it was rumoured that Gugu Mbatha-Raw (Doctor Who) had joined the shortlist of female actors in contention for the lead in Star Wars: Episode VIII, and now it looks like she’s won the part. According to Collider (who are backing up Latino Review’s original claim), Mbatha-Raw has been cast in Rian Johnson’s Star […]
Classic Daredevil villain Nuke to appear in Jessica Jones
Although he’s listed as “NYPD Cop” on IMDB, Will Travel has revealed at the New York Comic Con that his role is seemingly much larger in Jessica Jones than originally let on. Speaking with IGN, Travel said that his character is called Simpson, and that he’s a Vietnam war vet who was part of the […]
Rumored X-Men: The New Mutants actress says James McAvoy’s Charles Xavier will appear
We know that 20th Century Fox is working on a big screen adaptation of The New Mutants from director Josh Boone (The Fault in our Stars), but not much concrete information has been announced. Boone himself says he envisions a trilogy of films, and rumors indicate that Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch), Maisie Williams (Game of Thrones), […]
Joe Robert Cole to pen Marvel’s Black Panther
Black Panther, which will be released in the latter half of Phase Three of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, may still be a few years away, but regardless, Joe Robert Cole is nearing a deal with Marvel to pen the film’s script. If Cole’s name looks familiar, it’s probably because he was rumored to write Marvel’s […]
Michael Madsen joins Powers season 2, synopsis revealed
With Sony kicking off production on the second season of its comic book adaptation Powers, it has been announced that Michael Madsen has joined the series in the role of SuperShock. The superhero is described as “a perfect physical specimen with an unparalleled presence that catapulted him to global fame. After retiring at the height […]
Alfonso Gomez-Rejon departs Collateral Beauty over creative differences
Acclaimed director Alfonso Gomez-Rejon has reportedly left New Line Cinema’s upcoming film Collateral Beauty, reports Deadline. Gomez-Rejon, who this year had huge acclaim with Sundance favourite Me and Girl and the Dying Girl, cited creative differences for his reason to leave the project, for which New Line had bought the worldwide rights to only a […]
