Variety is reporting that Brit Morgan (True Blood) has signed on to play the DC Comics villain Leslie Willis – a.k.a. Livewire – in the upcoming CBS series Supergirl.SEE ALSO: Three more DC characters coming to SupergirlAccording to the site, ” Morgan’s Leslie is a confident, abrasive and funny shock-jock who works for CatCo Media, […]
Adam Wingard to direct Outcast pilot
A month after its first poster was released ahead of its San Diego Comic-Con panel, Robert Kirkman’s Outcast has begun filming for its first season. Rumours of who was set to direct the pilot have finally been confirmed, with Adam Wingard (The Guest) posting a photo to his twitter page stating, “Outcast Season one officially starts […]
Marvel announces Deadpool & Cable: Split Second Infinite Comic
Marvel has announced that Deadpool and Cable are teaming up once again this October for a new Marvel Infinite Comic series entitled Deadpool & Cable: Split Second. Call them a duo with a special kind of dynamics. Call them an odd couple, but with guns. Call them the 1990s distilled down in to two characters. […]
Official details for Frank Miller’s Dark Knight III: The Master Race
Ahead of its arrival this November, DC Entertainment has revealed the official solicitation for the first issue of Dark Knight III: The Master Race, Frank Miller’s follow-up to Batman: The Dark Knight Returns and Batman: The Dark Knight Strikes Again… The epic ending you never saw coming is here because you demanded it! The Dark […]
Zach Galifianakis to voice The Joker in The LEGO Batman Movie
It looks like The LEGO Batman Movie has found its Clown Prince of Crime, with The Hollywood Reporter revealing that Zach Galifianakis is in talks with Warner Bros. to lend his voice to The Joker in the spinoff to The LEGO Movie.The LEGO Batman Movie is being directed by Chris McKay, who served as animation […]
CBS explains why it scheduled Supergirl against Gotham
Back in June, CBS announced the premiere date for Supergirl, making the somewhat surprising decision to air in it direct competition with Fox’s own DC series Gotham on Monday nights.Speaking to IGN during the Television Critics Association summer press tour, CBS chairman Nina Tassler took a moment to explain the reason behind the scheduling:“I think […]
New J.R.R. Tolkien Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo to be published this August
The estate of J.R.R. Tolkien has announced that the unreleased Middle-earth tale The Story of Kullervo is set for publication this August. Check out the cover art, followed by the official description: Kullervo son of Kalervo is perhaps the darkest and most tragic of all J.R.R. Tolkien’s characters. ‘Hapless Kullervo’, as Tolkien called him, is […]
Netflix rebooting Mr. Peabody & Sherman
With their big screen outing from last year failing to ignite the box office, Mr. Peabody & Sherman are heading back to the small screen, with Netflix ordering a 13-episode series from DreamWorks Animation.According to Variety, The New Mr. Peabody and Sherman Show “sets the duo as hosts of a latenight comedy show broadcast from […]
Uggie the Dog passes away
Some sad news this morning as Uggie the dog, star of the Oscar-winning 2011 film The Artist, has passed away aged 13 after being put to sleep following a battle with a prostate tumor.The canine star shot to fame thanks to his role in The Artist, which saw him honoured with a Palm Dog award […]
Jim Carrey-produced 1970’s comedy show I’m Dying Up Here picked for pilot by Showtime
Variety is reporting that Showtime has picked up I’m Dying Up Here, a new hour-long TV project set in and around the 1970’s comedy scene, produced by comedy legend Jim Carrey (The Mask, Dumb and Dumber). The project is set to be officially announced at this week’s Television Critics Association press tour, with the project […]
